Waterloo Philosophy

The official account for the Philosophy Department at the University of Waterloo.
For updates on our Gender & Social Justice program, follow @uwaterlooGSJ

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The Winter 2024 Philosophy Colloquium Speaker Series has announced its upcoming event dates and speakers. We are looking forward to an exciting term with many stimulating talks. Visit
https://t.co/BUVw46c0bM for more exact dates

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Winter course offerings: PHIL 252 Quantum Mechanics for Everyone
for full course description visit: https://t.co/7BXaONkrGA

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Winter course offerings: PHIL 358 Scientific Realism/Anti-Realism
for full course description visit: https://t.co/7BXaONkrGA

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Winter course offering: PHIL 283 Great Works: Ancient and Medieval
for full course description visit: https://t.co/7BXaONkrGA

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Winter course offering: PHIL 271 Happiness
For full course description visit:
https://t.co/7BXaONkrGA

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We would like to point out the special alert on the GSJ home page in regard to yesterday's events. https://t.co/8YQWwnLl6W

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Congratulations to Angela Yamamoto for winning the prestigious Richard Hadden Award for her talk titled "Operationalization of Scientific Realism/Anti-realism Accounts for Semi-Structured Interviews”. This talk will also be presented at the University of Toronto July 9-15.

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PhilSoc event: Meet the Profs night has been canceled for May 24. This event will be rescheduled soon.

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The Philosophy department's own Carla Fehr is featured in Waterloo News for her exciting research in Feminist Artificial Intelligence. https://t.co/oSU2KqSGYJ

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UW Philosophy alumn speaking: The Value-Free Ideal and the Resilience of the Deficit Model in Science Communication
T.Y. Branch, University of Cologne). 5 April 2023, 12:15pm CDT (UTC+5) Email [email protected] for a link to attend.

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A special thank you to our volunteers at the March Break Open House this past weekend. Kyra Woodend, Fabiha Ahmad, and Remy Leigh (right to left in front)! Pictured here with Dr. Katy Fulfer (center back).

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The Women's Center organized a talk with our own Dr. Jennifer Saul
Tonight March 8th, QNC room 2505

Topic: Sexist Dog Whistles and Fig Leaves: Deniability Mechanisms for Sexist Speech

more information can be found at https://t.co/9jknpweWhk

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Join us Fri, Jan. 27th for guest speaker Andrea Sullivan- Clarke's talk on "Strategic Ignorance and Two Objections Involving Indigenous Epistemology.”
social at 2:30pm in HH 335, and Talk at 3:30 pm in HH 373. Or join virtually via Zoom Meeting ID 930 1003 8507, Passcode 095036

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“Happy (Belated) World Philosophy Day! 😊” https://t.co/r3S7IclE4J

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PHIL 228: Ethics and Artificial Intelligence still has space if you are shopping for an elective for winter 2023. Such a great course.
Hagey Hall room 334
2:30-3:50pm
Tues and Thurs
Instructor; Nick Ray

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Dr. Carla Fehr has won a Faculty of Arts “Excellence in Service” Award for 2022! She has done outstanding work as Associate Chair (Graduate), advancing equity efforts at the University, and for developing the philosophy profession more broadly. Congratulations, Carla!

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The Philosophy Department welcomes its latest Doctor! We’re very happy to announce that, on October 28th, Artur Lukaszczyk successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation, entitled “Towards a Cyber Jus ad Bellum: Bridging Legal Gaps within Cyberwar Governance.”

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Carla Fehr is a winner of a 2022 Arts Award for Excellence in Service!
Celebrate this achievement at the Arts event in the Hagey Hall Hub this coming Wednesday the 2nd from 3 to 4:30 attend and honor Carla and the other Arts Award winners.

Come celebrate

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Philosophy Bonfire July 8th, 7 pm- 9 pm. Snacks will be provided. Meet at the Columbia Lake fire pit near CIF.

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Waterloo students may take online courses in Indigenous Studies through the University of Alberta on a Letter of Permission.
Instructors include: Dr. Kim TallBear, Dr. Jessica Kolopenuk  Dr. Tasha Hubbard, Tracy Bear, Molly Swain, and Sara Howdle
applications are due JULY 1st