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- \nRobert Talisse\u2019s\u00a0Civic Solitude: Why Democracy Needs Distance<\/i>\u00a0(Oxford University Press, 2024)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
- Matt Congdon\u2019s\u00a0Moral Articulation: On the Development of New Moral Concepts<\/i>\u00a0(Oxford University Press, 2023)<\/span><\/li>\n
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David Thorstad and Jacob Barrett\u2019s co-edited\u00a0<\/span>volume\u00a0(with Hilary Greaves),\u00a0Essays on Longtermism: Present Action\u00a0<\/i><\/span>of<\/i><\/span>\u00a0<\/i><\/span>the<\/i><\/span>\u00a0Distant Future<\/i>\u00a0(Oxford University Press, 2025)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
David Thorstad\u2019s\u00a0Inquiry Under Bounds<\/i>\u00a0(Oxford University Press, 2024)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Jacob Barrett\u2019s\u00a0Ideal and Non-Ideal Theory (<\/i>Cambridge University Press, 2026)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n- Sarah Raskoff\u2019s\u00a0Veganism, More or Less: A Philosophical Guide<\/i>, under contract with Princeton University Press<\/span><\/li>\n
- Lenn Goodman\u2019s (with Philip Lieberman) translation of and commentary on\u00a0Maimonides\u2019s<\/i>\u00a0Guide to the Perplexed<\/i>\u00a0(Stanford University Press, 2024), which Goodman has paired with his accompanying\u00a0A Guide to the\u00a0<\/i>Guide to the Perplexed:\u00a0A Reader\u2019s Companion to Maimonides\u2019 Masterwork<\/i>\u00a0(Stanford University Press, 2024)<\/span><\/li>\n
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Scott Aikin\u2019s (with William Stephens) translation of and commentary on\u00a0Epictetus\u2019s \u2018Encheiridion\u2019: A New Translation and Guide to Stoic Ethics<\/i>\u00a0(Bloomsbury Academic, 2023)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Emanuele Costa\u2019s\u00a0The Structure of Spinoza\u2019s World<\/i>\u00a0(Oxford University Press, 2025)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n- Julian Wuerth\u2019s\u00a0Kant on Mind, Action, and Ethics<\/i>\u00a0(Oxford University Press, 2014), winner of the North American Kant Society Book Prize for Senior Scholars<\/span><\/li>\n
- Karen Ng\u2019s\u00a0Hegel\u2019s Concept of Life: Self-Consciousness, Freedom, and Logic<\/i>\u00a0(Oxford University Press, 2021), winner of the Journal of the History of Philosophy Book Prize.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Vanderbilt\u2019s strong placement record for its Ph.D. students reflects this balanced training. Current placement data can be found here<\/a>. Every Vanderbilt Ph.D. student receives generous financial support: six years of full funding for a Ph.D. program designed to be completed in five to six years.<\/p>\n
Our department also regularly places its undergraduate<\/a> philosophy majors and minors<\/a> into top postgraduate programs, most commonly in law, medicine, business, and philosophy. The reason is simple: our philosophy undergraduates not only engage with life\u2019s big questions but also receive rigorous training in analysis of difficult texts and topics by our department\u2019s many award-winning teachers, honing skills in clear, critical, and independent thinking. Vocations can quickly go out of style in today\u2019s shifting marketplace, but clear thinking and writing don\u2019t. What\u2019s more, training in ethics is prized in medicine, business, and law; and training in political philosophy gives students a leg up for law school.<\/p>\n
The Department of Philosophy is a bustling hub of trans-institutional, inter-disciplinary activity. We have strong collaborative ties with Vanderbilt\u2019s Artificial Intelligence Institute, the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society<\/a>, and the Department of Political Science<\/a>. We also have a Philosophy Colloquium<\/a>, an annual Berry Public Lecture<\/a>, national and international workshops and conferences, and student reading groups such as\u00a0Minorities and Philosophy (MAP)<\/a> and Ethcetera. We also have the online lecture series, Vanderbilt Modern Philosophy (VAMP)<\/a>, a regular Social and Political Theory Workshop, and a thriving undergraduate Philosophy Club. These and many other offerings are made possible in part by a long tradition of generous financial support from our alumni, including Greg S. Allen and Elizabeth Sorensen, Alan Berry, Douglas and Ruby MacDonald, and Marianne and Andrew Byrd.<\/p>\n
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- Matt Congdon\u2019s\u00a0Moral Articulation: On the Development of New Moral Concepts<\/i>\u00a0(Oxford University Press, 2023)<\/span><\/li>\n