Announcements

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We're hiring an Assistant Professor in Philosophy of Science
(September 17, 2024)
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In Memoriam - Lynn Hankinson Nelson
(July 25, 2024)
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Faculty news
(June 28, 2024)
Sara Goering
From the Chair
(June 28, 2024)
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Remembering Professors Bill Talbott and James Mish’alani
(June 20, 2023)
Letter from the Chair
(November 9, 2022)
Andrea Woody UW Divisional Dean of the social Sciences
Letter from the Chair
(July 1, 2022)
Healthcare provider comforting patient
Nancy Jecker on abortion and bioethics
(June 29, 2022)
Group photo of all the graduates
Graduation Celebration 2022
(June 29, 2022)
Undergraduate Award Winners
Department Awards Ceremony 2022
(May 26, 2022)
Charles Marks
Remembering Charles Marks
(May 18, 2022)
George Yancy
Register for the Benjamin Rabinowitz Symposium in Medical Ethics on “Race, Health and Justice" on April 15, 2022
(March 24, 2022)
Black Panther and Philosophy: What Can Wakanda Offer the World? book cover
New book by Timothy. Brown explores philosophy in Black Panther
(March 23, 2022)
Ethics of Immigration March 17-18-2022, with photos of Keynote Speakers
José Jorge Mendoza and Amelia Wirts featured at Ethics of Immigration Enforcement Symposium at Rock Ethics Institute
(March 15, 2022)
Dale Jamieson
Register for the Annual Ethics Lecture: Climate, Carbon, and What Really Matters – Dale Jamieson, NYU, March 3, 2022
(February 16, 2022)
Photo of department t-shirt, hoodie, hat and mug
New department swag!
(February 11, 2022)
Professor Potter receiving his Padma Shri Award from the President of India.
Remembering Emeritus Professor Karl Potter
(January 21, 2022)
Carole Lee
Carole Lee chosen for Simpson Center’s Society of Scholars
(January 7, 2022)
Cover of Journal - photo of boy on boat looking out with binoculars
The Philosophy Society publishes inaugural undergraduate philosophy journal 
(December 16, 2021)
Andrea Woody
Letter from the Chair
(November 23, 2021)
inside the file cabinet of David Lewis
Anthony Fisher discusses studying a philosopher’s archive in the digital age
(October 19, 2021)
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We’re hiring an Assistant Professor in History of Philosophy
(October 14, 2021)
Tim Brown
Tim Brown wins David Roscoe essay award
(October 13, 2021)
Stephen Gardiner
Stephen Gardiner gives the Alan Saunders Lecture
(October 1, 2021)
Marking the Centenary of Samuel Alexander's Space, Time and Deity
New book by Anthony Fisher explores the work of Samuel Alexander
(July 27, 2021)
Stephen Gardiner
Stephen Gardiner: "Climate Crisis & Institutional Denialism"
(July 12, 2021)
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Aaron Barker awarded 2021-22 Joff Hanauer for Excellence in Western Civilization Graduate Fellowship
(June 25, 2021)
Outstanding Undergraduate Scholar Award: Aaron Rosser
Awards Ceremony 2021
(June 2, 2021)
Jack Lucas Chang and his dog Izzie
Philosophy major Jack Lucas Chang chosen for Husky 100
(June 1, 2021)
Judge Salvador Mendoza, Jr.
Announcing our Alumni Graduation Speaker: Judge Salvador Mendoza, Jr. (UW Philosophy B.A. 1994)
(May 25, 2021)
Benjamin Feintzeig
Benjamin Feintzeig Awarded National Science Foundation Grant
(May 25, 2021)
Dr. Cornel West
Dr. Cornel West presents Critical Thinking and the Cultivation of Your True Self
(May 6, 2021)
Cover of Neuroethics Journal- image of brain with light up areas
UW neuroethics team co-authored paper in Neuroethics journal
(May 6, 2021)
Ian Schnee teaching to empty lecture hall in March 2020
Bridging the Distance article featuring Ian Schnee
(April 27, 2021)
Cover of Seen and Not Heard
New Book by Jana Mohr Lone Explores Children’s Philosophical Thinking
(April 27, 2021)
Dr. Cornel West
Critical Thinking and the Cultivation of Your True Self with Dr. Cornel West
(April 13, 2021)
Screen capture of Zoom Ethics Bowl Class
Washington State High School Ethics Bowl held virtually
(April 8, 2021)
Screen capture of Camille Miller's film showing word WHY? over marble
Announcing Winners of the “Why do we need philosophy now?” Video Contest
(April 7, 2021)
Headshot of Paul Franco
Congratulations to Associate Teaching Professor Paul Franco!
(March 31, 2021)
Benjamin Feintzeig
Congratulations to Associate Professor Benjamin Feintzeig!
(March 31, 2021)
Carina Fourie
Congratulations to Associate Professor Carina Fourie!
(March 31, 2021)
Andrea Woody
Letter from the Chair
(January 26, 2021)
Book Cover - Justice, Migration, & Mercy
Justice, Migration, & Mercy is one of the Best of 2020 Philosophy from Oxford University Press 
(January 8, 2021)
Professor Ruth Faden
Register for "Social Injustice and COVID-19 Vaccines", Professor Ruth Faden, January 29, 3:30 p.m.
(January 7, 2021)
Andrea Woody
Letter from the Chair
(December 10, 2020)
Dustyn Stone Addington
Dustyn Stone Addington and Humanities Washington win Schwartz Prize for Outstanding Humanities Public Programming
(December 9, 2020)
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Undergraduate Video Contest: “Why do we need philosophy now?”
(November 30, 2020)
Aaron Novick
Interview with Professor Rose Novick
(November 12, 2020)
José Jorge Mendoza
Interview with Professor José Jorge Mendoza
(November 12, 2020)
headshot of Professor Amelia Wirst
Interview with Professor Amelia Wirts
(November 12, 2020)