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Upcoming Colloquia*, Events, Announcements
Fall, 2009
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Philosophy Department Colloquium, Friday November 20
Sigrún Svavarsdóttir
(Ohio State University)
will speak on
"Value as a Norm for Attitudes"
See Department Colloquia and Conferences page for the Fall colloquia schedule in full.
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*Department colloquia are primarily discussions of works in progress, so all those in attendance are expected to have read
the paper in advance to facilitate an hour and a half of discussion time. For copies of colloquium papers, please contact
the department office.
All Colloquia 4:00-6:00 pm
in 301 Shatzel Hall
unless otherwise stated
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 Get the answer in our new video!
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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.
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The Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Awards for 2008-2009 have been announced. Adam White received the award for outstanding independent teaching and Mark Wells for outstanding teaching assistance. Congratulations to Adam and Mark!
New Faculty Fall 2009: All three of our new faculty members are familiar to us already.
Guido Pincione received his J.D. and his doctorate in philosophy from the University of Buenos Aires in 1978 and 1997, respectively. Professor Pincione has
held a number of visiting professorships in North America; he was Distinguished Visiting Professor with the University of
Toronto’s Faculty of Law and Distinguished Visiting Professor at Arizona State University’s College of Law in 2002, and was
the Simon Visiting Scholar at Florida State School of Law in 2003. (Source: http://www.murphy.tulane.edu/people/guido-pincione.php).
He has also been a Research Fellow at the Social Philosophy and Policy Center.
Jonathan Miles has been one of our graduate students for a number of years. He holds a B.A. in English Literature, an M.A. in theology
and an M.A. in philosophy from the University of Mississippi. His area of specialty is applied moral and political philosophy.
His philosophical interests include applied topics such as Business and Medical Ethics, and problems in Civil Liberties.
His dissertation entitled "One Fixed Star: Viewpoint Neutrality and Public Speech Regulation" defends the traditional policy
that government should not censor any viewpoint on the basis of its content on the grounds of the decidedly non-neutral value
of individual justification of opinions relevant to the good life. He recently completed a draft of this and hopes to defend
some time soon.
Albert Dzur comes to us from the BGSU Political Science department, with whom he shares a joint appointment. Dr Albert Dzur's research
focuses on the value of lay participation in the professionalized and expert domains that impact public affairs. He is interested
in how collaboration helps bridge the distance between professionals and the communities they serve, encourages mutual trust,
develops skills and builds networks for communication. Dr. Dzur's concept of "democratic professionalism" points to the importance
of sharing previously professionalized tasks in ways that both enable and enhance broader public engagement and deliberation
about major social issues like crime and punishment.He is currently finishing a book on democratic professionalism movements
in criminal justice, journalism and medicine. He has published in journals such as The Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, Law and Society Review, Policy Sciences, Polity: The Journal of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Journal of Health Politics and Policy and Law. He is well-known to many of us in the Philosophy Department as a teacher and participant in numerous seminars and reading
groups over the years.
We welcome all three of these outstanding teachers and researchers and look forward to their new roles in the department.
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The 2009 Philosophical Gourmet Report, aka The Leiter Report is out and the Department once again achieved national rankings in a number of areas. In the Applied Ethics category, we were ranked in Group 3, between 8 and 23. In the Ethics category, we were ranked in Group 5, between 29 and 53. In the Metaethics category, we were ranked in Group 4, between 16 and 35. In the Political Philosophy category, we were ranked in Group 4, between 23 and 46. Finally, in the Philosophy of Art category, we were ranked in Group 4, between 18-28.
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The 2009 recipient of the Jonathan Heskett Memorial Award for the best essay on The Meaning of Life is Chad Walker. Chad is a junior majoring in Environmental Policy and Analysis with a specialization in Environmental Law.
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The Philosophy Club is up and running again. President Robert Mominee and Secretary Tifah Street would like to encourage all who are interested in attending to come along for some vigorous discussion about such topics
as philosophical issues arising from "The Animatrix" and the existence of free will (the topics of the first two meetings).
The group meets on Thursdays evenings. Email Robert or Tifah for further details.
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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.
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Recent Faculty Highlights >>
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Graduate Student Highlights >>
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For a detailed look at other departmental news, visit the Chocolate Fish.
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