We are temporarily away from our home on the quad, but in the meantime... / Enjoy our campus from afar via Cherry Cam! »
Philosophy professor Sara Goering leads the NIH-funded Neuroethics Thrust at the Center for Neural Technology. / Learn about our neuroethics research »
We are proud to host the journal Philosophy of Science in our department. / Read about editor-in-chief Andrea Woody »
People of all ages tackle philosophical questions. / Learn about the Center for Philosophy for Children »
The Ben Rabinowitz Workshop on Environmental Ethics, "Climate Justice and Responsibility," drew a large crowd in February 2020. / Learn more about Program on Ethics »

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Welcome to the Department of Philosophy

We are a community of philosophers with an expansive vision and an outward focus. We aspire to practice "engaged philosophy," believing that our discipline has vital contributions to offer all areas of inquiry. Through our teaching and research, we foster interdisciplinary conversations and bring philosophical tools and methods to bear upon problems and topics of public interest.

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