June 6th, 12:30-2:00 pm, room 5414
Rosa Terlazzo (Kansas State University)
“Transformative Experiences, Well-being, and Children”

June 28th, 12:30-2:00 pm, room 5414
Katharine Wolfe (Allegheny College)
“The Burdened Virtue of Second Person Needs?: A Response to Lisa Tessman”

July 26th, 6:30-8:00 pm, room 5414
Graham Parsons (United…[Read more]

STOICON is a practical philosophy conference for the general public, centered on the ancient and modern practice of Greco-Roman Stoicism. The conference will take place on Saturday, 15 October, in New York Ci […]

Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

Friday, October 14 – Saturday, October 15 2016

New York University

REGISTER HERE

On October 14-15, 2016, the NYU Center for Mind, Brain and Consciousness in conjunction with the NYU Center for Bioethics will host a conference on “The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence”.

Recent progress in artificia…[Read more]

Getting The Writing Done
July 14, 2016 (Thursday)
3:00 pm – 4:15 pm
Room C205

Facilitated by Karen Starr, Psy.D.

Do you need to start writing but don’t know where to begin? Feeling paralyzed by im […]

The end of semester/year party will take place in the philosophy lounge on Wednesday May 18, 2016 at 4:00 pm.

Food and refreshments will be provided for all.

Faculty are strongly encouraged to contribute libations.

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Student Steering Committee:
Kathryn Pendoley
Lauren Alpert
Jonathan Kwan
Phoebe Friesen
Richard Stillman
Alternates:
Elis Miller
Shawn Simpson

Committee on Representation:
Eric Bayruns
Lauren […]

Logic and Metaphysics Workshop

Program, Spring 2016

Mondays, 4.15-6.15. Room 6421, Graduate Center

February 22  Mark Sainsbury, U Texas, Austin, “Something” (Abstract below)

February 29 Dave Ripley, UConn “Classical Recapture via Conflation” (Abstract below)

March 7 Filippo Casati, St Andrews “(Para-)Foundationalism” (Abstract bel…[Read more]

The Interdisciplinary Committee on Science Studies Fellowship Competition

2016-2017 Academic Year: “Science and Art”
DEADLINE for Doctoral Student and Mid-Career Faculty Applications:
April 21, 2016 no later than noon.

The Committee for Interdisciplinary Science Studies invites applications from recently tenured-faculty, CUNY doctor…[Read more]

Teach@CUNY Day Monday, May 2, 2016, on the Concourse Level of the Graduate Center, from 9am-4pm will offer both a celebration of teaching across the CUNY system and an introduction for those new or relatively new to teaching to some of the methodologies and approaches used across CUNY’s classrooms.

We will gather in the Proshansky Aud…[Read more]

The first Latinx Philosophers Conference will take place on April 29-30 at Columbia University.

The conference includes talks in a varierty of topics including Ethics, Ancient and Early Modern Philosophy, Latinoamerican Philosophy, Political Philosophy and Philosophy of Mathematics. There will also be a final plenary session to discuss the…[Read more]

2016 SWIP-Analytic Essay Prize Winner Presentation
Monday, April 25, 2016

Arianna Falbo
Simon Fraser University
“Why Two (or more) Belief-Dependent Peers are Better Than One”

1:00-3:00 PM, Room 202
NYU Philosophy Department
5 Washington Place, NYC
Joint NYU Department Tea & SWIP-Analytic Reception to Follow

**Attendees are enc…[Read more]

HATE SPEECH AND THE NORMATIVITY OF COMMUNICATION

The 19th Annual CUNY Graduate Conference, April 15-16, 2016

Friday, April 15th
The Graduate Center (365 5th Ave), rm. 5409

11:30 – 11:45am. Welcome, Coffee and Snacks

11:45 – 12:45pm. JJ Lang (Stanford University) “Semantic Ambiguity, Presuppositions, and the Offensiveness of Out-Gr…[Read more]

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We are creating an end-of-year newsletter to document the events and accomplishments of our department. It will be displayed online and disseminated in print. Please help […]

Elections for the 2015-2016 Philosophy Department Student Committees are now open! You can find the ballot here: https://eballot4.votenet.com/dsc[eballot4.votenet.com]

Please take the time to vote when you […]

“Philosophy & Physical Computing,” is a two-week summer workshop aimed at providing philosophers, computer scientists, and experimental scientists with the technical skills and philosophical perspective necessary […]

Join us for a roundtable faculty showcase event with CUNY Philosophy Professors Linda Alcoff, Serene Khader, Graham Priest, Jesse Prinz, and Iakovos Vasiliou Wednesday, April 6 from 4:15-6:15 in room 9204. A wine and cheese reception will follow in the philosophy department lounge, in room 7113. The CUNY Graduate Center is located across from the…[Read more]

A number of CUNY Graduate Center Philosophy PhD students & alumni will present at upcoming American Society for Aesthetics Conferences.

American Society for Aesthetics Eastern Division Meeting
April […]

DIVERSIFYING THE SYLLABUS
PEDAGOGY WORKSHOP & DISCUSSION

A workshop and discussion for Philosophy graduate students teaching at the CUNY Colleges. Discussion topics to include: diversifying the syllabus; teaching to different learning styles; best practices for an inclusive classroom; and grading for diverse learners.

4-6pm
Friday,…[Read more]