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2024

Lectures & Discussions

Titus-Hepp Lecture: ‘On Using and Abusing Those We Punish’

If legal punishment can deter certain kinds of bad behavior, is it morally justified?

Date: April 8, 2024

Lectures & Discussions

Titus Hepp Lecture Series: Dr. Nicholas Baima

Gaming Your Way Out of The Cave: The Intellectual and Aesthetic Side of Gaming

Date: March 4, 2024

2023

Lectures & Discussions

The Palestinian Question: Presentation by Raef Zriek

Professor Raef Zriek, a human rights scholar, will be presenting on “The Palestinian Question as a Jewish Question” on April 6, 2023

Date: March 23, 2023

Spotlights

5 questions with Philosophy’s Sam Cowling

Cowling discusses his love of comics, how they fit into philosophy, and what students should expect in his classes.

Academics, mentorship, & internship solidify career choice

Academics, mentorship and an internship in Columbus gave international citizen Aayush Nema '21 the key to his future course as an economic researcher.

Q&A with Rob Moore '12, principal at Scioto Analysis

Philosophy major Rob Moore '12 is the principal for Scioto Analysis, a public policy analysis firm based in Columbus, Ohio.

How We Learn

Life Wisdom From On and Off the Field

At Denison, learning happens in and out of the classroom. Henry DeCamp '19 shares some of his hard-won life philosophy.

Professor John McHugh, Benjamin Keefer '19 and Audrey Kirkley '20

How We Learn

The Meaning of Life?

Two summer scholar researchers take ten weeks to dive into one of the big questions in life: What is morality?

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Departmental Fellows

Denison appoints Alisa Rosenthal as its next Provost and Chief Academic Officer

A milestone moment for Denison

A big night for Eric Colaco and Denison supporters who backed him

What's Happening

2024

2023

Spotlights

5 questions with Philosophy’s Sam Cowling

Academics, mentorship, & internship solidify career choice

Q&A with Rob Moore '12, principal at Scioto Analysis

Life Wisdom From On and Off the Field

The Meaning of Life?

What's Happening

Department Fellows 2025-2026

A dose of medicine in Sextus Empiricus’ philosophy

Department Fellows 2024-2025