Department of Philosophy

2025 Incoming Graduate Students

The Philosophy Department is pleased to welcome five students to our graduate program. Christopher Caldwell, Richard Coulter, Charlette Hwang, Yuxuan Luo, and Joseph Phelan have a variety of…

Lincoln Lundgren Defends Honors Thesis

On April 24, Lincoln Lundgren defended his Honors thesis “Completing the Coincidence Argument against Metaethical Non-Naturalism”; a shortened version of his thesis also won the department’s…

Jacob MacDavid and Donny Soles Named 2025 Graduate Teaching Award Recipients

The Department of Philosophy is proud to announce that Jacob MacDavid and Donny Soles have been selected as the joint recipients of this year’s Graduate Teaching Award!…

Jake Beardsley Wins 2025 Fink Award

The Fink Prize is awarded in recognition of an outstanding graduate student essay in philosophy.

Congratulations to Jake Beardsley, winner of this year’s Fink Award for his paper, "Towards a…