Philosophy Graduate Student Wins Prize
the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy's Graduate Student Essay Prize
Philosophy Major in Spotlight
Recent Philosophy Department graduate finds placement in Indianapolis Mayor's office.
2025 Philosophy Department Graduates
Congratulations to our newest alumni!
2025 Philosophy Award Ceremony
Our outstanding Philosophy Department students.
Philosophy Major in the News
Philosophy major starts nonprofit with help from IU programs
Philosophy Major Receives 2024 Alumni Award
Elyssa Campodonico-Barr is one of the College's Alumni Award winners for 2024.
Kate Abramson's "On Gaslighting" Receives Favorable Reviews, Popular Reception
“Stunned” and “delighted” are two of the ways the popular reception of her latest book, “On Gaslighting”, make Kate Abramson feel.
2024 Philosophy Graduate Students
Meet our new cohort!
Department Welcomes New Faculty
Sadie McCloud joins the department in Fall 2024.
2024 Philosophy Department Graduates
Congratulations to our newest alumni!
2024 Graduate Award Winners
Our outstanding Philosophy Department graduate students.
2024 Undergraduate Award Winners
Our outstanding Philosophy Department undergraduate students.
Philosophy Alumna Wins Prize
Martina Favaretto wins Markus Herz Graduate Student Essay Prize
Department Welcomes New Faculty
Bridger Ehli joins the department in Fall 2023.
2023 Philosophy Graduate Students
Meet the new cohort.
Philosophy Major in the Spotlight
Achievements of alumni make the "20 Under 40" annual list.
2023 Graduate Award Winners
A look at our outstanding graduates
2023 Undergraduate Award Winners
Our outstanding Philosophy undergraduate students.
Philosophy Students Elected to Phi Beta Kappa 2023
Philosophy majors elected to distinguished society.
Philosophy Major in Student Spotlight
Bre Castaneda is featured in the College spotlight.
Philosophy Students Elected to Phi Beta Kappa 2022
Philosophy majors elected to distinguished society.
Milton T. Fisk Memorial
It is with great sadness that the Philosophy Department marks the passing of Emeritus Milton Fisk on September 8, 2022.
Philosophy Graduate is Alumni Award Winner
Pete Yonkman, B.A. '95, Philosophy, Psychology is a 2022 Alumni Award winner. The College's Annual Alumni Awards Celebration is September 29, 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM at Franklin Hall, 601 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, Indiana. There will be a panel discussion and an informal reception, both of which are free and open to the public.
2022 Undergraduate Award Winners
Our outstanding Philosophy undergraduate students.
2022 Graduate Award Winners
The outstanding Philosophy graduate students of 2022.
IU Ethics Bowl team wins first place
IU Bloomington Ethics Bowl team wins first place at the APPE Regional Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl held November 13, 2021.
Philosophy graduate among those honored with new street name
Bloomington renaming street after prominent Black family that inculdes philosophy M.A.
Philosophy Graduates Earn Academic Placements
Congratulations, graduates!
IUB in Top Ten for Women in Philosophy
We're #4 among ranked progrms. See the survey results.
Spring 2021 Undergraduate Award Winners
Read the Spring 2021 Undergraduate Award winners.
Spring 2021 Graduate Award Winners
Read the Spring 2021 Graduate Award winners.
Jon Michael Dunn (1941-2021)
It is with great sadness that the Philosophy Department announces the death of a giant among philosophers, Jon Michael Dunn (1941-2021).
Professor David Charles McCarty memorial
The Philosophy Department reports with great sadness the unexpected death of our colleague Professor David Charles McCarty on November 25, 2020.
Congratulations to Philosophy major Tom Sweeney!
Philosophy and Economics major Tom Sweeney has received a prestigious Marshall Scholarship which supports two years of study at any university in the United Kingdom.
Arts and Humanities First Thursdays Festival
Arts and Humanities First Thursdays Festival on September 5th, 2019. Philosophical advice or at least clarity on questions you care about, for a nickel.
Welcome new faculty and graduate students!
The department welcomes new associate professor Elizabeth Schechter, assistant professor Vera Flocke, assistant professor Katy Meadows, and visiting lecturer John Robison this fall 2019. Welcome also to our six new graduate students: Katrina Haaksma, Ethan Kerns, Joshua Paschal, Jacob Walerius, Alexander Webb, and Douglas Yetman!
Professor Kate Ambramson interviewed from The Guardian
Our very own professor Kate Abramson was interviewed for The Guardian's March 2, 2019 article on "Abuse Prevention: How to Turn off the Gaslighters." Check it out!
Welcome new faculty and graduate students!
The department welcomes Jim Hutchinson (Berkeley), Ewing Visiting Assistant Professor, Krasmira Filcheva (UNC) Visiting Lecturer, and Kimberly Brewer (Cornell), Ruth Norman Halls Postdoc 2018-2020 to the department for fall 2018!
Spring 2018 Undergraduate Award Winners
Read the Spring 2018 Undergraduate Award winners.
Spring 2018 Graduate Award Winners
Read the Spring 2018 Graduate Award winners.
NEH Funds Ground-Breaking History of Philosophy Project at IU
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded Professor Rega Wood's Richard Rufus Project (RRP) $330,000 in funding to support research that is changing the way scholars understand the history of philosophy.
Fall 2017 Entering Graduate Class
Fall 2017 Entering Graduate Class (left to right): Martina Favaretto, Paul Howatt, Ricky Mouser, Kyle Stroh, Elizabeth Williams
Spring 2017 Undergraduate Award Winners
Read about the Spring 2017 Undergraduate Award winners.
Spring 2017 Graduate Award Winners
Read about the Spring 2017 Graduate Award winners.
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