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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…

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 moderate…

The Philosophy Department welcomes Stephen Metcalf, writer, critic and host of the Slate Culture Gabfest, to deliver the William Hammond Lecture on the American Tradition. Metcalf’s talk is…

This summer, three of our PhD students successfully defended their dissertations. Andrew Kissel defended "Psychological Arguments for Free Will,” Brian McLean defended “Structuring Lives and…

The Philosophy Department is pleased to welcome five new students to the graduate program.  Ali Aenehzodaee, Soyeong An, Tyler Cook, Todd DeRose, and Damon Stanley have a variety of philosophical…

Dana Howard has accepted a faculty position as Instructor in the Division of Bioethics, Department of Biomedical Education and Anatomy, in the College of Medicine. As part of her duties, she will…

The Board of Trustees met on June 8th and officially approved the Department's recommendation that Abe Roth be promoted to Full Professor. Congratulations, Abe!

Julia Jorati reports:
This June, the department hosted its first philosophy summer camp for high school students. 23 students from a wide range of local high schools participated in one of…

Lindsey Mason (Ph.D. 2013) is now working at Ohio Dominican University as faculty services administrator.
She's in charge of all adjuncts, and teaching a class each semester. Congratulations…