University of Calgary Department of Philosophy

02/29/2024

‘Empathy activism’ and how 1 educator is creating more inclusive teaching spaces. 2023 Inclusive Excellence Award recipient, 's Safaneh Mohaghegh Neyshabouri approaches empathy as a skill that can be taught.

2023 Inclusive Excellence Award recipient Safaneh Mohaghegh Neyshabouri approaches empathy as a skill that can be taught

01/31/2024

Be sure to attend the next talk by Arthur Sullivan on Feb 2: "On the Guises of Irony." 3:00PM, SS 1253.

The concept of irony is ancient, multi-faceted, and protean. In sophisticated scholarly work, several different sub-types of irony are distinguishe...

01/10/2024

at the University of Calgary invites graduate students to submit papers for consideration at its 12th Annual Philosophy Graduate Conference, "Global Feminism", May 1-2, 2024. To register and submit papers, see: https://philevents.org/event/show/118489

The Department of Philosophy at the University of Calgary invites graduate students to submit papers for consideration at its 12th Annual Philosophy Graduate Conference. The overarching theme of this conference is global feminism, explored at both theoretical and applied levels. Our envisioned....

01/02/2024

Prof. Safaneh Neyshabouri has won the Safaneh Mohaghegh Neyshabouri has won the 2023 University of Calgary Inclusive Excellence (Individual) Teaching Award. Congratulations, Safaneh!

New award for Inclusive Excellence celebrates educators who create inclusive learning experiences

11/01/2023

Nov 6, "In Conversation With David M. Shribman." A panel conversation with a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist. Nov 6, 2:00PM, Social Sciences 623.

Frank Towers (Department of History), Anthony Sayers (Department of Political Science), and Mark Migotti (Department of Philosophy) will engage in ...

11/01/2023

Don't miss the next lecture in the Philosophy Speakers Series by Patrick Girard, University of Auckland. Friday Nov 3, 3:00PM, Social Sciences 1253.

Logic is often presented as a neutral tool for reasoning, but in reality, it can be used to uphold oppressive power structures. Can it? This talk w...

10/30/2023

Don't miss the next talk by Patrick Girard, University of Auckland on Nov 3, Logic Doesn’t Oppress People, People Oppress People. Social Sciences 1253, 3:00PM.

Logic is often presented as a neutral tool for reasoning, but in reality, it can be used to uphold oppressive power structures. Can it? This talk w...

10/02/2023

Be sure to attend the next talk in the Philosophy Speakers Series on Oct 13 by Ryoa Chung, :

In this talk, I will outline the conceptual model of structural health inequalities produced by the interaction of structural and epistemic injusti...

09/27/2023

Don't miss the next talk by James Sterba on Sep 29: "Is a Good God Logically Possible? An Update." 3:00PM, Social Sciences 1253.

The question I seek to address in this talk is whether or not an all-good, all- powerful God is logically possible given the degree and amount of m...

09/18/2023

Don't miss the first Philosophy Colloquium talk for 2023-24 by Janet Kourany, U Notre Dame: Sep 22, "Race and Gender: Toward a Proper Pattern of Knowledge and Ignorance in Research."

This paper concerns a project to right a wrong, an epistemic as well as social wrong. The wrong? Science was to serve all humankind; that is what F...

06/30/2023

In Memoriam: Miranda Dall'Alba, Manager, Operations, University of Calgary Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts. Campus flag will be lowered today.

06/16/2023

PhD student Ahmed Al-Juhany was recently awarded the 2023 Richard Hadden Prize for his essay "What are False Models Good For? Lessons from a Case Study in Economics."Congratulations, Ahmed! https://news.ucalgary.ca/news/what-are-false-models-good-lessons-case-study-economics