Archive for August, 2012

• Congratulations, Jessica Gordon-Roth, PhD!

  August 26, 2012 John Partridge
  The Philosophy Department is proud to congratulate Jessica Gordon-Roth '04 on completing the requirements for a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Illinois at Chicago.  Jess defended her doctoral dissertation, "Locke on Substance, Mode, and Personal Identity," on August 24 before a committee comprised of Prof. John Whipple (UIC) and Prof. Margaret Atherton (UW, [...] More »

• Getting to Philosophy

  August 26, 2012 John Partridge
  There's a game you can play called "Getting to Philosophy."  Go to any wikipedia article.  Then click on the first link in the text not in parenthesis or italics.  Repeat this process with each successive wikipedia article until you end up at the wikipedia entry for Philosophy.  There's even a wikipedia page discussing it. More »