Philosophy Spotlight

As part of CLAS's A.I. initiative, David Hildebrand will be developing a course entitled "A.I. Ethics" (working title). The course will examine the facts and ethical challenges of algorithms and A.I. as it affects a variety of sectors in society. Since 2020, Hildebrand has written and presented numerous articles, chapters,...

Candice Shelby, Professor of Philosophy, presented a paper, "Use of Psychedelics in Healing Fragmented Consciousness" for the Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World, in Fresno, CA, on July 28. This conference promotes interaction among philosophers in all styles and areas of Philosophy. While at that conference, she also delivered...

David Hildebrand, Philosophy Professor, will present on the ethics of data and A.I. at two conferences this September. In Helsinki, Finland he presents “Autonomy and Ethics in an Age of Algorithmic A.I” at the University of Helsinki and “Algorithms, A.I. and Data in Education: New Promises and Core Values” at...

Philosophy Professor Candice Shelby presented a paper on June 9 entitled "Biological Coding in Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy," at the Ninth International Code Biology Conference in Guimaraes, Portugal. This conference brought together an international collection of biologists, neuroscientists, mathematicians, and linguists to highlight the role of codes in biology, from the molecular...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.”