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Why study philosophy? Philosophy is the art that teaches us how to live.  Michal de Montaigne

Welcome to the Philosophy Department

The UTRGV Philosophy Department seeks to develop a philosophically engaged life in our students, our colleagues, the Rio Grande Valley, and the world.

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Dr. Gregory Gilson
Associate Professor, Chair of Philosophy
Department of Philosophy
ELABS 342
Email: gregory.gilson@utrgv.edu
Phone: (956) 665-3562

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We are currently seeking applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Philosophy position beginning in the 2021-2022 academic year. For more information, please click on the following link: https://careers.utrgv.edu/postings/27991
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Drs. Ian Werkheiser and Michael Butler are editing a special issue of Techné on Digital Worlds. Please see the CFP below!
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The UTRGV Edinburg Philosophy Club has returned! It will hold its first meeting this year on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 3-4 pm. For more information, please contact Scarlett (Rosie) Quintana at scarlett.quintana01@utrgv.edu.
Zoom meeting ID: 350 816 7004
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Phil and Sophie's Coffee House is back! Each week we meet on zoom to discuss a philosophical question, topic, or theme. No reading or preparation is required. It's just informal philosophical discussion! Meetings for this semester take place every Thursday. If you would like to suggest a topic, you are encouraged to email Dr. Michael Butler at michael.butler@utrgv.edu
Past topics have included: Love, Freedom, Evil, Consciousness, Democracy, and Science

Zoom link: https://utrgv.zoom.us/j/2043514662

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Dr. Ian Werkheiser and Dr. Michael Butler co-organized a recent virtual workshop titled "Digital Worlds" through The Center for Collaboration and Ethics at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. More information can be found at https://digitalworldsworkshop.wordpress.com/
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Dr. Cynthia Paccacerqua has been elected Faculty Senate President for 2020-2021. Congratulations, Dr. Paccacerqua!

Dr. Ian Werkheiser's podcast, "Thought About Food!," is back for season two! Check it out!

Thought About Food

https://thoughtaboutfood.podbean.com

Dr. Werkheiser writes, "Most episodes will be conversations with guests who are experts on some aspect of the ways food affects our lives, our cultures, and our societies. The apple podcast link is here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thought-about-food-podcast/id1530669077, the podcast's own site is https://thoughtaboutfood.podbean.com/ to get the embedded player, and it'll slowly appear over the next few days in every other podcast aggregator (like Google, Amazon Alexa, Stitcher, etc.)."

Dr. Cory Wimberly's book is featured in the APA Blog, 'New Books in Philosophy' series. Dr. Wimberly writes, "It's a short look at some of the themes and ideas in it. And, as it's about propaganda, media, corporate power, etc., it's salacious enough to tickle your 'righteous anger' (as Aristotle called it). The book is How Propaganda Became Public Relations: Foucault and the Corporate Government of the Public."

Propaganda Book Cover Wimberly

https://blog.apaonline.org/2020/07/06/recently-published-book-spotlight-how-propaganda-became-public-relations/

Congratulations to Drs. Mariana Alessandri and Alex Stehn for winning the Inter-American Philosophy Award at this year's meeting of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, which met in San Miguel de Allende! Their co-written paper was titled "La Mexicana en la Chicana: The Mexican Sources of Anzaldúa's Inter-American Philosophy."

"The Committee on Inter-American Relations will present the Inter-American Philosophy Award to the best submitted paper concerning Latin American, Latino/a, or indigenous philosophies across the Americas that is presented at the Annual Meeting. The Award includes a cash prize, and the winning paper will be published in The Inter-American Journal of Philosophy."

https://twitter.com/SAAPhilosophy/status/1236646165099220993?s=20

Alessandri and Stehn At Saap 2020

 

 

 

 

 

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