As part of the directives from University of Minnesota president Joan Gabel, the Minnesota Department of Health, and the governor’s office, the Philosophy Department is now running a virtual office environment.
Roy T. Cook has turned his love of LEGO into tiny tributes to some of Minnesota's most well-known local landmarks. This Fox9 news article highlights how the popular childhood toy has become a medium for art.
The goal of the McKnight Land-Grant Professorship Program is to advance the careers of new assistant professors at a crucial point in their professional lives. The designation of “McKnight Land-Grant Professor” is held by recipients for a two-year period.
University disciplines have historically lacked diversity, and philosophy has been slower than most to catch up. With the help of graduate students like Grace Cebrero, Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) creates a space for students of underrepresented backgrounds to address topics surrounding diversity in philosophy.
“How do I know if what I see is real?” “What makes an action good?” Big questions like these inspired new Department of Philosophy Assistant Professor Tamara Fakhoury to pursue a career in philosophy from her home in Lebanon to classrooms at the University of Minnesota. Fakhoury discusses how she came into philosophy, the nature of her research, and how philosophy fits into all aspects of her life.
Valerie Tiberius has published extensively on well-being and how we value it. She believes everyone has a personal recipe for well-being and recognizing that can help you live a fulfilling life. She discusses her ideas, their influence on her teaching, and how they have been useful to psychologists and psychiatrists.
When you find yourself wondering, for instance, how best to respond to a friend’s need for guidance, you might refer to Valerie Tiberius’s recent book, Well-Being as Value Fulfillment: How We Can Help Each Other to Live Well, which presents her value-fulfillment theory.
Women have historically and systematically been excluded from the philosophical canon. Where modern survey courses exalt a handful of kingpin thinkers, academics are now faced with the task of correcting the discipline by including the influential women philosophers and emphasizing their contributions.
What’s a Replication? Edouard Machery Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh Abstract: This talk develops a new, general account of replication (“the...
The Fourth Seven Pines Public Lecture Philosophy of the Shadow: Imaging a Supermassive Black Hole Peter Galison Joseph A. Pellegrino University Professor, Department of the History of...
