News Updates

Staff are working remotely week days. Philosophy Front Office: Hours staffed, in person, at these times: Mondays:                   9:00 to 1:00 Wednesdays:             12:00 to 4:00 When there are staff in the …

The Department of Philosophy is sad to report the passing of Emeritus Professor Keith Yandell, who taught at UW from 1966 until 2011 and specialized in philosophy of religion. He was a wonderful teacher and …

You can view the department meeting agenda by clicking the link below. 20-04-15 department meeting agenda

You can view the agendas for the department and executive committee meetings by clicking on the links below. 20-04-01 department meeting agenda 20-04-01 executive committee agenda

Given the disruptions of the previous couple weeks, the philosophy department has decided to extend undergraduate prize submission deadlines. Prize applications and essay prize submissions will now be due on Monday, April 6th (not on March …

If you missed Rob Streiffer’s talk last November on human genome editing, you can now watch it on PBS Wisconsin’s website! Click here, or watch below:

Our 2019 Newsletter is now available!

Click below to read Aaron’s op-ed, written for The Cap Times, on the importance of balancing structure and freedom in a classroom environment. Link: https://madison.com/ct/opinion/column/aaron-yarmel-classrooms-and-society-need-balance-of-structure-and/article_049bb982-99b0-5db0-84b9-4820784e413f.html

Peter Vranas’ UW Philosophers at Work talk from last fall, “Time Travel: Processes and Paradoxes,” has been posted by Wisconsin Public Television. Click here, or watch below:

The APA Blog recently published a post by Aaron Yarmel about a recent collaboration between Madison Public Philosophy and UW-Madison’s Odyssey Project. Aaron, and other members of the group, explored Plato’s Allegory of the Cave with …