Cheryl Abbate (Philosophy) presented an invited talk titled "Why Ghosts Aren't So Spooky: The Ethics of Indirect 'Relationship' Dissolution" for the University of Colorado, Boulder's Center Talk series (hosted by the CU Philosophy Department).

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) published "Replies to My Interlocutors" in Philosophy Today, which featured a symposium on her book Socially Undocumented: Identity and Immigration Justice (Oxford University Press, 2020). 

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) published "COVID-19 in El Paso: A Spectacle of Injustice" in the Latin American Perspectives blog.

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) was a keynote speaker for an online conference on pandemic pedagogy organized by the Escuela Normal Primaria "Rosario María Gutiérrez Eskildsen" in Tabasco, Mexico. Her presentation was "Filosofía Infantil en Tiempos de Pandemia: Reconsiderando, Con Urgencia, La Naturaleza de Una Comunidad de…

Cheryl Abbate (Philosophy) published a paper, "Re-defending Feline Liberty: a Response to Fischer," in Acta Analytica. This paper is Abbate's second defense of the claim that cat guardians, under certain conditions, ought to provide outdoor access to their cats, and it responds to recent objections presented to her first defense of free-roaming…

Maurice A. Finocchiaro (Philosophy) published the article “Vincenzo Galilei’s Musicology and Galileo’s Science: Methodological Comparison and Contrast” in the latest issue of the journal Isis. Founded in 1912, and named after an ancient Egyptian goddess, this is the official journal of the History of Science Society. The article discusses the…

Cheryl Abbate (Philosophy) was recently a part of a (virtual) panel discussion on "Activism Amidst COVID-19," which focused on the impact of the COVID-19 on contemporary social movements. The event was hosted by the Centre for the Study of Social and Political Movements at University of Kent. 

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) was the invited guest on an episode of Nevada Independent en Español's "Cafecito con Luz y Michelle" program, for which she was interviewed about pre-college philosophy and a free, online, Spanish-language pre-college philosophy course she recently launched with financial support from a Whiting…

Dave Beisecker (Philosophy) published a paper, "Regions of Force: Peirce, Frege, Carroll and Bilateral Proof Trees," in the European logic journal, Logique & Analyse. The paper shows how distinct and overlooked diagrammatic insights in the logical notations of three 19th-century logicians are brought together in a novel…

Cheryl Abbate (Philosophy), presented an invited (virtual) talk, "It Could've Been Beef: Meat Eating, Moral Responsibility, and COVID-19" for Utah State University's philosophy department. The talk was sponsored by the USU Philosophy Club. 

Cheryl Abbate (Philosophy) presented an invited virtual talk, "Free Roaming Cats and Feline Wellbeing," at Seton Hall University. The talk, which focused on the morality of letting domestic cats roam outdoors, was co-sponsored by Seton Hall's Philosophy Club and The Veggie Society. 

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) launched a free, Spanish-language, virtual pre-college philosophy course entitled "Filosofía Infantil Sin Fronteras," with the support of a Whiting Foundation Public Engagement Fellowship. She was interviewed by Telemundo Las Vegas about the project as well.