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Richard Kearney debates God
What kind of faith, if any, can be proclaimed after the ravages of the Holocaust and the many religion-based terrors since? In the new book Reimagining the Sacred (Columbia University Press, 2015), Seelig Professor of Philosophy Richard Kearney debates God … Continue reading
Do Guns Make Us Free?
One of the most emotionally charged debates in the United States centers on the Second Amendment and the rights of citizens to bear arms. In his new book, Do Guns Make Us Free?: Democracy and the Armed Society (Yale University … Continue reading
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Tagged America, constitution, gun control, Philosophy Department
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Naturalizing Heidegger
In Naturalizing Heidegger: His Confrontation with Nietzsche, His Contributions to Environmental Philosophy (State University of New York Press, 2015), Assistant Professor of the Practice of Philosophy David Storey proposes a new interpretation of Heidegger’s importance for environmental philosophy. Primarily drawing on Heidegger’s … Continue reading
The art and thought of Paul Klee
Frederick J. Adelmann, SJ, Professor of Philosophy John Sallis has written a book that provides a philosophical perspective on the relation between artist Paul Klee’s work and his thought. Klee once said that “art does not reproduce the visible but makes visible.” … Continue reading
In honor of Richard Cobb-Stevens
Philosophy Professor Emeritus Richard Cobb-Stevens’ work in phenomenological philosophy, analytic philosophy and the history of philosophy has served as model for generations of philosophers working between these three fields of research. As a tribute to Cobb-Stevens, several leading experts in phenomenological philosophy … Continue reading
His final book
The newly published Domination and Global Political Justice: Conceptual, Historical and Institutional Perspectives (Routledge, 2015) is the final publication from Jonathan Trejo-Mathys, an assistant professor of philosophy who died from cancer in 2014. Trejo-Mathys served as the book’s editor, along with Barbara Buckinx … Continue reading
The wisdom of Aquinas
In his new book, Practical Theology: Spiritual Direction from Saint Thomas Aquinas (Ignatius Press, 2014), Boston College Professor of Philosophy Peter Kreeft brings together more than 350 useful, everyday insights from Aquinas’ masterpiece the Summa Theologiae and pairs them with his own commentary in order to … Continue reading
Vulnerability as a virtue
In her newest book, Wounded Heroes: Vulnerability as a Virtue in Ancient Greek Literature and Philosophy (Oxford University Press, 2013), Boston College Associate Professor of Philosophy Marina Berzins McCoy examines ways in which Greek epic, tragedy, and philosophy can lead readers to consider their … Continue reading
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Tagged Aristotle, Greece, Philosophy Department, Plato
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Kristeva on Saint Teresa of Avila
Julia Kristeva, professor emeritus at the University of Paris VII Diderot, will give a talk on her book, Therese, My Love, on Oct. 16 at 12:30 p.m. in the Heights Room in Corcoran Commons. Kristeva, whose writings on semiotics and psychoanalysis … Continue reading
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Tagged feminism, France, humanities, Philosophy Department, Theology Dept.
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The enigma of Anselm
Anselm of Canterbury is the subject of the newest book by Professor of Philosophy Eileen C. Sweeney, who explores the link between the emotional and spiritual Anselm, present in his letters and prayers, and the intellectual Anselm, evident in his … Continue reading
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