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The philosophical comedy of PhD student Landon Schurtz has received notice from Brian Leiter's philosophy blog.
Visiting professor Qiong Wang successfully defended her doctoral dissertation at the University of Connecticut. Congratulations, Dr. Wang!
There are now facebook groups for current majors and alumni/ae. Join your group to keep up with what's happening in the Philosophy Department.
Prof. Linda Zagzebski is the Director of the Templeton Research Fellows Program, and Ph.D. student Joshua Seachris is the Program Administrator.
Prof. Amy Olberding has been awarded a prestigious Howard Foundation Fellowship to support her research. Congratulations, Amy!
Profs. Steve Ellis, Sherri Irvin, Wayne Riggs and Chris Swoyer and Department Secretary Shelley Konieczny are now official Sooner Allies: resource and support people for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning members of the OU community. They are available for confidential discussions with anyone who has needs or concerns.
The 2009 Philosophical Gourmet Report is out. In addition to our previous rankings in epistemology and philosophy of religion, the OU philosophy department is now ranked in Chinese philosophy and philosophy of art.
- Advising for spring 2010
- Spring 2010 course descriptions
- Spring 2010 course schedule
- Spring 2010 textbooks (.xlsx)
- Grad student accomplishments
- Alumni news
- Prof. Linda Zagzebski will deliver the 2010 Wilde Lectures in Natural Religion at Oxford University.
- On Friday, Nov. 13, at 3:30 p.m., we will host two philosophers from Kansas State: Prof. Sandra Lapointe will speak on "Bolzano on Logical Consequence 1: Ableitbarkeit" followed by Prof. Douglas Patterson on "Meaning, Communication and Knowledge by Testimony."
- The metaphilosophy reading groups is meeting on alternate Tuesdays at 2 p.m. Contact Andrew Russo for details.
- Slides from two of Prof. Elliot Sober's David Ross Boyd Lectures on the theme Philosophical Reflections on Darwin's Theory are now available: Lecture 1 | Lecture 2