The winner of the 2022-2023 Logic and Language Prize is Torsten Odland for his essay “Fine-grained Content and Open Texture.” “Fine-Grained Content and Open Texture” by Torsten Odland uses considerations…
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Congratulations to 2022-23 Carnap Prize Winner Catherine Hochman
Published: November 6, 2023We are pleased to announce that Catherine Hochman is the 2022-23 winner of the Rudolf and Ina Carnap Prize for her essay entitled “Representations of Self in Perception.” “Representations of…
Read MoreCommencement 2023
Published: July 18, 2023The Philosophy Department congratulates the Class of 2023! We celebrated our Philosophy majors, minors, and PhD graduates at our departmental reception and awards ceremony on June 17, 2023. Check out…
Read MoreCongratulations to Jenny Yi-Chen Wu!
Published: July 14, 2023We are pleased to announce that Jenny Yi-Chen Wu has published the paper “A Defense of Impurist Permissivism” in the journal Episteme.
Read MoreCongratulations to Saraliza Anzaldúa!
Published: June 5, 2023We are pleased to announce that Saraliza Anzaldúa defended her dissertation, “Monsters and Mestizos: Mestizaje as White Supremacy and the Monsterization of Indigeneity,” and it has been accepted. Her Ph.D….
Read MoreWelcome Professor Taylor!
Published: April 25, 2023We are delighted to announce that Professor Paul C. Taylor will officially join our faculty in July 2023 as the inaugural Presidential Professor of Philosophy. Professor Taylor works in race…
Read MoreWelcome Professor Yao!
Published: April 13, 2023We are excited to announce that Professor Vida Yao will officially join our faculty in July 2023. Professor Yao works in ethics, moral philosophy, and moral psychology. She has written…
Read MoreCongratulations to Piera Maurizio!
Published: March 28, 2023We are pleased to announce that Piera Maurizio defended her dissertation, “The Epistemic, Moral, and Political Significance of an Open Mind”, and it has been accepted. Her Ph.D. degree will…
Read MoreCongratulations to Melissa Retwka!
Published: February 7, 2023We are pleased to announce that Melissa Retwka defended her dissertation, “The Value of Recognition.”, and it has been accepted. Her PhD was awarded on December 9, 2022.Congratulations to Dr….
Read MoreCongratulations to Kim Johnston!
Published: January 5, 2023We are pleased to announce that Kim Johnston defended her dissertation, “Contradictions and the Structure of Reasoning.”, and it has been accepted. Her PhD was awarded on December 9, 2022….
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