Accomplishments: Department of Philosophy
Iram Gonzalez (English and Philosophy) was chosen as the recipient of the first Sam Lieberman Memorial Scholarship, which was awarded by the College of Liberal Arts. Gonzalez was chosen for the $1,500 award for his campus engagement and leadership. He served as vice president of Phi Sigma Tau honor society and editor of its student research…
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) participated in a virtual panel on her co-edited volume Latin American Immigration Ethics (University of Arizona Press, 2021), as part of the Fourth International Forum on Migrants, Refugees, and Human Rights organized by Paseo de la Esperanza A.C. in Monterrey, Mexico. Her co-presenters were…
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) was interviewed for the FAB Gab podcast of the International Network on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics about her research on abortion bans and pandemic ethics in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dave Beisecker (Philosophy) presented a paper, "Reconstructing American Hegelianism: John Dewey and William Torrey Harris," at the John Dewey Memorial Conference in Burlington, Vermont. The paper is a collaboration with Jasmin Özel (Philosophy) and Joe Ervin (Academic Success Center).
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) published Latin American Immigration Ethics, which she co-edited with Luis Rubén DÃaz Cepeda, with University of Arizona Press.
The volume uses conceptual frameworks from Latin American and Latinx philosphies to consider immigration ethics challenges in the context of the Americas. Reed-Sandoval contributed three…
Cheryl Abbate (Philosophy) presented an invited talk, "Taking Feline Well-Being Seriously," at the University of Redlands, as part of the university's Human-Animal Studies Speakers Series. This talk explored the moral duty cat guardians have to promote the flourishing of the felines under their care and the derivative duty guardians have to…
Cheryl Abbate (Philosophy) was recently an invited panelist at the "Politics, Animals, and Technology" MANCEPT workshop in political theory, hosted by the University of Manchester. She presented a talk titled, "Puurfecting Cats through Genetic Technology? The Moral Requirements and Limitations of Feline Gene Editing," in which she discussed the…
Maurice Finocchiaro (Philosophy emeritus) has just published his 16th book, entitled Science, Method, and Argument in Galileo: Philosophical, Historical, and Historiographical Essays. The book is a collection of 24 essays, all but three previously published during the last 50 years. Their two-fold focus is argumentation and Galileo. The book is…
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) published Ética, PolÃtica, y Migración (UACJ Press), which she co-edited with Luis Rubén DÃaz Cepeda and Roberto Sánchez BenÃtez. This open access book is one of the first Spanish-language texts to deal with immigration ethics as a central topic, and it foregrounds ethical issues of particular concern…
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) published an op-ed, "The Texas Ban and Migration Injustice," in Ms. Magazine.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) was interviewed for the Living Philosophy podcast about her research, teaching, and community outreach in philosophy for children.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) published "Philosophy for Children in a Pandemic: Rethinking the 'Community' of Inquiry" in Teaching Philosophy.