Department of Philosophy - University at Albany

10/14/2026

10/09/2026

Prof Monika Piotrowska's paper "Engineering and Un-Engineering Nature: Gene Drives, Reversal Drives, and the Value of Restoration" has just ben published in the journal Environmental Ethics.

10/09/2026

Hey, it's our 500th instagram post here ! What better time than now to remind you about some of the awesome things our alumni are doing!

See linktree in our profile for the link to our Undergrad Alumni Spotlight page.

10/09/2026

Who studies Philosophy? Some of the greatest minds and influencers of our time.

Check out the list at the website (or our linktree for Instagram): https://www.apaonline.org/page/whostudiesphilosophy

10/08/2026

Pizza & Philosophy
📅 Tuesday, Oct 20 | ⏰ 6:00–7:00 p.m. | 📍 HU 290
Come enjoy free pizza and take part in a lively discussion led by a faculty member! Topics range from current events and pop culture to moral dilemmas and big philosophical questions.

All are welcome—bring your curiosity and your appetite!

This event is sponsored by University Auxiliary Services (UAS) and the UAlbany Department of Philosophy.

10/08/2026

Looking forward to talking to students about our graduate programs in today on the Lecture Center concourse! More info about our programs in linktree link on our profile on instagram.

10/07/2026

Professor Brad Armour-Garb, currently on sabbatical and a visiting scholar at Wolfson College, Oxford, will be giving a talk titled "A Pretense Account of Property-Talk for Property Deflationists" later this month at the University of Bucharest.

10/06/2026

Please join us for our next talk. On Friday, 10/23 at 3PM in HU 354, Robert Audi (Notre Dame) will present "Rationalist Moral Realism and Reliabilist Epistemology."

All are welcome; refreshments will be served.

10/02/2026

Thanks very much to Eliot Michaelson (King’s College, London) for a great talk today titled “What Are Communicative Intentions?” !

09/22/2026

Prof Brad Armour-Garb, who is on sabbatical, writes with this update:

I am currently a visiting scholar at Wolfson College, Oxford, which is a place that holds considerable significance for my academic journey. I was a fellow at Wolfson during the early 2000s at which time I taught tutorials, participated in reading groups, and immersing myself in the vibrant intellectual community that Oxford University provides.

This return marks a different kind of engagement. Wolfson has organized a conference on fictionalism in philosophy, scheduled for 28 September 2026, and I have been invited to present my work. In my talk, titled "A Pretense Account of Property-Talk for Property Deflationists", will argue against the existence of properties as genuine entities and will offer a pretense account that I and my coauthor, James A Woodbridge, have been developing.

Unlike my earlier fellowship, I will not be teaching tutorials this time. However, I am once again participating in reading groups, rekindling that collaborative dimension of Oxford life that I found so valuable during my previous stint. Beyond Oxford, I am giving a series of talks throughout Europe the details of which are currently being arranged.

It is a welcome opportunity to reconnect with Wolfson and to contribute to a conference devoted to fictionalism, which is a topic that is at the heart of some of my current research.