CofCPhil

News and events from the Department of Philosophy at the College of Charleston .

[CofCPhil @CofCPhil]

Betting on March Madness? Remember: 10% of any money you win betting for, or 20% of what you win betting against, the College of Charleston on Thursday should be donated to the Philosophy Department.

It just makes sense.
https://t.co/NhSMKeQrax

[AestheticsWorkGroup @AWGCofC]

AWG's first meeting for 2023 is Friday, February 10. What better place to talk about the aesthetics of cafes, bars and pubs than Charleston!

@HSSatCofC @SOTAcofc

[CofCPhil @CofCPhil]

Southern Aesthetics Workshop: Fantastic conference sponsored by @AWGCofC @HSSatCofC @SOTAcofc @CofCPhil @EnglishCofC and more. Thanks!! @GibbsKnotts @CofCHsu

[Elizabeth Scarbrough @lizscar11]

Had a blast! Go follow @philoslothical7 and read her awesome work in aesthetics!

[Gibbs Knotts @GibbsKnotts]

1) Are you a ⁦@CofC⁩ student?
2)Do you care about democracy?
3) Would you like $1,000?
If your answers are “Yes” then the inaugural Civil Discourse Essay Contest is for you. Thanks to the Rusovich family for making this possible. #CivilDiscourseEssay 💰💰

[AestheticsWorkGroup @AWGCofC]

AWG meeting 10/6 4:15 14 Glebe! We're preparing for SAW4 @cofc by discussing two papers: on fat vanity projects as models for reimagining beauty, & on watching horror movies as a mindfulness technique (by @NeuroYogacara). @sotacofc @hssatcofc @cofchsu @gibbsknotts @cofcphil

[AestheticsWorkGroup @AWGCofC]

Help AWG support its students by contributing to programming & student travel with a tax deductible donation: https://t.co/uz9iQ8NvFV

[Gibbs Knotts @GibbsKnotts]

Attention SC college students—if you would like to vote in the November elections the deadline to register is Friday, October 7. This ⁦⁦@LWVSC⁩ blog post has some great information, and I am also happy to try and answer questions. #2022Vote #scpol https://t.co/tVXXiGhVh1

[CofCPhil @CofCPhil]

Great talk today by @AzizaAhmed on the legal and political landscape for abortion rights, and privacy rights more generally, after Dobbs.

[CofCPhil @CofCPhil]

I'm not sure it was so obvious. But there will be Tootsie Pops tomorrow.

[CofCPhil @CofCPhil]

CofC Philosophy alum doing amazing work!

@cofc @HSSatCofC @CofCHsu @CofCalumni

[Purdue Philosophy @PHILO_Purdue]

Welcome, Javier Gomez-Lavin! He will serve as the incoming director of the new Purdue Normativity and Cognitions lab and works in the areas of philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and moral psychology.

[CofCPhil @CofCPhil]

Take a look at the work Professor Deborah Boyle is doing with Manuel Fasko (visiting scholar from Basel) on women philosophers in the history of philosophy at @cofc! Fasko will be giving a talk tomorrow at 3:15 in 202 Tate.

https://t.co/lhKpPSK3b2

[CofCPhil @CofCPhil]

Thursday! Talk on Lady Mary Shepherd by Manuel Fasko. @cofchonors @HSSatCofC @GibbsKnotts @CofCHsu

[CofCPhil @CofCPhil]

Prof Jennifer Baker won a multi-year grant from the University of Notre Dame & the Mellon Foundation to support 7 student "Socratic Scholars" to lead discussions on difficult topics of public philosophical relevance over the past two years. Take a look! https://t.co/TrOzP3vTdz

[AestheticsWorkGroup @AWGCofC]

Fantastic @ASA_aesthetics event being held at @cofc this fall: 4th annual Southern Aesthetics Workshop (SAW 4!) It's a pre-read aesthetics workshop. CFP below. @HSSatCofC @SOTAcofc @CofCPhil

[CofCPhil @CofCPhil]

-Thomas Nadelhoffer: Neuroethics, free will, action theory, law, x-phi
-Jonathan Neufeld: Aesthetics, phil of music, political phil, opera

Theorists in PoliSci do democratic theory, utopia/dystopia, laws of membership (immigration, exile).

Not a bad place to spend a year.
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[CofCPhil @CofCPhil]

Come work @cofc Phil for a year! Open AOS, Bioethics teaching.

Who are we? https://t.co/VpEU6t0vMn

-Jennifer Baker: Virtue ethics, political, economics
-Deborah Boyle: History of Modern Philosophy, especially Lady Mary Shepherd, David Hume, & Margaret Cavendish.

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[CofCPhil @CofCPhil]

Come work in Charleston for a year! We're hiring a 1 year Visiting Assistant Professor, AOS open but with demonstrated ability to teach a course in biomedical ethics. https://t.co/PIgszyVR9M

[CofCPhil @CofCPhil]

-Sheridan Hough: 19th & 20th-century, Phenomenology, Philosophy of Literature, Feminist Philosophy
-Ewan Kingston (starting F21!): PPE, Ethics, Environmental
-Larry Krasnoff: Moral & political philosophy, Kant & Hegel

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