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Recent PhDs – Spring 2026

Wednesday May 13, 2026

The Philosophy Department congratulates the latest PhDs to defend their dissertations. David Rattray defended “Getting Purposes in Mind,” supervised by Denis Walsh in October 2025. Denis Walsh describes David Rattray’s work as a … Read More

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In memoriam: Hans George Herzberger

Monday May 11, 2026

It is with great sadness that the Department of Philosophy remembers our cherished colleague Professor Emeritus Hans George Herzberger, a philosopher and logician with a varied set of interests from Gottlob Frege’s inexpressible … Read More

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Third Kumārila Conference

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How is Metaphysics Possible? A Critique of Analytic Reason

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