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We welcome two new faculty members to our department, in Fall 2023:
- Professor Jamee Elder is a philosopher of science who specializes in the epistemology of astrophysics. They will teach courses in the philosophy of science, and the philosophy of technology.
- Professor Michelle Dyke specializes in epistemology and metaethics. Her work investigates the nature of epistemic and moral normativity.
Congratulations to Professor Christiana Olfert on receiving a Tufts Springboard Award for her work on The Connected Corpus.
On October 14, 2022, the Department of Philosophy held a Retirement Party to celebrate & honor Prof. Dan Dennett and Prof. George Smith.
On September 16, 2022, the Department of Philosophy sponsored a Symposium in the History of Philosophy in partnership with Boston University & Harvard University.
Congratulations to Professor Erin Kelly on her appointment as the current Fletcher Professor of Philosophy.
Professor Erin Kelly's book, Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist's Memoir of the Jim Crow South, has won the 2022 Biography Pulitzer Prize.
Professor Avner Baz’s first book, "When Words are Called For" (Harvard, 2012), is out in Japanese translation.
Professor Jody Azzouni’s new book "Attributing Knowledge: What It Means to Know Something" is out.
Professor Avner Baz’s new (second) book on aspect perception, "Wittgenstein on Aspect Perception", has been published by Cambridge University Press.
Professor George Smith and former Tufts Undergrad Dr. Raghav Seth’s book "Brownian Motion and Molecular Reality" has been released.
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