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- We’re pleased to announce that the Department of Philosophy at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign was ranked in the top 50 departments in the United States by the Philosophical Gourmet Report (PGR). The PGR rankings are based... Read full story Department of Philosophy at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Ranked in the Top 50 in Philosophical Gourmet Report (PGR)
- The Department of Philosophy in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invites applications for a Postdoctoral Associate in Ethics and/or Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence. This position is a one-year appointment; renewal of the position... Read full story Job Posting: John and Daria Barry Postdoctoral Associate
- The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce that Professor Shelley Weinberg has been selected as an associate in the Center for Advanced Study (CAS) during the 2025 – 26 academic year, pending Board of Trustees... Read full story Professor Shelley Weinberg Selected as Center for Advanced Study Associate
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Faculty Spotlight: John Schwenkler
Professor John Schwenkler joins us as a Full Professor of Philosophy, with broad research interests in the philosophy of mind, philosophy of action, philosophy of language, ethics, moral psychology, experimental philosophy, and the philosophy of cognitive science. The focus of Professor Schwenkler’s current research is the philosophy of action, including as it bears on normative ethics and moral psychology.