PHILOSOPHY & POLITY

For those interested, the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of North Florida now has a Facebook page.  Here it is.  Like the page, and you can keep up to date with the events, activities, and accomplishments related to the department.

Here is the conference schedule for the upcoming Northeast Florida Student Philosophy Conference.  The conference will be held at the University of North Florida, in Jacksonville.  Meetings will be held in building 39, room 1009.  Everyone is welcome to attend. 9:00 – 9:10               Opening Remarks – Bert Koegler (North Florida) 9:10 – 10:25     […] […]

This is the first fortnightly column I’ll be writing for The Conversation, a creative commons news and opinion website that launched today. The site has been set up by a number of UK universities and bodies such as the Wellcome Trust, Nuffield Foundation and HEFCE, following the successful model of the Australian version of the […]

The Boston Globe has a short but fascinating interview on the history of swearing where author Melissa Mohr describes how the meaning of the act of swearing has changed over time. IDEAS: Are there other old curses that 21st-century people would be surprised to hear about? MOHR: Because [bad words] were mostly religious in the […]