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Congratulations to Sabine Tsuruda who will be beginning a tenure-track position as assistant professor at Queen’s University Faculty of Law starting summer 2018. Sabine will complete her dissertation “Moral Agency…

Professor Pamela Hieronymi is featured in an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education as one of the philosophers who inspired the producers of the NBC show “The Good Place.” You…

We are pleased to announce that Brian Hutler has filed his dissertation, “Cooperation, Religious Freedom, and the State,” and it has been accepted. His PhD degree will be awarded on…

Congratulations to Prof. Calvin Normore, who has been appointed the first Brian P. Copenhaver Chair. Professor Normore is assuming a chair newly renamed in honor of professor emeritus Brian Copenhaver,…

The Yost Prize is given annually in honor of Robert M. Yost for excellent performance in teaching.  Congratulations to our 2016-17 winners Jenna Donohue, Kim Johnston, and John Kardosh!

It is with great sadness that we report that our graduate alumnus Tim Hall has died.  Tim entered the graduate program in 1992 and finished his PhD in 2003. He…

We are pleased to announce that Laura Gillespie has filed her dissertation, “On the Possibility and Permissibility of Interpersonal Punishment,” and it has been accepted. Her PhD degree will be…

We’re pleased to announce that Kevin Lande is the winner of the 2016-17 Carnap Prize for his paper entitled “Parts of Perception.” More information regarding the prize can be found here and a…

Congratulations to Helen Lee, a second-year philosophy major, for her prize-winning presentation “Truth-Telling and Humanity: What Is Our Duty to Tell the Truth?” at the UCLA Humanities Dialogues Symposium, held…

The Kalish Prize is given annually in honor of Donald Kalish for intellectual excellence in one or more promising undergraduate student. Congratulations to our 2016-17 winners Tiffany Han, Shushan Ginosyan, Kartik…