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Professor and Director of MCPS Alan Love discusses how he got into philosophy of science and shares advice for graduate students.

Assistant Professor Michael Bennett McNulty has received the 2022-2024 McKnight Land Grant Professorship.

The Dept of Philosophy's Woodbridge and Stevens scholarships have been awarded.

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce and congratulate Aila O'Loughlin who is the recipient of a 2022 Mellon/ACLS Community College Faculty Fellowship. Aila is a…

Highlighting Minnesota's vibrant music scene, the event will feature Dessa (BA ’03, philosophy), Conor O'Brien (MM ’06, DMA ’10), and Jim Walsh (BA ’90, journalism).

Assistant Professor Dwight K. Lewis Jr. discusses his research on Anton Wilhelm Amo, the first African to earn a doctorate from a European University.

MCPS Director Alan C. Love has been appointed a 2022 Distinguished McKnight University Professor. The Distinguished McKnight University Professorship program recognizes…

Assistant Professor Dwight K. Lewis Jr. believes true change comes with positively impacting young people: the leaders of tomorrow.

Through nearly $15 million in Templeton Foundation funding, a new international cohort program led by philosophy researcher Alan Love aims to explore purposive-looking…

MCPS fellow and board member Samuel C. Fletcher has been awarded a 5-year, $442,998 CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to develop new conceptual foundations for…

Newest Winton Chair embraces synergy between biology and philosophy

Professor Dwight K Lewis, Jr will be joining the Department of Philosophy

Professor Carl Elliott joins the Dept of Philosophy

Samuel Fletcher adds a pedagogical note in the American Philosophical Association's "Teaching and Learning Video Series"
The Argument Clinic.

Spring 2021 News & Highlights from the Department of Philosophy

"Medical Rationing, Moral Thinking, and Common Morality," Robert Campbell, Undergraduate Philosophy major

We are sad to announce that former Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science (MCPS) Director, C. Wade Savage, passed away at the age of 88 in November 2020. Professor Savage…

We are delighted to announce that Philosophy PhD candidate and MCPS graduate student fellow, Lauren Wilson, has been awarded one of the Yudof fellowships for the 2021-2022…

Graduate Admissions for Fall 2022

Michael Bennett McNulty "notes that philosophy coursework gives students skills that they can use in a wide array of career paths. ... Philosophy degree recipients are often…