Early Career Research Spotlight: Becky Vartabedian
This edition of the Early Career Research Spotlight focuses on Becky Vartabedian. She is Assistant Professor in the Philosophy department at Regis University in...
What Are You Reading…On Thinking Globally
This past week I took two exciting trips. A delegation from Fort Hays State University came to China to evaluate the program here with...
Does Neuroscience Say Madonna is a Material Girl?
In her 1985 hit song Material Girl, Madonna summed up the prevailing view in philosophy of mind: “We are living in a material world...
What Are You Reading…On Wonder
The idea that philosophy begins with wonder is credited to several Ancient Greek philosophers, and has been held since that time by many other...
What Are You Reading…On Children
At the place where I’m living—the International Teachers Apartments at SIAS University—children hold a prominent place. Many who teach here are raising families, and...
Early Career Research Spotlight: Katie Stockdale
This edition of the Early Career Research Spotlight focuses on the work of Katie Stockdale. Katie is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Sam...
What Are You Reading…On Music
The experience of music is, at its best, a transcendental one. Music takes you beyond your everyday experience into a world that you may...
Cinematic Nihilism
Cultural critics commonly warn against the dangers of nihilism. Associated with the decline and decay of our highest values, nihilism traditionally has been treated...
What Are You Reading…On Eastern Thought
Since arriving in China, I’ve had the chance to see up close what multiple books I read to prepare for coming told me: that...
Philosophy in the Contemporary World: The Disordered Soul and Presidency of Donald J. Trump
By chance the 2016 presidential season found me teaching a course I regularly offer called "Person and Society." The animating idea behind the course...