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Juliana Bidadanure witnessed many social injustices growing up during the 1980s…

BY MELISSA DE WITTE

Seven Stanford University scholars have been awarded 2021 Guggenheim Fellowships. This prestigious honor recognizes mid-career scholars, artists and scientists who have demonstrated a previous capacity for outstanding…

Levin challenges arguments for transhumanism, showing the notion of humanity's self-transcendence into "posthumanity" to be little more than fantasy. Click here to learn more. 

Philosophy PhD alumni Govind Persad, Dan Halliday, RJ Leland and others have co-authored this article in Science:

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/09/02/science.abe2803…

Helen Longino is recognized for her work in philosophical naturalism and feminist epistemology, and Michael Friedman for his work on the philosophy of Immanuel Kant.

Two philosophy professors in Stanford’s School of Humanities and Sciences…

The Stanford Philosophy Department will be hosting a Memorial Reception for Ken Taylor on Wednesday, April 5 2023, from 5:00-8:00pm at the Faculty Club.

Please check here for more information. 

by John Perry

I was shocked and saddened to hear of the death of Ken Taylor, a long time friend, colleague, and co-host. Stunned, actually. A great man with a wonderful family, who…

Taylor was dedicated to helping students, colleagues and the general public ask tough questions and live an examined life.

BY NATALIE JABBAR

Kenneth A. Taylor, the Henry Waldgrave Stuart…

BY Alex Shashkevich

Stanford philosopher MICHAEL BRATMAN has been honored for his work on the basic forms of human social interactions and cooperation.

Bratman, the U. G. and Abbie Birch Durfee Professor in the School of…

The new institute will focus on guiding artificial intelligence to benefit humanity.

BY AMY ADAMS

Stanford University is launching a new institute committed to studying, guiding and developing human-centered…

BY ALEX SHASHKEVICH

As officials in several U.S. cities consider experimenting with universal basic income, a Stanford lab aims to educate policymakers and the public about the latest research on what happens when…

Professor Debra Satz (Stanford) will receive an honorary doctorate the afternoon of November 8, 2018 on the occasion of the 105th birthday (“dies Natalis”) on recommendation of the Erasmus Initiative “Dynamics of Inclusive Prosperity”.…

Philosophy Talk, the popular radio show starring Stanford philosophers KEN TAYLOR and JOHN PERRY, has added two new voices to its broadcast…

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From LSE website:

http://www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/blog/2017/06/05/2015-and-2016-lakatos-awards/#prettyPhoto

The London School of Economics and Political Science is pleased to announce the winners of the 2015…

News originally posted on the APA website:

http://www.apaonline.org/news/350962/2017-Public-Philosophy-Op-Ed-Contest-Winners-Announced.htm

Monday, June 26, 2017 …

Equality, evil, progress and tradition were some of the big concepts Stanford professors examined in Dangerous Ideas, a new humanities course held in spring quarter.

 Franz Brentano Lectures on Practical Philosophy given at University of Vienna April 2017  

The Stanford Philosophy Department congratulates our colleague Edward Zalta, Senior Research Scholar at the Center for the Study of Language and Information, and  Principal Editor of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, who is…