As we all adapt to the realities of COVID-19, it is so important as philosophers to continue to think and imagine ideas in new ways.
For the past couple of years, Queen's Philosophy Professor Paul Fairfield has been exploring "smaller, everyday ideas" through his podcast Philosophy Crush.
Dr. Catherine Stinson will be joining Queen's as a new faculty member in both the Department of Philosophy and the School of Computing at Queen’s.
PhD student Rogney Piedra Arencibia has won a prestigious Vanier Scholarship to support his research for the next three years. This is only the latest of Rogney's achievements -- he has multiple publications, including the book Marxism and the Dialectics of Nature (in Spanish), which is in its second edition.
Sergio Sismondo is an advisor on a podcast series for Cited Podcast, which generally covers issues about science in the public interest, and is focusing on stories relevant to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Journal Citation Reports ranked the journal Social Studies of Science, edited by Sergio Sismondo, first in its category, History and Philosophy of Science. The journal's 'impact factor', a measure of how often its articles are cited, jumped this year to 4.038, considerably higher than the next-ranked journal in the category.
Congratulations to all of this year's Philosophy graduates! We're really sorry that we couldn't all see each other at a face-to-face convocation, but hats off to:
Arnone, Andrew Jacob, Major in Philosophy
Bell, Victoria Elizabeth, Major in Philosophy, Arts Minor in English Language and Literature
Borsellino, Victoria Rose, Major in Philosophy
Brennen, Roslyn Stephanie, Major in Philosophy
Conroy, Grace Kathleen, Major in Philosophy, Arts Minor in Sociology
Christine Sypnowich has been appointed to a second term as Head of the Philosophy Department, beginning 1 July 2020. Christine was due to have a brief hiatus from the job of Head, taking up a Visiting Fellowship at All Souls College in Oxford for a few weeks this spring, but found herself instead remaining in Kingston, caught up in departmental administration in the midst of a pandemic!
In the current issue of Philosopher's Imprint, Elliot Paul tackles one of Descartes's most central concepts: clarity. Elliot gives an admirably straightforward, though controversial, reading of the concept. Here is the abstract for Elliot's "Cartesian Clarity":
Dr. Dolleen Manning will be joining the Department of Philosophy and the Cultural Studies Program at Queen’s on September 1st.
Paul Fairfield, professor of philosophy at Queen's will be publishing his latest book, Philosophical Reflections on Antiquity: Historical Change with Rowman & Littlefield this October.
