News
Jason Kay Published in Philosophical Quarterly
Jason's paper "When Reasons Run Out" is forthcoming in Philosophical Quarterly. You can read it here.
2023-2024 Bennett Prize Essay Winner - Stephen Mackereth
Stephen Mackereth was awarded the 2023-2024 Bennett Prize for his essay "Godel’s Greatest Mystery". Congratulations Stephen!
BAS VAN FRAASSEN TO RECEIVE 2025 RESCHER MEDAL
The University of Pittsburgh announces its award of the 2025 Nicholas Rescher Medal for Contributions to Systematic Philosophy to Bas van Fraassen, the McCosh Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus at...
Shawn Simpson's New Book to be Released Oct 15th
Examining the work of evolutionary biologists, art theorists, linguists, and philosophers—including Charles Darwin, Stephen Davies, H. Paul Grice, and others—Simpson addresses how well different...
New Book Release - Reasons for Logic, Logic for Reasons by Ulf Hlobil and Robert Brandom
The first author, Ulf Hlobil, received his Ph.D. From Pitt in 2016 (now tenured at Concordia University in Montreal).
The book draws heavily on Dan Kaplan's 2021 Pitt dissertation.
It...
Jason Kay Published in Philosophical Quarterly
Jason's scintillating paper "When Reasons Run Out" is forthcoming in Philosophical Quarterly. You can read it here.
Shawn Simpson op-ed accepted and published by Newsweek
Vivian Feldblyum published in Utilitas
Vivian Feldblyum's article, “Classic Hedonism Reconsidered,” is forthcoming in Utilitas.
Check out The Pitt News Article on Nandi Theunissen: A teacher of philosophy and self-value
Nandi Theunissen: A teacher of philosophy and self-value
By Briana Bindus, Staff Writer
The Pitt News
APRIL 17, 2024
Alexander Johnstone published in Journal of Philosophy
Alexander Johnstone's paper, "Kripke on Indirect Senses", was accepted for publication in the Journal of Philosophy.
Taylor Koles, 'The Semantics of Deadnames', forthcoming in Phil Studies
Longstanding philosophical debate over the semantics of proper names has yet to examine the distinctive behavior of deadnames, names that have been rejected by their former bearers. The use of...
Congrats to Shawn on his publication in The journal Diálogos
The journal Diálogos (the Journal of the Department of Philosophy of the University of Puerto Rico) has published a special issue on environmental philosophy for which Shawn Simpson was...
Daniel Webber Published in Nous and Philosophical Quarterly
Daniel Webber’s paper “The Misapplication Dilemma” (formerly titled “Being Realistic About Rules”) is forthcoming at Nous, and his paper “Putting Wronging First” is forthcoming at ...
Seth Goldwasser Published in Philosophy of Science and Philosophical Psychology
Congratulations to Seth Goldwasser for his recent publications.
Grad Student Vivian Feldblyum receives Arts & Sciences Teaching Award
Congratulations to Vivian Feldblyum for her selection to receive the 2023 Elizabeth Baranger Excellence in Teaching Award from the Pitt Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Organization! The award...