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Department of Philosophy

Learn to ask deeper questions and evaluate the world around you.

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Major in thinking.

Explore the fundamental issues that humans have faced throughout our existence. In this major, you'll learn how to dissect complex arguments using logic, analytical reasoning and problem-solving skills that are valuable in any career.

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Department of Philosophy

Green Honors Chair Keynote Speaker, Rhonda V. Magee speaking on Mindfulness

Leading with mindfulness herself for over twenty years, Rhonda Magee has explored the healing power of mindfulness, especially for diversity, equity, and inclusion. Magee is a Professor of Law at the University of San Fransisco where she is integrating mindfulness into law, social work, and higher education. She is a Fellow at the Mind and Life Institute and serves as a mentor for a number of contemplative organizations, including the Holistic Life Foundation, Mindfulness in Law Society, and the Brown Center for Mindfulness. Magee is also the author of The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities through Mindfulness. Magee will introduce mindfulness as the approach to confront our world's most pressing concerns. March 29-30, 2023

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Recent Publications

The Perils of Parsimony

William Roche

Freedom and the Fact of Reason

Richard Galvin

Meeting the Eliminitivist Burden

Kelly McCormick

Is Evidence of Evidence Evidence? Screening-Off vs. No-Defeaters

William Roche

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