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Dr. Kimberley Brownlee delivered the first Uehiro Lecture at Oxford University last Thursday on the topic “Male Reproductive Dependency.” buff.ly/bWrZfbF
The next lecture, “Societal and Specific Dependency,” will take place on November 13. Learn more buff.ly/8ILTHuK
The next lecture, “Societal and Specific Dependency,” will take place on November 13. Learn more buff.ly/8ILTHuK
2025 Annual Uehiro Lectures: Reproductive Rights (Lecture 1/3)
With Prof Kimberley Brownlee (Canada Research Chair in Ethics and Political & Social Philosophy at the University of British Columbia)
Chaired by Prof Roger Crisp (Director, Uehiro Oxford…
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November 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Dr. Kimberley Brownlee delivered the first Uehiro Lecture at Oxford University last Thursday on the topic “Male Reproductive Dependency.” buff.ly/bWrZfbF
The next lecture, “Societal and Specific Dependency,” will take place on November 13. Learn more buff.ly/8ILTHuK
The next lecture, “Societal and Specific Dependency,” will take place on November 13. Learn more buff.ly/8ILTHuK
Join us on Friday, Dec 5, 2025 at 3PM in BRCS 1030 for a Philosophy Colloquium with Prof. Holly K. Andersen (Simon Fraser University) on “Ontic injustice in modelling: uprooting the value-free ideal.”
Philosophy Colloquium – Prof. Holly K. Andersen (Simon Fraser University) - Department of Philosophy
Title: Ontic injustice in modelling : uprooting the value-free ideal Abstract: Causal modelling is sometimes taken to be a value-neutral activity, given that many of the inference procedures are…
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November 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Join us on Friday, Dec 5, 2025 at 3PM in BRCS 1030 for a Philosophy Colloquium with Prof. Holly K. Andersen (Simon Fraser University) on “Ontic injustice in modelling: uprooting the value-free ideal.”
Christopher Mole will be in conversation with the artist Eli Bornowski, at the Catriona Jeffries Gallery (950 E Cordova St), at 6pm on 5 November. Information is available here. buff.ly/EayvT7z
October 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Christopher Mole will be in conversation with the artist Eli Bornowski, at the Catriona Jeffries Gallery (950 E Cordova St), at 6pm on 5 November. Information is available here. buff.ly/EayvT7z
Professor Fatema Amijee has recently published an article entitled “An Islamic Foundation for Human Rights.” buff.ly/gBlttI7
October 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Professor Fatema Amijee has recently published an article entitled “An Islamic Foundation for Human Rights.” buff.ly/gBlttI7
Professor Carrie Jenkins recently published an article titled 'Hermeneutic decentering' in The Philosophical Quarterly: buff.ly/bkrsLVP
October 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Professor Carrie Jenkins recently published an article titled 'Hermeneutic decentering' in The Philosophical Quarterly: buff.ly/bkrsLVP
Join us for a Philosophy Colloquium with Dr. Brian Burkhart from the University of Oklahoma on 'Indigenous Decolonial Climate Hope through the Land' - Friday, October 17, 2025, at 3 PM in BUCH A102.
Philosophy Colloquium – Dr. Brian Burkhart (University of Oklahoma) - Department of Philosophy
Title: Indigenous Decolonial Climate Hope through the Land Abstract: In the face of climate despair and environmental collapse, Indigenous peoples offer a vital perspective that reframes both the…
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October 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Join us for a Philosophy Colloquium with Dr. Brian Burkhart from the University of Oklahoma on 'Indigenous Decolonial Climate Hope through the Land' - Friday, October 17, 2025, at 3 PM in BUCH A102.
Participants are warmly invited to attend Simon Fraser University’s second annual Asian Philosophy Workshop, taking place on October 25–26, 2025. UBC Philosophy Professor Evan Thompson and PhD student Emily Lawson will be presenting.
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October 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Participants are warmly invited to attend Simon Fraser University’s second annual Asian Philosophy Workshop, taking place on October 25–26, 2025. UBC Philosophy Professor Evan Thompson and PhD student Emily Lawson will be presenting.
Our graduate student, Emily Lawson, has a new publication titled "A Dynamic Approach to Compulsive Fantasy: Constraints and Creativity in 'Maladaptive Daydreaming'," co-authored with two researchers from the Psychology Department at UBC. buff.ly/IDkcHlq
October 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Our graduate student, Emily Lawson, has a new publication titled "A Dynamic Approach to Compulsive Fantasy: Constraints and Creativity in 'Maladaptive Daydreaming'," co-authored with two researchers from the Psychology Department at UBC. buff.ly/IDkcHlq
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Join us for a Philosophy Colloquium talk on "The Frog and Mouse Battle: Logic, Politics, and Justice" with Dr. Patrick Girard from the University of Auckland on Friday, October 3, 2025, at 3:00 PM in BRSC 1030.
Philosophy Colloquium – Dr. Patrick Girard (University of Auckland) - Department of Philosophy
Title: The Frog and Mouse Battle Logic, politics and justice Abstract: The 1920s saw the rise of modern logic: Hilbert’s formalist programme, Gödel’s theorems, and Brouwer’s intuitionism offered…
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September 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Join us for a Philosophy Colloquium talk on "The Frog and Mouse Battle: Logic, Politics, and Justice" with Dr. Patrick Girard from the University of Auckland on Friday, October 3, 2025, at 3:00 PM in BRSC 1030.
Join us for a Philosophy Colloquium talk on "The Frog and Mouse Battle: Logic, Politics, and Justice" with Dr. Patrick Girard from the University of Auckland on Friday, October 3, 2025, at 3:00 PM in BRSC 1030.
Philosophy Colloquium – Dr. Patrick Girard (University of Auckland) - Department of Philosophy
Title: The Frog and Mouse Battle Logic, politics and justice Abstract: The 1920s saw the rise of modern logic: Hilbert’s formalist programme, Gödel’s theorems, and Brouwer’s intuitionism offered…
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September 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Join us for a Philosophy Colloquium talk on "The Frog and Mouse Battle: Logic, Politics, and Justice" with Dr. Patrick Girard from the University of Auckland on Friday, October 3, 2025, at 3:00 PM in BRSC 1030.
Join us for the first talk in the 2025W Colloquium series featuring Prof. David Liebesman (University of Calgary) & Prof. Ofra Magidor (University of Oxford) on ‘Polysemy & Observations in Linguistics’ – Sept 5 at 3 PM, BUCH A102.
August 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Join us for the first talk in the 2025W Colloquium series featuring Prof. David Liebesman (University of Calgary) & Prof. Ofra Magidor (University of Oxford) on ‘Polysemy & Observations in Linguistics’ – Sept 5 at 3 PM, BUCH A102.
Join us for the Imagine UBC Welcome Back Event! We’ll be exploring some Big Questions — feel free to bring your own questions, big or small. phil.cms.arts.ubc.ca?p=20283
When: September 2, 1:30 - 2:30 pm
Where: Buchanan Block D, BUCH D322
Everyone is welcome!
When: September 2, 1:30 - 2:30 pm
Where: Buchanan Block D, BUCH D322
Everyone is welcome!
August 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Join us for the Imagine UBC Welcome Back Event! We’ll be exploring some Big Questions — feel free to bring your own questions, big or small. phil.cms.arts.ubc.ca?p=20283
When: September 2, 1:30 - 2:30 pm
Where: Buchanan Block D, BUCH D322
Everyone is welcome!
When: September 2, 1:30 - 2:30 pm
Where: Buchanan Block D, BUCH D322
Everyone is welcome!
Congratulations to our Philosophy alumni, Husein Rahemtulla, COO & Co-founder of FreshPrep, for being named a finalist for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2025 Pacific award!
EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® Canada 2025 | Pacific Finalists
Congratulations to the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2025 Pacific finalists
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July 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Congratulations to our Philosophy alumni, Husein Rahemtulla, COO & Co-founder of FreshPrep, for being named a finalist for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2025 Pacific award!
Dr. Jonathan Ichikawa recently published an article titled "Skeptical doubt, principal bases, and heuristics and rational norms" link.springer.com/article/10.1...
June 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Dr. Jonathan Ichikawa recently published an article titled "Skeptical doubt, principal bases, and heuristics and rational norms" link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Congratulations to our philosophy grad, Dr. Kian Mintz-Woo, now Senior Lecturer at University College Cork, was awarded UCC’s Early-Stage Researcher of the Year for his 2024 work. “The philosophy training and mentorship I received at UBC was invaluable,” he says.
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Photo Ger McCarthy www.germac.ie
Justice considerations in climate research - Nature Climate Change
Justice issues are integral to a variety of climate science and policy processes. This Perspective provides a framework, based on philosophical theory, to explain key justice concepts and how they…
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June 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Congratulations to our philosophy grad, Dr. Kian Mintz-Woo, now Senior Lecturer at University College Cork, was awarded UCC’s Early-Stage Researcher of the Year for his 2024 work. “The philosophy training and mentorship I received at UBC was invaluable,” he says.
Photo Ger McCarthy www.germac.ie
Photo Ger McCarthy www.germac.ie
The panel discussion on the epidemic of loneliness, featuring Prof. Carrie Jenkins, was recently broadcast on CBC Ideas.
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June 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The panel discussion on the epidemic of loneliness, featuring Prof. Carrie Jenkins, was recently broadcast on CBC Ideas.
Congratulations to Dr. Fatema Amijee for receiving Global Philosophy of Religion Project Grants!
Global Philosophy of Religion Project Grants
- Modesty in Islam
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Global Philosophy of Religion Project Grants
- Modesty in Islam
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June 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Fatema Amijee for receiving Global Philosophy of Religion Project Grants!
Global Philosophy of Religion Project Grants
- Modesty in Islam
globalphilosophyofreligion.com
Global Philosophy of Religion Project Grants
- Modesty in Islam
globalphilosophyofreligion.com
Our graduate student, Ashley Lindsley-Kim, has co-authored an article titled "Pregnancy, Caregiving, and a Supposed Obligation to Gestate," now published in the Journal of Applied Philosophy.
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June 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Our graduate student, Ashley Lindsley-Kim, has co-authored an article titled "Pregnancy, Caregiving, and a Supposed Obligation to Gestate," now published in the Journal of Applied Philosophy.
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Our PhD graduate, Steven Diggin, has recently published a paper titled "Ethical Presuppositions in Narrative Art" in the British Journal of Aesthetics.
Steven Diggin, Ethical Presuppositions in Narrative Art - PhilPapers
Ethical Criticism is the practice of pointing towards a flaw in the ethical content or character of an artwork as a reason why this artwork is aesthetically faulty in some respect. ...
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June 2, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Our PhD graduate, Steven Diggin, has recently published a paper titled "Ethical Presuppositions in Narrative Art" in the British Journal of Aesthetics.
The paper 'I’ll Be the Hero You’re Dreaming Of: Popular Music and the Social Construction of Romantic Love,' co-authored by Prof. Carrie Jenkins, UBC PhD student Jas Heaton, and former UBC MA student Aida Roige, has been published in a volume edited by SFU philosopher Alex King. (buff.ly/H9MOZca)
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May 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The paper 'I’ll Be the Hero You’re Dreaming Of: Popular Music and the Social Construction of Romantic Love,' co-authored by Prof. Carrie Jenkins, UBC PhD student Jas Heaton, and former UBC MA student Aida Roige, has been published in a volume edited by SFU philosopher Alex King. (buff.ly/H9MOZca)
Professor Fatema Amijee recently published an article titled "Du Châtelet’s Rejection of Leibniz’s World Apart Doctrine."
Du Châtelet’s Rejection of Leibniz’s World Apart Doctrine
Leibniz endorses the world apart doctrine, according to which a substanceSubstance is that which is independent of all other things except GodGod. However, I will argue that in what appears to be a…
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May 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Professor Fatema Amijee recently published an article titled "Du Châtelet’s Rejection of Leibniz’s World Apart Doctrine."
Congratulations to Professor Dominic McIver Lopes on being awarded the 2025 Dr. Martin R. Lebowitz and Eve Lewellis Lebowitz Prize for philosophical achievement and contribution, alongside Professor Samantha Matherne of Harvard University. www.apaonline.org/page/2025pri...
May 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Congratulations to Professor Dominic McIver Lopes on being awarded the 2025 Dr. Martin R. Lebowitz and Eve Lewellis Lebowitz Prize for philosophical achievement and contribution, alongside Professor Samantha Matherne of Harvard University. www.apaonline.org/page/2025pri...
Join an in-depth panel discussion with Dr. Carrie Jenkins, one of the panelists at All the Lonely People: The Search for Belonging in an Uncertain World on June 4, 2025. Register here:
All the Lonely People: The Search for Belonging in an Uncertain World - Community Engagement
June 4, 2025 | What does loneliness look like in our increasingly connected world and what can we do about it? Join an interdisciplinary panel of UBC researchers from health, economics, philosophy…
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May 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Join an in-depth panel discussion with Dr. Carrie Jenkins, one of the panelists at All the Lonely People: The Search for Belonging in an Uncertain World on June 4, 2025. Register here:
Professor Carrie Jenkins’ Sad Love has recently been published in Arabic, marking the book’s second translation following the Spanish edition released in 2023.
April 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Professor Carrie Jenkins’ Sad Love has recently been published in Arabic, marking the book’s second translation following the Spanish edition released in 2023.
Prof. Jonathan Ichikawa recently published a paper titled 'Consent Theory as Hermeneutical Injustice.'
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April 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Prof. Jonathan Ichikawa recently published a paper titled 'Consent Theory as Hermeneutical Injustice.'