2025-05-16
- Professor Luvell Anderson researches the social context behind the things that we find funny—or not—to learn more about how people use comedy to inspire reflection and deal with sensitive subjects.
2025-05-02 - The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce the winners of our annual awards. This year’s awards honor the academic excellence of our graduate and undergraduate students and the teaching excellence demonstrated by our graduate students. Please join us in recognizing their achievements. We are grateful to...
2025-04-09 - Professor Stephen Finlay, an internationally prominent philosopher and one of the department’s most accomplished PhD graduates, has accepted a senior offer to join the faculty. Having previously served as Professor at the University of Southern California (ranked #6 in the nation) and as Director of the prestigious Dianoia Institute of Philosophy in Melbourne, Australia, Finlay brings a wealth of...
2025-04-04 - The Department of Philosophy is proud to announce that former PhD student Addison Ellis has accepted a tenure-track position as an assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy at The American University in Cairo. This news follows the recent...
2025-03-28 - Professor John Schwenkler talked with the University of Illinois News Bureau about the challenges and opportunities of living in a world shaped by digital technology and the Illinois Forum on Human Flourishing in a Digital Age.
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...
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Hosts 2024 Meeting of the Illinois Philosophical Association2024-10-25 - 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.