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Former OSU Philosophy major joins US House of Representatives
Former OSU philosophy major (and football Buckeye) Anthony Gonzalez is profiled in the Columbus Dispatch as he becomes the new US Representative for Ohio’s 16th district:
Then-coach Jim…

Tinio defends PhD
On December 7 Jerilyn Tinio successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled “Bodies as Privative Causes: Descartes on the Causes of Motion”. Professors Lisa Downing and Julia Jorati served as her co…

Prof. Julia Jorati discusses Diversifying the Philosophical Canon
The blog of the American Philosophical Association has posted an interview with Ohio State Professor Julia Jorati about how philosophy courses might be revised to include readings outside the…

Prof. Stewart Shapiro honored by alma mater
The Department of Philosophy at the University at Buffalo (SUNY) will be honoring Ohio State Prof. Stewart Shapiro as a distinguished alumnus of its PhD program. For details please visit the…
New Major at OSU: Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE)!
There is a new major at Ohio State: Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) ! A collaboration of our department with Political Science and Economics, the PPE major offers broad and…
Philosophy Majors Welcomed Back
Wednesday saw our welcome back pizza party for Philosophy majors in the department library, overseen by G.E. Moose.
If you are curious about majoring or minoring in philosophy, our…

New Graduate Student Publication by Giorgio Sbardolini
Giorgio Sbardolini has a new publication, “Two-Dimensional Paradox,” in the Australasian Journal of Philosophy. Click here to see it online!
The abstract reads:
Two-dimensional…

Rudavsky publishes new book on Jewish Philosophy in the Middle Ages
Ohio State Philosophy Professor Tamar Rudavsky, recently named President of the Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy, has published a new book with Oxford University Press. Her…

Aly Massof defends dissertation
Congratulations to Dr. Aly Massof, who yesterday defended her dissertation, “The Demands of Partnership: A Normative Foundation for Shared Medical Decision-Making”!
Aly’s dissertation…