BGSU Philosophy Department

11/06/2018

Coming up this Friday, November 9, our next Philosophy Department colloquium...

“The Moral Status and Rights of Artificial Intelligence”

S. Matthew Liao
Arthur Zitrin Professor of Bioethics
Director, Center for Bioethics
Affiliated Professor, Department of Philosophy
New York University

Friday, November 9, 2018
4:00 – 6:00 pm
Business Administration Annex Room 1007

10/26/2018

Some great events coming up in the department. Next up is the grad student run Applied Philosophy Workshop on November 2 and 3. This year's theme is "Individual and Collective Responsibility":

6th Annual Graduate Student Workshop in Applied Philosophy
 “Individual and Collective Responsibility” Friday & Saturday | November 2 & 3, 2018
 Bowling Green State University | Bowen-Thompson Student Union Keynote Speakers: Dr. Marion Smiley Professor of Philosophy, Brandeis University Dr. ...

03/27/2018

Eagerly awaiting our April 20-21, 2018 Workshop in Applied Philosophy and Public Policy on "Social Trust". Keynote speaker is Edward Hinchman (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee). For the full schedule and registration details, see:

The Bowling Green Workshop in Applied Ethics and Public Polcy Friday and Saturday April 20-21 Speakers for 2018 Workshop Keynote Speaker: Edward Hinchman (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee) Invited Speakers: Andreas Bergh, Henrik Jordahl, and Richard Ohrvall (Lund University) "How Do Welfare State....

03/27/2018

Join us for our next department colloquium on
Friday April 6, 2018:

David Killoren,
Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University
"Strict Pluralism"
4:30 - 6:30 p.m. | 301 Shatzel Hall

02/07/2018

Join us for our next department colloquium:

Friday February 16, 2018
Sarah McGrath, Princeton University
"The Significance of Levels of Generality for Philosophical Theorizing"
4:30 p.m. | 301 Shatzel Hall

10/13/2017

The Call for Papers is out for our 2018 Bowling Green Workshop on Applied Ethics and Public Policy. This year's topic: Social Trust.
See the CFP here in Pea Soup:

http://peasoup.us/2017/10/cfp-social-trust/

Call for Abstracts The Bowling Green Workshop in Applied Ethics and Public Policy Social Trust April 20th-21st, 2018 Keynote Speakers: Cristina Bicchieri (University of Pennsylvania) and Ted Hichman (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee) Political scientists and economists have studied social trust fo...

01/25/2017

April 7 and 8, 2017, the date of the next Bowling Green Workshop in Applied Ethics and Public Policy on "The Future of Work, Technology, and a Basic Income"

Keynotes: Evelyn Forget (University of Manitoba), Philippe Van Parijs, (Université Catholique de Louvain), Matt Zwolinski (University of San Diego).

For full schedule, see: https://www.bgsu.edu/futureofwork

April 7-8, 2017 Keynote Speakers: Evelyn Forget (University of Manitoba) Phillippe Van Parijs (Université Catholique de Louvain) Matt Zwolinski (University of San Diego) Submitted abstracts currently under review Further details to follow

10/18/2016

Thinking about Graduate Study in Philosophy at BGSU starting Fall 2017? Take a look at our poster:
http://www.bgsu.edu/content/dam/BGSU/college-of-arts-and-sciences/philosophy/documents/Miscellaneous/BGSU-Grad-recruiting-poster.pdf

10/06/2016

The Philosophy Club meets tonight Thursday Oct 6 at 7:30 pm in 301 Shatzel Hall to discuss ... the Afterlife! It should be fun! (unless you're on the Naughty List!)

09/01/2016

Philosophy Club meets for the first time this Fall semester Thursday September 1 at 7:30 pm in 301 Shatzel Hall. Come and discuss ideas for the coming year. Pizza and pop will be served!

02/24/2016

The BGSU Ethics Bowl team competed at the 20th National Ethics Bowl Championships on February 21, one of only 36 colleges and universities in the country to qualify. They put in a lot of work and performed very well and made us proud!!! Here they are about to go into action!

02/05/2016

Looking forward to meeting our new incoming graduate students in Fall 2016! Applications for admission and financial aid are still open though, until March 1!
http://www.bgsu.edu/arts-and-sciences/philosophy/graduate-program.html

A Unique Environment Since 1979, when the Philosophy Department at Bowling Green State University began teaching its MA in Applied Philosophy, its graduate program has occupied a unique place in North American philosophy. This uniqueness was augmented in 1990 by the addition of a PhD program, also i…