Philosophy at MSU

10/25/2022

Meet Greg Rogel, one of the many excellent Ph.D. students in the Department of Philosophy at Michigan State. Greg is doing very important interdisciplinary work on health disparities among immigrants.

A first-generation Latino scholar, Greg Rogel’s research on the health disparities faced by immigrant/Latino communities hits close to home. For this research, the fifth-year doctoral candidate in Philosophy at Michigan State University recently was named a Sadler Scholar by The Hastings Center an...

10/07/2021

The Center for Philosophy of Science interviews Heather Douglas about her work on the social contract of science and public policy.

Senior Visiting Fellow Heather Douglas (Univ. of Tennessee) gives an overview of her work on the social contract of science and public policy.

04/15/2021

Heather Douglas, Associate Professor of Philosophy at MSU, was part of a virtual workshop hosted by the UK embassy in Lisbon discussing what science can offer now and in the future at the political and societal level. Watch the presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJi188sH_nU&t=27s

04/15/2021

The head of the International Network of Government Science Advice recently interviewed Heather Douglas! The linked interview discusses values, bias, and social responsibility of science:

The second in INGSA's 2021 Horizon Series of interviews with leading global experts at the science/society/policy interface.Prof Heather Douglas discusses th...

04/14/2021

Check out this article about the positive review we received from the Pluralists Guide to Philosophy!

A leading advisory board of recognized philosophers has identified Michigan State University’s Department of Philosophy as a premier place for graduate students from underrepresented populations to earn a doctorate degree. In fall 2020, The Pluralist’s Guide to Philosophy commended the…

12/01/2020

Check out this delightful interview with recent alum Julia Gibson!

Dr. Julia D. Gibson lives on the family farm with history stretching back to 1795 and the colonial dislocation of Indigenous peoples.

10/16/2020

Join us this Friday, 10/16, at 3pm for the Benjamin Distinguished Lecture! Joan McGregor of Arizona State University will present "Wrongs without Wrongdoers: Responsibility for Structural Injustice in Food Systems."

Zoom link: https://msu.zoom.us/j/95410353659
Password: Benjamin

10/13/2020

Check out this video, courtesy of MSU College of Arts & Letters, highlighting our undergraduate program!

04/05/2019

We are pleased to announce the launch of our wesbite for our Socially Engaged Philosophers of Science (or SEPOS) here in our philosophy department. https://sepos.cal.msu.edu

Please take some time to check out what this amazing group of philosophers have been up to, and keep an eye on the site for future updates and announcements.

How should we understand the nature of science, the reliability of its methods and practices, and its role in democratic societies?  These are the central questions for socially engaged philosophy of science.  We approach these questions in a wide range of fields (e.g., biological sciences, envi...

11/07/2018

Join us this Friday @ 3pm in 105 South Kedzie Hall, to hear Ronald Sandler address the question "What should we do about 'moral status'?"