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Pitt Alum's Coffee Company Donates to Philosophy Education

Will Misback, who received his BA in Philosophy from Pitt in 2018, has founded a coffee company that donates 20% of its profits to philosophy... View >

Barricelli Prize

Robert Brandom's "Spirit of Trust" has been awarded the Jean-Pierre Barricelli Book Prize for the year's best contribution to Romanticism studies! View >

The Value of Humanity

Nandi Theunissen's groundbreaking new book, "The Value of Humanity", is set to be released January 2020 from Oxford Univerity Press. View >

Larkin Philpot Receives Newcombe Fellowship!

Congratulations to Larkin Philpot for being named one of 23 Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellows for 2019! View >

Marré to CUA

Congratulations to Tom Marré, who will be taking up a tenure track post at Catholic U. of America this fall!

Tomlinson to Colgate

Congratulations to Laura Tomlinson, who will be taking up a tenure track post at Colgate this fall!

Goldhaber wins teaching award!

Congratulations to Charles Goldhaber for winning an A&S Elizabeth Baranger Teaching Award!

Eisenthal to CalTech/EPP

Congratulations to Josh Eisenthal, who will start in Fall 2019 as Research Assistant Professor at CalTech to join the Eistein Papers Project!

News

Author Meets Critics Session on Nandi Theunissen's Book, THE VALUE OF HUMANITY, Central APA Session on February 25, 2021

Nandi Theunissen's book to be featured at Central APA 2021 LEARN MORE >

THOMAS NAGEL TO RECEIVE THE 2021 RESCHER MEDAL

The 2021 Rescher Medal Lecture will be held on February 5, 2021. LEARN MORE >

Alessandra in the APA

Alessandra Buccella interviewed in APA online! LEARN MORE >

Bennett Prize 2020

Tom Breed and Annika Froese were awarded the Bennett Prize for 2020, Tom for his essay "Objectivity and Rational Perception" and Annika for her essay "How to be an Egalitarian about Contrastive Explanation". Congratulations Tom and Annika! LEARN MORE >

McKenna in Print

Congratulations to Travis McKenna, whose paper "Marc Lange and Minimal Model Explanations: A Defence of Batterman and Rice" has been accepted for publication in the journal, Philosophy of Science. More details TBA.

Goldhaber on Hume

Congratulations to Charles Goldhaber, whose paper "The Humors in Hume's Skepticism" has been accepted for publication at Ergo! Goldhaber argues that Hume's use of medical metaphors throughout his discussions of skepticism reveal a compelling and unique conception of skepticism and its role in human life. Pre-prints are available at Goldhaber's website, linked here: LEARN MORE >