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News Updates

3 UW–Madison Philosophy graduate students earn doctorates

Posted on July 11, 2025

Congratulations to Michael Bruckner, Lukas Myers, and Elizabeth Bell!

UW–Madison Philosophy welcomes 4 new tenure-track faculty

Posted on July 9, 2025

Elizabeth Brake, Sophia Dandelet, Alex Kerr, Sam Roberts

Harry Brighouse elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Posted on July 3, 2025

Harry was one of four UW–Madison professors elected.

2023-2024 Newsletter

Posted on February 27, 2024

The Department’s Winter 2023-2024 Newsletter is now available here

How to think like a Bayesian. By Michael G. Titelbaum

Posted on February 26, 2024

In a world of few absolutes, it pays to be able to think clearly about probabilities. These five ideas will get you started.

L&S researchers are wrangling with the thorny ethical issues raised by artificial intelligence and computing.  By Aaron R. Conklin

Posted on February 26, 2024

Featuring Philosophy Professors; Annette Zimmermann, James Goodrich, and Clinton Castro.

Winter 2022 Department Newsletter

Posted on January 25, 2023

The Department’s Winter 2022 Newsletter is now available.

Donald W. Crawford Remembered (1938-2022)

Posted on August 12, 2022

Donald Wesley Crawford passed away peacefully on July 19, 2022. He was born on July 30, 1938 in Berkeley, California, and never lost his love of that place. Don received a B.A. in philosophy from …

In Memoriam: Professor Aaron Smuts, UW-Madison PhD

Posted on March 28, 2022

UW Philosophy is sad to report the passing of Aaron Smuts, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department at Rhode Island College.  Prof. Smuts earned his PhD in our department in 2006, with a dissertation Laughing …

2021 Department of Philosophy Newsletter

Posted on January 26, 2022

The 2021 Department Newsletter is now available here.

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