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The Department of Philosophy at the University of Kansas

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Really! 🔗 link in bio if you’re curious.
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The Lindley Lecture is TODAY, November 13! See you at the Burge Union, Form A, at 4pm! 🔗 link in bio
November 13, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Don’t miss Dr. Kris McDaniel, who joins us from Notre Dame on October 24 (that's TOMORROW) at 3:30 PM, to present "The Metaphysics of Time in Edith Stein's Finite and Eternal Being" in the English Room at the Union. Link in bio!
October 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The De George Lecture is here! 🎉 Join us next Wednesday, September 17, when Michael Otsuka of Rutgers will present "How Non-Existence Is Worse for Us" at 5pm in Strong 330.
🔗 link in bio…
September 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Join us this Wednesday the 10th at 6pm in Wescoe 4051 for an enlightening evening with Dr. Adriel Trott from Wabash College, who will present “Aristotle's Conception of Citizenship Against Athenian Autochthony.” 🔗 Details at link in bio!
September 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The @universityofkansas.bsky.social received a 3y, $699k grant from the Educating Character Initiative at @wakeforest.bsky.social for Character Development at KU: The IRISE Virtues Initiative. Co-PIs: Dr. Nancy E. Snow, Philosophy Prof & IPSR Affiliate, & Dr. Kim Beets, aire.ku.edu research analyst
September 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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New research on the question of whether studying philosophy makes students better thinkers...
Studying Philosophy Makes People Better Thinkers: Further Data - Daily Nous
A new study "offers the strongest evidence to date that studying philosophy does indeed make people better thinkers." Readers may recall the previous research of Michael Prinzing (Baylor) & Michael Va...
dailynous.com
July 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
TODAY at 3:30pm in Stauffer-Flint 100 Stephanie Hoffmann from K-State presents “Conceptually Engineering Sex”

link in bio!
May 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Join us TODAY for our next talk, "Concepts Had; Concepts Used," by Dr. Hunter Gentry from Kansas State University! 🧠✨ 3:30pm TODAY in Stauffer-Flint Hall room 100. Don’t miss this opportunity to expand your philosophical horizons! Link in bio.
April 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Hey, we know that guy!!
April 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Join us THIS FRIDAY for “Is Arithmetic Logical?” from Dr. Will Stafford of K-State. April 4, 3:30 PM, English Room, Kansas Memorial Union. Be there!
calendar.ku.edu/event/philos...
April 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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“For certain majors and certain disciplines, when you leave that discipline, you’re done. Philosophy isn’t like that. You take it with you.” - Purdue forward Trey Kaufman-Renn on philosophy & basketball.
A Professor and an Athlete Talk Basketball and Philosophy - Daily Nous
"For certain majors and certain disciplines, when you leave that discipline, you’re done. Philosophy isn’t like that. You take it with you." That's Trey Kaufman-Renn, philosophy major and star basketb...
dailynous.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Join KU Philosophy and Dr. Gary Ostertag today (March 7) at 3:30 pm for "E. E. Constance Jones on Proper Names," Kansas Union, English Room. calendar.ku.edu/event/philos...
March 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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I have spent years of my adult life in huge concrete brutalist libraries and I couldn’t love my chonky book bunkers more if I tried 😍
November 13, 2024 at 10:00 PM
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Perceptions and attitudes toward artificial intelligence among frontline physicians and physicians’ assistants in Kansas: a cross-sectional survey doi.org/10.1093/jami... #AI #medicine #physician
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November 25, 2024 at 12:45 PM
A new review from PhD student Ryan Lemasters is up:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
November 19, 2024 at 10:38 PM
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As I was thinking about now being an advisor to PhD students, I was reminded how amazing my dissertation committee was for a philosopher working on computer simulations in science:

John Symons
Paul Humphreys
Corey Maley
Armin Schulz
Perry Alexander

🤯!

#philsci #philtech
November 15, 2024 at 9:54 PM