Waterloo Philosophy

The Winter 2024 Philosophy Colloquium Speaker Series has announced its upcoming event dates and speakers. We are looking forward to an exciting term with many stimulating talks. Visit uwaterloo.ca/philosophy/eve… for more exact dates

Winter course offerings: PHIL 252 Quantum Mechanics for Everyone for full course description visit: uwaterloo.ca/philosophy/und…

Winter course offerings: PHIL 358 Scientific Realism/Anti-Realism for full course description visit: uwaterloo.ca/philosophy/und…

Winter course offering: PHIL 283 Great Works: Ancient and Medieval for full course description visit: uwaterloo.ca/philosophy/und…

Winter course offering: PHIL 271 Happiness For full course description visit: uwaterloo.ca/philosophy/und…

Some resources for teaching at times of crisis: Discussing Traumatic Events: tinyurl.com/4bfavs8v Teaching in Times of Crisis: tinyurl.com/krpz36xd Trauma-Informed Mutual Aid (@kawaiilovesarah): tinyurl.com/35c5z34f Counselling Services: tinyurl.com/9zhdy6c4

We would like to point out the special alert on the GSJ home page in regard to yesterday's events. uwaterloo.ca/gender-social-…

Congratulations to Angela Yamamoto for winning the prestigious Richard Hadden Award for her talk titled "Operationalization of Scientific Realism/Anti-realism Accounts for Semi-Structured Interviews”. This talk will also be presented at the University of Toronto July 9-15.

PhilSoc event: Meet the Profs night has been canceled for May 24. This event will be rescheduled soon.

The Philosophy department's own Carla Fehr is featured in Waterloo News for her exciting research in Feminist Artificial Intelligence. uwaterloo.ca/news/arts-rese…

UW Philosophy alumn speaking: The Value-Free Ideal and the Resilience of the Deficit Model in Science Communication T.Y. Branch, University of Cologne). 5 April 2023, 12:15pm CDT (UTC+5) Email mcps@umn.edu for a link to attend.

A special thank you to our volunteers at the March Break Open House this past weekend. Kyra Woodend, Fabiha Ahmad, and Remy Leigh (right to left in front)! Pictured here with Dr. Katy Fulfer (center back).

The Women's Center organized a talk with our own Dr. Jennifer Saul Tonight March 8th, QNC room 2505 Topic: Sexist Dog Whistles and Fig Leaves: Deniability Mechanisms for Sexist Speech more information can be found at wusa.ca/event/womens-c…

Join us Fri, Jan. 27th for guest speaker Andrea Sullivan- Clarke's talk on "Strategic Ignorance and Two Objections Involving Indigenous Epistemology.” social at 2:30pm in HH 335, and Talk at 3:30 pm in HH 373. Or join virtually via Zoom Meeting ID 930 1003 8507, Passcode 095036

“Happy (Belated) World Philosophy Day! 😊” unesco.org/en/days/philos…

PHIL 228: Ethics and Artificial Intelligence still has space if you are shopping for an elective for winter 2023. Such a great course. Hagey Hall room 334 2:30-3:50pm Tues and Thurs Instructor; Nick Ray

Dr. Carla Fehr has won a Faculty of Arts “Excellence in Service” Award for 2022! She has done outstanding work as Associate Chair (Graduate), advancing equity efforts at the University, and for developing the philosophy profession more broadly. Congratulations, Carla!

The Philosophy Department welcomes its latest Doctor! We’re very happy to announce that, on October 28th, Artur Lukaszczyk successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation, entitled “Towards a Cyber Jus ad Bellum: Bridging Legal Gaps within Cyberwar Governance.”

Carla Fehr is a winner of a 2022 Arts Award for Excellence in Service! Celebrate this achievement at the Arts event in the Hagey Hall Hub this coming Wednesday the 2nd from 3 to 4:30 attend and honor Carla and the other Arts Award winners. Come celebrate

Philosophy Bonfire July 8th, 7 pm- 9 pm. Snacks will be provided. Meet at the Columbia Lake fire pit near CIF.