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Department of Philosophy

Wescoe Hall
 

News and Events
 
  • New Webpage debut
    Browse around our newly designed webpage!
  • Upcoming Fall 2008 Lectures

    • Gerald Gaus
    Department of Philosophy
    University of Arizona
    "Is Public Policy Possible? "
    4:00 p.m., Friday, October 3, 2008
    Parlors ABC, Kansas Union

    Loren Lomasky
    Corcoran Department of Philosophy, University of Virginia
    "What Do We Owe the World's Poor?"
    4:00 p.m., Friday, October 31, 2008
    Parlors ABC, Kansas Union

    Richard Arneson
    Department of Philosophy
    University of California, San Diego
    "Varieties of Cosmopolitanism and the Ideal of Global Justice"
    4:00 p.m., Friday, December 5, 2008
    Alderson Room, Kansas Union

  • New Faculty

    • Derrick Darby (PhD, University of Pittsburgh) has joined us as an Associate Professor. Professor Darby, who comes to us from Texas A&M University, specializes in Social and Political Philosophy, Ethics and African American Philosophy.

    Also joining the Department is Scott Jenkins (PhD, Princeton). Professor Jenkins, who also joined us as an Assistant Professor, has been teaching at Reed College for the last several years. His areas of specialization are Kant, German Idealism (especially Fichte and Hegel) and Nietzsche.

    We are also pleased to announce the appointment of Laurence James (PhD, Syracuse) to the Department as a lecturer for Fall 2007 and Spring 2008. His area of specialization is Ethics.
  • 2008 Departmental Awards
    Nelson Scholarship: Nicole Tichenor
    Brownstein-Young Awards: Dylan Black, Joel Burnett
    Brownstein-Skidmore Awards: Chris Mitchell, Jaran Moten
    Warner Morse Scholarship: Nicole Tichenor
    Warner Morse Prize in Ethics: Alan Brockman
    Warner Morse Prize in History of Philosophy: Andrew Flanery
    Warner Morse Prize in Metaphysics and Epistemology: Polina Demina
    Departmental GTA Award: Jennifer Kittlaus
    Templin Fellowships: Nathan Colaner, Nathan Cox, Dusan Galic, Stacy Elmer, Andrew McFarland, Brad Musil, Bill Simkulet, Nick Simmons
    Robinson Essay Contest: Bill Simkulet (1st place), Stacy Elmer, Matt Waldschlagel (honorable mention)

Contact Information

Department Chair: Tom Tuozzo (ttuozzo@ku.edu)
Director of Graduate Studies, Ben Eggleston (eggleston@ku.edu)
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Kevan Edwards (kevan-edwards@ku.edu)