Welcome to the BGSU Philosophy Department!

The Department of Philosophy is an internationally recognized community of scholars and students, known widely for its specialization in, and contributions to, moral philosophy, broadly construed, which includes metaethics, normative ethics, applied ethics, political philosophy and aesthetics.  Undergraduate students may earn a B.A. in philosophy, and graduate students may earn a Masters or Ph.D. in the Department's applied philosophy program.  The Department is committed to providing the highest quality of education for students as well as to increasing the body of philosophical knowledge.

 

Department News

Congratulations to former graduate student Russell DiSilvestro for winning the university-wide competition for the Graduate College's 2007 Distinguished Dissertation Award.  Congratulations also to Russell's dissertation advisor, R.G. Frey.

For a detailed look at other departmental news, visit the Chocolate Fish

Recent Faculty Highlights

George Agich’s book, Dependence and Autonomy in Old Age: An Ethical Framework for Long-Term Care, was translated into Portuguese and published by Edicoes Loyola (2008), and he also published nine articles or book chapters in 2007-8.

Daniel Jacobson published three articles in 2007-8, including “Utilitarianism Without Consequentialism: The Case of John Stuart Mill” in The Philosophical Review 117 (2008).

Fred Miller co-edited two books published in 2007: The History of Philosophy of Law from the Ancient Greeks to the Scholastics (edited in association with Carrie-Ann Biondi, Springer), and Freedom, Reason, and the Polis: Essays in Ancient Greek Political Philosophy (co-edited with David Keyt, Cambridge University Press).  He also has eight forthcoming articles on ancient philosophy.

Jeff Moriarty’s article “McMahon on Workplace Democracy” was published in the Journal of Business Ethics 71 (2007).

David Shoemaker was a faculty research fellow at the Center for Ethics & Public Affairs, Murphy Institute at Tulane University, 2007-2008, and he published “Moral Address, Moral Responsibility, and the Boundaries of the Moral Community” in Ethics 118 (2007), and “Personal Identity and Practical Concerns” in Mind 116 (2007).

Steven Wall was a faculty research fellow at the Center for Ethics & Public Affairs, Murphy Institute at Tulane University, 2007-8, and he published five articles in 2007-8, including “Collective Rights and Individual Autonomy” in Ethics (2007), “Democracy and Equality” in The Philosophical Quarterly (2007), and, with Lynn Jansen, “Paternalism and Fairness in Clinical Research” in Bioethics (2008).

Recent Graduate Student Highlights

Peter Jaworski received the 2008 Shanklin Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Assistant.

John Milliken ’s article "In a Fitter Direction: Moving Beyond Direction of Fit Accounts of Belief and Desire,” is forthcoming in Ethical Theory and Moral Practice.

Vassiliki Leontis published a book, The Social Institution of Clinical Research: Human Subjects in Global Medicine, for VDM Verlag publishers in April 2008.  Amazon book link to Vassiliki's book:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Vassiliki+Leontis

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Contact us: 

Department Chair David Shoemaker 307 Shatzel Hall, BGSU, Bowling Green, OH OH 43403-0216 Phone: 419-372-6983 Fax: 419-372-8191 dshoema@bgsu.edu

Director of Graduate Studies Sara Worley 315 Shatzel Hall, BGSU, Bowling Green, OH OH 43403-0216 Phone: 419-372-2899 Fax: 419-372-8191 sworley@bgsu.edu

Director of Graduate Admissions Daniel Jacobson 324 Shatzel Hall, BGSU, Bowling Green, OH OH 43403-0216 Phone: 419-372-7218 Fax: 419-372-8191 djacob@bgsu.edu

Undergraduate Advisor Jeff Moriarty 323 Shatzel Hall, BGSU, Bowling Green, OH OH 43403-0216 Phone: 419-372-6392 Fax: 419-372-8191 jmoriar@bgsu.edu

 

General Enquiries:

Margy DeLuca, Department Secretary
Department of Philosophy,
305 Shatzel Hall,
Bowling Green State University,
Bowling Green,
OH 43403-0216.

Phone: 419-372-2117

Fax: 419-372-8191

Email: mdeluca@bgnet.bgsu.edu