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OSU Ph.D. Teresa Kouri Kissel (Old Dominion) is the recipient of a prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship.  It will support her research for a book project on female logician…

Chulmin Yoon, who received his PhD from our department in 2020, recently accepted a tenure-track Assistant Professor position to start March 2022 at a new Korean university…

We are pleased to announce that the Philosophy for Humans learning community received support for its work from the Office of Outreach and Engagement's staff grant!  Philosophy for Humans, a…

The Ohio State University Department of Philosophy has named its newly renovated seminar room in honor of two pioneering graduates of its PhD program, Dr. Marquis Lafayette Harris and Dr. Charles…

The Department of Philosophy at Ohio State affirms its support of the local and global protests against police brutality, systemic racism, and the killing of Black Americans.  We condemn the…

Congratulations to Steve Brown on his appointment as Associate Professor of Teaching in the Philosophy Department.  Steve has taught some of our highest enrolling courses while serving…

Prof. Piers Turner was featured on the Spectrum News 1 Dear Ohio podcast with anchor Curtis Jackson, discussing ethical issues surrounding COVID vaccines and masks. 

Erin Mercurio has successfully defended her dissertation, Pippi Longstocking, Captain Ahab, and Other People: A Defense of Possibilism About Fictional Objects. Her co-advisors were Ben Caplan and…

Daniel Olson has successfully defended his dissertation, Three Essays on the Constitutive A Priori. His Advisor was Chris Pincock.

Daniel’s dissertation discussed the constitutive…