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 Are We Doomed? Here's How to Think About It?, by Rivka Galchen 

 Reconstructions of quantum theory: methodology and the role of axiomatization. 

See the latest publication from our department's own Katy Fulfer and Janet Jones in Hypatia. 

This article discusses how "storytelling in solidaristic communities can foster agency and challenge oppression."

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Our department's Madeleine Kenyon has a new publication Speaking of ‘Violence’: Figleaf Use in Sexualized Violence Contexts. 

The article looks at "the concept of a sexualized violence figleaf, a speech mechanism often used in sexualized violence discourse to dismiss or characterize assault as some other kind of thing: a misunderstanding, a change of heart by the victim, a mischaracterization of the perpetrator, or any other number of things which are not rape, or violence." 

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The Philosophy department's own Tasneem Alsayyed just published their essay "Old Epistemic Vices and Islamophobia in Martha Nussbaum's The New Religious Intolerance" in the March edition of Hypatia. 

The Article, Society Needs Diversity in STEM, focuses on the research of the Philosophy department's own, Carla Fehr. It discusses the beneficial outcomes of inclusivity on the scientific community and society as a whole. 

How To Ask Biologists Metaphysical Questions Without Explaining Metaphysics

Yamamoto is the recent winner of the 2023 Hadden Prize and a University of Waterloo Ph. D student of Philosophy. 

What would it mean to have feminist AI?

“AI is predominantly a white and male domain,” says Waterloo’s Dr. Carla Fehr, “and there is a pressing need for work on race, gender, disability, and social issues related to AI.”

We are proud to share the publication by our own Ph.D. student, Kyle Adams.