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Philosophy Club Celebrates 125 Years
The Philosophy Club is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year, marking more than a century of student involvement and intellectual life within the department. The club recently received a…
Piers Turner joins BBC Radio 4's "In Our Time" to discuss On Liberty
Piers Norris Turner, Associate Professor and PPE Coordinator, recently appeared on "In Our Time," the BBC Radio 4 broadcast and podcast with a weekly audience of two million listeners. His episode…
Welcome the Undergraduate Philosophy Ambassadors
The Department of Philosophy is delighted to introduce this year’s Undergraduate Philosophy Ambassadors. Each year, the department appoints ambassadors to help build community, assist with outreach…
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 Bingham…
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! The…
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…
Lincoln Lundgren Wins 2025 Bingham Award
The Bingham Award is designed to recognize undergraduate excellence in Philosophy, and is awarded on the basis of a student essay written during the school year. The Department of Philosophy is proud…
Philosophy Department Celebrates Spring 2025 PhD Graduates
The Department of Philosophy is proud to recognize the achievements of five doctoral students who have successfully defended their dissertations and will be awarded their Ph.D's this semester. Jason…