L&S News  Tag: Philosophy

What’s your relationship with your job? Maybe it’s your passion or maybe it’s just a way to pay the bills. Questions around work–life balance are personal, and there’s no one-size-fits-all strategy.

Assistant Professor Aja Watkins examines the sciences through a philosophical lens.

The streaming universe can be overwhelming. L&S faculty members offer a guide to finding the good stuff.

Students in the L&S annual public lecture course on the Wisconsin Idea discover that the history of UW-Madison’s signature philosophy is more complicated than they realized — and its future potential even brighter.

The Journal reviews the philosophy professors' latest book, "When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People."

Our ability to agree on a shared sense of what is true—based on a set of facts—seems like it’s never been quite so damaged. UW experts across multiple disciplines are researching the problem—and they see plenty of reasons for hope.

The research of Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy Michael G. Titelbaum centers on rationality, primarily as it comes up in epistemology (the theory of knowledge).

UW's Philosophy Department connects with the community.

HaoYang (Carl) Jiang has made astounding progress toward “The American Dream.” His journey, though, has been arduous. An immigrant from China at age 5, Jiang found himself alone and homeless as an adolescent. Public education and the support of friends and teachers saved him, he says, putting him on a path that led to the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in political science and philosophy.