Congratulations to Zach Gartenberg and Nikola Andonovski on their recent publications. Zach’s article ‘On the causal role of privation in Thomas Aquinas’s metaphysics’ is forthcoming in the European Journal of […]
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Welcome David Velleman!
The Department welcomes David Velleman, our new Miller Research Professor. Professor Velleman specializes in ethics and moral psychology. His many publications include Practical Reflection, Self To Self, and Konrad Morgen: […]
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Stephen Barker, 1927-2019
The Department mourns the passing of Stephen Barker, Professor of Philosophy, emeritus. A brilliant philosopher and an admired teacher, he will be missed by many. More information can be found […]
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Thalheimer Lectures – Nancy Cartwright
WHY TRUST SCIENCE Join the William H. Miller III Department of Philosophy at their presentation of the Thalheimer Lectures. Nancy Cartwright will give three lectures over the next three afternoons. […]
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Family Snapshots: Father/daughter professors share an academic home
Professor of Philosophy Peter Achinstein, and his daughter Sharon Achinstein, sat down with Hub at Work recently to talk about their Hopkins history and the past five years of sharing […]
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Post Doctoral Fellowship in the Foundations of Mind
Ian Phillips, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Brain Sciences, together with the Foundations of Mind Group at Johns Hopkins University, invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Foundations […]
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Post Doctoral Fellowship in Philosophy and Mental Disorder
Hanna Pickard, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Bioethics, in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Philosophy and Mental Disorder.
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Hanna Pickard, an expert in moral psychology, joins Johns Hopkins as a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
Her research centers on the nature of mental disorders and how society ought to respond to maladaptive behaviors like crime and addiction.
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Ian Phillips, who explores the intersection of philosophy and brain science, joins Johns Hopkins as Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
Leading scholar examines questions of the nature of perception, as well as the scientific study of consciousness and temporal experience.
Faculty Books
Speculation: Within and About Science
The Science of Speculation By Richard Bryne Many dominant concepts in contemporary physics—such as string theory–are anchored in speculations that cannot be tested under present circumstances. So it is no […]