Congratulations to philosophy alumni Thomas Meagher on publishing a new article on the APA blog’s Black Issues in Philosophy. The article, entitled “Remembering Robert L. Allen,” pays tribute to the Dr. Robert L. Allen, focusing on the history of his scholarship as a Black academic.
Publications
Lewis Gordon: Spinoza Lecture Published in Krisis
Check out Professor Lewis Gordon‘s recent publication in Krisis’ special issue in Caribbean Philosophy. This publication is an essay based on Professor Gordon’s Spinoza Lecture, which was held in 2022.
Congratulations, Lewis!
Lewis Gordon: New Publication in The Georgetown Law Journal
Congratulations to Department Head & Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, Lewis Gordon, for his recent publication in The Georgetown Law Journal! You can read Dr. Gordon’s essay “A Black Existential Perspective on Afrofuturity and the Law” on The Georgetown Law Journal website.
Lewis Gordon: Featured in Spectrum Magazine
Check out Spectrum magazine’s reviews of Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Lewis Gordon‘s book Freedom, Justice, and Decolonization (Routledge 2021). Each article reviews a chapter of the aforementioned book. There are currently four installments in the series, which you can read below:
Neighbor Love, Political Love, and Divine Love by Zane Yi
Congratulations, Lewis!
Thomas Meagher: On the Notion of Philosophy
UConn Philosophy Alum Tom Meagher’s (’18) new article, “On the Notion of Black Issues in Philosophy,” was published on the APA blog, Black Issues in Philosophy, last Friday. Among some names mentioned is our very own department head: Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Lewis Gordon. Check out an excerpt from the article below:
In taking on Black issues, philosophy manifests its care for the maturation of knowledge by realizing philosophy’s significance to those who confront black issues not only as intellectual exercises but as impositions that imbue existence with tragic responsibilities that knowledge alone is insufficient to transcend. In short, black/Black issues are among those where the philosopher’s effort to deal with them may, in turn, make the philosopher’s work and labor more genuinely philosophical.
You can read the full article on the APA’s blog.
Congratulations, Tom!
Ting-An Lin: Democratizing AI and the Concern of Algorithmic Injustice
Assistant Professor Ting-An Lin’s recent article “Democratizing AI’ and the Concern of Algorithmic Injustice” was just published in Philosophy & Technology. In this article, Dr. Lin examines the notions of democratizing AI in relation to lessening algorithmic injustice. You can read an excerpt from the abstract below:
My examinations reveal that while some versions of democratizing AI bear the prospect of mitigating the concern of algorithmic injustice, others are somewhat limited and might even function to perpetuate unjust power hierarchies. This analysis thus urges a more fine-grained discussion on how to democratize AI and suggests that closer scrutiny of the power dynamics embedded in the socio-technical structure can help guide such explorations.
Congratulations, Ting-an! You can read the full article by clicking here.
Philosophy and Global Affairs is Now Available for Download!
Philosophy and Global Affairs 4, no. 1 (2024) is now available for download online at Philosophy Document Center.
To access each article, please click “view” under the article title, then “show document.”
Hady Ba and Gregory Doukas: Academy of Advanced African Studies
Congratulations to visiting research fellow Hady Ba and part-time faculty member Gregory Doukas on being rewarded with a fellowship at the Academy of Advanced African Studies in Bayreuth, Germany. This fellowship is for next year, 2025.
Ba and Doukas are also co-authors of a book in African philosophy and decolonial theory; in which an article about their work will be published in Philosophy and Global Affairs this summer.
Mitch Green: Volume 51 of Philosophia
Congratulations to Professor Mitch Green on successfully completing Volume 51 of Philosophia as Editor-in-Chief. Furthermore, he has expanded the journal’s reach to a global audience by introducing the new subtitle: A Global Journal Of Philosophy.
You can find more information on the journal, it’s newest volume and issues, here.
Well wishes to you and your team, Mitch!
Dorit Bar-On: Newly Published Book – Expression and Self-Knowledge (co-authored with Crispin Wright)
Congratulations to Professor Dorit Bar-On for her newly published book, Expression and Self-Knowledge (co-authored with Crispin Wright), for Wiley-Blackwell’s “Great Debates in Philosophy” Series!
Check out Dr. Bar-On’s new book here: