KU Philosophy

05/05/2026

We remember Professor Dale Dorsey—an internationally respected philosopher, devoted teacher and beloved member of our community.

Read more about his life and legacy at: https://philosophy.ku.edu/people/dale-dorsey-memorial

Photo credit: Em Pritchard / Somerville College

04/23/2026

Join us for a philosophy talk with Anne Jeffrey of Baylor University, whose work spans metaethics, normative ethics, bioethics, and philosophy of religion.

Her latest book project, Being and Becoming Good: On the Diversity of Human Goodness and Virtue (under contract with Oxford University Press), explores an inclusivist Aristotelian approach to ethics. She is also the author of God and Morality (Cambridge University Press).

Don’t miss this opportunity to engage with her research and ideas. Learn more: https://calendar.ku.edu/event/philosophy-talks-anne-jeffrey

04/15/2026

How can we better understand one another across religious differences?

New research by Ph.D. student Ryan Lemasters in the Department of Philosophy at KU introduces “interreligious attentiveness” as an approach to fostering deeper understanding and helping to avert conflict.

Learn more: https://news.ku.edu/news/article/new-approach-to-religious-literacy-aims-to-foster-deeper-understanding-avert-conflict

04/07/2026

Join us for a philosophy talk with Andrew Janiak, Professor of Philosophy at Duke University.

Free and open to the public. No registration required.

For more information, please visit
https://calendar.ku.edu/event/philosophy-talks-andrew-janiak

03/26/2026

Join us for a philosophy talk with Iain Thomson, a Professor of Philosophy at the University of New Mexico where he specializes in 19th and 20th Century Continental philosophy, especially Heidegger. He is the author of Heidegger, Art, and Postmodernity (Cambridge University Press, 2012) and Heidegger on Ontotheology: Technology and the Politics of Education (Cambridge University Press, 2005).

Free and open to the public. No registration required.

For more information, please visit https://calendar.ku.edu/event/philosophy-talks-iain-thomson


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03/03/2026

Huge congratulations to our PhD student Ryan Lemasters on the publication of “Interreligious attentiveness: A revised approach to religious literacy” in Religious Studies! Published online by Cambridge University Press:

Interreligious attentiveness: A revised approach to religious literacy

11/20/2025

Really! 🔗 link in bio if you’re curious.

11/13/2025

The Lindley Lecture is TODAY, November 13! See you at the Burge Union, Form A, at 4pm! 🔗 link in bio

10/23/2025

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!

09/12/2025

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.
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09/05/2025

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!