2025-02-28 - Illinois philosophy professor and Brand Fortner Faculty Scholar in Physics Christopher Weaver recently published his second book, Causation in Physics. Philosophers of physics have long debated the role of causation. Weaver argues that causation not only exists in fundamental physics but that it is essential to it.

2025-02-21 - In 2025, Professor John Schwenkler and the University of Illinois Department of Philosophy will launch the Illinois Forum on Human Flourishing in a Digital Age which will explore how humans can thrive with digital technology, instead of letting our well-being be undermined by it.

2025-02-07 - 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 on peer assessments of overall faculty quality and this year were decided on by a panel of 192...

2025-02-04 - 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 is possible and contingent on availability of funding, strong enrollments, and strong performance...

2025-01-17 - 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 approval. She will receive one semester of release time from teaching in the Department of Philosophy. One...

2024-12-20 - The Winter 2024 issue of Illinois Alumni magazines featured an interview with philosophy professor Jochen Bojanowski. Read the interview below and check out the full issue here. Philosophy professor Jochen...

2024-10-25 - The Department of Philosophy is delighted to host the 2024 meeting of the Illinois Philosophical Association. All sessions will be hosted in either the Illini Union or Lincoln Hall on October 25 and 26. See the schedule of events and learn more on their website.  Learn more

2024-09-20 - The Department of Philosophy is now offering an online certificate in the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Employers in many industries are actively seeking employees who have experience grappling with the risks and ethical questions posed by artificial intelligence. The Ethics of AI Certificate will impart the core skills and knowledge students need to understand how to mitigate the risks...

2024-08-23 - The Department of Philosophy honors Professor McKim, emeritus professor of religion and philosophy who passed away suddenly. McKim was the director of the Program for the Study of Religion (2005-8); head of the Department of Religion (2008-10) and a professor of religious studies and of philosophy for the Campus Honors Faculty (...

2024-08-23 - The Department of Philosophy is conducting an open search, with respect to subject matter, for a full-time, 9-month appointment, tenure system assistant/associate/full professor of philosophy. 

2024-07-12 - The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce that we’ve added two new online courses on artificial intelligence in the fall semester: PHIL 440: Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and PHIL 442: The AI Revolution. Both courses meet in the second half of the fall semester (October 21-December 11, 2024). PHIL 440: Ethics of Artificial Intelligence The development of...

2024-05-24 - The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce that professor Helga Varden has been elected as the Central Division Representative to the Board of Officers of the American Philosophical Association. Varden will serve a three-year term from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027. We’re also very pleased to note that alumna, Krista K. Thomason (PhD, ’09, philosophy), who is now an associate professor...

2024-05-10 - The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce more recipients of this year’s annual awards. This follows our previous announcement of annual award winners. Donald W. Doerscher Award Evelyn Huzenis  Howard F....

2024-05-03 - Max Fan, a junior Philosophy + CS major, has recently been awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship  which will provide three years of financial support for his graduate studies. Fan will graduate this May and begin his PhD at Cornell University in the fall. While at the University of Illinois, and during a summer internship at NASA in 2023, Fan proposed and...

2024-05-03 - The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce that Andrew Smith is the winner of this year's Distinguished Graduate Student Teaching Award. This award is bestowed annually on the department’s best graduate student instructor. Decisions are based on student evaluations, faculty observations, and any other evidence that a graduate student has exceeded normal expectations in terms of...