Another video about one of UC Philosophy’s affiliates: Meet Elizabeth Lanphier, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's & UC College of Medicine. See the longer version on YouTube: youtu.be/JebaoZ_eDaI

UC made a good showing at the first ever conference of the Asian Philosophy of Science Association in Singapore. From the left is Sharon Yoon, Ilir Isufi, Jake Hawthorne, Jianglang Yin, Professor Helen Meskhidze, Valencia White, and Professor Angela Potochnik, who all presented at the conference!

The UC Philosophy Department recently released its summer 2026 newsletter. Follow the link to learn what some members of our community are doing besides philosophy these days, as well as new publications, presentations, and awards received by members of our department: mailchi.mp/dead839b5f95...

Help us congratulate Postdoctoral Fellow Kate Nicole Hoffman, whose paper "(How) Can We Attribute Mental Disorders to Animals?" has been accepted for publication in the journal Biology & Philosophy. #philosophy #philosophyofbiology 🎉🎉

Help us in congratulating Postdoctoral Fellow Donnie Barnett! His paper "In Defense of Epistemic Perceptualism", has been accepted by the journal Acta Analytica!

We're excited to announce that PhD student Qianrong Gong recently gave her presentation, 'A Critical Review of Demographic Transition Theories’ Explanation for the Fertility Intention-Behavior Gap', at Texas Tech's 18th Annual Graduate Conference! 🎉🎉

Professor Eduardo Martinez has a new publication, "Flexible Partisanship", out in the journal Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy. Check it out here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Flexible partisanship

In this paper, I provide an argument in favor of flexible partisanship in response to concerns about the shortcomings of contemporary partisanship. I develop a taxonomy of four democratic tasks for...

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Check out 2nd Year PhD student Martin Li's newest co-authored publication: "Power Laws in Empirical Eigenvalue Spectra" available open access from the journal Entropy: www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/28...

We're excited to annonance that the Graduate College recently awarded Anthony Chemero a Graduate Mentor Award for his outstanding mentorship of graduate students. Congratulations to Professor Chemero for his dedication to supporting and guiding the next generation of scholars.

Professor Sarah Stitzlein recently received the University of Cincinnati Distinguished Research Professor Award in April! Professor Stitzlein is a philosopher of education, who uses political philosophy to address pressing problems in schools and democracy. #education #philosophy

We're excited to share that Professor Angela Potochnik was the keynote speaker at the 2026 Ohio Philosophical Association Meeting and that our students, Erik Alvarado and Nadia Jeelani-Socia, presented at the meeting!

Another video about one of UC Philosophy’s affiliates: Meet Takunda Matose, Assistant Professor in the Ethics Center at Cincinnati Children's Hospital and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. See the longer version on YouTube if you want to hear more: youtu.be/3FGX7cn5OnA #Bioethics

Check out professor André Curtis-Trudel's new paper "Explaining AI's successes: A no miracles argument for quasi-representations" open-access and available now in Synthese! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Explaining AI’s successes: A no miracles argument for quasi-representations - Synthese

Synthese - We advance a novel version of the No Miracles Argument (NMA), tailored explicitly for AI, on which predictive success provides support for the existence of hidden...

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We're excited to share that philosophy major Nadia Jeelani-Socia's paper, 'Feminist Approach to Ethical Duties in Healthcare,' will be published in the MEDUSA feminist philosophy undergraduate journal in July!

We’re excited to share the Asian Pacific Philosophy of Science Association (APPSA) online workshop, organized by PhD student I-Jan Wang! "Emerging Voices: APPSA Online Early Career Workshop" will be held on April 24, check out the program and Zoom info at the link: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Emerging Voices: APPSA Online Early Career Workshop

Information Date & Time April 24th (Fri.), 2026 (GMT+9) Morning Session 09:00 - 12:00 Afternoon Session 15:00 - 18:00 Zoom link https://ucincinnati.zoom.us/j/8516730653 Contact Wang, I-Jan | 王 奕然 ...

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Check out our spring newsletter for alumni updates, student spotlights, and other exciting news from our department! Read the newsletter and subscribe here: mailchi.mp/4d7411110...

Professor Tony Chemero just published a new book with Columbia University Press titled "Intertwined Creatures: The Embodied Cognitive Science of Self and Other"! Check it out:

Intertwined Creatures | Columbia University Press

In one common view, the mind is immaterial, internal, and invisible. From this perspective, the mind is inherently individual and isolated: It is unknowable ... | CUP

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Assistant Professor André Curtis-Trudel has a new paper in Synthese coauthored with an astronomer at KU Leuven titled "Computational science and unconceived alternatives: lessons from, and for, gravitational-wave astronomy gravitational-wave astronomy"! Check it out:

Computational science and unconceived alternatives: lessons from, and for, gravitational-wave astronomy

Synthese - A key premise driving the problem of unconceived alternatives is that contemporary scientists are no better than their predecessors at envisioning serious rivals to even the most...

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‼️ROOM CHANGE‼️ The talk is in Clifton Court Hall 1120!

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We’re excited for Vanessa Schipani from U Penn to give her talk: “Rethinking Journalistic Objectivity (Or Why Journalists Can Be Activists)” 📅 February 6 (Tomorrow!) 🕐 3-5 PM 📍 Clifton Court Hall 5280 This event is free and open to the public, we hope to see you there!

We’re excited for Vanessa Schipani from U Penn to give her talk: “Rethinking Journalistic Objectivity (Or Why Journalists Can Be Activists)” 📅 February 6 (Tomorrow!) 🕐 3-5 PM 📍 Clifton Court Hall 5280 This event is free and open to the public, we hope to see you there!

We're excited to share PhD student I-Jan Wang's recent publication in Asian Journal of Philosophy, titled "Remembering as a research tool for selfless consciousness studies"! Check it out:

Remembering as a research tool for selfless consciousness studies

Asian Journal of Philosophy - Consciousness studies have relied on the subject’s remembering capacity as the primary tool for identifying and measuring selfless states, i.e., conscious states...

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Exciting news ✨ PhD student Martin Li just published a coauthored paper titled "Measurement effects on critical scaling in neural systems"! Check it out:

Frontiers | Measurement effects on critical scaling in neural systems

The recently developed phenomenological renormalization group (pRG) analysis has uncovered scale-free properties in large-scale neural population recordings ...

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✨Reminder✨ PhD program applications are due January 15 (one week from today!) We look forward to reviewing applications for UC Philosophy!

Interested in Islamic Philosophy or environmental studies? Check out Muhammad Faruque’s interview about his work at UC!

Muhammad U. Faruque, Associate Professor of Islamic Philosophy and Environmental Studies, Cincinnati

Muhammad U. Faruque is an Inayat Malik Associate Professor of Islamic Philosophy and Environmental Studies at the University of Cincinnati. He specializes in Islamic philosophy and its intersections with Western philosophy, with a focus on the self. #IslamicPhilosophy, #ComparativePhilosophy, #Phil

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Meet Nate Morehouse, Assoc. Professor of Biology, Director of IRiS, and philosophy affiliate at UC! In this interview, he discusses collaborations between biology & philosophy department & how students interested in a PhD in philosophy can thrive at UC. Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=savQ...

Interested in philosophy of education or democracy? Check out Affiliate Professor of Philosophy Sarah Stitzlen’s interview about her work at UC!

Sarah Stitzlein, Professor of Education and Affiliate Prof. of Philosophy, University of Cincinnati

Sarah Stitzlein is a Professor of Education and Affiliate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati. She is also Co-Editor of the journal, Democracy & Education and has served as President of the Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society and the John Dewey Society. https://sarahsti

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Interested in getting a PhD in philosophy of mind? Check out Peter Langland-Hassan’s interview about his work and philosophy at UC!

Peter Langland-Hassan, Professor of Philosophy the University of Cincinnati

Peter Langland-Hassan, Professor of Philosophy the University of Cincinnati describing his research and role at UC. #PhilosophyOfMind, #Imagination, #CognitiveScience, #PhilosophyOfPsychology, #SelfDeception, #ConsciousnessStudies, #MentalImagery, #PhilosophyOfCognition, #Intentionality, #Phenomeno

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Interested in studying philosophy of science and public engagement with science? Check out Angela Potochnik’s interview about her work and philosophy at the University of Cincinnati!

Angela Potochnik, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Public Engagement w Science

Meet Angela Potochnik, Professor and Head of Philosophy, University of Cincinnati, Director of Center for Public Engagement with Science in our video series to get to know our Philosophy Department! #PhilosophyOfScience, #PublicEngagementWithScience, #ScienceCommunication, #CenterForPublicEngagemen

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We also have professors working on the history of philosophy! Watch Zvi Biener’s interview and apply for a PhD in philosophy at UC! Full video on Youtube:

Zvi Biener, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati

Zvi Biener, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati, describing his research and role at UC. #HistoryOfScience, #PhilosophyOfScience, #EarlyModernPhilosophy, #IsaacNewton, #NewtonStudies, #ScientificRevolution, #PhilosophyOfPhysics, #SpaceAndTime, #AbsoluteVsRelationalSpac

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Interested in studying political philosophy? Check out Eduardo Martinez’s interview to get a glimpse of what it’s like to work on a PhD in philosophy at UC!

Eduardo Martinez, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati

Eduardo Martinez, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati describing his research and role at UC. PhilosophyAtUC, #UniversityOfCincinnati, #PoliticalPhilosophy, #SocialPhilosophy, #Ethics, #MoralPhilosophy, #IdentityPolitics, #RaceAndPhilosophy, #KwameAnthonyAppiah, #Cosmo

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