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Shapiro Wins C$2.78 Million Grant for New Narratives in the History of Philosophy

Pitt grad Lisa Shapiro, professor of philosophy at Simon Fraser University, has won a C$2.78 million (approximately $2.04 million) grant to support... 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!

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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 >

Conference on Anil Gupta's CONSCIOUS EXPERIENCE: A LOGICAL INQUIRY

There will be a conference on Anil Gupta's Conscious Experience: A Logical Inquiry in New Delhi, India, 14 February to 16 February. LEARN MORE >

Robert Brandom, a Philosopher’s Philosopher

Jules Gleeson reflects on Robert Brandom's contributions to philosophy in light of the recent publication of his monumental A Spirit of Trust. LEARN MORE >

Goldhaber in Print

Congratulations to Charles Goldhaber, whose paper "Does perceptual psychology rule out disjunctivism in the theory of perception?" is forthcoming in Synthese. Pre-prints are available at his website. LEARN MORE >