Announcements

WA High School Ethics Bowl
2026 Washington State High School Ethics Bowl
November 25, 2025
Professor Emeritus David Keyt
David Keyt (1930-2024)
February 21, 2025
In Memoriam - Lynn Hankinson Nelson
July 25, 2024
Faculty news
June 28, 2024
Sara Goering
From the Chair
June 28, 2024
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
We're hiring! (W logo)
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
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