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W. Hugh Woodin Elected to National Academy of Sciences

W. Hugh Woodin Elected to National Academy of Sciences

May 15, 2023

 

W. Hugh Woodin, Professor of Philosophy and of Mathematics, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. The Academy elects members in recognition of their “distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.”

Congratulations, Professor Woodin!

For more information on the National Academy of Sciences, please see their website here: https://www.nasonline.org/

 

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2023 Whitehead Lectures available on YouTube

May 2, 2023

The recordings from the 2023 Whitehead Lectures by Peter Godfrey-Smith are now available on the department's YouTube channel.

 

Limits of Sentience, Boundaries of Consideration

April 13-14, 2023

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Work in several fields has made it appear likely that sentience, or subjective experience, is present in many more animals than has often been supposed. The first lecture, “...

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Mariana Noé appointed Harvard History of Philosophy Workshop Postdoctoral Fellow

May 1, 2023

Dr. Mariana Beatriz Noé will join the department as the 2023-2024 Harvard History of Philosophy Workshop Postdoctoral Fellow. Dr. Noé completed her Ph.D. in Classical Studies at Columbia University and her Licentiate degree in Philosophy (summa cum laude) at the University of Buenos Aires. Dr. Noé will be joining the department from Columbia University, where she is currently the Early Career Fellow in the Discipline of Philosophy.

Susanna Siegel named 2023 Guggenheim Fellow in Philosophy

Susanna Siegel named 2023 Guggenheim Fellow in Philosophy

April 6, 2023

Susanna Siegel, Edgar Pierce Professor of Philosophy, was named one of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation's 2023 Fellows. The fellowship is awarded to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts."

Congratulations, Professor Siegel! 

Learn more about the Guggenheim Fellowship here: https://www.gf.org/

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Zoë Johnson King to give Stanford Colloquium

April 5, 2023

Zoë Johnson King, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, will give a colloquium lecture at Stanford University on April 7th. In the talk, titled “Reluctant Heroes,” Professor Johnson King will use essential workers at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic as a case study to discuss the ethics of praise.

For more information, see Stanford’s event page here: https://philosophy.stanford.edu/events/colloquium-zoe-johnson-king-harvard

Ilana Cohen to speak on Philosophy & the Climate Conference panel

Ilana Cohen to speak on Philosophy & the Climate Conference panel

April 4, 2023

Philosopy concentrator Ilana Cohen ('23) will speak about the Fossil Free Research movement on the "Shifting Academic Institutions" panel at the 2023 Philosophers for Sustainability Philosophy & the Climate Conference. The conference will be on held on Zoom on April 29 and aims to "work toward addressing the climate crisis through teaching, curriculum development, event organizing, public philosophy, and institutional advocacy and change."

For more informaiton on the conference and to register, please visit: ...

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Jeff Behrends gives keynote at 2023 Gateway Graduate Conference

Jeff Behrends gives keynote at 2023 Gateway Graduate Conference

April 1, 2023

Jeff Behrends, Senior Research Scholar and Associate Senior Lecturer on Philosophy, gave one of the keynote lectures at the 2023 Gateway Graduate Conference at the University of Missouri – St. Louis on April 1. Professor Behrends’ talk was titled “Reason, Reasons, and Instrumental Transmission,” and spoke to the conference's topics of metaethics, metaepistemology, and metanormativity.

Zoe Jenkin (Harvard PhD 2020) gave the keynote on March 31.

 

For more information on the conference, please see their website here:...

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Jeff Behrends speaks at Global Perspectives on Teaching AI Ethics workshop

Jeff Behrends speaks at Global Perspectives on Teaching AI Ethics workshop

March 30, 2023

Jeff Behrends, Senior Research Scholar and Associate Senior Lecturer on Philosophy, presented at the Global Perspectives on Teaching AI Ethics workshop on "Imagining the future: how should AI ethics be taught?" at the University of Cambridge on March 30. The workshop brought together teachers of AI Ethics at a university level to discuss course topics, pedagogical strategies, assessment, and more.

For more information about the workshop, please see the information page here: ...

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