Faculty and Staff

2020 Awards of Excellence Recipients Announced
April 27, 2020
UW Center for Philosophy for Children helps families explore ‘big questions’ around COVID-19
April 15, 2020
José Mendoza, Amelia Wirts and Aaron Novick
Announcing Three New Faculty Members!
March 26, 2020
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Philosophy Faculty lead as UW transitions in the face of COVID-19
March 12, 2020
Third place team Garfield High School
7th Annual Washington State High School Ethics Bowl
March 9, 2020
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Ben Rabinowitz Workshop on Environmental Ethics: Climate Justice & Responsibility
February 13, 2020
Ian Schnee
A textbook that can be read on a phone? It’s logical!
February 13, 2020
Alex Lenferna
How social 'tipping points' could limit global warming
January 30, 2020
Climate Ethics World Cloud
Cambridge Global Conversations: Climate Ethics with Stephen Gardiner
January 23, 2020
Professor Potter receiving his Padma Shri Award from the President of India.
Professor Emeritus Karl Potter Completes 25th Volume of the Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies
December 11, 2019
Gina Gould
Undergraduate Adviser Gina Gould Shares Her Experience of Being FirstGen
November 7, 2019
Carina Fourie
Pre-med student column recommends taking philosophy course to prepare for medical school
November 1, 2019
We're hiring!
Assistant Professor position (AOS: Philosophy of Race or Philosophy of Law)
October 29, 2019
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Videoconferencing for Climate: A Proposal
October 16, 2019
Attendees of the 2016 United Nations Climate Conference in Marrakech, Morocco. CREDIT: UN Climate Change (CC).
Professor Stephen Gardiner discusses climate change on the Global Ethics Weekly podcast
October 7, 2019
ArtsUW Roundup: Creating Alternative Worlds, Bulrusher, Final Week of James Coupe: Exercises in Passivity and more!
August 16, 2019
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Faculty Summer Reading Recommendations 2019
July 14, 2019
What Students Gain From Learning Ethics in School
May 24, 2019
Andrea Woody, Bev Wessel and Sara Goering
Celebrating Beverly Wessel's Retirement
March 21, 2019
Ian Schnee portrait
Ian Schnee Uses Technology in the Classroom as Part of Evidence-Based Teaching Study
January 11, 2019
Professor Alison Wylie named Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of the Social and Historical Sciences 
December 12, 2018
Tim Brown, a doctoral student in the UW’s philosophy department and a researcher involved in the Center for Neurotechnology project, is already embedded in the UW’s BioRobotics Lab. He studies autonomy issues that arise for people with Parkinson’s disease
UW-led philosophy team receives $1.5M grant to study the ethics of neurotechnology research
November 29, 2018
Border between San Diego, California, and Tijuana, Mexico. http://www.ngb.army.mil
What exactly is the point of the border?
July 27, 2018
Open book with tea cup outdoors
Faculty Summer Reading Recommendations 2018
June 26, 2018
The trouble with inequalities in global health partnerships — Carina Fourie
‘Medicine Anthropology Theory’ Publishes UW Scholars on Global-Health Partnerships
May 18, 2018
Gerler Symposium on Race & Equity in Philosophy for Children
Register for the Gerler Symposium on Race & Equity in Philosophy for Children
April 23, 2018
Carole Lee
Carole Lee (co-PI) awarded NSF grant with Elena Erosheva (PI; Statistics, Social Work) to study bias detection in grant application peer review
April 9, 2018
Professor Michael Blake
Why a census question about citizenship should worry you, whether you're a citizen on not
April 4, 2018
Political Equality Workshop
Carina Fourie participates in NYU workshop on political equality
November 15, 2017
Spinoza, Toleration and The Jews
Michael Rosenthal to give the “Martin Buber Lecture on Intellectual History and Philosophy” at the Goethe University in Frankfurt
October 25, 2017
Dawg Daze - philosophy+games
Dawg Daze - philosophy+games
September 26, 2017
Ethics & Policy: 200 Days into the Trump Administration Workshop
Ethics & Policy: 200 Days into the Trump Administration Workshop 
September 18, 2017
Peer review is a black box. Let's Open it Up.
July 24, 2017
Carole Lee
Prof Carole Lee on bringing a 'trust but verify' model to journal peer review
July 20, 2017
Professor Emeritus David Keyt
New book, Nature and Justice, from Professor Emeritus David Keyt
July 19, 2017
Summer Reading
Summer Reading Recommendations from the Philosophy Faculty
July 16, 2017
Professor Michael Blake
Professor Blake joins King County Board of Ethics
May 18, 2017
The Freedom of Will by Ken Clatterbaugh
Ken Clatterbaugh's Humorous New Novel The Freedom of Will
May 8, 2017
David Schlosberg
Interview with Visiting Professor David Schlosberg 
May 5, 2017
Benjamin Rabinowitz Symposium in Medical Ethics on Race, Health & Justice
April 27, 2017
Amsterdam commemorated Spinoza with a statue in 2008. Via Wikimedia Commons.
Spinoza and Modern Jewish Philosophy International Conference
April 21, 2017
March For Science
Professor Michael Blake discusses the March For Science on KUOW
April 19, 2017
Cultures of Energy - The Energy Humanities Podcast
Professor Stephen Gardiner on Cultures of Energy - The Energy Humanities Podcast
March 29, 2017
Tim Brown speaking about recognizing and combatting racism and sexism at #philosophyresponds : Conversations After the Election series.
Recognizing and Combating Racism and Sexism - #philosophyresponds: Conversations After the Election
March 9, 2017
UW Daily's Sound Bite Interviews Colin Marshall About His Upcoming Book
February 28, 2017
Visiting Post-Doctoral Scholar Augustin Fragnière
Interview with Visiting Post-Doctoral Scholar Dr Augustin Fragnière
February 22, 2017
#philosophyresponds : Conversations After the Election
#philosophy responds: Conversations After the Election
January 17, 2017
Prof Stephen Gardiner Professor of Philosophy and Ben Rabinowitz Endowed Professor of Human Dimensions of the Environment at the University of Washington, Seattle
Stephen Gardiner and Augustin Fragniere Awarded National Science Foundation Grant
November 28, 2016
Climate engineering can be broadly defined as the “deliberate, large-scale intervention in the Earth’s natural systems to counteract climate change”.
Can a Philosopher and a Scientist Co-teach a Class on Climate Engineering?
November 18, 2016
Andrea-Woody
Chair Andrea Woody named next editor-in-chief of Philosophy of Science
November 2, 2016