March 8, 2024
Fighting to be seen: The stories of early modern women philosophers
Researcher Allauren Forbes’ work focuses on women philosophers from the 16th to the 19th centuries, when they had to resort to unusual measures to be heard. Not much has changed. ...
March 5, 2024
Let’s get ethical
The department of Philosophy hosts high school students from around the GTHA for Mac’s first-ever Ethics Bowl competition. ...
February 2, 2024
Allauren Forbes awarded SSHRC Connection Grant
Allauren Forbes, Assistant Professor in Philosophy, has been awarded a SSHRC Connection Grant to host a workshop on “Women and Epistemic Emotions in the Early Modern Period.” The workshop will take place at McMaster in October 2024. Congratulations Allauren!
January 30, 2024
Megan Stotts to be promoted to Associate Professor
McMaster’s Board of Governors has officially approved Megan Stotts, currently an Assistant Professor in Philosophy, for tenure and promotion to the rank of Associate Professor (effective July 1, 2024). Congratulations Megan!
November 10, 2023
McMaster student, recent grads win Hamilton Environmentalists of the Year Awards
Armaan Kotadia, Abdullah Mumtaz, Herleen Sambhi and Sama Hameed have been recognized for their efforts in addressing sustainability challenges. ...
October 17, 2023
Community partnership sees graduate students enhance K-12 classroom learning opportunities
A partnership between McMaster graduate students and K-12 teachers is providing a unique opportunity for grad students to learn, apply their research and help enhance classroom experiences. ...
October 4, 2023
What the connections between Bertrand Russell and J. Robert Oppenheimer can reveal about the uneasy relationship between science and politics
McMaster researchers share insights from correspondence between the prominent opponent of nuclear proliferation and the “father of the atomic bomb." ...
January 31, 2023
How the thinkers of the past can help us deal with the present
Johannes Steizinger shares how his work exploring alternative economic models proposed by 19th century philosophers can help us understand and address ideas shaping political and social discourse today....
January 26, 2023
Alumni Profile: Jeffrey D’Souza (Philosophy PhD ’17)
In this Q and A, Dr. Jeffrey D’Souza shares his thoughts on his time at McMaster, his current role as an ethicist and researcher for the Institute for Better Health, and the benefits of reading Aristotle’s The Nichomachean Ethics. Check out the full interview through the link below Alumni Profile: Jeffrey D’Souza (Philosophy PhD … Continued
January 4, 2023
Analysis: How the philosophy of the past can help us imagine the economy of the future
Psychological and social perspectives on the economy developed by 19th-century philosophers can help us reimagine economics with a human face....
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