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Department of Philosophy endorses Harvard Teaching Campaign

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The Department of Philosophy recently drafted a statement of support for the Harvard Teaching Campaign to limit the size of teaching sections to twelve students. News of the department's decision first appeared in an article by Dev Patel and Steven Watros...

Susanna Siegel featured in LA Times Book Review interview on mob violence

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Professor Susanna Siegel has published a piece on mob violence as part of The Los Angeles Review of Books’ ongoing series, “Histories of Violence,” which is curated by political philosopher Brad Evans as part of his global Histories of Violence project ....

Recording Now Available: “Ethical Reasoning for Computer Scientists” with Jeff Behrends, James Mickens, and Trystan Goetze

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On Wednesday, November 10, 2021, Jeff Behrends, James Mickens, and Trystan Goetze participated in a panel discussion on Ethical Reasoning for Computer Scientists as a follow-on to HILT’s 2021 Conference . The event recording can be found here . Behrends...

Q&A with Susanna Siegel in Harvard Gazette

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Professor Susanna Siegel is featured in a Q&A on how death shapes life in The Harvard Gazette. “Deaths can seem even more haunting when they’re not recognized as a real loss, which is why it’s so important how deaths are depicted by governments and in...

Robbins Library

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Robbins Library of Philosophy, Harvard University.

Elís Miller Larsen presents "Personal Choice and the American Dream" at Roosevelt University

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Philosophy Ph.D. candidate Elís Miller Larsen recently presented “Personal Choice and the American Dream” with Associate Professor of Philosophy at UChicago Agnes Callard virtually at the 2021 Roosevelt University American Dream Reconsidered Conference...

Interview with Sean Kelly on "Existentialism, Nihilism, and the Search for Meaning"

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Professor Sean Kelly has been featured in a recent interview with Tech Podcaster Lex Fridman, which is available for viewing here. In the episode, entitled “Existentialism, Nihilism, and the Search for Meaning,” Professor Kelly discusses existentialism as...

Upcoming lecture: Trystan Goetze at the Responsible Tech University Summit

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On Wednesday, December 1, Trystan Goetze will be giving a talk on Embedded EthiCS at the Responsible Tech University Summit, a free event “focused on reducing the harms of technology[...] and ensuring that technology is aligned with public interest” and...

Christine M. Korsgaard and Trystan Goetze to speak at 2022 Eastern Division APA Conference

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On the evening of Thursday, January 6, Dr. Trystan Goetze will be presenting a paper entitled “ The Moral Emotions and Epistemic Accountability, or, Don’t Get Mad, but There Is No Such Thing as (Purely) Epistemic Blame” as part of the Society for...

Susanna Rinard awarded tenure

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Congratulations to Professor Susanna Rinard, who has been recognized for her excellence in research and teaching with the honor of tenure! Susanna Rinard is a Professor of Philosophy at Harvard. Her research concerns what we should believe—in science...

Bernhard Nickel voted one of Class of 2022's favorite professors

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Professor Bernhard Nickel has been voted one of the favorite professors of Harvard’s Class of 2022. He will be featured, along with the rest of Class of 2022’s choices for favorite professors, in the upcoming yearbook. This is his second time receiving...

Whitehead Lectures

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Michael Della Rocca (Yale University) "The Parmenidean Ascent: Substance"