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»


Fall 07:Pr. Jeffrey Bloechl joins the department as Associate Professor ...more »		The Department welcomes Professor William Desmond, the 2008 Gadamer Distinguished Visiting Professor ...more»

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• May 9: "Amicitia in the Manipulus florum of Thomas of Ireland: Flowers from Ancient Gardens", a lecture by Prof. J. McEvoy (Belfast) ... more»

• Apr. 29: Prof. Jim Bernauer has been appointed Director of the Center for Christian-Jewish Learning.

• Apr. 29: J. Burmeister, N. DeRoo, L. Purcell & E. Stackle to receive the D. J. White Teaching Excellence Award ... more»

• Apr. 28: Fr. Paul McNellis to receive the Mary Kaye Waldron award ... more»

• Apr. 25: Prof. J. Brough (Georgetown University) on "Consciousness is Not a Bag: Immanence, Transcendence, and Constitution in Husserl's Idea of Phenomenology" ... more»

• Apr. 24: "Deathly Silence: Faith and Phenomenology in Kierkegaard, Heidegger and Derrida", by Prof. J. Russon (Guelph) ... more»

• Apr. 18: Prof. Th. S. Hibbs ( Baylor University) on "How to Begin to Study Thomas Aquinas" ... more»

• Apr. 17: Critique and discussion led by Prof. B. Babich (Fordham) of "The Ister", Barison and Ross' documentary based on Heidegger's reading of Hölderlin's hymn "Der Ister" ... more»

• Apr. 17: "Aquinas on Conflict, Self-Knowledge and the Perils of Practical Reason", by Prof. Th. S. Hibbs ( Baylor University) ... more»

• Apr. 16: "Interreligious dialogue and the Catholic Intellectual Traditions": a debate organized by Prof. R. Kearney ... more»

• Apr. 16: Heidegger symposium: "The Ereignis of the Abyss" ... 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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