2022
Conferences & Symposia
Denison and Ahmedabad University professors will present online on the topic of "Redefining Gender: Transgressive Thinking and Subversive Solidarities"
Date: September 12, 2022
Denison Magazine
Molly Johnson’s aim as judge: ‘leave the world a better place than I found it’
Date: July 25, 2022
Awards & Honors
The Provost’s Academic Excellence Award recognizes seniors exhibiting an extraordinary level of intellectual engagement and academic achievement.
Date: May 16, 2022
Conferences & Symposia
Faculty at Ahmedabad University and Denison University will participate in an online philosophy forum April 12th at 8:30 am EST/ 6pm IST.
Date: April 11, 2022
Denison Magazine
Knapp 205: The classic office of Steve Vogel, Professor & Maria Theresa Barney Chair of Philosophy
Date: February 21, 2022
2021
Faculty
Denison University's Board of Trustees has awarded tenure to John McHugh.
Date: April 5, 2021
2020
Internships
Summer scholar research projects completed in the philosophy department in Summer 2020.
Date: September 14, 2020
Faculty
Professor Emeritus Ronald E. Santoni has been presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who's Who.
Date: July 28, 2020
Alumni
John Kropf '84, once a philosophy major, now an attorney, shares his insight into the value of the liberal arts from a 40-year perspective.
Date: June 30, 2020
Awards & Honors
Three Denison students have been honored for work in humanities with the Megan Lisska and Elin Lisska Christensen Award.
Date: May 19, 2020
Awards & Honors
Clem Pearson '20, a music major and philosophy minor, has won a Provost’s Academic Excellence Award for extraordinary academic achievement.
Date: May 14, 2020
Awards & Honors
Ben Cross has been named a fall recipient of the prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, a $10,000 graduate program award.
Date: February 27, 2020
Faculty
Professor of Philosophy Tony Lisska has been recognized by Marguis Who's Who with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Date: January 16, 2020
2018
Lectures & Discussions
This lecture examines fictional realist accounts of characters and argues that they run afoul of a range of case studies drawn from the medium of comics.
Date: September 27, 2018
Faculty
Associate Professor of Philosophy Sam Cowling’s new book, “Abstract Entities” asks challenging questions.
Date: September 5, 2018
Conferences & Symposia
The Department of Philosophy hosts the 8th International Conference on Language, Culture and Mind.
Date: July 23, 2018
Alumni
Philosophy major Rob Moore '12 works on state budget analysis and human service policy at Policy Matters Ohio.
Date: March 26, 2018
Faculty
The Denison University's Board of Trustees recently has awarded tenure to Sam Cowling.
Date: March 12, 2018
Faculty
Professor Jonathan Maskit recently shared his philosophies about bike-riding at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
Date: March 6, 2018
2017
Faculty
Sam Cowling, assistant professor of philosophy, discusses the need for early career conferences in a GLCA article.
Date: October 9, 2017
Alumni
Hugh Wilder '68, holder of world records, inducted into swimming International Masters Hall of Fame.
Date: October 9, 2017
Lectures & Discussions
Titus-Hepp Lecture Series: Dr. Jeremy Bendik-Keymer, Case Western Reserve University - "Wonder and the Conditions of Democratic Life"
Date: March 7, 2017
Lectures & Discussions
Philosophy Coffee: How Do Language and Community Affect One Another?
Date: February 7, 2017
Lectures & Discussions
"Field's Challenge and Mathematical Practice"
Date: February 6, 2017
Lectures & Discussions
Collective Intentionality, Identity, and Solidarity: Toward a Feminist Social Ontology
Date: January 27, 2017
2016
Lectures & Discussions
"Bodies of Sorrow: Resistant Mourning, Becoming-with and Coalitional Politics"
Date: November 18, 2016
Faculty
The American Philosophical Association recently interviewed Assistant Professor Sam Cowling.
Date: November 7, 2016
Faculty
Assistant Professor Sam Cowling primarily focuses his work in metaphysics and the philosophy of science. Read more about his work and his favorite movies.
Date: November 6, 2016
Lectures & Discussions
"Normative Accounts of Fundamentality"
Date: November 3, 2016
Lectures & Discussions
During Big Red Weekend, the Philosophy department will hold a philosophy coffee on 'Citizenship in a Globalizing World.'
Date: September 20, 2016