Congratulations to Paul Guyer, Jonathan Nelson Professor emeritus of Humanities and Philosophy, who has been elected to the American Philosophical Society, America's oldest learned society. Professor Guyer, who is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, was also awarded the International Kant Prize at the XIVth International Kant Congress, which took place in Bonn, Germany, this past September. The International Kant Prize is a lifetime achievement award for Professor Guyer's many contributions to Kant scholarship as well as other areas in philosophy and its history.
Sophia Decherney ’25 recently completed an internship in the Office of International Affairs at the Department of Justice. Decherney is a Philosophy concentrator who participated in the Brown in Washington Semester Internship Program during the fall 2024 semester. She plans to attend law school after graduation and pursue a career in environmental and international law. Reflecting on her experiences, she says her Brown classes in Greek philosophy, jurisprudence, and ethics prepared her to maximize her learning at the DoJ. Her time in DC “helped me to contextualize my academic pursuits with real world experience.”
Congratulations to Prof Felicia Nimue Ackerman for writing an article titled "Physician-Assisted Suicide: Deliverance or Danger?" which will appear in a future edition of The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Suicide.
Congratulations to Prof Richard Kimberly Heck on the publication of their book Modes of Representation: Content, Communication, and Frege by Oxford University Press. The book collects eight previously published papers, two of which are substantially expanded. It also includes three new papers, three new postscripts responding to criticisms, and a lengthy overview.
Professor Paul Guyer's new book, Kant's Impact on Moral Philosophy, has been published in the UK this month, and will be officially published in the US in April.