Department of Philosophy

Eight exceptional Arts & Sciences students have been selected as 2019 Dean's Medalists and Graduate Medalists.

Analysis from Alex Lenferna, Mandela Rhodes & Fulbright Scholar, PhD in Philosophy (Climate Ethics), UW.

UW Center for Philosophy for Children weighs in on the beenfits of introducing students to the world of ethics at a young age.

Through a Simpson Center program, UW doctoral students explore the challenges and benefits of teaching at a two-year college.

UW associate professor of philosophy, Sara Goering, to lead team studying how brain-computer interfaces affect whether patients feel they are in charge of their own actions.

Op-ed by UW political philosopher Micheal Blake 

Nick Hanauer is grateful that he majored in philosophy. In a speech at the 2018 Department of Philosophy graduation reception, he explains why.

Analysis from Micheal Blake, Professor of Philosophy, Public Policy, and Governance

Benjamin H. Feintzeig answers questions on the intersection of philosophy, math, and physics.

Civil rights attorney David Owens (2004) represents victims of police misconduct and wrongful conviction. 

Carole Lee, a philosopher at the UW, and David Moher, of the Ottawa Hospital in Ontario, Canada, argue that publishers should become much more transparent about their peer review practices.

The History and Philosophy of Science program offers humanist insights on past and present scientific advancements.

UW Arts & Sciences faculty members weigh in on whether President-elect Trump's election means doomsday. 

"This summer, NPR's science desk is thinking about waves, of all kinds — ocean, gravitational, even stadium waves. But what is a wave, anyway?" writes NPR's Joe Palca.

Philosophers and scientists collaborate to explore ethical questions raised by neuroscience.