Ryan Muldoon

Professor and Chair of Philosophy and Founder of PPE Program, University at Buffalo.

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@dylanmatt It’s ok to go into Philosophy for the money. We’ll teach you all kinds of cool things along the way as a bonus.

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@dylanmatt The only mistake here is that it is the University at Buffalo, not the University of Buffalo.

Our graduates in ontology have a ~100% placement rate, with six figure salaries. Our undergraduate alumni have midcareer salaries that outperform management and Econ.

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@dwarkesh_sp Cristina Bicchieri, author of The Grammar of Society. Philosopher who has influenced development policy across the world with her (testable) theory of social norms.

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Graduate students doing work in PPE: Fame and Fortune can be yours!

6th Annual 2026 Gaus Memorial Essay Prize now accepting submissions!

Deadline: May 20

Winning Prize: $500 and a session dedicated to your essay at the PPE Society with 2 senior scholars commenting.

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@mattyglesias His Phil science is actually a model for his positive views in the open society and its enemies. The problem he takes on is the growth of knowledge with no fixed standards. This anticipates the post-Kitcher social epistemology of science. Lots of good stuff in there.

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Jake Monaghan doing cool work on the philosophy of the city: https://t.co/A5CKMD3MDI

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Interested in orientation in social progress? Should you aim at what you think the ideal is, or should you focus on local improvements? Hankins, Muldoon and Wiens offer a nice framework for thinking this through.

https://t.co/G5kBBy2ZDb

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UB's PPE program secures $4 million federal grant to facilitate and study civil discourse, led by PI Justin Bruner

https://t.co/o0Ij2jWbf0

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UB PPE offers an incredible, thriving intellectual community. We will have 8 core PPE faculty, 10 postdocs, a dozen or so grad students, and a whole lot of engaged undergrads. Lots of talks, reading groups, lab discussions, and workshops. A really fun and creative environment.

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UB PPE is hiring again!

We have 4 postdoc positions for a Fall 26 start. Join our large and growing team!

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Community Engagement Fellow
https://t.co/lM2Q6uWeWZ
Support our outreach and engagement activities across the university and in the city of Buffalo

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In a bit of personal news, I have now moved to the new AI and Society Department at UB! We're hosing a workshop Feb 26-27 and registration is FREE. Spread the word and come see the new and exciting things happening at the intersection of AI and Society!
https://t.co/KHUuNm18BR

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Bucking the national trend, we will have as many as *7* incoming PhD students this year. Consider applying. PhD applications are due Jan 2, MA applications due Jan 5. While you are doing one of those, you can also earn an Advanced Certificate in PPE.
https://t.co/rI6A0SkyyO

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Finalizing PhD and MA applications? Interested in PPE? Apply to UB! We have an outstanding faculty, tons of research opportunities, lots of visitors, an army of postdocs, millions in grant funding to support innovative research, and a great, supportive group of grads.

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Want to learn more about Xphi? We have leading faculty in the area and a lab manager to help with experimental design.
Want to learn about how to do serious computational modeling? We have a weekly PPE Lab where students, postdocs and faculty present models in progress.

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@Noahpinion Open Society liberalism seems like a natural place to go. Pro dynamism, pro democracy, pro social learning. An important 20th century tradition that is seeing a resurgence.