Professor Sam Wheeler’s essay, “Does ChatGPT refer with Names? Design Intention and Derivative Reference in Large Language Models,” is forthcoming in the December issue of nonsite.org. You may also read a near final version here. Congratulations, Professor Wheeler!
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Ting-An Lin : “AI, Normality, and Oppressive Things” Wins Best Paper Award at AIES
Please join us in congratulating Assistant Professor Ting-An Lin, who’s co-authored paper (with Linus Ta-Lun Huang), “AI, Normality, and Oppressive Things” has just won a Best Paper Award at AIES (the AAAI/ACM conference on AI, Ethics, and Society), a top interdisciplinary conference on AI ethics. The extended abstract can be read here.
Lewis Gordon: Featured in Podcast “Philosophy Bites”
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Global Affairs Lewis Gordon has recently featured in the podcast Philosophy Bites, in which the focus of discussion is the Martinican revolutionary philosopher, psychiatrist, and sociologist Frantz Fanon. The podcast is called Lewis Gordon on Frantz Fanon, listen to it here! Congratulations, Professor Gordon!
Lewis Gordon: Delivered Keynote at North American Sartre Society Meeting at ULV
In September of 2025, Lewis Gordon delivered the keynote speech at the American Sartre Society Meeting, which took place at LaVerne University. The conference focused on the thought of Sartre and Fanon. Click here for the conference schedule. There was also a session on Gordon’s work, which featured two alumni of the UConn Philosophy Department: […]
Michael Lynch: To Deliver Suter Distinguished Lecture at Michigan State University
Professor Micheal Lynch will be giving the Suter Distinguished Lecture on “Truth and History” next week on Friday, October 3rd at Michigan State University.
Lewis Gordon: Delivers Martha Nussbaum Distinguished Lecture at HDCA
Professor Lewis Gordon delivered the Martha Nussbaum Distinguished Lecture at the HDCA 2025 conference in Bradford, UK, presenting on “Freedom, with Respect to Justice and Decolonization.”
Michael Lynch: NYTimes
Congratulations to Professor Michael Patrick Lynch, who was featured in a front-page New York Times news analysis by Senior White House Correspondent Peter Baker!
Michael Lynch: Truth, Politics, and Disagreement
The University of Bologna recently hosted a conference surrounding Professor Michael Lynch’s new book, “On Truth in Politics.” The conference featured Professor Lynch, as well as several different Philosophy scholars.
Featured Lecture: ” Existentialism, Myth, and Film”
Check out the featured lecture, “Existentialism, Myth, and Film” with Dr. Lewis Gordon!
Samuel Wheeler: Nonsite & American Philosophical Quarterly
Please check out Professor Emeritus Samuel C. Wheeler III’s two recent publications!