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Welcome to the New Graduate Students!
The Philosophy Department is pleased to welcome five new students to the graduate program. Pranav Ambardekar, Zoe Ashton, Seongyeon Kim, William Marsolek, and Yonghao Abe Wang have a…
Hope Sample defends dissertation
On June 5th, 2018, Hope Sample successfully defended her dissertation “Change in Kant.” Congrats, Dr. Sample!
The dissertation committee consisted of Lisa Shabel (advisor), Clinton Tolley…
Juan Garcia defends dissertation
On June 6th, 2018 Juan Garcia successfully defended his dissertation "Leibniz on Contingency and Freedom: A Molinism Friendly Account.” Congrats, Dr. Garcia!
The dissertation committee…
2018 Fink Award
This year’s Fink Award for best graduate student paper goes to Giorgio Sbardolini for his paper “Prior and Benacerraf.” The paper explores the metasemantic implications of Prior’s discussion…
Bingham Award and Spring Celebration
On April 16th, the department gathered to celebrate this year’s winner of the Bingham Award and our graduating seniors. This year's Bingham medal was awarded to Garrett Patterson, who presented…
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…
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…