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Alexander Wolf-Root, creator of the course (Photo: Matthias Steup) The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce a new course on Philosophy and Sports (PHIL 2240), which is debuting this semester, Fall 2018. Alex Wolf-Root , a 5th year PhD student in philosophy, proposed the course, and is now teaching...

October 9, 5:00-6:30 HUMN 250

The Philosophy Department is pleased to welcome Professor Brian Talbot to the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is starting his job here as an assistant professor of philosophy this fall; previously, he taught philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. We asked him a few questions to introduce...

The Philosophy Department is pleased to welcome Professor Julia Staffel to the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is starting her job here as an assistant professor of philosophy this fall; previously, she was an assistant professor of philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. We asked her a...

Professor Rob Rupert will spend the 2018-2019 academic year as a visiting scholar in the Philosophy Department at New York University. He will be on sabbatical writing a book on cognitive science and the self, and spending time in NYU’s Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness.

The 11th annual Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress (RoME) is under way, and will be going on through Sunday August 12, 2018. It is sponsored by the Center for Values and Social Policy in the Philosophy Department at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Featured keynote speakers this year include Eva Kittay...

The official schedule for the upcoming Morris Colloquium , "The Self and Its Realizations", has been released. The Colloquium will be held June 16-18, and the full schedule is available here .

PhD student Samuel Director has won three fellowships for the upcoming year; a fellowship with CU's Center for Western Civilization, Thought, and Policy , a Humane Studies Fellowship from the Institute for Humane Studies, and an Adam Smith Fellowship from the Mercatus Institute at George Mason University.

PhD students Gagan Sapkota and Cristian Larroulet Philippi have been awarded Katherine Jacob Lamont Scholarships from the College of Arts and Sciences.

PhD candidate Maggie Taylor has won the 2018 Stahl Prize. The Department honors Maggie this year for her work as a community member on the Clinical Ethics Committee at Boulder Community Health (BCH), the largest regional healthcare system serving patients in Boulder. Maggie is the only member of the Committee...