The UH Manoa Department of Philosophy Presents The Eliot Deutsch Merit Award Presentation for Best PhD Proposal Defense The First Political Question: Value Disagreement and the Problem of Collective Action in Early China by Bobby … Continue reading The Eliot Deutsh Merit Award Presentation for Best PhD Proposal Defense →

Department of Philosophy presents Honolulu Hale 4/23  •  12-3pm

Implicit Bodily Knowledge and Practical Epistemic Injustice by Halie White Date: Friday, April 11, 2025Time: 2:30pmLocation: Sakamaki C-308 Discussion of epistemic injustice has thus far been focused on propositional knowledge (knowing-that) following Miranda Fricker’s notions … Continue reading Graduate Student Essay Contest Prize Presentation →

The Department of PhilosophyColloquium Series Presents Comparative Philosophy: The Bricoleuse’s Promenade Through Philosophical Landscapes by Dr. Tamara Albertini Date: Friday, March 14, 2025 Time: 2:30PMLocation: Sakamaki C-308 The launching of philosophical pursuits undertaken in an … Continue reading Comparative Philosophy: The Bricoleuse’s Promenade Through Philosophical Landscapes →

The Department of Philosophy Colloquium Series Presents EMBODIED MIND AND ARGUMENTATION IN CLASSICAL NYĀYA Date: Wednesday, March 5, 2025 Time: 3:30-5:00pmLocation: Sakamaki C-308 In this talk, I will offer a sampling of my recent work … Continue reading EMBODIED MIND AND ARGUMENTATION IN CLASSICAL NYĀYA →

The Department of Philosophy Colloquium Series Presents CONCEPTS AND THE NYĀYA THEORY OF ERROR Date: Friday, February 28, 2025Time: 3:30-5:oopmLocation: Sakamaki C-308 Nyāya philosophers explain the phenomenon of perceptual error in terms of our perceiving … Continue reading CONCEPTS AND THE NYĀYA THEORY OF ERROR →

The Department of Philosophy Colloquium Series Presents Talking About Nothing, Kumārila Bhaṭṭa, Metaphor and Reference Date: Thursday, February 20, 2025Time: 4:00-5:30pmLocation: Sakamaki C-308 The seventh-century philosopher Kumārila Bhaṭṭa, in a passage explaining his theory of … Continue reading Talking About Nothing, Kumārila Bhaṭṭa, Metaphor and Reference →

Political & Social Emotions– How They Divide or Unite – January 23-24, 2025University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Campus Center Ballroom Keynote Speakers: Dr. Martha Nussbaum, University of ChicagoDr. Hagop Sarkissian, CUNY Graduate Center Phone: +1 … Continue reading 2025 Uehiro Philosophy Graduate Student Conference →

Entry deadline: JANUARY 20, 2025 Please email an anonymized copy of your essay to philo@hawaii.edu. Include your name and the title of your essay in the body of the email. The Department of Philosophy invites … Continue reading The David L. Hall Undergraduate Philosophy Prize →

December 11, 202412:30 – 3pmSakamaki C-308 Please join us in supporting this year’s outgoing undergraduate Philosophy majors. 3 of our 8 graduating seniors will present a paper based on This Life: Secular Faith & Spiritual … Continue reading 2024 Undergraduate Capstone Mini-Conference →

The Department of Philosophy Colloquium Series Presents CONFUCIAN FEMINISM: A FAMILY- AND CARE-BASED FEMINIST THEORY Date: November 15, 2024Location: Sakamaki C-308Time: 2:30 – 4:30pm Everyone is welcome to attend! This nook offers a hybrid feminist … Continue reading Confucian Feminism: A Family- and Care-based Feminist Theory →

The Department of Philosophy Colloquium Series Presents Did Evolution Shape the Human Moral Mind? Date: November 8, 2024Location: Sakamaki C-308Time: 2:30 – 4:30pm Did evolution by natural selection shape our moral emotions, attitudes, and judgments? … Continue reading Did Evolution Shape the Human Moral Mind? →