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Department of Philosophy News

The Department of Philosophy offers students a balanced curriculum of courses in the history of philosophy and in the most recent philosophical theories. Philosophy applies reasoning and rigorous argumentation to questions central to human life: What is ethical? What is just? What is art? What is knowledge? What is real?

Current Philosophy News

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News highlights starring UNLV students and faculty who made local and national headlines.

Amid a sea of red graduation caps, a 2023 tassel stands out in the crowd
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UNLV President Keith E. Whitfield honors six graduates for their unwavering commitment to excellence.

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Program includes workshops, activities to awaken participants’ inner 'warrior queens.'

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LutumPotentia wins first place in business competition with their idea for making composting easier.

wild horse in Mt. Charleston Wilderness
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From the problems of feeding wild horses to new pet store ordinances, students explore moral issues related to animals.

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A collection of news stories highlighting research wins, expert insights, and academic achievement.

Philosophy In The News

Filosofie Magazine

There’s an intimacy in the way people experience borders,” says Amy Reed-Sandoval, an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. “Borders help shape people’s identities . I once spoke to a woman who had traveled from Canada to New Mexico for an abortion. It was a horrible situation where the baby wouldn’t survive the birth. Because of the controversy surrounding abortion in the United States, she was afraid of being questioned at the border and sent back. She said afterward that the fear of the imaginary border agent had robbed her of the opportunity to grieve for her unborn child. The border changed this woman’s feelings and her life story.”

Las Vegas Review-Journal En Español

Combining the education of children with that of future professionals is the perfect combination for the practice of UNLV philosophy students who have a joint preschool program on campus where they encourage children under 5 years old to do or think about big questions and interact with the world around them daily.

San Bernardino Sun

In 1988, author and women’s studies professor Evelyn Torton Beck published an article entitled “The Politics of Jewish Invisibility” in which she lamented “the silence surrounding the recognition that anti-Semitism, whose shadow continues to fall on women’s lives, is, or ought to be, a feminist issue.”

PBS

There is a science to hope. We look at how this weighs into mental health, and the efforts to make Las Vegas a “hopeful” city. We then meet Egyptian author Ahmed Naji, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He shares his experiences being imprisoned for his writings, and how he found a new life at UNLV.

Nevada Independent

The invitation says no children, and where my children aren’t welcome, I’m not either.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

A wild horse from Mount Charleston was killed by federal officials this week. The horse was loved within the community and residents are demanding to know why the Bureau of Land Management did not take less aggressive means.

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Recent Philosophy Accomplishments

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) gave a presentation entitled "Starting a Bilingual Pre-College Philosophy Program" as part of the virtual panel "Starting a K-12 Philosophy Program," hosted by the Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization (PLATO).
Amy Reed-Sandoval's (Philosophy) work on feminism and migration justice was profiled in the Dutch publication Filosofie Magazine.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) gave a virtual presentation on children's philosophy in Mexico to the Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas (Diplomado en Filosofía Para Niños) at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
Dave Beisecker (Philosophy) has been named Director of the Foundation for the Philosophy of Creativity. The foundation organizes conferences, conference sessions, and public lectures on the topic of creativity, and sponsors a pre- and post-doc fellowship program for scholars.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) published "Decolonial Feminism and the Open Borders Debate" in Social Philosophy Today.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) presented "Children, Borders, and Adultification" at the New Horizons in Justice and Migration International Workshop at KU Leuven in Belgium. She also presented comments on Annamari Vitikainen's paper "LGBTIQ+ Refugees and the Ethics of Forced Displacement".