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Sample and Fritz win 2018 Graduate Teaching Associate Award
Hope Sample and James Fritz are this year’s winners of the Philosophy Department’s Graduate Teaching Associate Award. The teaching evaluation committee, chaired by Tamar Rudavsky, was impressed with…
Christa Johnson defends dissertation
On March 26, Christa Johnson successfully defended her dissertation "How to be a Nonconsequentialist: A Defense of Deontological Constraints.” Congrats, Dr. Johnson! Here’s Christa’s…
New List of Graduate Student Publications
Our graduate students produce and publish an impressive amount of excellent philosophical material, on topics such as moral spinelessness, fictional realism, vagueness, freedom of the will, second…
James Fritz receives Presidential Fellowship
PhD candidate James Fritz was awarded a presidential fellowship, the most prestigious award given by the Graduate School. Awarded competitively, the Presidential Fellowship gives fellows one…
Graduate students present at the APA
Many of our current graduate students (and some very recent graduates) are presenting or commenting at the three upcoming conferences of the American Philosophical Association. Eastern Division APA…
OSU hosts Midwest Seminar in Modern Philosophy
The OSU Philosophy Department hosted the 2017 Midwest Seminar in Modern Philosophy on October 20–22. Nine external speakers presented papers on a wide range of figures and topics, sparking lively…
Professor Lin wins PEA Soup Award
Professor Eden Lin has won the 2017 PEA Soup Ideas Award in Metaethics for his post “Sophisticated Theories of Welfare”. The announcement is here. Congratulations, Eden!
Stephen Metcalf’s Hammond Lecture drew a crowd
Stephen Metcalf of the Slate Culture Gabfest drew a crowd for his William Hammond Lecture on the American Tradition, entitled “Neoliberalism, Authoritarianism and American Authenticity.” An audio…
Graduate Student Publication: Tyler Cook
Congratulations to Tyler Cook, whose paper "Deontologists Can Be Moderate” was accepted for publication in The Journal of Value Inquiry. Here’s his abstract: "Considering the abundance of…