Prof. Linda Zagzebski will deliver the 2010 Wilde Lectures in Natural Religion at Oxford University, and the 10th edition of the Stanislaw Kaminski Memorial Lectures at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland, for 2010-2011.

Prof. Chris Swoyer is author of 2 of the top 10 most cited articles in the arts and humanities by OU faculty members: "The Nature of Natural Laws," Australasian Journal of Philosophy 60 (1982), and "Structural Representation and Surrogative Reasoning," Synthese 87 (1991).

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

News Events
  • Prof. Brian Chance will deliver his lecture “Sensibilism, Psychologism, and Kant's Debt to Hume” on Feb. 12 at 4:00 p.m. in 607 Dale Hall Tower. All are welcome. Abstract
  • The epistemology reading group is meeting on Wednesdays at 2:30 p.m. For more information, contact Prof. Wayne Riggs.
  • The metaphilosophy reading group is meeting on alternate Thursdays at 2 p.m. For more information, contact Andrew Russo.
  • 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