Virginia Tech Philosophy

05/14/2026

Congratulations to Chloe Ebert and Maggie Kidd, the winners of this year's Williams Prize. The prize honors faculty member William H. Williams (1934–1994), who taught in the department from 1964 until his early retirement in 1994. It is awarded to undergraduate philosophy majors who distinguish themselves through their love of philosophy and their commitment to doing philosophy well, both in written work and in discussion.

Congratulations, Maggie and Chloe! And congratulations to all of our graduating seniors!

05/01/2026

Great talk on supertasks today by Dr. Hoek at our final pizza forum of the semester!

05/01/2026

Today at 12:20 in 501 War Memorial!

It's the last pizza forum of the semester! This Friday, Dr. Daniel Hoek will be giving a short talk entitled "Infinity in a Teacup: on the Mind-Bending Philosophy of Super-Tasks," followed by discussion over free pizza and soda. All are welcome!

04/29/2026

Great feature from VT News on our Ethics Bowl club: https://news.vt.edu/articles/2026/04/clahs-ethics-bowl.html

The open-forum style Ethics Club allows students from different backgrounds to share their opinion and collaboratively discuss the ethics in modern day problems.

04/26/2026

It's the last pizza forum of the semester! This Friday, Dr. Daniel Hoek will be giving a short talk entitled "Infinity in a Teacup: on the Mind-Bending Philosophy of Super-Tasks," followed by discussion over free pizza and soda. All are welcome!

04/21/2026

Tomorrow (Wednesday, April 22nd), VT philosopher Phil Yaure will be speaking on the PPE Research Fellows panel along with Sergio Barrera and Brianna Felegi. Dr. Yaure will be discussing his work on solidarity. The event will be held from 4pm to 5:30pm in the Fralin Hall Auditorium.

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At this PPE Research Fellow Panel, current PPE Research Fellows Sergio Barrera, Brianna Felegi, and Phil Yaure will discuss their work on immigration enforcement, educational opportunities, and solida

04/20/2026

Today at 12:15!

This paper explores the political theory of Congress of Industrial Organizations organizers who participated in the most ambitious effort to organize the South in the history of the American labor movement, Operation Dixie. I argue that the failure of Operation Dixie was rooted in large part in an u...

04/14/2026

Next week VT Philosopher Phil Yaure will be giving a talk entitled “Crusading or Calculating: Organizing In*******al Solidarity in Operation Dixie” as part of the Humanities Seminar Series. The talk event will be held next Monday, (4/20) at 12:15pm in the Athenaeum classroom, 124 Newman Library. All are welcome!

More info here:

This paper explores the political theory of Congress of Industrial Organizations organizers who participated in the most ambitious effort to organize the South in the history of the American labor movement, Operation Dixie. I argue that the failure of Operation Dixie was rooted in large part in an u...

04/08/2026

Thanks to everyone who came out tonight for the VT Ethics Bowl championship! It was a terrific match between two very talented teams.

Congratulations to our 2026 VT Ethics Bowl Champions: The Dull Pencils! Congrats also to Wise Women for coming in second, and Kant Stop Won't Stop for taking third.

Finally, a big thank you to our sponsors for helping to make the event possible: the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, the Center for Humanities, the Philosophy Department, the Business Leadership Center, the Department of Management, and the Kellogg Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.

04/07/2026

Tonight at 7pm! Come cheer on these talented students!

The first two rounds of the VT Ethics Bowl Competition were a big success. Congratulations to all the teams that participated!

The Championship Match will be held Tuesday, April 7th at 7 pm in 125 Goodwin Hall. All are welcome! Come cheer on these talented students!

Huge thanks to our sponsors for helping to make the event possible: the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, the Center for Humanities, the Philosophy Department, the Business Leadership Center, the Department of Management, and the Kellogg Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.