Professor Emeritus Michael Allen Fox presents a fresh discussion of the concept of fate and its role in philosophy, religion, politics, culture, and the history of ideas in Fate and Life: Who's Really in Charge? (McGill-Queen's University Press, May 2024).
PhD Candidate Josh Livingstone has recently published a new article, "Defending Philosophy: Plato, Heidegger, and Meno's Paradox", in Symposium.
Recent PhD Kathryn Lawson and current PhD student Joshua Livingstone have edited an anthology of essays recently published through Bloomsbury Press.
Date
Thursday April 11, 2024Location
Queen's UniversityThe Department of History and the Department of Philosophy are pleased to invite you to join a special talk by Dr. Jo茫o R. M. Ohara, titled, "History and Inductive Risk, or the Social Harms of Bad Histories".
Date
Tuesday May 7, 2024Location
Queen's University, Watson 517Faculty and graduate students are invited to join the upcoming meeting of the Political Philosophy Reading Group, to discuss a paper by Angie Pepper (Roehampton) and Rich Healey (LSE). Further details, as well as the paper, will be circulated via email. For more information, contact Christine Sypnowich (christine.sypnowich@queensu.ca).
Date
Tuesday March 26, 2024Location
Queen's University, Watson 517Faculty and graduate students are invited to join the upcoming meeting of the Political Philosophy Reading Group, to discuss a paper by Mike Corbett (UWO), titled 鈥Socio-Political Identity, Associative Benefits, and the Fair Play Theory of Political Obligation鈥. Further details, as well as Mike's paper, will be circulated via email. For more information, contact Christine Sypnowich (christine.sypnowich@queensu.ca).
Date
Friday March 15, 2024Location
Queen's University, Watson 517Faculty and graduate students are invited to join the upcoming meeting of the Political Philosophy Reading Group, to discuss a paper by Daniel Mu帽oz (UNC Chapel Hill), "Each Counts for One". Further details, as well as Daniel's paper, have been circulated via email. For more information, contact Christine Sypnowich (christine.sypnowich@queensu.ca).
Date
Tuesday March 12, 2024Location
Queen's University, Watson 517Faculty and graduate students are invited to join the upcoming meeting of the Political Philosophy Reading Group, to discuss a paper by Kaitie Jourdeuil (黑料吃瓜资源), "Territorial Rights in Settler States: Insights from Grounded Normative Theory". Further details, as well as Kaitie's paper, have been circulated via email. For more information, contact Christine Sypnowich (christine.sypnowich@queensu.ca).
An opinion piece by Daryn Lehoux, Professor of Classics and Philosophy, recently appeared in The Globe and Mail. The piece, "On the study of 鈥榰seless鈥 subjects", argues for the value of classics and the humanities more generally.
Date
Thursday February 29, 2024Location
Queen's UniversityThe Department of Philosophy is pleased to invite you to join, in person, the upcoming meeting of its regular colloquium series, which will welcome Rahul Kumar (黑料吃瓜资源), to give a paper titled, 鈥淢orality and Mutual Recognition鈥.
