Welcome to the Department of Philosophy
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Philosophy is located in Helen C. White Hall, right on the shore of beautiful Lake Mendota and at the heart of the university campus. Its faculty carries on a long and proud tradition of highly acclaimed teaching and research in core areas of philosophy—especially in the philosophy of science and ethics, but also in metaphysics, epistemology, and the history of philosophy. The Department attracts over a hundred undergraduate majors, and its outstanding Ph.D. program boasts a record of placing its graduates in the some of best departments in the country. Along with its colloquium program, the department also regularly hosts conferences and is the home of the annual Metaethics Workshop.
News Headlines
- "What is the Mind?" Symposium, April 29, 2010
- Fall 2009 Colloquium Series
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The Department is very pleased to announce this year's prize winners:
- Temkin Prizes (for best essays in value theory):
- David Killoren, Temkin Graduate Prize, "Intuitions, reliability, and the problem of disagreement"
- Jesse Leuders, Temkin Undergraduate Prize, "What's wrong with factory farming?"
- Oliver Prize (for best graduate student essay):
- Josh Di Paolo, "Simple self-visitation"
- 2010 Philosophy of Biology Workshop
- 2009 Metaethics Workshop