THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.
THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.
By Wardah Anwar April 8, 2020
Philosophy students and professors are concerned over the department’s future.
By Cole Chretien April 9, 2019
The two philosophers will flex their intellectual prowess when they go head to head later this month.
By The Sheaf February 1, 2014
Dealing with the unknown is something everyone struggles with, but should we?
By Alex Werenka April 5, 2013
If the government is going to teach for standardized testing, why not teach philosophy and critical thinking alongside?
By Kamelle MacIntyre March 24, 2012
Many people think about religion in a black-and-white way. Believers say that religion is the only way to save yourself and get to paradise. They believe that religion is wholly good. Atheists believe that religion is a lie, stymies thinking and poisons science. They believe religion is inherently bad.
After attending an evangelical church for a few years, seeing the worst of believer behaviour, then leaving the church and reading every anti-theist book I could get my hands on, I have come to one conclusion: Religion is both good and bad.
By Laura Alford January 17, 2012
Philosophy in the Community is a monthly discussion series organized by the Department of Philosophy at the University of Saskatchewan. At this month’s talk on Jan. 11, along with the free coffee, irony brewed thick when Eric Dayton presented the lecture, “Atheist Spirituality: An Oxymoron?” Dayton is the head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Saskatchewan and the Anglophone Editor of Dialogue, a quarterly journal published by the Canadian Philosophical Association.
The Sheaf sat down with him before the lecture to discuss the topic.
By The Sheaf September 9, 2011
As yet another academic year begins at the University of Saskatchewan, the Sheaf has put together three unique perspectives on the fundamental question that many individuals on campus may be asking themselves: why are we here?
By The Sheaf March 31, 2010
Sarah Hoffman, head of the philosophy department, recently gave a talk entitled “Pornography: Speech and Meaning” as part of the Sexualities and Gender Discussion Series 2010, an attempt to debunk certain feminist theories about pornography.