Professor Feke's latest publication "Ancient Greek Laws of Nature." found in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science shows that the ancient Greeks had an idea of laws of nature and that the modern idea of laws of nature may have its roots in ancient Pythagoreanism.
Distinguished Professor Emerita is fondly remembered.
His life, his work and his passing.
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."
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."
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.
Yamamoto is the recent winner of the 2023 Hadden Prize and a University of Waterloo Ph. D student of Philosophy.