What Are You Reading…On Identity and Violence
The Orlando shooting is a national tragedy. In its wake it has raised issues of civil rights, national security, gun control, and anti-LGBT sentiment,...
What are you Reading…On Trolling
Over the past week I have been thinking about the topic of 'internet trolling.' According to Wikipedia, an internet troll is "a person who...
Early-Career Research Spotlight: Molly Gardner
This installment of the early-career research spotlight series looks at the work of Molly Gardner. She is an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department...
What Are You Reading? (June 6-12)
Just a couple hours before writing this post, I watched the movie Diplomacy with my family. The movie, which is based off a French...
What Are You Reading? (May 30-June 5)
One of the biggest stories this week was about the fact that PayPal founder Peter Thiel has been secretly funding the lawsuit brought by...
Lost and Found: Newly Discovered Christian Philosophy in Arabic
When philosophical texts in ancient Greek are unearthed, it is big news. Much excitement greeted the newly discovered fragments of Empedocles, found in a...
What Are You Reading? (May 23-29)
On May 19, The Washington Post released a poll showing that approximately 9 out of 10 Native Americans do not find the name of...
Technological vs. Social Progress: Why the Disconnect?
As swiftly as fantastic technologies are coming—robots! space colonies! super-humans!—intellectual and social progress seems to be flat-lining. It’s an election year in the US,...
Early Career Research Spotlight – Peter Jaworski
This installment of the early career research spotlight focuses on Peter Jaworski, who works in the field of business ethics. He is an Assistant...
What Are You Reading? (May 9-15)
This week it was learned that Donald Trump would become the GOP Presidential nominee, as the last of his opponents dropped out after learning...