Welcome to the Department of Philosophy!
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS
DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY & COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES:
PHIL 1001-102
FOUNDATIONS IN PHILOSOPHY/ FUNDAMENTOS EN FILOSOFÍA
BILINGUAL SECTION-ENGLISH & SPANISH
DR. STEPHANIE RIVERA BERRUZ
T/TH 2:00 - 3:15 PM
FALL 2025 Pre-Req: Spanish Proficiency
or Completion of SPAN 3001
or Placed into SPAN 3005
To Register: Email name (and MUID, if available) to Dr. Yoon Choi: PHIL_DUS@marquette.edu or yoon.choi@marquette.edu
Questions: Email Dr. Stephanie Rivera Berruz stephanie.riveraberruz@marquette.edu
On Friday November 15th, Richard C. Taylor, Professor in the Marquette Philosophy Department, was awarded the Aquinas Medal for Excellence In Christian Philosophy by the International Étienne Gilson Society. The award was for the work he has done to promote Christian Philosophy through his own research and through his leadership in the Aquinas and ’the Arabs’ International Working Group. The award ceremony took place in Chicago at the annual meeting of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. See the full story on Marquette Today.
Read the interview with Professor Taylor about the Aquinas and ‘the Arabs’ International Working Group just published in IPMMonthly! Read the article here.
Recently featured on the Wisconsin Humanities podcast, Human Powered: Philosophy's own Theresa Tobin and the Education Preparedness Program (EPP)! Listen to it here!
And visit the EPP website for more information about this impactful program, including upcoming opportunities to apply for a blended course yourself!
Dr. Ericka Tucker recently published an article Limiting the Political Imagination: Spinoza’s Prohibition of Novelty in the Political Treatise. She will be giving a symposium talk at the North American Spinoza Society Meeting at University of South Carolina in May of 2025. The talk is titled “Epistemic Democracy and Spinoza’s Political Epistemology.”
OTHER DEPARTMENT GOINGS-ON
For information on Fall 2024 Department Reading Groups, go to the News and Events page.
Love philosophy? Join the Philosophy Club! First Fall 2024 meeting Monday October 7th, 7pm-8pm, in Cudahy 114. Stop by or email Bella DeRosa, President of the Philosophy Club.
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