Philosophy Department - Boston College

The department offers a broad program of courses in the history and problems of philosophy, allowing for concentration in various areas. ... more»

The Department is pleased to welcome Professor Günter Figal, the Fall 2008 Gadamer Distinguished Visiting Professor. Prof. Figal teaches at the univerity of Freiburg-im-Brisgau (Germany), and has published over 20 books on Gadamer, Heidegger,
hermeneutics, and social and political philosophy. He is offering at BC a graduate seminar on "Being and Space" as well as a course on
"Aesthetics as Phenomenology."

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	Publications	Grad activities	Incoming

• Oct. 27: Prof. D. Maher (Assumption College) on "Contemplative Friendship in Nicomachean Ethics" ... more»

• Oct. 6: Prof. M. Hoenen (Freiburg) will deliver a lecture on "Contradiction or Possibility: Late Medieval Debates on the Eternity of the World" ... more»

• Sept. 28: Second BC Annual Workshop on Contemporary Philosophy: "Merleau-Ponty" ... more»

• Sept. 19: The first Bradley lecture of the year will be delivered by our current Gadamer Visiting Professor, G. Figal, on "Politics and Philosophical Education: Re-reading Plato's Republic" ... more»

• Prof. R. Kearney will appear in episodes of the series featured by CNBC, "The Irish Mind", aired from Sept. 22 to Oct. 20 ... more»

• Sept. 12: "Healing the Wounded Word: Petrarch and Books", a lecture delivered by Prof. F. Dupuigrenet Desroussilles (Florida State Univ.) ... more»

• Prof. J.-L. Solère has edited, with L. Brisson and M.-H. Congourdeau, L'Embryon: Formation et Animation. Antiquité grecque et latine, traditions hébraïques, chrétienne et islamique, Paris, Vrin.

• Prof. Brian Braman has published Meaning and Authenticity: Bernard Lonergan and Charles Taylor on the Drama of Authentic Human Existence, Toronto university Press.

Earlier events ...»

The program allows concentration in the following areas:continental European philosophy from Kant to the present, medieval philosophy, social and political philosophy, and philosophy of science. ... more»

With over 350 majors and 60 minors the undergraduate program is designed to provide the opportunity for open-ended inquiry and reflection on the most fundamental questions about ourselves, our world, and our destiny. ... more»


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