Announcing search for new departmental chair...
The Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies invites applications for the position of department chair. Rank and salary commensurate with experience and qualifications. Salary competitive. Learn More...
2008 & 2009 CAS Superior Performing Department & UNT President's Report...
Our Department has been recognized by both the College of Arts & Sciences as well as UNT's President for distinguished work in Environmental Philosophy, Field Research, and Teaching. Read more...
WaterWays 2010 on the way...
The first movement toward the Philosophy of Water Project's biennial conference begins with welcoming Conference Artists in Residence EcoArtTech on November 04 in EESAT 125 at 6:30pm. Co-hosted by the College of Visual Arts & Design, this is the first event on the path to WaterWays 2010 (Mar 03 - 06, 2010). WaterWays is a Confluence of Art, Science, Policy and Philosophy that brings together scientists, philosophers, politicians, artists, managers and specialists from both the public and private sector, encouraging dialogues about crucial water issues across traditional boundaries. Its goal is to raise awareness of water basin issues. Read the flyer.
Poster Presentation at National Ecological Conference...
Prof. Irene Klaver presented the poster “Reclaiming Infrastructure” at the Water-Ecosystem Services, Drought, and Environmental Justice conference, the 1st Millennium Conference of the Ecological Society of America, at the Georgia Center in Athens, GA (11/09 - 11/12). The poster was made by Irene with help from her student associates in the Philosophy of Water Project, MA student Julia Dunn and Undergrad Ambassador Matt Story, as well as the assistance of Brian O'Connor, the Director of the Visual Thinking Lab in the UNT College of Information Sciences.
Philosophy Undergrads to speak at Conference...
Three of our superior performing undergraduates presented papers at the 2009 Arkansas PhilosophyConference. Josh McNutt gave his talk "Methodological Similarities between Kant and (Early) Wittgenstein", Matt Story(Undergraduate Ambassador) delivered his paper "The Mask of Caesar: Overcoming Subject-Centered Metaphysics Through Nietzsche, Derrida, and Vattimo," and Ian Moore (current recipient of the Creuzot, Kimmey, and Owsley scholarships) presented his paper "The Dreyfus/McDowell Debate: An Alternate Proposal." (11/13 - 11/15).
Faculty member travels to United Kingdom...
J. Baird Callicott (Regents Professor & Chair) will give a lecture-- "The Temporal and Spatial Scales of Global Climate Change and the Limits of Individualistic and Rationalistic Ethics"--in London as part of the annual Royal Institute of Philosophy lecture series. This year's devoted topic is the "environment" (11/20). He will then reprise the lecture as an honored guest at the University of Edinburgh (11/23).
The Speakers Committee & the Undergraduate Philosophers Forum welcome...
- Wednesday, November 18th 4pm ENV 125
- Recent MA Graduate Charlee Tidrick speaking on “Deliberative Democracy in Appalachia: Toward a Better Understanding of Democratic Self-Transformation in Divided Societies.” Ms. Tidrick will explore the case of mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia. She suggests ways in which the self-transformation thesis as currently characterized in theories of communicative or deliberative democracy could be modified in order to better accommodate divided populations and best influence the social and political institutions they inhabit.
REAL Fellow announced for Fall 2009...
Nathan Bell (Ph.D. Student) has been selected as the next REAL Fellow. The award is $1000 and is given by the Richardson Environmental Action League in Richardson, Texas. The award is given twice per year (fall and spring each academic year). See a list of previous recipients.