August 30, 2013
Lauren Olin has been chosen as one of the winners of the Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence for 2012-2013.
This award recognizes superb performance by a graduate teaching assistant in the instruction of Arts & Sciences undergraduates.Each Graduate Arts & Sciences department is invited to nominate its best teaching assistant
for the award.From these nominations, 15 Graduate TA's have been selected for recognition this year.
February 26, 2014
Stenner Essay Contest Winners
Lauren Olin is the winner of this year's Helen Stenner Memorial Essay Prize for her paper "Burge on Perception and Sensation."
Tyler Paytas was selected runner-up for his submission "You Really Ought to Use a Cleaver to Kill Jones: Dissolving the Problem of Cleaver Conditionals."
November 1, 2013
2013 NEH Seminar: Metaphysics and Mind
The Department will be hosting and John heil directing an NEH Summer Seminar (June 10-July 12, 2013): Metaphysics and Mind.
Podcast by Prof. Carl Craver
Podcast by Prof. Carl Craver
Philosophy professor Carl Craver from Washington University in St. Louis tackles some fundamental questions about the importance of memory. Is it our personal memories that make us distinctly human? Does our capacity for memory make us morally accountable for our actions? How does our ability to remember the past relate to how we think about the future? And where do all these questions leave people with amnesia?
Events
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Sep 12 |
TBA @ 4:15 pm | |
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Oct 09 |
Distinguished University Professor tba @ 4:00 pm |
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Nov 07 |
TBA @ 4:15 pm |