Professor Lewis Gordon is back with a new interview on “The Tavis Smiley Podcast.” Professor Gordon and Tavis Smiley explore “how racist power structures can permeate the minds of Black people to act against their own – using the recent example of Tyre Nichols where Black officers were the face of police brutality against Black […]
Month: February 2023
Nicholas Smith: Interview with BBB Radio
Distinguished Visiting Professor Nicholas Smith joins Dan Tierney on BBB Radio 4 to discuss the philosophy of work. “Some think we’ve placed too much emphasis on wealth as a measure of worth and that work should be about seeking to do something well, regardless of the monetary reward. Others believe that argument is laden with […]
Nicholas Smith: Redefining the Punk Scene
Professor Nicholas Smith‘s essay “Punk as Praxis” was featured on the UConn Daily Campus. Professor Smith answers the question of “What is Punk?” in his essay. “It challenged conformity and complacency. Part of it was a refusal of things, and I think those things still need refusing,” Smith said about the things punk challenged […]
Katie Peters: Extreme Beliefs and Responsibility
Please join us in congratulating Philosophy graduate student Katie Peters for her acceptance to present during the workshop Extreme Beliefs and Responsibility at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam this June. She will be presenting her work “Out-Group Arrogance and In-Group Servility in Far-Right American Women”. Congratulations, Katie!
Lewis Gordon: Radio Interview with “This is Hell!”
“When we think about what oppression is, oppression is an effort to disempower a people, and this is a very crucial thing to think through, because we’re living in a period right now where people mistakenly look at power exclusively as coercion. To put it very bluntly, what power is, is the ability to make […]
Dr. Hady Ba: Dakar Direct Interview
Please take a moment to check our our visiting scholar, Dr. Hady Ba’s, interview on Dakar Direct – Itv Sénégal
Dorit Bar-On: Students Selected to Speak at “Practical Mental Representation” Conference
Congratulations to Professor Bar-On‘s graduate students Nimra Asif and Drew Johnson for being selected to give talks at the “Practical Mental Representation” conference at Chapman University! There were only two slots available for contributed talks and both will be discussing the aspect of Ruth Millikan’s work. The “Practical Mental Representations” conference focuses on exploring solutions […]