UW Philosophers at Work

Gale VandeBerg Auditorium at the Pyle Center
@ 7:00 pm

This year, Professor Michael Titelbaum will present “Ways of Knowing” at 7 pm CDT on Wednesday, October 29, 2024. How do we come to know about the world?  Can different, conflicting ways of knowing be …

Colloquium: Jill North (Rutgers University)

Helen C White Room 4207
@ 3:30 pm

Mathematical Representation in Physics:  the Curious Case of the Complex Numbers We use mathematical objects and structures to formulate our physical theories and to represent physical reality.  This gives rise to a host of philosophical …

Fill the Hill 2025: October 9-10

@ 5:00 pm - @ 5:00 pm

Flamingos return to Bascom Hall during Fill the Hill. For 24 hours every gift to the UW- Philosophy Department will add a pink flamingo to Bascom and support our passionate students and faculty. Click Here …

Madison Metaethics Workshop 2025

Pyle Center (702 Langdon St.), Room 325/326
@ 9:00 am - @ 1:00 pm

An annual workshop for new work in metaethics, organized by Russ Shafer-Landau.