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News
- Éric Leduc, Xavier Corsius, Émilie Deschamps, Désinat Ducakis, Laura Kassar, Hermann Kuitche, Matthew Wood, students in the Philosophy Department, will be presenting papers at the next Congress of the Société de Philosophie du Québec, at Concordia University, in May 2014. Congratulations to all !
- Professor Paul Rusnock's article "On Bolzano's concept of a sum”, published in History & Philosophy of Logic 34:2 (2013):155-169, has been awarded the Ivor Grattan-Guinness Best Paper Award for History & Philosophy of Logic in 2013.
- Professor Mitia Rioux-Beaulne has been awarded the Young researcher of the year award 2013 by the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Arts.
- The Department of Philosophy is the top-ranked department at the University of Ottawa according to QS World University Rankings 2013
- The University of Ottawa has recognized Douglas Moggach as Distinguished University Professor. Professor Moggachis the holder of the University Research Chair in Political Thought (Faculty of Social Sciences) and a professor in the Department of Philosophy (Faculty of Arts). The Distinguished University Professor title is conferred to him in recognition of exceptional scholarly achievement, pre-eminence in hisfield of knowledge and a solid teaching record. Congratulations.
