Welcome to the Department of Philosophy, at Brown University.
Upcoming Events
Lectures
Unless otherwise noted, all lectures are held inGerard House, room 119, at 3.30pm.
- 4 December 2009: Jason Stanley (Rutgers University), "Ryle on Knowing How"
- 5 February 2010: Matti Eklund (Cornell University), Title TBA
Other Events
The Josiah Royce Lectures will be given this spring by Ned Block, of New York University, one of the leading philosophers of mind and cognitive science in the world today. The dates and title will be posted here when they are known.
Department News
The Philosophy Department has a new website, which you are now viewing. Please let us know if you experience any problems with it.
A new undergraduate concentration called Physics and Philosophy has been initiated this semester. It is for undergraduates who have a deep interest in understanding physics but who do not need to acquire the laboratory and computational skills of a professional physicist. Investigate in depth the puzzling character of quantum mechanics, relativity, the direction of time, and other fascinating topics!
Bernard Reginster been awarded an Erikson Scholarship by the Erikson Institute at the Austen Riggs Center for his work on the philosophy of psychoanalysis.
Congratulations to Ben Jarvis, who successfully defended his PhD dissertation in late April. Ben is presently a visiting scholar at Arché, where he is associated with the Philosophical Methodology Project.
Contacts
Chair: David Estlund
Director of Graduate Studies: Christopher Hill
Concentration Advisors:
- Justin Broackes (Standard Concentration, Logic and Philosophy of Science)
- Felicia Nimue Ackerman (Ethics and Political Philosophy)
- Douglas Kutach (Physics and Philosophy)
Mailing address: Box 1918, Brown University, Providence RI 02912
For deliveries: 54 College St, Providence RI 02912