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The OpenJustice initiative is aiming to provide the legal sector with accessible and reliable artificial intelligence support.
The City of Kingston recognizes Queen’s medical student Natalie Kearn with its Civic Award for Youth Volunteerism.
Instructor: Christine Sypnowich This course initiates students to the ideas of political philosophy. Political philosophy is concerned with how individuals can live in common. The relation between ...
Instructor: Meena Krishnamurthy This class will immerse students in the history of political philosophy. It may focus on traditional canonical issues (such as how to justify political authority, or ...
Instructor: Jessica McMullin This course will investigate different ways of asking and answering the question of life’s ‘meaning’. Topics for discussion will include what makes a person’s life go well ...
Instructor: Dalitso Ruwe This course is designed to familiarize students with the various philosophical perspectives African descended people throughout the Diaspora have offered for dealing with ...
Instructor: Meena Krishnamurthy An introduction to ethics via an examination of controversial moral issues. Special topics: abortion; animal rights; euthanasia.
Instructor: Elliot Paul This course will be concerned with questions such as these: What is creativity? To what extent does being creative require attributes like consciousness, rationality, agency, ...
Instructor: Jon Miller A study of selected topics in ancient philosophy.
Instructor: Eden Elliot An historical survey of key figures in Jewish thought in classical, medieval, modern, and postmodern eras. Major authors include Philo of Alexandria, Maimonides, Spinoza, ...
Instructor: Adele Mercier An examination of major issues in 20th century philosophy. Possible topics to be studied include debates about modality, the development of logic, the natural language ...
Instructor: Meena Krishnamurthy An examination of major issues in contemporary social and political philosophy. Possible topics to be studied include communitarianism, liberalism, multi-culturalism, ...