News 2024 A Unique Intersection – Italian Poetry and Quantum Physics 2024 Marta Heckel Receives Provost's Outstanding Junior Faculty Teaching Award 2024 'Dangerous Jokes' Nominated for the 2024 APA Gittler Award 2024 'Dangerous Jokes' Book Signing Opens New Frontier for MU Philosophy 2024 Mizzou Philosophy Club’s Inaugural Meeting: A Resounding Success 2024 When a Joke Is Not Just a Joke 2024 Building Bridges Between His Interests 2023 Why childhood adversity impacts how a person’s behavior is judged 2022 "Simulating Medicine", Jacob Stegenga of University of Cambridge 2022 The Evolution and Social Science (ESS) Group Speaker Series 2021 Dr. Philip Robbins: Research on Human Behavior 2021 Congratulations All Around! Publication News! 2021 News from the College of Arts and Science and the Department of Philosophy 2021 Congratulations Brendan Durbin, "Foundational Freedom" 2021 Dr. Troy Hall interview w Jennifer Sutterer 2021 Outstanding Major Awards, Andres Machado & John Romer 2021 Dr. Paul Weirich publishes new book on rationality and risk! 2020 New Journal Article from Ryan Kulesa 2020 Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Fellow 2020 New Book: Rational Responses to Risks by Paul Weirich 2020 Graduate student Fernando Alvear selected as winner of 2020 Scott T. Davey Memorial Prize for Excellence in MA Research 2020 Philosophy major Evan Frook accepted to UC Boulder grad program 2020 Philosophy students inducted into Mizzou 39, Mizzou 18 2020 Brendan Durbin wins Outstanding Major Award 2020 Dr. Claire Horisk awarded research leave for 2020-21 2020 22 Philosophy students make the A&S Dean's Honor Roll 2019 Dr. Vallentyne receives 2019 Faculty-Alumni Award. View slideshow from the ceremony 2019 Dr. Troy Hall wins the Purple Chalk award 2019 The Department is hiring an Assistant Teaching Professor 2019 Dr. Markie named new Chancellor's Professor 2019 The Philosophy Department thanks Dr. Bien for his time at MU 2019 Congratulations to Prof. Andrew Melnyk for winning the Blue Chalk Award presented by the College of Arts and Science Student Council 2019 Asst. Prof. Marta Heckel won UM System's Research Board Grant 2019 Dr. André Ariew won UM System's Research Board Grant 2019 Stacey Andreasen won Arts & Science Staff Appreciation Award 2019 Click for the latest Philosophy Communiqué! 2018 Marta Heckel has joined the Philosophy Department as an assistant professor 2018 Incoming Graduate Students Fall 2018 2018 MU Philosophy Alumnus Joseph Bartzel Named Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellow 2018 Recent PhD:Paul Hamilton 2018 Check out our exciting new full-color department brochure! 2018 Recent PhD: Troy Hall 2018 Graduate students' papers accepted for presentation at next APA Eastern meeting 2018 Diversity-Intensive Courses for Summer and Fall 2018 2018 Recent PhD: Keith Harris 2018 Nine Philosophy Majors Awarded College of A&S Scholarships! 2018 Eric Rowse, graduate student from our Department, will be presenting at the next APA Pacific Division Meeting 2018 Katy Shorey placed as Assistant Teaching Professor for the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Northeastern University in Boston, MA 2017 We are hiring! 2017 Our Newest PhD: Dr. Joshua Smart 2017 Joshua Smart placed as Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Oklahoma 2017 Andrew Moon placed as Assistant Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University 2017 Lynn Chiu Awarded 2017 Werner Callebaut Prize 2017 Diversity Intensive Courses for Fall 2017 2016 The Department is Excited to Announce our Incoming Class of PhD Students for Fall 2016 2015 Kevin Bird Graduates with Honors in Philosophy and Biology 2015 Phil Zema Successfully Defends Dissertation 2015 Recent PhD: Dr. Richard Lauer