Accomplishments: Department of Philosophy
Dave Beisecker (Philosophy) presented a paper, "The Ballistics of Inquiry in a Post-Truth Age," at the annual meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society in Salt Lake City. The paper was recognized as a finalist for the Joint PES & Educational Theory Outstanding Paper Award, and will soon be published in the society's journal, Philosophy of…
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) published "Marco Flores Deserves to Stay in the U.S.: A Feminist Argument Against Deportation" in Ms. Magazine.
Cheryl Abbate (Philosophy) gave an invited talk on "The Philosophy of Animal Rights, Religion, & the Law" at Minnesota State University (MSU), Mankato as part of MSU's philosophy colloquium series.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) participated in a panel discussion for the seminar on "Theories of Decoloniality and Mobility in Central America and the Caribbean" at Toronto Metropolitan University. The event was part of the Rights of Children and Youth Partnership: Fortalecimiento de la Colaboración en las Américas.
Cheryl Abbate's (Philosophy) sixth Annual Tom Regan Memorial Lecture, titled “The Philosophy of Animal Rights: A Way of Life or Religion?" (co-hosted by The Brooks McCormick Jr. Animal Law & Policy Program at Harvard Law School & The Culture & Animals Foundation (CAF), is now published by CAF and available to watch here.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) presented "Feminism and the Open Borders Debate" at the Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) presented "Feminism and the Open Borders Debate" for the Department of Philosophy Colloquium Series at Arizona State University.
Cheryl Abbate (Philosophy) published a chapter titled, "The virtues and vices of germline editing research," in Biotech Animals in Research: Ethical and Regulatory Aspects (Routledge). Abbate's chapter explores some of the moral issues pertaining to the use of animals in germline editing research through a virtue ethics framework.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) gave a virtual keynote address for the 6th Annual National Congress on Normal School Education held in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. Her address focused on strategies for supporting and understanding "children's philosophy" within the K-12 school system.
Todd Jones (Philosophy) presented a co-authored paper, “Which Are the Best Future Populations? What We Must Study, Rather Than Stipulate,” at the Designing Just Futures Conference at James Madison University.
Professor emeritus Maurice Finocchiaro (Philosophy) has just published his 17th book, The Fallacy of Composition: Critical Reviews, Conceptual Analyses, and Case Studies. It is a volume in a book series of “Studies in Logic and Argumentation,” published by College Publications in London.
This is the first book-length study of the fallacy of…
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) was a speaker for the College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Speaker Series at California Lutheran University. She gave a talk on feminist philosophy and the ethics of borders.