Vanderbilt Philosophy Department

W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy Robert B. Talisse has a new book being published by Oxford University Press later this fall. Stay tuned for pre-order details coming soon!

Director of Undergraduate Studies Matthew Congdon with recent graduates! 👨‍🎓👩‍🎓🧑‍🎓

Director of Graduate Studies, Karen Ng, with Alyssa Tutor and recent graduate Kelly Cunningham. 🤩🥳

Graduating senior, Gabriel Slate, receiving his honors cords with Assistant Professors Matthew Congdon and Emanuele Costa. 👨‍🎓 Gabriel is off to a PhD program at USF!

Director of Graduate Studies, Karen Ng, with first year graduate student, Cameron Pattison! Cameron was recently awarded the Berry First-Year Teaching Award, the Berry Publication Prize, the Vanderbilt Award for Doctoral Discovery, and the Russell G. Hamilton Scholarship. 🏆🏆🏆

Scott Aikin, Matthew Congdon, & Emanuele Costa!

Department Chair Julien Wuerth at the VU PHIL senior reception👨‍🎓🎓🏆

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Our own is quoted in “The Politics of Talking about Politics” via written by - Read the piece here:

What’s the etiquette for talking about politics? What’s the etiquette when it comes to getting political at work, on dates, when hanging out with mates? Helen Coffey asks how we can navigate the tricky complexities of disagreement in the run-up to 4 July

Congratulations to Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Karen Ng, for receiving the 2021 Journal of the History of Philosophy Book Prize for her most recent book, "Hegel’s Concept of Life: Self-Consciousness, Freedom, Logic" (Oxford University Press, 2020).

Award Announcement: https://dailynous.com/2021/12/20/ng-wins-journal-of-the-history-of-philosophy-book-prize/

From the publisher:
Karen Ng sheds new light on Hegel’s famously impenetrable philosophy. She does so by offering a new interpretation of Hegel’s idealism and by foregrounding Hegel’s Science of Logic, revealing that Hegel’s theory of reason revolves around the concept of organic life.

Karen's book can be purchased here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/hegels-concept-of-life-9780190947613?cc=us&lang=en&

The Philosophers of Furman Hall (Minus a few faces!)
Row 1 (L-R): Lenn E. Goodman, Julian Wuerth, Karen Ng, Scott Aikin
Row 2 (L-R): Diana B. Heney, Jacob Barrett, David Thorstad, Sarah Raskoff, Emanuele Costa, Matthew Congdon

NEW episode of Philosophy15! Professors Aikin and Talisse discuss the newly identified “Curative Fallacy”.

Philosophy15 Episode 83: The Curative Fallacy