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Bingham Award winner announced
Congratulations to Angela Barnes, winner of the 2020 Bingham Award, for her essay, "The Moral Risk of Passing on Disabilities." Well done, Angela!

Ethan Brauer defends dissertation
Congratulations to Ethan Brauer for the successful defense of his PhD dissertation titled 'The Modal Logic of Potential Infinity, with an Application to Free Choice Sequences'.

New Article by Graduate Student Zoe Ashton
Department graduate student Zoe Ashton has published a new paper, “Audience role in mathematical proof development” in this month's Synthese.
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Department Graduate Student Evan Thomas Wins SSEMP Essay Prize
Department graduate student Evan Thomas has been announced as winner of the 2020 Scottish Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy (SSEMP) Graduate Student Essay Prize. Thomas will present his essay, “…

Alum Wins Rogers Prize for Best Paper from the British Journal for the History of Philosophy
Our own Nicholaos Jones (Ph.D, Ohio State 2006, now professor at University of Alabama, Huntsville) has won the annual Rogers Prize for best paper published in the British Journal…

Philosophy Alumnus Sets Goals Sky-High
When alumnus Antonio Ranieri wants to do something, he makes it happen. Swim with sharks? No problem. Drink tea in Tangier? Check. Walk in Egypt's Valley of the Kings? Done. Next up…

Ohio State Philosophy major wins Rhodes Scholarship
We are thrilled to announce that one of our majors, Henry Wu, is a 2020 recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship. In the Philosophy department, Henry focused on political philosophy, and his work at…

McKinney Successfully Defends Research Thesis
This week Philosophy and Political Science Major Miranda McKinney successfully defended her research thesis, entitled "An Experiment in Memory: History as a Collection of Aesthetic Judgements.” In…

Alumni Panel Discussion Helps Students Prepare for Career Decisions
On October 15, philosophy alumni from different generations and professions returned to the department to meet with students at the Gluck library. Benjamin Flowers (’09) currently serves…