Robert Alexander Wins 2025 Outstanding Teaching Fellow Award
Congratulations to graduate student Robert Alexander, who is one of the 2025 Outstanding Teaching Fellow Award Winners! The awards recognize teaching fellows that have demonstrated notable skill, enthusiasm, and dedication in their teaching this academic year. The ceremony will be held on April 23, 6-7:30pm at the Castle.
BU Alum, Merve Tapınç, has a paper accepted in Episteme
BU Alum, Merve Tapınç, has had a paper accepted in Episteme (2025), titled “Knowing Your Commitments in Action.” The abstract is included below, and the text as well as more information can be found here at philpapers.org. Thank you to Caroline Wall for sharing! Abstract An interesting class of intentions is commitments: diachronic intentions that […]
Matilde Carrera, receives offer for competitive program at Northeastern University and more
(Blurbs from fellow graduate student, Pol Pardini Gisbert) Matilde Carrera has been offered to be part of a really, really competitive summer program at Northeastern University. This summer school is intended for graduate students with advanced training in applied ethics, ethical theory, philosophy of science, or other areas with potential research applications to AI and […]
APA Fall 2024 Prize Winners: Caroline Wall and Pol Pardini Gisbert
APA has announced its Fall 2024 prize winners, including graduate students Caroline Wall and Pol Pardini Gisbert. Caroline has won the William James Prize for the best paper in the area of American philosophy for graduate students, and Pol has won a Marc Sanders Graduate Student Award for one of the three best papers submitted in all […]
Phi-Geo Group presents at the Philosophy of Science Association (PSA) conference on November 14-17
The Philosophy of the Geosciences research group (Φ-Geo Group) led by professor Alisa Bokulich has just presented at the Philosophy of Science Association (PSA) conference on November 14-17 in New Orleans, LA. The conference had a 36% acceptance rate this year, so congratulations to the following professors, graduate students, and alumni! Professor Alisa Bokulich will be part […]
Joshua Duclos’ (BU PhD) article published by Studia Philosophica Estonica has been republished by APA.
BU Philosophy alum, Joshua Duclos, has published his article “Utopia, Dystopia, and Democracy: Teaching Philosophy in Wartime Ukraine” in a special collection of Studia Philosophica Estonica on the Russia-Ukraine War. It was edited by Aaron James Wendland (University of London) and appeared alongside essays by Jeff McMahan, Tim Snyder, Jonathan Wolff, Margaret Atwood, and several prominent […]
James Kinkaid (BU Ph.D. ‘19) Wins 2023 Routledge, Taylor & Francis Prize
The Philosophy Department is proud to announce that one of its recent Ph.D. alumni, James Kinkaid, has been awarded the esteemed 2023 Routledge, Taylor & Francis Prize. This prestigious award, established in 2013, honors the exceptional scholarly contributions of adjunct professors in philosophy. Kinkaid’s article, “Phenomenology, anti-realism, and the knowability paradox,” published in the European […]
Professor Darien Pollock Receives Pskowski Humanities Research Award
In acknowledgment of his academic contributions, Professor Darien Pollock has been awarded a 2024 Pskowski Humanities Junior Faculty Research Fund Award. This $2,500 grant supports Professor Pollock’s proposed project, emphasizing his continued pursuit of knowledge and scholarly excellence within the Humanities. The Department celebrates this achievement and looks forward to the innovative research and insights […]
Graduate Student Lewis Wang Publishes in Esteemed Kant Yearbook
Lewis Wang, a dedicated graduate student at Boston University’s Department of Philosophy, has made a significant academic contribution with his latest publication in the renowned Kant Yearbook. His paper, titled “Kant on Propositional Content and Knowledge,” appears in the 2023 edition of the journal. In this insightful work, Wang explores Immanuel Kant’s perspectives on propositional […]
Philosophy Grad Students Win Prestigious Inclusion Catalyst Grant
Graduate Students in the Boston University Philosophy Department has recently been awarded the coveted BU Inclusion & Diversity Inclusion Catalyst Grant, securing $2000 in funding for an upcoming conference. This significant achievement is particularly noteworthy given the competitive nature of the grant which spans the entire university. Under the theme “Researching Values and Valuing Research: […]