Department of Philosophy

College of Arts & Sciences Dean Stacey explains that there is an important civic, political, social, and cultural element to an education and that you can get that in a wide variety of majors.

There are certain values we’d love for our kids to have. But how do we go about teaching them? Jana Mohr Lone, affiliate associate professor of philosophy at the UW and director of the UW Center for Philosophy for Children, is quoted.

Bruce Lee, who studied drama and philosophy at the UW, is remembered in this article.

Think voting is simple? A new course co-taught by statistics and philosophy faculty explores the many complexities of the voting process. 

Elena Erosheva (UW Professor of Statistics and Social Work) and Sheridan Grant (UW Statistics Ph.D. student) have co-authored with Carole Lee (UW Professor of Philosophy) a Correspondence featured on The Lancet on how “Alternative grant models might perpetuate Black–white funding gaps". 

Associate Professor of Philosophy Carole Lee’s interdisciplinary research exploring racial disparities in grant funding gained traction with a letter published in The Lancet.

University of Washington faculty member Ian Schnee, associate teaching professor in the Department of Philosophy, was the featured speaker at the UW’s 37th annual New Student Convocation.

"A recent survey of presidential deception found that all American presidents – from Washington to Trump – have told lies, knowingly, in their public statements. As a political philosopher, with a focus on how people try to reason together through political disagreement, I argue that not all lies are the same," writes Michael Blake, professor of philosophy and of public policy and governance at the UW.

Colin Marshall, associate professor of philosophy, writes on how people can be persuaded to wear masks.

Colin Marshall, associate professor of philosophy, explains what to say to someone who refuses to wear a mask.

The UW honors several faculty members with Distinguished Teaching Awards, including Ian Schnee, Senior Lecturer of Philosophy and Xiasong Li, Professor of Chemistry.

Bruce Lee, who studied philosophy at the UW, is portrayed in a new documentary entitled "Be Water."

A wide variety of College of Arts and Sciences students and faculty have been honored with the 2020 Awards of Excellence.

Jana Mohr Lone, Director of the Center for Philosophy for Children discusses children's philosophical questions about the coronavirus outbreak.