We are very pleased to announce that Geoffrey Brennan has been awarded the 2014 Hayek Medal. The award (from the German Hayek Society, established in 1999) honors a scholar for distinguished work in areas related to Hayek’s own work, especially … Read more
Thomas E. Hill, Jr., Kenan Professor of Philosophy, has won UNC’s “Mentor Award for Lifetime Achievement” for 2014. This award (given to one UNC faculty member each year) recognizes excellence in contributions over many years to teaching, learning, and mentoring … Read more
Graduate Student Megan Mitchell has won UNC’s “Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by Graduate Teaching Assistants” for 2014. Congratulations, Megan, for this well-deserved honor!
L.A. Paul’s work in Endeavors Magazine in an article by Susan Hardy HERE.
Associate Professor Matt Kotzen’s paper, “Dragging and Confirming”, published in The Philosophical Review, has been selected by The Philosopher’s Annual as one of the ten best philosophy papers of 2012.
The Langman Family Fund of New York has made a $1 million gift to support the Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) Program in the College of Arts and Sciences. The expendable gift, which will provide $200,000 annually to the program over the … Read more
You can find the interview here: http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/metaphysical/
Physics Central, Buzz Blog: “Philosophy departments focus heavily on logical reasoning and identifying logical fallacies, most likely leading to philosophy students’ dominance of the verbal and analytical writing sections.” More information HERE. Of course, the data only establishes a correlation. It may … Read more
Geoffrey Brennan Named Distinguished Fellow The Australian Economic Society has named Geoffrey Brennan as the 2013 recipient of its Distinguished Fellow Award. The award was established “to honour distinguished Australian economists for their contribution to the development of economics.” Geoffrey … Read more
