Tyson and Shelby Looking for Assistance at APA Annual Conference

Feb. 2, 2023

The American Philosophy Association (APA) Central Meeting is coming to Denver on March 23-25, 2023. Denver Philosophy Department Chair Sarah Tyson and Professor Candice Shelby will be participating and inviting students to come to take part in their symposiums by listening to their moderated discussions or others discussing a variety...

Philosophy Department Looking for Student Volunteers

Jan. 19, 2023

The Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy (SAAP) will be holding its annual conference this year in Denver, from March 9 th - March 11, 2023, and the Philosophy Department at CU Denver is looking for students to participate and volunteer at the conference. Interested parties can contact the...

Philosophy Sponsored Ethics Bowl Team is Back

Dec. 13, 2022

The CU Denver Ethics Bowl team is rebuilding after a two-year hiatus brought on by COVID. The team competed on November 12, against sixteen teams in the region, and our students acquitted themselves admirably. Ethics Bowl debate is a civil, nuanced discussion by teams prepared to take a position on...

David Hildebrand Panels on Technology and Democracy in London

Aug. 24, 2022

As part of the Fourth European Pragmatism Conference, August 2-5, at the University College London, Professor David Hildebrand organized a four-paper panel entitled “ Philosophy, Technology, and Assaults on Democracy .” His contribution, “ John Dewey and the Viability of Digital Democracies ,” described how new combinations of technology are...

David Hildebrand Keynote on Technology and Democratic Education in Switzerland

July 14, 2022

In June, Professor of Philosophy David Hildebrand presented an invited, sponsored keynote entitled “Democratic Habits and the Challenges of Information Technologies” at the conference “Democratic Education Revisited” at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. His paper argued that new, algorithmic and “big data” technologies are tracking and changing the nature...

Gabriel Zamosc Essay on Nahua Philosophy Receives Honorable Mention

June 16, 2022

Associate Professor of Philosophy Gabriel Zamosc recently published a piece on Nahua philosophy in the American Philosophy Association (APA) Hispanic Newsletter . His essay is a 2021 APA Essay Prize Honorable Mention titled, “Reconsidering the Epistemological Problematic of Nahua Philosophy.”

Philosophy and Ethnic Studies Collaborators Invite the CU Denver Community to inVISIBLE | hyperVISIBLE

June 16, 2022

Philosophy’s Boram Jeong, along with Ethnic Studies' Boyung Lee, Sammy Lee, and Chad Shomura recently revived the exhibiton inVISIBLE | hyperVISIBLE at the Dairy Arts Center (running now to July 16th). The theme inVISIBLE | hyperVISIBLE captures the struggles of Asians and Asian Americans to survive and thrive in the...

Robert Metcalf and Kelly Tannenbaum to Speak at APA Division Meeting

March 31, 2022

Philosophy Professor Robert Metcalf and undergraduate student Kelly Tannenbaum will be attending the American Philosophical Association (APA) 2022 Pacific Division Meeting, from April 13 th through the 16 th , in Vancouver, BC. Both have been invited to give presentations on their research – Metcalf will comment on Andrew G...

Honorable Mention from APA for Gabriel Zamosc-Regueros

Feb. 17, 2022

With the paper “Reconsidering the Epistemological Problematic of Nahua Philosophy” (forthcoming in the next issue of the APA Newsletter on Hispanic/Latino Issues in Philosophy ) Philosophy Associate Professor Gabriel Zamosc-Reguerosan received honorable mention in the competition for the Essay Prize in Latin American Thought organized by the American Philosophical Association...

David Hildebrand Speaking Across the US and the World

Feb. 17, 2022

Professor of Philosophy David Hildebrand will be giving his Presidential Address at the annual Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy meeting in Florida in early March. He will also be giving invited keynotes on technology, education, and democracy for conferences in Texas, Denmark, and Switzerland. In August, he will...

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