Philosophy at Cincinnati

05/28/2026

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:

The critical brain hypothesis proposes that neural systems operate near a phase transition to optimize information processing. A key method for investigating this hypothesis is the phenomenological renormalization group (pRG), which looks for scale-invariant features across levels of coarse-graining...

05/24/2026

Great work, Cincinnati Ethics Center! So exciting to see the tremendous growth of high school ethics bowl in Cincinnati!

05/19/2026

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.

05/13/2026

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.

05/08/2026

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!

05/07/2026

Another video about one of UC Philosophy’s affiliates: Meet Takunda Matose, Assistant Professor in the Ethics Center at Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Takunda explores issues at the intersections of bioethics, political philosophy, and philosophy of race. Check out the longer version on YouTube if you want to hear more: https://youtu.be/3FGX7cn5OnA

04/24/2026

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!

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

04/17/2026

PEWS is excited to be hiring a new postdoctoral fellow to support the important work done at the University of Cincinnati’s Center for Public Engagement with Science (PEWS). Anyone with a PhD…

04/17/2026

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!

She’s also presenting the paper this month at 3 philosophy conferences: Western Kentucky University, Ohio Dominican University (OPA), & Great Lakes Philosophy Conference. Congrats Nadia!

03/27/2026

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:

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 (Organizer) [email protected] | [email protected] Online Committee Member, Asian-Pacific ...