Department News and Faculty Books Archive


Sextus Empiricus: Against Those in the Disciplines

Sextus Empiricus: Against Those in the Disciplines
Sextus Empiricus: Against Those in the Disciplines (Pros Mathematikous, also known by the abbreviated title M 1-6) deals with six specialized fields of study: grammar, rhetoric, geometry, arithmetic, astrology, and music. […]


A book review in The Nation

The Nation has published a review by Associate Professor Chris Lebron of Charles Mills’ new book Black Rights/White Wrongs: A Critique of Racial Liberalism.


Chris Lebron wins Hiett Prize

Associate Professor Christopher Lebron is the 2018 winner of the Hiett Prize in the Humanities, awarded each year to an early-career scholar in the humanities whose work promises to have […]


Faculty publication

Justin Bledin’s paper “Fatalism and the Logic of Unconditionals” has been accepted for publication in Nous.


$75 Million Gift to the Department

William H. “Bill” Miller, a renowned investor and a former graduate student of the department, has committed a record $75 million gift to the Johns Hopkins Philosophy Department. This will […]


The Autobiography of Solomon Maimon

The Autobiography of Solomon Maimon
The first complete and annotated English translation of Maimon’s influential and delightfully entertaining memoir. Solomon Maimon’s autobiography has delighted readers for more than two hundred years, from Goethe, Schiller, and […]


Spinoza’s Ethics: A Critical Guide

Spinoza’s Ethics: A Critical Guide
Spinoza’s Ethics, published in 1677, is considered his greatest work and one of history’s most influential philosophical treatises. This volume brings established scholars together with new voices to engage with […]


The Oxford Handbook of Hegel

The Oxford Handbook of Hegel
The Oxford Handbook of Hegel is a comprehensive guide to Hegel’s philosophy, from his first published writings to his final lectures. There are six chapters each on the Phenomenology of […]