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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!

PHILIP KITCHER TO RECEIVE THE 2019 RESCHER MEDAL

Philip Kitcher will receive the Rescher Medal for Systematic Philosophy on February 7, 2020. For information, contact Thomas Berry (tberry@pitt.edu).

Shivam Patel wins SSPP Griffith Award

Congratulations to Shivam Patel for winning the Richard M. Griffith Memorial Award of the Souther Society for Philosophy and Psychology! View >

Endowment for Ancient Philosophy

The Department is thrilled to announce that the university has recieved a gift of $500,000 to promote scholarship in Ancient Philosophy at Pitt!

Alison Springle wins Sanders APA Prize!

Alison Springle has been awarded the selective Sanders APA Prize for her paper "On What Else Perceptual Representation Could Be"! View >

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Bennett Prize 2019

Congratulations to Aaron Segal who was awarded the 2019 Bennett Prize for his essay “Values, Valuing, and Local Reasons.”

Charles Goldhaber wins Early Modern Worlds Biennial Graduate Student Prize

Congratulations to Charles Goldhaber for winning the University of Pittsburgh's Early Modern Worlds Biennial Graduate Student Prize for his paper "The Humors in Hume's Skepticism." LEARN MORE >

Empiricism after Kant, Hegel, and Sellars

Thomas J. Breed will be attending the NEH-funded Summer Seminar "Philosophical Responses to Empiricism in Kant, Hegel, and Sellars" at the University of New Hampshire this June. Thomas is one of a few graduate students joining the organizers Willem DeVries (UNH) and James O'Shea (University College Dublin), along with more than a dozen junior and senior faculty members for the seminar. LEARN MORE >

Philosophy Department Welcomes New Faculty

The Philosophy Department is thrilled to welcome Assistant Professor Kate Stanton to the faculty!

Philosophy Department Welcomes New Faculty

The Philosophy Department is thrilled to welcome Assistant Professor Kevin Dorst to the faculty!

David Wallace Accepts Mellon Chair with Joint Appointments in the Departments of Philosophy and History and Philosophy of Science

The Philosophy Department is thrilled to welcome Professor David Wallace to the faculty! LEARN MORE >