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Department of Philosophy
Upcoming Talk
ELEONORE STUMP
"Modes of Knowing: Autism, Fiction, and Second-person Perspectives"
St. Louis University
November 12, 4:30 - 6:30pm
BRNG 1254
Department News
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Due to a generous gift from Tom Scholl, a 1970 graduate of the Philosophy Department and a 2009 College of Liberal Arts Distinguished Alumnus, we will have a yearly guest speaker paid for by the Thomas H. Scholl Endowment Fund for Visiting Philosophers.
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The Philosophy Department will host the 2010 Midwest Epistemology Workshop (MEW). Keynote Speaker: Jason Stanley. For information on MEW, see this link.
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Patricia Curd received a National Humanities Center fellowship for 2009-10.
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William McBride was elected President of the Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie (FISP).
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Charlene Haddock Seigfried received the Herbert Schneider Award for 2009, the highest award of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy.
The Department of Philosophy at Purdue University is distinguished both by its strength in traditional areas of philosophical inquiry, including especially the history of philosophy, and by its notable contributions to contemporary philosophy. There are faculty working in the history of philosophy from antiquity to the present, and in most areas of contemporary Anglo-American and Continental European philosophy. A dozen areas of particular strength in which several faculty members work are listed on our faculty research interests page. The wide range of faculty interests and an excellent student-faculty ratio enable students to pursue research interests in many areas. The Department offers courses of study leading to B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees.