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I didn’t intend to write a dissertation on Kant’s ethics. But I took a seminar from Tom and gradually it…
As another of the participants in that 1993 NEH summer seminar, I can attest to everything that Richard Galvin says…
I had the great fortune of studying with Tom at Chapel Hill. I finished my dissertation in 1999, but I…
Thomas E. Hill died in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on July22, 2026. What follows are some remembrances of his major…
In one of my UNC graduate seminars with Tom, a classmate remarked that cotemporary Kantians seemed interested in Kant only…
I would posit the following question to practicing philosophers out there: have you examined all of the major LLMs to…
This is a pretty apt characterization of some of the markers of “cancelling”, including, e.g.: 1) Punitiveness: Are people denouncing you to your employer or your social connections? Are you being blacklisted from jobs and social opportunities? Does what is being said to or about you have the goal—or foreseeable effect—of jeopardizing your livelihood?…
I first met Tom around 2002. I was a graduate student in Philosophy at UVA and dating someone who was…