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Conference to Celebrate Publication Anniversary of Ground Breaking Volume in Analytic Feminism at MIT
We are pleased to announce “Minds of Our Own,” a conference celebrating the 25th anniversary of the publication of the first edition of A Mind of One’s Own: Feminist Essays on Reason and Objectivity, a groundbreaking collection of essays in analytic feminism, edited by Louise A
Joseph Levine publishes oped in the New York Times
Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Professor Joseph Levine publishes oped in the New York Times series The Stone here:...
Philosophy in Public Schools program introduces public school students to philosophy studies
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
On Wednesday, May 2 in South College, Philosophy Professor Louise Antony stood in front of more than 50 second graders from Springfield ready to introduce philosophical thought in the form of Dr....
Edwards Prize Co-winners Zoey Payne and Atticus Meche
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
This year's 2018 Edwards Prize is awarded to two recipients for their outstanding papers from 2017. Zoey Payne won with her paper titled "Evidence and Agency: The Collapse of the Sartrean Response...
Beth Grybko receives the 2018 Distinguished Graduate Staff Award
Monday, April 9, 2018
Beth Grybko is being honored by the Graduate School Dean Barbara Krauthamer for her outstanding work in support of graduate students and graduate education at UMass Amherst. She was chosen from...
In Memoriam: Lynne Rudder Baker (1944-2017)
Thursday, December 28, 2017
It is with great sadness that we report the death of Lynne Rudder Baker, Distinguished Professor Emerita in Philosophy. Lynne received her Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University in 1972. She began...
In Memoriam: Eileen O'Neill (1953-2017)
Monday, December 4, 2017
It is with deep sadness that we report the untimely death of Eileen O’Neill, Professor of Philosophy. Prof. O’Neill was a historian of early modern philosophy whose scholarly breadth, philosophical...