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Congratulations to Lincoln Lundgren on Winning the CEHV Award!
Congratulations to Lincoln Lundgren, a philosophy major, for being named a co-first place winner of the Center for Ethics and Human Values (CEHV) Award at the Denman…

Professor Heydari Fard Accepts Safra Center Fellowship
Assistant Professor of Philosophy Sahar Heydari Fard has accepted a residential fellowship at Harvard University’s Edmund J and Lily Safra Center for 2025-26. She will be a Civil Discourse Fellow…

Professor Wiggleton-Little Wins Virginia Hull Award
Assistant Professor of Philosophy Jada Wiggleton-Little has been awarded the University’s Virginia Hull Award to support her research project “Taking Pain Dismissal Seriously.” Congratulations…

Professor Jeremy Fantl Joins OSU Philosophy
We are delighted to welcome Jeremy Fantl as the new Steve R. and Sarah E. O’Donnell Professor of Philosophy. Professor Fantl is a leading figure in contemporary epistemology. He is the author of…

Incoming Graduate Student Class of 2024
The Philosophy Department is pleased to welcome six new students to our graduate program. Jordan Brown, Steve Chan, Robert Laurent, Liz Rozenberg, Eli Schantz, and Mingyan Yang have a variety of…

Congratulations to Ali Aenehzodaee on his Ph.D.
Ali Aenehzodaee has successfully defended his dissertation, "On Fictional Names, Linguistic Pretense, and Imaginative Resistance." His Advisor was Stewart Shapiro.
Ali’s dissertation…

Congratulations to Abe Wang on his Ph.D.
Abe Wang has successfully defended his dissertation, "Pragmatism as a Theory of Normativity: Three Revisionary Projects." His Advisor was Robert Kraut.
Guided by…

Congratulations to Zoe Ashton on her Ph.D.
Zoe Ashton has successfully defended her dissertation, "A Social Epistemological Approach to Mathematical Rigor." Her advisor was Stewart Shapiro.
Zoe's dissertation concerns the…

PACT Offers New and Old Camp Themes to Inquisitive High School Students in 2024
Philosophy and Critical Thinking (PACT) summer camp, hosted by the Department of Philosophy and Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) student organization, welcomed its seventh year of participants for…