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»

CALL FOR PAPERS: 11th GRADUATE PHILOSOPHY CONFERENCE

Andrea Staiti

The department welcomes
a new assistant professor:

Andrea Staiti (born in Milan, Italy) joins us from Albert Ludwigs Universität Freiburg (Germany), where he received his doctorate in February of 2009. This year he will offer a graduate seminar on Edmund Husserl's seminal text, Ideen II, as well as an elective course on 19th and 20th century philosophy. He will also teach in the interdisciplinary Perspectives in Western Culture Program. He is currently at conducting research on Husserl’s idea of a scientific philosophy and its import in the current philosophical debate. ...more»

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•Feb. 9: Boston Colloqium in Medieval Philosophy talk on "Philosophy as Desire: Thomas Aquinas and Henry of Ghent on Classical Wisdom" by Prof. Juan Carlos Flores (Providence College) ... more»

• Jan. 26: Boston Colloqium in Medieval Philosophy talk on "Grosseteste on the Filioque: Scotus and Harclay vs. Aquinas and Godfrey of Fontaines" by John Slotemaker, Ph.D. Candidate, Boston College ... more»

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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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