Hello, Bluesky! This is the current official Bluesky account for the Philosophy Department at Temple University in North Philadelphia. We generally use social media to announce department events and post updates about the accomplishments of faculty and grad students.
Professor Espen Hammer will discuss his new book After the Death of God: Secularization as a Philosophical Challenge from Kant to Nietzsche with scholars Donovan Schaefer, Jeffrey Green, Sabina Bremner, and Daniele Lorenzini at the University of Pennsylvania. All are welcome to attend!
Congratulations to Associate Professor Eugene Chislenko for winning the Andrew Light Award for Public Philosophy! You can read more about his accomplishment here: iseethics.wordpress.com/2025/07/28/2...
Many congratulations to PhD candidate Eli Benjamin Israel on his recent publication "Navigating vagueness: Rule-following and the scope of trust" in The Philosophical Quarterly. You can read a preprint of his paper on PhilPapers at the link below: philpapers.org/rec/ISRNVR
Congratulations to PhD Candidate Arthur Krieger for his recent publication "Benzos (as) needed: research into as-needed and intermittent benzodiazepines for anxiety is required for comprehensive best prescribing practices" in Frontiers in Psychiatry.
Temple Philosophy PhD candidate Eli Israel recently published a blogpost on the blog of the APA, reflecting on his experience as a member (and current chair) of the APA Graduate Student Council, and offering an enthusiastic endorsement of service work for the good of the profession.
We're delighted to serve as hosts for the 2025 Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium @thegppc.bsky.social Undergraduate Conference this Saturday, April 26.
A reminder that the 2025 Beardsley Lecture at the Barnes Foundation is this Friday, April 25, 2025. We are honored to be joined by Professor Gary L. Hagberg of Bard College who will be speaking on "The Metaphorical Lens"
We missed the alt-text on the images, so here are some missing details for friends who are not able to access them from the images: the event will begin at 9:30 and conclude at 6:00, and take place in Gladfelter Hall, Rooms 21 and 24.
Undergraduate presenters and commentators from GPPC member schools (and beyond) will present throughout the day, and the event will conclude with a keynote address by Peter Baumann of Swarthmore College. Find more details in the attached program.
We're delighted to serve as hosts for the 2025 Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium @thegppc.bsky.social Undergraduate Conference this Saturday, April 26.
We're looking forward to University of Pennsylvania Philosopher Quayshawn Spencer's presentation at the Temple University Science, Technology and Society Network, coming up on Monday, April 14, 12-1pm in the Charles Library First Floor Event Space.
We're delighted to be cohosting this conference with the University of Glasgow School of Law, and we're grateful that the GPPC and others see the value in thinking carefully and clearly about this topic right now.
Later this week, March 28-30, the GPPC is co-sponsoring a conference at Temple U. on "Constitutional Democracy in Crisis." Co-hosted by the Philosophy Department at Temple and the University of Glasgow School of Law.
Assistant Professor @brianhutler.bsky.social in the blog of the APA, writing about his recent work about hospital relocation and indirect discrimination.
We're grateful for this excellent coverage from The Temple News of the recent interactive AI fair we cohosted with other departments. Find some great quotes from @brianhutler.bsky.social in the article below.
In this talk, I will argue it is better to understand our current social formation as a single (patriarchal, capitalist, White supremacist) system, and will discuss why this matters for develop a political agenda around care work.
One approach to social reproduction is to locate it within patriarchy, which is thought to be one of several interacting systems (others include capitalism and White supremacy).
Debates over social reproduction typically begin with a critique of Marxism, arguing that wage labor crucially depends on the production of the laborer, which is done mainly by women, but mostly ignored by Marx.
i.e., to “the activities and attitudes, behaviors and emotions, and responsibilities and relationships directly involved in maintaining life, on a daily basis and intergenerationally”.
For decades, socialist feminists have insisted that an adequate approach to any economy, and especially capitalism, must involve attention to social reproduction,
We're delighted to welcome Dr. Sally Haslanger, Ford Professor of Philosophy and Women's and Gender Studies at MIT as our 2024-2025 Distinguished Speaker. As part of her visit, Dr. Haslanger will present a public lecture "Social Reproduction and the Politics of Care" from 3-5 p.m. in Mazur Hall 821.
📑Lee-Ann Chae reflects on way we generally speak to children about war & killing, with stories of #badguys whom it is necessary to kill, & concludes we must learn to tell different stories if we are to better prepare children to seek genuine #peace: doi.org/10.1163/2772...
Kicking off 2025 with some good news - Very proud to share that my paper "Navigating Vagueness: Rule-Following and The Scope of Trust" is now forthcoming in the Philosophical Quarterly!
We're excited to cohost Temple's Interactive AI Fair February 25-26. @brianhutler.bsky.social and Eli Alshanetsky are representing the department on an interdisciplinary organizing committee. You can find more information at sites.temple.edu/fair/
