Posts Tagged Department of Philosophy

The range of recently launched degree programs reflects what students, the workforce, and the world need and want to become ever better.

Clinicians, computer scientists, and ethicists are working across the University to incorporate reliable and ethical AI into medical diagnosis and treatment.

Rachel Whitmoyer ’24, a double major in physics and philosophy, brings her work as an emergency medical technician to bear on her studies at Rochester.

University administrators and faculty weigh in on the pros and cons of the newest online learning tool.

The Mellon Foundation has renewed its support for the Rochester Education Justice Initiative with an additional three-year, $1 million grant.

Rochester ethicist William FitzPatrick considers whether “’the better angels of our nature’ are robust enough to create and sustain a better world.”

As they prepare to graduate with the College’s Class of 2021, students from near and far say they’re well prepared for the future.

The first-generation student discovers that “one opportunity opens a whole bunch of other doors and connections.”

In a RealClearEducation op-ed, Rochester philosopher Randall Curren and his coauthor argue there is “little merit in the notion that love of country is something that can be taught through celebratory history.”

Philosophy faculty explore moral dilemmas presented by the crisis and how they intersect with larger structural questions.