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The Philosophy Department at UConn is internationally recognized as a top place to do research in a wide variety of areas in philosophy.

The department is a leader in public philosophy, with members addressing topics such as the ethics of artificial intelligence, language and genocide, political epistemology, and shifting the geography of reason. Four peer-review journals are headquartered here: Journal of Philosophical Research, Philosophia, Philosophy and Global Affairs, and, as of 2023, Journal of the American Philosophical Association.

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Lewis Gordon, professor of philosophy, lectures at Storrs Hall on April 27, 2016. (/UConn Photo)

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Ruth Millikan, professor of philosophy, at a graduate seminar with her students.

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Michael Patrick Lynch, professor of philosophy and director of the UConn Humanities Institute, left, speaks during a panel discussion on the presidential election at an event held at the Hartford Public Library on Sept. 22, 2016. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

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  • Lewis Gordon: 30th Anniversary Edition of ” Bad Faith and Antiblack Racism” Published
    The 30th Anniversary Edition of Professor Lewis Gordon’s Bad Faith and Antiblack Racism, with a Foreword by the eminent South African philosopher Mabogo P. More and Afterwords by Jacqueline M. Martinez (President of the Caribbean Philosophical Association) and the eminent Antiguan philosopher and sociologist Paget Henry, was published on December 11, 2025. The Philosophy Department […]
    Posted on December 17, 2025
  • Lewis Gordon: To Deliver Lecture at the Balvant Parekh Centre for General Semantics and Other Human Sciences
    Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Lewis Gordon will deliver the Eleventh Balvant Parekh Memorial Lecture at the Balvant Parekh Centre for General Semantics and Other Human Sciences next week.  The lecture is titled, “A Phenomenology of Human Science, Metaphysics, and Challenges of Artificial Intelligence.” More information is available in the attached poster.  The Philosophy department wishes […]
    Posted on December 15, 2025

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