Welcome to the Department of Philosophy!

Upcoming Events and Dates to Remember

Advising for Fall 25: Mar 17-28

Students! Excited to start thinking about next year? Here's just a sample of some of the courses running next Fall:  

  • PHIL 2010 / INCG 2010 – Introduction to Cognitive Science
  • PHIL 3350 – Philosophy of the Environment
  • PHIL 3505 – Philosophy of Film
  • PHIL 3751 – History and Philosophy of Crime and Punishment

See a full list of all Philosophy electives planned for next year on our Undergraduate Courses page. And to get started on the advising and registration process, go to Undergraduate Student Resources. Campus access only

Launching Fall 25:
Bilingual sections of PHIL 1001

FOUNDATIONS IN PHILOSOPHY/FUNDAMENTOS EN FILOSOFÍA

Foundations FlyerBilingual section:
English and Spanish
PHIL 1001-102
TTh 2:00 - 3:15 PM
Dr. Stephanie Rivera Berruz

Prerequisites: Spanish proficiency, completion of SPAN 3001, or placement into SPAN 3005

To register: Email name (and MUID, if available) to the Philosophy Director of Undergraduate Studies

Questions: Email Dr. Stephanie Rivera Berruz 

Upcoming talks

Marquette Philosophy Department Colloquium

Hegelian Dialectic inPoster for Bloom colloquium talk
Kierkegaard’s Either-Or I
3:30pm, Mar 21, in MH105
Dr. Laurence Bloom
Senior Lecturer
Department of Philosophy
Rhodes University – South Africa


Humanities Research Colloquium

Title TBA
4:00pm, Apr 9, in MH105
Dr. Javiera Perez Gomez
Associate Professor
Department of Philosophy


Marquette Philosophy Department Colloquium

Augustine on Will: Some Contemporary Reflections
3:30pm, Apr 11, in MH105
Dr. James South
Professor
Department of Philosophy
Marquette University 


 

Department News

Taylor wins Aquinas medalOn 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 IPM Monthly! Read the article here.

Picture of EPP on Wisconsin Humanities websiteRecently 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! 

North American Spinoza Society Meeting imageDr. 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 Spring 2025 Department Reading Groups, go to the Events and Reading Groups page.

Love philosophy? Join the Philosophy Club! Email Bella DeRosa, President of the Philosophy Club.