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The Philosophy Department and the Spetnagel Development Fund present Dr. Stewart Shapiro discussing “Potential Infinity: A Modal Account” on Sept. 26 at 4 p.m. in Scripps 111. Shapiro is the O’Donnell Professor of Philosophy at Ohio State University. His lecture is part of the Ohio University History and Philosophy of Science […]

College of Arts & Sciences graduate students and their friends and families are invited to a reception immediately following Graduate Commencement on Friday, April 29, from noon to 2 p.m. in the new Walter Field House adjacent to the football stadium. All master’s and Ph.D. students graduating in the College […]

Naomi Oreskes, a world-renowned historian of science and authority on the denial of climate change, visits Ohio University to discuss climate change skepticism and its impacts on policymaking and public discourse on Friday, April 8, from 3-4:45 p.m in Schoonover Auditorium. Oreskes is Professor of the History of Science and […]

The Ohio University Institute for Applied & Professional Ethics presents Dr. Walter Sinnott-Armstrong on “Is Morality Unified?” on Thursday, March 10, at 7 p.m., in Stocker 103. This is the Philosophy Department’s Annual Spetnagel Ethics Lecture. Sinnott-Armstrong is the Chauncey Stillman Professor of Practical Ethics at Duke University. This event […]

Graduate students from English, Philosophy, and Education are hosting the first annual Graduate Student Pedagogy Conference, “Perfecting Pedagogical Practices,” on Friday, Feb. 12, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Friends of the Library Room, Alden 319. The event is an interdepartmental effort to generate conversation among graduate instructors […]

The Food for Thought Speaker Series presents “Fasts and Feasts” with Dr. George Weckman on Thursday, Oct. 22, at 5:30 p.m. in the Friends of the Library Room, Alden Library. The lecture is a review of what, when, and why religious traditions regulate meals, with a focus on Abrahamic religions […]

A public lecture on Constitutional Interpretation and Legal Philosophy features Dr. David O. Brink discussing “Originalism and Constructive Interpretation” on Thursday, April 9, from 7 to 9 p.m. in Grover West 115. Brink is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego.  His research interests are in […]