The Department spent the 18th and 19th of October, in the inspiring surroundings of Chicheley Hall, reading and discussing research papers.
Monthly Archives: October 2018
Christopher Yorke submits PhD then criticizes supervisor
Congratulations to doctoral student Christopher Yorke, who submitted his dissertation on the work of the philosopher Bernard Suits at the end of September. He will also be presenting a paper on Suits to the Atlantic Region Philosophers Association conference hosted by St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia. His title: ‘A Suitsian Critique of Pike’s Account of Sport’ (that is to say, Jon Pike).
Transgender debate in Scotland
Our very own Sophie-Grace Chappell has published a letter in The Herald giving a trenchant response to an earlier article by Stuart Waiton that complained of ‘the state pushing a harmful transgender agenda’. You can read her letter at https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/16956659.letters-were-transgender-because-thats-the-way-we-are-made/.