Philosophy

Deane Curtin awarded faculty scholarship prize at Honors Day

Congratulations to Deane Curtin! Fresh on the heels of his organization of this year’s wonderful May Day peace conference about Tibet, Curtin was awarded the…

May 6, 2014

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The Mandala Project

A superb photo of the mandala construction, taken by Deane Curtin, who was central to the organizing of this year’s conference. Check out this time…

May 2, 2014

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Philosophical Geocaching: or, where philosophers go on spring break. (File under “John Dewey Groupie”)

Imagine Lisa’s surprise and delight when her host in Burlington, Vermont led her to JOHN DEWEY’S BIRTHPLACE, on the campus of Champlain College! It doesn’t…

Apr 3, 2014

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GAC TALKS feature two philosophy majors

Logan Boese and Sam Hoppe were among the speakers at the premier edition of GAC TALKS, held on Saturday, March 22. The talks are archived…

Mar 26, 2014

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Lexi Liston: “Fortunately, We May Not Have Time”

Philosophy major Lexi Liston was selected to present at the Eastern Michigan University Undergraduate Conference in Philosophy. Here’s the abstract of Lexi’s paper, entitled “Fortunately,…

Mar 24, 2014

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Why study philosophy? “Plato at the Googleplex” author weighs in

In this piece in the ATLANTIC MONTHLY, Rebecca Goldstein, philosopher and author of the recently-published book PLATO AT THE GOOGLEPLEX, offers her arguments for the…

Mar 22, 2014

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Philosopher’s Guild opposes move to make Gustavus a smoke-free campus

Members of the Philosophers’ Guild have spoken out this fall on the proposal to ban smoking on the Gustavus campus. In addition to publishing a…

Dec 17, 2013

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World Philosophy Day/Great American Smoke-Out Mashup 2013

The Philosophy Department again went all out to celebrate World Philosophy Day, a UNESCO-sponsored event that occurs each year on the third Thursday of November.…

Dec 16, 2013

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