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Philosophy Club Speaker, Tuesday 10/16 @ 7 pm

The Phil Club was delighted to host a speaker on 10/16. Ian Blaustein at Boston University gave a talk entitled “On Making a Fig in…

Schopenhauer and Toni Morrison on happiness

Students in “What is the Good Life?” an FYS course taught by Professor Partridge, met at the Mars Science Center outdoor classroom on Thursday, September…

Finding Plato in a Bomb Shelter

Elana Weiner ’11 recently visited Wheaton and shared this update. “It’s wonderful to be a Philosopher in the desert! After graduation, I decided to spend…

Call for Papers: Undergrad Philosophy Conference

The Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies will host the third Mid-Hudson Valley Undergraduate Philosophy Conference on March 8-9, 2013 at Marist College. Undergraduates are…

Philosophy Majors rock the GRE

Among all undergraduate majors, philosophy majors get the highest scores on the Verbal and Analytical Reasoning parts of the GRE. Among Humanities majors, philosophers get…

Congratulations, Jessica Gordon-Roth, PhD!

The Philosophy Department is proud to congratulate Jessica Gordon-Roth ’04 on completing the requirements for a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Illinois at…

Getting to Philosophy

There’s a game you can play called “Getting to Philosophy.”

Prof. Kendrick and Bishop Berkeley

Prentice Professor of Philosophy Nancy Kendrick gave a keynote address – “Turning Savage Americans into Indian Scholars: Berkeley’s Bermuda Project”.

Senior Seminar Celebration

Students in Prof. Mathis’ Senior Seminar joined the Philosophy faculty on Wednesday, May 16th for refreshments and conversation. After working hard all semester on Christine…

Phil 207 Students Visit George Berkeley’s House

Students from Professor Kendrick’s Modern Philosophy course visited Whitehall, George Berkeley’s house, in Middletown, RI, on Friday, April 27.

Phil 329 students attend Nietzsche talk at UMass Boston

Students in Professor Partridge’s 19th C. Continental Philosophy Course attended a talk by Daniel Conway of Texas A&M University on April 24th, 2012 hosted by…

Professor Kendrick gives lunchtime talk on 4/26

William and Elsie Prentice Professor of Philosophy, Nancy Kendrick, will present recent research at a Faculty Lunch Talk on Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 12:30…