News

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. 

The Department of Philosophy is thrilled to announce that Laura Mae Lindo will be joining us as a new faculty member!

WUSA’s Teaching Award is a yearly award that celebrates professors who have displayed quality teaching, shown commitment to student success, and looked beyond the classroom. This is also the only award presented by the University of Waterloo Senate selected entirely by undergraduate students!  

We are happy to announce a new and exciting publication on Animals and Business Ethics, and featuring the article "Are Animals Always Commodified in the Context of Business?" by Dr. Katy Fulfer. It asks the question — When is it ethically acceptable to use animals for profit?  And discusses the morally problematic commodification of non-human animals.