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The Stanford Philosophy Department mourns the passing of our colleague Graciela de Pierris, who died at Stanford Hospital on August 20, 2024. She was 74. De Pierris was the Clarence Irving Lewis Professor of Philosophy at Stanford, where she…

The Philosophy Department at Stanford is excited to welcome Mellon Fellow, Josefine Klingspor to the department. The Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in the Humanities program is offered to a select number of outstanding early career scholars to…

Wendy Salkin, an assistant professor of philosophy in Stanford’s School of Humanities and Sciences, weighs in on unofficial spokespeople in her new book, Speaking for Others: The Ethics of Informal Political Representation (Harvard…

By Cameron Scott

In a new book, Stanford philosopher Wendy Salkin questions the ways we allow and expect unelected representatives to speak for marginalized groups. 

Wendy Salkin, an assistant…

Dean Debra Satz honored seven faculty members with a 2023-24 H&S Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching. Professor Peacocke received the Dean’s Award for Achievements in First Years of Teaching. Please refer to the Humanities and Science…

Wendy Salkin, an assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy, has been honored with a teaching excellence award for 2024 from the Northern California chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.

John Etchemendy and Fei-Fei Li, co-directors of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. (Image credit: Drew Kelly for Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial…

Lanier Anderson, the J. E. Wallace Sterling Professor in the Humanities

 and professor of philosophy, is currently serving as interim vice provost…

Stanford seniors Benjamin Przybocki and Jenny Shi are recipients of…

Stepping inside a scholar’s office is a bit like stepping into their life and mind. Here's a look at the books, art, and mementos in philosophy Professor R. Lanier Anderson’s office, and what they reveal about him as a…

By Carly Chillmon

Ethics is sometimes seen as purely conceptual or abstract — but the best ethics start on the ground and grow from real life. So says Leif Wenar, the new faculty director of the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in…

“Nobody has to match a template—neither mainstream templates nor other cultural…

 The sixteen-episode series will celebrate the unsung heroines of philosophy.

 [SAN FRANCISCO, June 20, 2023] — Philosophy Talk, the award-winning, nationally syndicated…

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

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…

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.

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