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The Department of Philosophy at SMU is a research intensive department in the analytic tradition with particular strengths in Philosophy of Mind, Ethics, Moral Psychology, Metaphysics, Epistemology, and Philosophy of Science. Our faculty regularly publishes in leading philosophy journals, including Mind, Noûs, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, the Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Analysis, Philosophical Studies, Philosophical Quarterly, and the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. The department is also home to two philosophy blogs, Think Tonk and Brain Pains.
What's New
Hiring: The department is advertising two positions this year: one assistant professorship (tenure-track) and one open rank position (tenured or tenure-track). Both are open AOS and AOC. Look here for more information.
Jean Kazez's new book The Weight of Things: Philosophy and the Good Life (Blackwell, 2007) is now available.
Eric Barnes' new book The Paradox of Predictivism (Cambridge University Press) will be available April, 2008.
Welcome to our new faculty: 2007:
| 2007: | Soraya Gollop, Ph.D. University of Michigan. Kenneth Daley, Ph.D. University of Colorado at Boulder. Nenad Popovich, Ph.D. University of Miami. |
| 2006: | Philippe Chuard, Ph.D. Australian National University. Luke Robinson, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego. |
Congratulations to Philippe Chuard and Luke Robinson for continuing the tradition of obtaining University Research Council grants, summer 2007.
Congratulations to Nicolette Ocheltree on her acceptance to the Ph.D. program in philosophy at Columbia University.
Congratulations to our winners of the Isaac Gustave Bromberg Award for Outstanding Work in the Humanities: Adam Haller and Nicolette Ocheltree.
Congratulations to this year's winner of the Hoskins Philosophy Essay Prize: Nicolette Ocheltree.
Congratulations to this year's winner of the Hausman Award for Excellence in the History of Western Phlosophy: Alysia Fancher.
