The UTRGV Philosophy Department seeks to develop a philosophically engaged life in our students, our colleagues, the Rio Grande Valley, and the world.
Dr. Ian Werkheiser and Dr. Michael Butler, with UTRGV's Center for Collaboration and Ethics, are co-organizing the second annual Digital Worlds Workshop to be held online April 22-24, 2022. They are currently seeking extended abstract submissions of 500-700 words until January 15, 2022. The abstracts should be submitted to digitalworldsworkshop@gmail.com.
More information can be found at https://digitalworldsworkshop.wordpress.com
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
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.
Check out the Undergraduate Resources page to see some of Dr. Angelika Potempa's Senior Seminar students' outstanding and creative final projects!
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.
The UTRGV Brownsville Philosophy Club is now meeting on Fridays at 7 pm. It is meeting via Zoom for now because of the Delta variant. If you enjoy discussing important ideas and issues, then join us for informal philosophical conversation! The meeting ID is: 830 7682 3056.
Dr. Dale Wilkerson recently gave an interview on Friedrich Nietzsche with the website "HowStuffWorks."
Dr. Ian Werkheiser and Dr. Michael Butler are editing a special issue of Techné on Digital Worlds. Please see the CFP below!
Dr. Cynthia Paccacerqua has been elected Faculty Senate President for 2020-2021. Congratulations, Dr. Paccacerqua!
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."
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."