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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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The Second Annual Digital Worlds Virtual Workshop is happening April 29 - May 1!

The Second Annual Digital Worlds Virtual Workshop is happening April 29 - May 1!

The 2022 Digital Worlds Virtual Workshop, co-chaired by Dr. Ian Werkheiser and Dr. Mike Butler, is happening this weekend, Friday, April 29, to Sunday, May 1! Please see the workshop program, which includes international scholars. For more information, visit digitalworldsworkshop.wordpress.com.

Dr. Ioan Muntean is giving a talk on digital selfhood

Dr. Ioan Muntean is giving a talk on digital selfhood

Dr. Ioan Muntean will be giving a talk titled "Know Thy Digital Self: Identity Workshops, Techno-Moral Virtues, and Digital Self-Modeling" on Wed., April 6, 12:30 pm to 1:15 pm, in EHABW W1.406! All are welcome!
For questions and/or special accommodations, please email Dr. Anthony DeSantis at anthony.desantis@utrgv.edu.

Dr. Paul Saka will be presenting on "Life After Death: Scientific, Religious, and Philosophical Reflections on Personal Immortality"

Dr. Paul Saka will be presenting on "Life After Death: Scientific, Religious, and Philosophical Reflections on Personal Immortality"

The Philosophy Society presents Dr. Paul Saka, who will give a talk titled "Life After Death: Scientific, Religious, and Philosophical Reflections on Personal Immortality." His talk is on Monday, March 14th, 2022, at 8 pm, via Zoom. All are welcome! 

Zoom link: https://utrgv.zoom.us/j/3060611725

Phil and Sophie's is back for the spring!

Phil and Sophie's is back for the spring!

Phil and Sophie's Coffee House is back for the spring! Come out and discuss a different philosophical topic each week, informally over coffee. Thursdays, 5:15 pm to 7 pm, on the Jazzman's Patio outside the Library on the Edinburg Campus. All are welcome!
 
For special accommodations, please email: michael.butler@utrgv.edu.

Alessandri and Stehn are featured in Philosophic Dialogues from la Frontera

Alessandri and Stehn are featured in Philosophic Dialogues from la Frontera

Dra. Mariana Alessandri and Dr. Alex Stehn were featured recently in the 9th episode of Philosophic Dialogues from la Frontera with Dr. Kim Diaz and Dr. Jules Simon! Check it out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3pECOXpNeY

The UTRGV Philosophy Department and Philosophical Dialogue Club are having a Philosothon!

The UTRGV Philosophy Department and Philosophical Dialogue Club are having a Philosothon!

The UTRGV Philosophy Department and Philosophical Dialogue Club are having a Philosothon simultaneously on both campuses on Thursday, Nov. 18th, 12 pm - 6 pm. Sign up to participate in up to 6 hours of philosophical dialogue and help raise money for a great cause!

How it works: Come out on November 18th to participate in up to 6 hours of philosophical discussion with students, faculty, and other members of the UTRGV community. Before you do though, sign up by clicking the "Participate in this Thon" button above (on mobile) or to the right (from desktop browser). This will allow you to collect pledges in support of Angry Tias and Abuelas of the RGV and Team Brownsville. Please go to the link below for more information.   

https://anython.com/utrgv-philosothon

 

UTRGV's Ethics Bowl team is back!

UTRGV's Ethics Bowl team is back!

Are you interested in discussing ethics cases in a friendly environment? If so, then check out UTRGV’s Ethics Bowl team. Contact Dr. Christopher Gomez for more information. 

Potempa's Senior Seminar students produce outstanding and creative final projects

Potempa's Senior Seminar students produce outstanding and creative final projects

Check out the Undergraduate Resources page to see some of Dr. Angelika Potempa's Senior Seminar students' outstanding and creative final projects!

Leach, Stehn, Butler, and Warfield win Mellon Foundation grant from the University of Notre Dame to redesign philosophy course

Leach, Stehn, Butler, and Warfield win Mellon Foundation grant from the University of Notre Dame to redesign philosophy course

Four faculty members--Drs. Stephen Leach, Alex Stehn, Michael Butler, and Brad Warfield--have won a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the University of Notre Dame to redesign PHIL 1310: Ethics, Happiness, and the Good Life. The grant funds the implementation of student peer-led dialogue into the course.

Interview on Friedrich Nietzsche

Interview on Friedrich Nietzsche

Dr. Dale Wilkerson recently gave an interview on Friedrich Nietzsche with the website "HowStuffWorks."

A special issue on the theme of Digital Worlds

A special issue on the theme of Digital Worlds

Dr. Ian Werkheiser and Dr. Michael Butler are editing a special issue of Techné on Digital Worlds. Please see the CFP below!

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

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

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.)."

https://thoughtaboutfood.podbean.com

How Propaganda Became Public Relations: Foucault and the Corporate Government of the Public

How Propaganda Became Public Relations: Foucault and the Corporate Government of the Public

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."

Dra. Mariana Alessandri and Dr. Alex Stehn win the Inter-American Philosophy Award

Dra. Mariana Alessandri and Dr. Alex Stehn win the Inter-American Philosophy Award

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."

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