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Distinguished by its focus on environmental philosophy, and the home of the journal Environmental Ethics, UNT Philosophy and Religion Studies emphasizes an applied or 'field' approach to philosophic problems, including: contemporary issues concerning the relation between nature, society, and decision-making, the construction of identity, and the dynamic nature of technology. More information? Click here.

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What's New


  • 6/23-7/18
    Dr. Dale Wilkerson was awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to join an interdisciplinary faculty workshop examining Western critical and historical receptions of Homer from the ancient to the late modern periods. The NEH summer seminar, "Homer's Readers", will be held at the University of Michigan.

  • 6/19-6/22
    Dr. Robert Figueroa, PhD students Jason Simus and Jonathan Parker, and Master's student Nathan Bell will participate in the "Thinking Through Nature: Philosophy for an Endangered World"conference at the University of Oregon.

  • 6/4-6/7
    Dr. Dale Wilkerson will deliver "On Finding and Losing Nietzsche: Positive and Negative Aspects of Heidegger's Encounter with Nietzsche after the 'Death of God''" at a meeting on the topic of "Heidegger and Religion" the Heidegger-Forschungsgruppe, Messkirch, Germany.

  • Dr. Robert Figueroa's co-authored chapter (w/Gordon Waitt: University of Wollongong), "Touring the Moral Terrain of Uluru: Pathways of Shame and Pride", appears in the recent publication of Making Sense of Place: Exploring Concepts and Expressions of Place Through Different Senses and Lenses, edited by Vanclay, Malpas, Higgins, and Blackshaw under The National Museum of Australia Press.

  • FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

    The attention Dr Ricardo Rozzi, Dr. Baird Callicott and colleagues bring to bear on the previously unrecognized biodiversity found in non-vascular flora in the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve is used as an illustrative example of how cultural viewpoints influence not only what we study and value, but what we chose to prioritize and conserve. For more information go to www.frontiersinecology.org and Podcast: Seeing the Forest for the Liverworts

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