Matt Kotzen’s paper “Multiple Studies and Evidential Defeat,” from Noûs and Marc Lange’s paper “What Makes a Scientific Explanation Distinctively Mathematical?” from The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science have been selected by The Philosopher’s Annual as among the … Read more
It gives us great pleasure to announce that the APA has selected “Causation: A User’s Guide”, written by Laurie Paul and Ned Hall, as the winner of the 2014 Sanders Book Prize. Congratulations, Laurie!
Papers will be given by Lori Gruen (Wesleyan University), Jessica Moss (New York University), Anna-Sara Malmgren (Stanford University), Christopher Hitchcock (California Institute of Technology) and Sam Scheffler (New York University). Learn more.
Congratulations to Susan Wolf for having her book, “Meaning in Life and Why It Matters”, selected by Princeton University for all of its incoming first-year students to read and discuss during Orientation Week. For more details, see http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S39/68/81A23/, https://paw.princeton.edu/issues/2014/10/08/pages/9510/, and https://paw.princeton.edu/issues/2014/10/08/pages/7929/.
William G. Lycan has been named the 2014-15 Sanders Lecturer! Bill will present his lecture at the 2014 Eastern APA meeting. (For more about the prize, see http://www.apaonline.org/?sanders_lecture) Congratulations, Bill!
Ryan Preston-Roedder’s paper, “Faith in Humanity”, which appeared inPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research (2013), received one of the two Honorable Mentions for the 2014 APA Article Prize. Congratulations, Ryan!
Our Department Manager, Sandy Staley, has been named the 2014 University Managers Association (UMA) Manager of the Year. She was recently honored at the UMA’s Annual Meeting on Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Congratulations, Sandy!
In recognition of his teaching achievements, Matt Kotzen has been named Bowman and Gordon Gray Distinguished Term Associate Professor beginning Fall 2014. Congratulations, Matt!
Professor L.A. Paul has won a Guggenheim Fellowship for 2014 for “Transformative Experience and Decision Making” and is co-PI for The Experience Project funded ($4.8M) by the Templeton Foundation.
Undergraduate philosophy major, Margaret (Maggie) Owens, presented her paper entitled Recollection and Cognitive Science at the Second Mid-Atlantic Undergraduate Philosophy Confernece on April 12, 2014 at Johns Hopkins University (JHU). It was named best paper presented at the conference and is being … Read more
