Professors Jeff Behrends, Zoë Johnson King, and Mathias Risse shared their thoughts on the value of effort and struggle - and what's at stake when AI offers an easier alternative. Read more here.
Reier Helle joins the department as an assistant professor of philosophy. He received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 2020. His primary research focus is ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, and he has a special interest in the philosophy of the ancient...
Graduate student Luke Ciancarelli has published "The Cartesian passions as inclinations and Descartes’ alienated anthropology” in the British Journal for the History of Philosophy. Read more here.
Professor Samantha Matherne was the recipient of the Alpha-Iota Prize for Excellence in Teaching, awarded annually by the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Each year, the undergraduate members of Alpha Iota, led by four Phi Beta Kappa Marshals, decide on the Phi...
Professor Zoë Johnson King, a member of the department since 2022, has now been promoted to associate professor. Congratulations!
The Department of Philosophy is delighted to announce the winners of this year's Adams, Carrier, Bechtel, and Bowen Prizes. Congratulations to all of these deserving undergraduate and graduate students!
Professor Samantha Matherne is a winner of the 2025 Lebowitz prize for philosophical achievement and contribution awarded by the Phi Beta Kappa Society (ΦBK) in conjunction with the American Philosophical Association (APA). Each year, the award is...
PhD Candidate Yunhyae Kim has accepted the position of Assistant Professor at Princeton University in the Department of Politics. Congratulations!
