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Department of Philosophy

2022

Agnes Bolinska featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education!

The article is about Agnes' participation in a Duke seminar on teaching civil discourse in an age of political polarization. Agnes will be teaching a course related to this work in the Honors College this spring. 

Rosamond Kent Sprague passes away

Rosamond Sprague passed away on September 10th at the age of 100

Eric Mullis highlighted as an American philosopher

Eric Mullis (UofSC Philosophy PhD 2005) was recently interviewed in a series "I Am An American Philosopher" hosted by the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy.

Jerry Hackett wins the Franciscan Institute Medal

Jerry won the medal for excellence in Franciscan Studies and magisterial scholarship on the works of Roger Bacon.

Marco Forgione receives postdoc at Milan

Congratulations Marco! The postdoc is at the University of Milan in the research group "Proteus: Paradoxes and Metaphors of Time in Early Universe(s)"

Dustin Sigsbee wins Bilinski Dissertation Fellowship!

Congratulations to Dustin Sigsbee who has been selected as one of new Bilinksi Foundation Fellows for 2022.

Stewart defends her PhD: Alexa, Should I Trust You? A Theory of Trustworthiness for Artificial Intelligence

Congratulations to Lizzy Stewart who recently defended her dissertation on trustworthiness and AI.

Jim Stewart wins South Carolina Society for Philosophy prize

Congratulations to Jim Stewart for winning the SCSP award for the "Best Paper by a Graduate Student" at the 2022 joint meeting of the SCSP & NCPS at Converse University.

Forgione defends his PhD:

Congratulations to Marco Forgione who recently defended his thesis on Richard Feynman's view of spacetime

2021 to 2022 Annual Graduate Philosophy Awards

The Philosophy Department has awarded its annual graduate Philosophy Awards. Congratulations to the winners!

Lynne Taylor to attend the University of South Florida

Congratulations to Lynne Taylor! She has been accepted to, and plans on attending, graduate school in philosophy at the University of South Florida this coming Fall.

Graduate admissions deadline February 15th!

The department of philosophy has extended its deadline and will now be accepting applications until February 15th

Grace Regnier awarded Scholarship to Oxford

Congratulations to Grace Regnier! Senior philosophy major Grace Regnier has been awarded the John & Daria Barry Scholarship to Oxford!

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