First-Generation College Students and Philosophy

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A philosophy professor has embarked on a project to understand and address issues faced by philosophy students who are first-generation college students or members of other traditionally underrepresented groups, and she could use your help. Bailie Peterson, assistant professor of…

Thought Bubble (Daily Nous Philosophy Comics)

Other Daily Nous Comics / More Info about DN Comics Thought Bubble by Jerry Dworkin & Zola Weinberg One of our regular comic strip artists is taking a break, and so there’s a new comic today. It’s by the team of Gerald Dworkin…

Jeffrey H. Barker (1957-2021)

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Dr. Barker’s scholarship and teaching focused on biomedical ethics, legal and political philosophy, and twentieth-century German philosophy. He earned his PhD from Purdue University and his undergraduate degrees from California State University, Chico. Before coming to Converse, he taught at…

Richard Double (1948-2021)

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Double was a tireless teacher and generalist who wrote provocatively across many areas of philosophy, specializing in ethics and free will. Double‘s work is cited in six sections of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: moral responsibility, autonomy in moral and…

Sliwa from Cambridge to Vienna

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Paulina Sliwa, currently senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of Cambridge, will be moving to the University of Vienna, where she will be professor of moral and political philosophy. Professor Sliwa works in ethics and moral epistemology, and has…