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The Philosophy Department at UConn is internationally recognized as a top place to do research in a wide variety of areas in philosophy, including: Aesthetics, Africana Philosophy, Decolonial Philosophy, Epistemology (Formal and Social), Existentialism and Phenomenology, Feminist Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Indigenous Philosophy, Metaphysics, Latin American and Latinx Philosophy, Philosophy of Culture, Philosophy of Language, Philosophical Logic, Philosophies of Mind and Language, Philosophies of Medicine, Psychiatry, and Psychoanalysis, Philosophy of Human Sciences, Philosophy of Race and Racism, Philosophy of Science, Social and Political Philosophy, and more.
The department is also a leader in public philosophy, with members addressing topics such as the ethics of artificial intelligence, language and genocide, political epistemology, and shifting the geography of reason. Four peer-review journals are headquartered here: Journal of Philosophical Research, Philosophia, Philosophy and Global Affairs, and, as of 2023, Journal of the American Philosophical Association.
Recent PhDs have secured positions at St. Andrews University, Oxford University, Notre Dame University, the University of Oslo, Kuwait University, Gonzaga University, the University of Delhi, Lewis & Clark College, the University of Massachusetts at Boston, the University of Memphis, Grand Valley State University, the University of California at Merced, Fairfield University, the University of Iowa, the University of Idaho, the University of Kentucky, the University of Konstanz, Monash University, Yonsei University, the University of Tokyo, Muhlenberg College, Sam Houston State University, the University of Minnesota-Duluth, the Czech Academy of Sciences, the University of California-Merced, TPX Communications, Cambridge Semantics, and Cycorp. Our doctoral students are a global community from Argentina, China, Egypt, India, Ireland, Turkey, Pakistan, and the United Kingdom, as well as the U.S.
The undergraduate major and minor has a stellar record of preparing students for advanced study in a variety of professional schools and disciplines, in addition to philosophy, and careers ranging from the entertainment industry to nonprofits, private, and public service.
Our department is also an attractive research community for international scholars, several of whom came on Fulbright scholarships from Argentina, Bulgaria, France, and Senegal, and others on special fellowships from Australia, Brazil, and China.
Philosophy Department, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-1054 / philosophy@uconn.edu / 1-860-486-4416
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Upcoming Events
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UCHI Fellow's Talk: Stefan Kaufmann
UCHI Fellow's Talk: Stefan Kaufmann
Wednesday, February 1st, 2023
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Storrs Campus Humanities Institute Conference Room
Research talk by Stefan Kaufmann with response by Kareem Khalifa.
Register to attend virtually:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_O2BggnyFRoOVv7KFjwjYJwContact Information: uchi@uconn.edu
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2/2
Transcribathon
Transcribathon
Thursday, February 2nd, 2023
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Storrs Campus Online
Our first Transcribathon for Spring 2023 will start on the 2nd of February. We will share the document closer to the first meeting.
Join: EMSWG- Transcribathon
https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/j.php?MTID=m3f488af42e86df49819687d3112650ebContact Information: katharine.beene@uconn.edu
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Philosophy Department Colloquium: Alena Wolflink (University of Denver)
Philosophy Department Colloquium: Alena Wolflink (University of Denver)
Friday, February 3rd, 2023
04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Storrs Campus Humanities Institute Conference Room, Homer Babbidge Library
Alena Wolflink (University of Denver)
"Claiming Value"
Value is typically theorized from the frameworks of economic theory or of moral/ethical theory, but in her new book, "Claiming Value," Alena Wolflink argues that we need to instead think about value foremost as political. Discussing a tension in value discourses between material and aspirational life, she shows that erasing this tension, as has been the historical tendency, can entrench existing configurations of power and privilege, while acknowledging the tension is a vital part of democratic practice. Wolflink argues that abstractions of value discourse in both economic theory and moral philosophy have been complicit in devaluing the lives of women, queer people, and people of color. Yet she further argues that value claims nonetheless hold democratic potential as a means of asserting and defining priorities that center the role of political economy in the making of political communities.Contact Information: Lynne Tirrell (lynne.tirrell@uconn.edu)
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2/10
Logic Colloquium: Eugenio Orlandelli (Bologna)
Logic Colloquium: Eugenio Orlandelli (Bologna)
Friday, February 10th, 2023
02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Storrs Campus Zoom
Join us in the Logic Colloquium!
Eugenio Orlandelli (Bologna)
Quantified modal logics: One approach to rule them all!
We present a general approach to quantified modal logics (QML) that can simulate most other approaches. The language is based on operators indexed by terms which allow to express de re modalities and to control the interaction of modalities with the first-order machinery and with non-rigid designators. The semantics is based on a primitive counterpart relation holding between n-tuples of objects inhabiting possible worlds. This allows an object to be represented by one, many or no object in an accessible world. Moreover by taking as primitive a relation between n-tuples we avoid the shortcomings of standard individual counterparts. Finally, we use cut-free labelled sequent calculi to give a proof-theoretic characterisation of the quantified extensions of each first-order definable propositional modal logic. In this way we show how to complete many axiomatically incomplete QML.
https://logic.uconn.edu/calendar/Contact Information: logic@uconn.edu
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2/10
ECOM Speaker Series: Alison Springle
ECOM Speaker Series: Alison Springle
Friday, February 10th, 2023
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Storrs Campus FSB220
ECOM Speaker Series will host Alison Springle (Oklahoma University, Philosophy). The title of her talk is "Radicalizing Practical Representations." The event will be held in Family Studies 220, and will be broadcasted via Zoom. For details, contact aliyar.ozercan@uconn.eduContact Information: aliyar.ozercan@uconn.edu
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2/16
Transcribathon
Transcribathon
Thursday, February 16th, 2023
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Storrs Campus Online
“Transcribathon” describes the full range of the Early Modern Studies Working Group’s efforts to teach and develop the skills of paleography. Critical to researching the early modern period is the ability to read manuscripts. This is not always so easy! Thus, our ongoing paleography workshop is designed to provide introductory tutelage and regular practice.Contact Information: katharine.beene@uconn.edu
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