University of Cincinnati, Department of Philosophy

Intertwined Creatures | Columbia University Press In one common view, the mind is immaterial, internal, and invisible. From this perspective, the mind is inherently individual and isolated: It is unknowable ... | CUP

Professor Tony Chemero just published a new book with Columbia University Press titled "Intertwined Creatures: The Embodied Cognitive Science of Self and Other"! Check it out:

Computational science and unconceived alternatives: lessons from, and for, gravitational-wave astronomy Synthese - A key premise driving the problem of unconceived alternatives is that contemporary scientists are no better than their predecessors at envisioning serious rivals to even the most...

Assistant Professor André Curtis-Trudel has a new paper in Synthese coauthored with an astronomer at KU Leuven titled "Computational science and unconceived alternatives: lessons from, and for, gravitational-wave astronomy gravitational-wave astronomy"! Check it out:

‼️ROOM CHANGE‼️ The talk is in Clifton Court Hall 1120!

We’re excited for Vanessa Schipani from U Penn to give her talk: “Rethinking Journalistic Objectivity (Or Why Journalists Can Be Activists)”

📅 February 6 (Tomorrow!)
🕐 3-5 PM
📍 Clifton Court Hall 5280

This event is free and open to the public, we hope to see you there!

Remembering as a research tool for selfless consciousness studies Asian Journal of Philosophy - Consciousness studies have relied on the subject’s remembering capacity as the primary tool for identifying and measuring selfless states, i.e., conscious states...

We're excited to share PhD student I-Jan Wang's recent publication in Asian Journal of Philosophy, titled "Remembering as a research tool for selfless consciousness studies"! Check it out:

Frontiers | Measurement effects on critical scaling in neural systems The recently developed phenomenological renormalization group (pRG) analysis has uncovered scale-free properties in large-scale neural population recordings ...

Exciting news ✨ PhD student Martin Li just published a coauthored paper titled "Measurement effects on critical scaling in neural systems"! Check it out:

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✨Reminder✨ PhD program applications are due January 15 (one week from today!) We look forward to reviewing applications for UC Philosophy!

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Muhammad U. Faruque, Associate Professor of Islamic Philosophy and Environmental Studies, Cincinnati Muhammad U. Faruque is an Inayat Malik Associate Professor of Islamic Philosophy and Environmental Studies at the University of Cincinnati. He specializes in Islamic philosophy and its intersections with Western philosophy, with a focus on the self. #IslamicPhilosophy, #ComparativePhilosophy, #Phil

Interested in Islamic Philosophy or environmental studies? Check out Muhammad Faruque’s interview about his work at UC!

Meet Nate Morehouse, Assoc. Professor of Biology, Director of IRiS, and philosophy affiliate at UC! In this interview, he discusses collaborations between biology & philosophy department & how students interested in a PhD in philosophy can thrive at UC. Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=savQ...

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Sarah Stitzlein, Professor of Education and Affiliate Prof. of Philosophy, University of Cincinnati Sarah Stitzlein is a Professor of Education and Affiliate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati. She is also Co-Editor of the journal, Democracy & Education and has served as President of the Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society and the John Dewey Society. https://sarahsti

Interested in philosophy of education or democracy? Check out Affiliate Professor of Philosophy Sarah Stitzlen’s interview about her work at UC!

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Peter Langland-Hassan, Professor of Philosophy the University of Cincinnati Peter Langland-Hassan, Professor of Philosophy the University of Cincinnati describing his research and role at UC. #PhilosophyOfMind, #Imagination, #CognitiveScience, #PhilosophyOfPsychology, #SelfDeception, #ConsciousnessStudies, #MentalImagery, #PhilosophyOfCognition, #Intentionality, #Phenomeno

Interested in getting a PhD in philosophy of mind? Check out Peter Langland-Hassan’s interview about his work and philosophy at UC!

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Angela Potochnik, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Public Engagement w Science Meet Angela Potochnik, Professor and Head of Philosophy, University of Cincinnati, Director of Center for Public Engagement with Science in our video series to get to know our Philosophy Department! #PhilosophyOfScience, #PublicEngagementWithScience, #ScienceCommunication, #CenterForPublicEngagemen

Interested in studying philosophy of science and public engagement with science? Check out Angela Potochnik’s interview about her work and philosophy at the University of Cincinnati!

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Zvi Biener, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati Zvi Biener, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati, describing his research and role at UC. #HistoryOfScience, #PhilosophyOfScience, #EarlyModernPhilosophy, #IsaacNewton, #NewtonStudies, #ScientificRevolution, #PhilosophyOfPhysics, #SpaceAndTime, #AbsoluteVsRelationalSpac

We also have professors working on the history of philosophy! Watch Zvi Biener’s interview and apply for a PhD in philosophy at UC! Full video on Youtube:

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Eduardo Martinez, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati Eduardo Martinez, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati describing his research and role at UC. PhilosophyAtUC, #UniversityOfCincinnati, #PoliticalPhilosophy, #SocialPhilosophy, #Ethics, #MoralPhilosophy, #IdentityPolitics, #RaceAndPhilosophy, #KwameAnthonyAppiah, #Cosmo

Interested in studying political philosophy? Check out Eduardo Martinez’s interview to get a glimpse of what it’s like to work on a PhD in philosophy at UC!

UC Philosophy students and alumni were well-represented at the Southwestern Philosophical Society meeting! From left to right: Dr. David Wong, PhD student Ramy Amin, Dr. Vanessa Bentley, Dr. Mark Ornelas, PhD student Zach Srivastava, and Dr. Matt Willis!

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Lucas Dunlap, Assistant Professor Educator of Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati Lucas Dunlap, Assistant Professor Educator of Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati #PhilosophyOfPhysics, #Spacetime, #QuantumPhysics, #Relativity, #MetaphysicsOfScience, #PhysicsAndPhilosophy, #PhilosophyOfScience, #TimeTheories, #Causation, #Determinism, #LawsOfNature, #ScientificRealism, #P

Interested in philosophy of physics and education? Check out Lucas Dunlap’s video on his work and philosophy at UC!

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Tom Polger, Professor of Philosophy, University of Cincinnati Tom Polger, Professor of Philosophy, University of Cincinnati. #philosophyofmind , #philosophyofscience , #PhilosophyOfCognitiveScience, #metaphysics , #MetaphysicsOfScience, #MultipleRealization, #Functionalism, #mindandbody , #cognitivescience , #neuroscience , #consciousnessstudies , #Philosoph

If you're interested in philosophy of mind, metaphysics, and the history of analytic philosophy, and what it's like to get a PhD in philosophy in Cincinnati check out Tom Polger's interview!
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Andy Cullison, Founding Executive Director of the Cincinnati Ethics Center Meet Andy Cullison, Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati and Founding Executive Director of the Cincinnati Ethics Center in our video series to get to know our Philosophy Department! #AppliedEthics, #EthicsCenter, #CincinnatiEthicsCenter, #MoralPhilosophy, #PracticalEthi

Interested in Ethics? Check out Andy Cullison's interview about his work and doing a PhD in philosophy @uofcincy!

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#Ethics #Metaethics #Seemings #Bioethics #Philosophyofreligion

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"Everything is a Continuum: From Single Neurons to Populations and Beyond" at A Population Doctrine in Neuroscience Workshop, and "The only way out is not through: DNNs and the interpretability problem" at The Eighth Annual Meeting of the Deep South Philosophy and Neuroscience Workgroup!