The Department of Philosophy specializes in contemporary and historical approaches to Ethics and Political Philosophy. The Department is closely connected to The Murphy Institute's Center for Ethics and Public Affairs and has a specialty PhD track in Moral Philosophy. Several of our faculty members also have research interests in Philosophy of Mind and related areas.
We offer courses in a broad range of areas, including Ethics, Political Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics, Epistemology, and Logic. Our major and minor programs are flexible and allow students to pursue an array of philosophical interests. Many of our courses satisfy components of the Tulane curriculum, including Global Perspectives, Textual & Historical Perspectives, Western Traditions, Formal Reasoning, Writing Skills, and Service Learning. Our Philosophy Club hosts student-led discussions, lectures, and movie screenings.
Some history of the Department, 1887-1967.
Information about our Fall 2025 Undergraduate Philosophy Conference.
Upcoming Events
February 14: Luca Ferrero, Murphy Institute Faculty Seminar
February 20: Alexander Schaefer, PPE Workshop
February 21: Utku Cansu, German Philosophy Workshop
March 14: Daniel Yudkin, Public Lecture
March 14: Gina Schouten, Murphy Institute Faculty Seminar
March 21: Ben Ferguson, Murphy Institute Faculty Seminar
March 28: Joseph Berendzen, German Philosophy Workshop
April 11: Rachel Zuckert, Murphy Institute Faculty Seminar
News and Announcements
- Georgi Gardiner joined the Department in Fall 2024. Lucia Schwarz and Mario Juarez-Garcia joined the Department in Fall 2023.
- We now have a specialty PhD track in Moral Philosophy.
- Check out the Course Descriptions for our Spring 2025 offerings in Philosophy!
- To view course offerings within the Department of Philosophy, please reference the University Catalog. Please view the Schedule of Classes to see course offerings for the current semester.
- Siobhain Lash (PhD 2022) began a position as Professor of Practice at West Virginia University in Fall 2023.
- Caner Turan (PhD 2022) began a tenure-track position at the American University of Beirut in Fall 2023.
- Daniel Tigard (PhD 2018) began a tenure-track position at the University of San Diego.
- Keith Silverman (PhD 2020) was elected to the Danville, VA School Board.
- Alex Priou (PhD 2014) began conducting, with two colleagues, a political philosophy podcast, The New Thinkery.
- Derek Duplessie (PhD 2018) began a tenure track position at Assumption College in Fall 2022.
- Charlie Gustafson-Barrett (PhD 2018) began a tenure-track position at St. John's College, Santa Fe, in Fall 2021.
- Gwenda-lin Grewal (PhD 2010) began a position at the Onassis Lecturer in Ancient Greek Thought and Language at the New School of Social Research.
- Congratulations to Nicolas Day and Corey Horn for receiving the Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching for 2023! The award was previously received by Cynthia Ma and Trevor Griffith for 2022 and by Evan Coulter and Keir Willett for 2021.
- Congratulations to Tabitha Mascobetto (BA 2025)! Tabitha was accepted to the 2023 Philosophy in an Inclusive Key Summer Institute at the Rock (PIKSI-Rock) at Penn State University.
- Congratulations to Yael Pasumansky (BA 2022)! Yael's paper, "Guardian Angel", was accepted for publication in Dialogue , the journal of Phi Sigma Tau, the national honors society in philosophy.
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