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News Updates
Emeritus Professor Keith Yandell Has Passed Away
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 …
Rob Streiffer’s UW Philosophers at Work Talk Now Available Online
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:
2019 Yearly Newsletter
Our 2019 Newsletter is now available!
Aaron Yarmel writes op-ed on classroom management
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
Vranas’ Time Travel talk posted!
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:
Exploring Plato’s Cave With Young People
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 …
Two Open Rank Searches at UW-Madison!
The department is currently conducting two open rank searches! One for Philosophy of Science and the other for Ethics or Metaphysics.
2017 Yearly Newsletter
Our 2017 Philosophy Department Newsletter is now available!
Congratulations to Paula!
Congratulations to Paula Gottlieb on receiving a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship!