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Poetry, Philosophy, and Baseball

Robert Pinsky, former Poet Laureate of the United States and author of “The Night Game,” among other poems, talks with Stephen Mathis, Associate Professor of…

Friendship, Philosophy, and Finland

Prentice Professor of Philosophy Nancy Kendrick presented two papers in October in Helsinki, Finland: “Activity and Passivity in Mary Astell’s Theory of Friendship” at the…

The Importance of Being Subtle

How do we identify it, and why should it be valuable? Wheaton/Brown Faculty Fellow Alexandra King, Philosophy, presents the next Faculty Lunch Talk. Thurs., Oct.…

Philosophy Talk & Dinner on Tuesday, October 1st

The Department is proud to present “Locke on Persons,” a talk on personal identity by Prof. Jessica Gordon-Roth ’03, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at City…

Prof. Kendrick, Resident Scholar at Whitehall

Prof. Kendrick spent two weeks as the resident scholar at Whitehall Museum House, George Berkeley’s Rhode Island residence 1729-1732.

Honors Convocation Prize Winners

Two Philosophy majors learned that they won departmental prizes at Honors Convocation on Thursday, May 2nd.

New Course for Fall 2013

The Philosophy Department is thrilled that Alexandra King will offer a new course in Fall 2013. King, who will join us as a Brown Faculty…

Alumna lands tenure-track job

Jessica Gordon-Roth ’04 recently shared exciting news: She has accepted a tenure track appointment in the Philosophy Department at Lehman College, CUNY! Congrats, Jess! Currently…

“Einstein’s Jewish Science” Wed. 2/20 @ 5:30 pm

On Wednesday, February 20, at 5:30 p.m., Steven Gimbel will give a talk on his recent book, Einstein’s Jewish Science: Physics at the Intersection of…

Professor Mathis talks about Wheaton’s Honor Code

In the first Flash Seminar of the 2012-13 academic year, Stephen Mathis, associate professor of philosophy, discusses the characteristics of social contracts and why Wheaton’s…

Wheaton Philosophers Share Internship Experiences

In the Republic, Socrates argues that philosophers should “go down into the cave again” to undertake 15 years of internships (539e). At Wheaton, we just…

Happy World Philosophy Day!

The third Thursday of every November is World Philosophy Day. Established by UNESCO in 2002, World Philosophy Day’s objective “is to encourage the peoples of…