Professor Robert Feleppa serving as Grand Marshall for WSU's 2022 Spring Commencement.

Professor Robert Feleppa retiring, granted Emeritus status

Professor Robert Feleppa, who has been a member of WSU's Philosophy Department since 1980, retired following the Spring 2022 semester, and was granted Emeritus status.

Professor Patrick Bondy

Professor Bondy to speak about rational persuasion on April 8

Professor Patrick Bondy will deliver a Zoom lecture entitled "Can Rational Persuasion be Epistemically Paternalistic?" on April 8 at 2:00pm for the University of Windsor's Centre for Research in Reasoning, Argumentation and Rhetoric.

Dr. Radebaugh to give two lectures on the Champlain Tower collapse

Dr. Radebaugh's talk, “Champlain Tower Collapse in Surfside Florida, 2021: The Canary in the Coal Mine?” will be delivered at 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m on March 9 at Ahlberg Hall (Room 201). He will discuss the conundrum faced by the engineers who were charged with determining whether the building was safe or not. The event is free and open to the public.

Professor Susan Sterrett

Prof. Sterrett to give invited keynote lecture

WSU Philosophy Professor Susan Sterrett will deliver an invited keynote address at the 9th International Symposium on Scale Modeling.

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Prof. Schwartz publishes on The Expanse, Lunar Emigration

Prof. Schwartz recently published chapters in two new anthologies: The Expanse and Philosophy: So Far Out Into the Darkness; and The Human Factor in the Settlement of the Moon.

Dr. Radebaugh with grandchild

Dr. Radebaugh speaks about Champlain Towers Collapse

Radebaugh speaks about Champlain Towers at SEAKM

Screen shot of Eagle article by Matthew Kelly

Dr. Schwartz featured in Wichita Eagle

An interview with our resident philosopher of space exploration, Dr. James S.J. Schwartz, was featured in the Wichita Eagle.

Fiske Hall

Congrats to 2021 WSU Honorees!

Congratulations to Dr. Patrick Bondy, Dr. Brian Hepburn, Dr. Xiufen Liu, and Dr. James Schwartz on their recent accomplishments!

Noell Birondo

Farewell to Dr. Birondo

Dr. Birondo has accepted a position at the University of Texas at El Paso, where he will be promoted to full Professor and chair the Department of Philosophy.

Perspectives: Reestablishing Reality Flyer

Dr. Sterrett to speak about "Understanding Science and Bias" as part of WSU's Perspectives: Reestablishing Reality series.

Susan G. Sterrett, Curtis D. Gridley Distinguished Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, presented the last talk in this five-week series on May 5, 2021.