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- This fall, the Department of Philosophy welcomes professor Stephen Finlay to our faculty. His research focuses on metaethics and philosophical moral psychology, particularly the semantics and pragmatics of normative language and the nature of normativity. Read full story Professor Stephen Finlay joins the Department of Philosophy at the University of Illinois
- The Department of Philosophy is proud to announce that recent PhD graduate Britt Currie has accepted an offer to be a lecturer of humanities and social sciences at Hutton Honors College at Indiana University-Bloomington. Her research examines moral psychology, moral decision making, and... Read full story Recent PhD Britt Currie Accepts Offer at Hutton Honors College, Indiana University-Bloomington
- The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announced that professor Luvell Anderson has been elected to the Central Division Board of Officers of the American Philosophical Association. Anderson has been named the Executive Committee Member-at-Large and will serve a three-year term ending in 2028.... Read full story Professor Luvell Anderson Elected to Central Division Board of Officers of American Philosophical Association
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Alumni Spotlight: Liam R. F. Bird (Racial Equity Initiatives at Chicago Public Schools)
Liam R. F. Bird is the Director of Racial Equity Initiatives at Chicago Public Schools. He received his BA in Philosophy, with a minor in Psychology, from Illinois in 2007.
Faculty Spotlight: Kevin Scharp
Professor Kevin Scharp is a Professor of Philosophy, with broad research interests in the philosophy of language, meta-ethics, the philosophy of artificial intelligence, theories of truth, the philosophy of science, and the history of analytic philosophy. He is widely considered a world leader in the fertile research program of “conceptual engineering,” which recommends that philosophers not just analyze concepts but also assess their worth and suggest replacement of those that are defective.