The department is very pleased to announce the appointment of Christopher Lebron as Associate Professor, beginning in the fall term of 2017. Prof. Lebron comes to us from Yale University (African-American Studies and Philosophy). His research is in political philosophy, especially on issues of social justice and race. His book The Color of Our Shame: […]

The department is very pleased to announce the appointment of Elanor Taylor as Assistant Professor, beginning in the fall term of 2017. Prof. Taylor has a Ph.D. from UNC Chapel Hill, and has since 2012 been an Assistant Professor at Iowa State University. Her research is at the intersection of metaphysics, philosophy of science, and […]

The final Philosophy Colloquium meeting of the current academic year, featuring Crispin Wright as the speaker, has been moved from Thursday April 20 to Thursday April 27.

Tom Wilk’s paper “Trust, Communities, and the Standing to Hold Accountable” has been accepted for publication in the Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal.

Marianna Bergamaschi Ganapini has accepted the offer of a tenure-track job at Union College; she also received a tenure-track offer from Creighton University.

Tom Wilk’s paper “The Right Way to Win Over Posterity” has been accepted for publication in Hamilton and Philosophy (Open Court), eds. Aaron Rabinowitz and Robert Arp.

Zach Gartenberg’s paper “Spinozistic Expression” has been accepted for publication in Philosophers’ Imprint. Anton Kabeshkin’s paper “Schelling on Understanding Organisms” has been accepted for publication in the British Journal for the History of Philosophy.

Tom Wilk’s paper “Inferences, Experiences, and the Myth of the Given: A Reply to Champagne” has been accepted for publication in Logos and Episteme.

The department is pleased to announce a job opening for an advanced Assistant Professor in one or more areas of analytic philosophy, with a preference for feminist philosophy as an Area of Competence. Full details of the position can be found by clicking on the title above, and then here.

Josh McBee has published the following paper: “Distributive Justice in the Paris Climate Agreement: Response to Peters et al.,” Contemporary Readings in Law and Social Justice 9(1): 120–131.