Recent News

Research Workshop: "Fairness and Machine Fairness"
Jan 15, 2021
Dr. Clinton Castro (Florida International University)
Friday, January 22nd, 2021 12:10pm-2:00pm via Zoom.

Research Workshop: "Prohibiting Paid Plasma Exploits Plasma Donors and Patients"
Jan 5, 2021
Mark Wells (Northeastern University)
Friday, January 15, 2021, 12:00pm - 2:00pm via Zoom.
Dr. Well's Website (Links to an external site.)

Research Workshop: "What Should Limitarians Believe?"
Nov 13, 2020
Dick Timmer (University of Utrecht)
Friday November 20, 2020, 12:10 - 2:00 pm via Zoom.

Research Workshop: "Testimonial Justification and the Linguistic Basis for Truthfulness"
Oct 14, 2020
Arnel Batoon
Friday, October 16th (12:10-2pm) via Zoom.

2020 Student Essay Contest
Jun 9, 2020
Congratulations to our 2020 Student Essay Contest winners!
1st Place: Cory Ellis for "Experience at the Speed of Time"
2nd Place: Angelica Lakatos for "The Semantics of Sexism"
For more information about the Student Essay Contests, click here.
2020 Student Symposium
May 21, 2020
Join us on the afternoon of Friday, May 22, 2020 for the 2020 Student Symposium.
Friday, May 22, 2020
1:00 PM – 3:40 PM
Via Zoom (Link available on Canvas)

Research Workshop: "Implicit Bias and Mere Moral Failure"
Apr 11, 2020
Séan Pierce
Friday, May 8, 12:10 pm - 2:00 pm via Zoom

Research Workshop: "Moral Debunking and the Wrong Kind of Reason"
Apr 11, 2020
Alex LeBrun
Friday, April 24, 12:10 pm - 2:00 p via Zoom (email the dept. chair for the link)
The 2020 Philosophy Department Student Essay Contest is now open!
Feb 25, 2020
Please see the department website for rules and submission guidelines (https://philosophy.calpoly.edu/students/essay-contest/rules).

Research Workshop: "Enslaved by Freedom: Obedience and Choice in the Work of Étienne de Boétie and Ralph Waldo Emerson"
Feb 10, 2020
Chris Morales
Friday, March 6, 2020 12:10-2:00 pm in Clyde P. Fisher Science Hall 033-0287