UNLV Philosophy Department

UNLV alum Rachel Schell, now a at , wrote an article for about her journey to praxis at and how she’s now bringing that work to pre-college students in Washoe County!
https://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2026/experiences-of-the-pack-rachel-schell

FALL 2026 COURSE!
PHIL 425: Philosophy of Language (MW 11:30am - 12:45pm)
with Prof. James Woodbridge

We need philosophers because when the world faces crises we need people trained to question, critique, and imagine better alternatives.

Our final talk in the UNLV Series this term is a UNLV Liberal Arts being given by Rabbi Brant Rosen of the Congregation in Chicago, IL. The topic is “The Growing Divide In American Jewish Community Over Israel/Palestine”.

University Forum Lecture: The Growing Divide In American Jewish Community Over Israel/Palestine Rabbi Brant Rosen will examine this important Jewish communal shift, including the increasing involvement of antizionist Jews in the Palestine solidarity movement, the growth of organizations such as Jewish Voice for Peace and and the beginning of American Jews who are creating Jewish ritu...

Join us at the last University Forum lecture of the semester on April 23 at 4 p.m. in the UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art . Rabbi Brant Rosen, of Tzedek Chicago, will examine the important Jewish communal shift over the Israel/Palestine conflict.

Our seventh UNLV Series talk of the semester is 4/22 at 3pm in CHB C117. Rabbi Brant Rosen from the Congregation of Chicago, IL will discuss “Responses to the Biblical Conquest Tradition”.

"Responses to the Biblical Conquest Tradition" Rabbi Brant Rosen, Tzedek Chicago, Chicago, IL— The Biblical commandment to the Israelites to conquer the land of Canaan and annihilate its inhabitants occurs repeatedly in the Torah - and is described in horrifying detail in the book of Joshua.

We need philosophers because they teach us how to think deeply and clearly about the most fundamental questions: what matters, what’s true, and how we should live.

A very timely topic…

Join us at the next University Forum lecture on Thursday, April 9 at 7 p.m. in the UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art . Ian Buruma, Henry R. Luce Professor of Democracy and Human Rights at Bard College, will talk about life in Berlin during World War II and how N***s wanted people to believe that life was normal.

Our sixth UNLV Series talk of the semester is Friday 4/3 at 3pm in CHB C122. Prof. Sergei Artemov from at will discuss “Non-Compact Proofs”.

"Non-Compact Proofs" Sergei Artemov, Dept. of Philosophy, The Graduate Center, CUNY— Non-compact proofs are used in mathematics but overlooked in the analysis of (un)provability of consistency. We focus on arithmetical proofs of universal statements (*) "for any natural number n, F(n)." A proof of (*) is compact if al...