Areas of Interest:Philosophy of Mind and Language, Cognitive Science, the History of Analytic Philosophy, and Applied Ethics (especially AI Ethics and Biomedical Ethics)
Laura Mae Lindo profile
Contemporary European Philosophy, Philosophy of Literature
Racist and sexist language, diversifying academia, implicit bias, pragmatics, deception
Minas was an important figure in the early history of the Department of Philosophy, but it was in his administrative roles that Minas made his biggest mark at Waterloo. He served two stints as Dean of Arts, from 1967-70 and 1974-79.
Former member of the Department of Philosophy, Anne Minas, died late September 2015 at the age of 78.
Anne Minas made a lasting mark on the University of Waterloo with her endowment of the Humphrey Professorship in Feminist Philosophy. This professorship allows the department to bring distinguished feminist philosophers to the University of Waterloo for a term.
Distinguished Professor Emeritus Angus Kerr-Lawson died late June 2011 shortly after his daughters accepted the honour of Distinguished Professor Emeritus on his behalf at the spring convocation.
Judy was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1934. She received a BA from Swarthmore in 1955, and her MA and Ph.D. from Yale. Her 1963 dissertation was titled A Study of the Rationality in Kant’s Critique of Aesthetic Judgment. After a short stint as a Lecturer at Northeastern University, she joined the Waterloo Philosophy Department in 1965, where she worked until her retirement in 2002.
Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Psychology, Philosophy of Biology, Socially- and Scientifically-Engaged Philosophy of Science, Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Feminist ethics, animal and environmental ethics, bioethics, philosophy of Hannah Arendt