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Welcome to our Incoming Graduate Students

Juan Garcia

B.A.  The Ohio State University, 2007

My philosophical interests are still fairly broad. I’m very interested in the history of philosophical thought, especially the medieval and modern periods. I’m fascinated by many issues in philosophy of religion: the relationship between faith and reason, the epistemology of religious belief, the intelligibility and plausibility of a theistic worldview, and arguments for and against the existence of God. I also care a lot about issues in metaphysics, particularly the metaphysics of time and the metaphysics of modality.
 

Allison Massof

B.A.  Franklin and Marshall, 2011

My primary philosophical interests lie in meta-ethics, particularly with questions of moral epistemology. My undergraduate thesis responded to an epistemic-based skeptical theory concerning moral responsibility, with particular focus on the knowledge conditions required for culpability. I am also interested in logic and philosophy of language, and I look forward to deepening my exploration of these fields. Outside of philosophy, I spend considerable time dancing and practicing yoga.

Hope Sample

M.A.  Northern Illinois U., 2011
B.A.  Illinois State U., 2009

I am interested in normative ethics and metaethics with a concentration on moral epistemology. I also enjoy early modern philosophy and epistemology. With regards to early modern philosophy, I have a particular interest in Hume. In regards to epistemology, I am interested in a priori justification and epistemic circularity.

Jerilyn Tinio

B.A.  U. Illinois at Chicago, 2007

I have interests in the history of philosophy broadly construed. I've been studying problems in epistemology, the philosophy of perception, and the philosophy of mind in the Early Modern period through Kant (mostly the empiricists). I am also interested in the development of theories of substance and individuation from the late Medieval to the Early Modern period. I am interested in becoming more familiar with contemporary discussions in metaphysics and the philosophy of mind to help complement my historical interests.

OSU Center for Ethics and Human Values to Conduct a Year-Long "Conversation" on Immigration

The Innovation Group for the OSU Center for Ethics and Human Values is working to establish a center that can facilitate engaged discussion across the university and broader community on urgent social issues.  Many problems of public concern have a core ethical component that is all too frequently addressed in a perfunctory manner or ignored altogether.  This is certainly true of the public discussion of immigration.

The Innovation Group will lead a year-long “conversation” on the topic of immigration during the academic year 2011-12.  This conversation will involve both the alignment of existing resources and ongoing events to focus them on the topic of immigration and the creation of a series of newly-funded initiatives to involve all sectors of the University in a meaningful and productive discussion of the complex and controversial issues associated with migration and immigration. For details on this ambitious and exciting project, please visit the Immigration Conversation website.

This year-long conversation on immigration will provide an impressive demonstration of the fact that OSU’s size and comprehensive character are signal strengths.  Those of us in the Innovation Group of the CEHV hope that the project we propose will serve as a prototype for future year-long conversations on important topics of public concern--a program we're calling 'Conversations on Morality, Politics, and Society' (COMPAS).  The COMPAS programs will allow OSU to emerge as a leader in national and international dialogues on issues of vital social importance.