Philosophy Department faculty conduct philosophical research in the areas of religion, ethics, science, language, public policy, and women’s studies in both historical and current contexts.
Modified from philosophy.calpoly.edu
Submissions from 2011
Bell's Spaceships Problem and the Foundations of Special Relativity, Francisco Fernflores
Robot ethics: Mapping the issues for a mechanized world, Patrick Lin, Keith Abney, and George Bekey
Submissions from 2010
Ethics of Human Enhancement: 25 Questions & Answers, Fritz Allhoff, Patrick Lin, James Moor, and John Weckert
A proper de jure objection to the epistemic rationality of religious belief, Todd R. Long
Mentalist evidentialism vindicated (and a super-blooper epistemic design problem for proper function justification), Todd R. Long
Proper Function Justification and Epistemic Rationality, Todd R. Long
Submissions from 2009
Ethics of Human Enhancement: 25 Questions & Answers, Fritz Allhoff, Patrick Lin, James Moor, and John Weckert
Ethics of Human Enhancement: An Executive Summary, Fritz Allhoff, Patrick Lin, and Jesse Steinberg
Robots in War: Issues of Risk and Ethics, Patrick Lin, George A. Bekey, and Keith Abney
Submissions from 2008
Communicating with Accelerated Observers in Minkowski Spacetime, Francisco Flores
Language and Responsibility: The Possibilities and Problems of Poetic Thinking for Environmental Philosophy, Eleanor D. Helms
Against Unrestricted Human Enhancement, Patrick Lin and Fritz Allhoff
Introduction: Nanotechnology, Society, and Ethics, Patrick Lin and Fritz Allhoff
Untangling the Debate: The Ethics of Human Enhancement, Patrick Lin and Fritz Allhoff
Autonomous Military Robotics: Risk, Ethics, and Design, Patrick Lin, George Bekey, and Keith Abney
Submissions from 2007
Nanotechnology Bound: Evaluating the Case for More Regulation, Patrick Lin
Is it True that ‘Evolution is a Theory, Not a Fact’?, Todd R. Long
Submissions from 2006
On the Interpretation of the Equation E = mc2: Response to Krajewski, Francisco Flores
Nanoethics and Human Enhancement: A Critical Evaluation of Recent Arguments, Patrick Lin and Fritz Allhoff
Submissions from 2005
Interpretations of Einstein's Equation E = mc2, Francisco Flores
Bell's Spaceships: A Useful Relativistic Paradox, Francisco J. Flores
Submissions from 2004
Moderate Reasons-Responsiveness, Moral Responsibility, and Manipulation, Todd R. Long
Submissions from 1999
Einstein's Theory of Theories and Types of Theoretical Explanation, Francisco Flores
Belief or 'Belief': Rush Rhees on Religious Belief Language, Todd R. Long