Accomplishments: Department of Philosophy
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) presented "Animals, Humans and the Right to Privacy" (virtually) to the More-Than-Human Relations in Times of Violence conference at the University of Idaho.
Dave Beisecker (Philosophy) recently presented a paper, "Dewey, Harris, and the Continued Working of the 'Hegelian Bacillus'" at the annual meeting of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy in Rollins College, Florida. The paper was also co-authored by Joe Ervin (Academic Success Center) and Jasmin Özel (Philosophy).
David Forman (Philosophy) published "Kant on the Moral Law as the Causal Law for Freedom" in the journal Kant-Studien.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) published "Border Crossing for Abortion: A Feminist Challenge to Border Theory" in the Journal of Social Philosophy.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) virtually presented "Intimate Boundaries: Toward a Feminist Theory of Borders" to the Kegley Institute of Ethics at the California State University, Bakersfield.
Cheryl Abbate (Philosophy) published a book chapter, "Racialized Sexual Discrimination: A Moral Right or Morally Wrong?" in the Palgrave Handbook of Sexual Ethics (edited by David Boonin).
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) presented "Intimate Boundaries: Toward a Feminist Theory of Borders" to the Center on Ethics and department of philosophy at San Jose State University.
Amy Reed-Sandoval, Gloria Lara, and Pablo Ponce (all Philosophy) co-delivered a virtual keynote presentation based on their paper "Filosofía Infantil y La Pedagogía Influida por el Trauma: Lecciones de la Iniciativa de Filosofía Infantil de Las Vegas Durante La Pandemia COVID-19" ("Philosophy for Childrena and Trauma-Informed Pedagogy:…
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) has been selected as an inaugural Philosophy in the Media Fellow with the Marc Sanders Foundation, through which she will focus on long-form magazine article writing.
The MSF Philosophy in Media initiative aims to increase the presence of philosophy in print, audio, and video media by training philosophers to…
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) presented "Socially, Not (Necessarily) Legally Undocumented" for the Lewis & Clark College Philosophy Colloquium (online).
Dave Beisecker (Philosophy) just returned from the Czech Republic, where he presented "The Default to Truth: On the Topology of Assertion" at a workshop on Why and How we Give and Ask for Reasons sponsored by the European Research Council and the University of Hradec Králové. A week before that, he commented on a paper on the normativity of logic…
Iram Gonzalez (English and Philosophy) was chosen as the recipient of the first Sam Lieberman Memorial Scholarship, which was awarded by the College of Liberal Arts. Gonzalez was chosen for the $1,500 award for his campus engagement and leadership. He served as vice president of Phi Sigma Tau honor society and editor of its student research…