Recent News

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

Speaker: Dr. Anna Flaherty, SIU School of Medicine
Feb 6, 2020
Transcending the Gender Binary: The Science and Philosophy of Transgender Medicine
Friday, February 21, 2020 from 11:00-4:00 pm
38-121 (Science and Mathematics)
Dr. Anna Flaherty
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Resident, c/o 2021
Southern Illinois University (SIU) School of Medicine
Cal Poly Philosophy alum, 2010
www.annaflahertymd.com/about.html
Pronouns: they, them, their.

Research Workshop: "Joint Action, Development, and the Boundaries of Human Agency"
Oct 22, 2019
Daniel Story
Friday, November 15, 2019 from 12:10 – 2:00 PM in Bldg 22, Rm 210 (English Building)
Research Workshop: "You Would Do That"
Oct 2, 2019
Brian Looper (UCSB Philosophy grad student)
Friday, October 25, 2019 from 12:10 - 2:00 pm in 22-210 (English bldg)

Philosophy Department Fall Reception
Sep 24, 2019
Thursday, October 3 2019
11:00 am - Noon
3-204 (Business)

Research Workshop on "The Eligibility of Rule Utilitarianism"
Jul 31, 2019
David Mokriski (UCSB Grad Student)
Friday, May 17th from 12:10-2 PM in 22-210 (English bldg)

Research Workshop on "What is Justified Certainty?"
Apr 19, 2019
Arnel Blake Batoon (UCSB Grad Student)
Friday, April 19th from 12:10-2 PM in 22-210 (English bldg)