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PHILOSOPHY

120  Introduction to Philosophy
210 Symbolic Logic
222 Ethics
241 Ancient Philosophy
243 Medieval Philosophy
245 Early Modern Philosophy
247 Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Philosophy
250 Environmental Philosophy
251 Philosophy of Psychology
252 Philosophy of Technology
253 Philosophy of Religion
255 Social and Political Philosophy
257 Bio-Ethics and Social Justice
259 Medical Ethics
261 Islamic Philosophy, Theology, and Mysticism
(Also religion 261)
263 Latin American Philosophy
265 Feminist Philosophy
267 West African Philosophy: Akan Ethics
271 Race, Gender, Identity, and Moral Knowledge
311 American Pragmatism
313 Philosophy of Science
323 Tibetan Buddhist Thought
351 Epistemology
353 Metaphysics
370. Seminar
381-384 Independent Study.
386-388 Field Study.
400 - 401. Honors
190-199, 290-299, 390-399. Special Topics.

Student research is encouraged through independent study and Honors projects. Recent Honors theses in philosophy include “A Discourse on the Philosophy of Animal Rights,” “Hermann Hesse and Friedrich Nietzsche: A Philosophical Exploration,” and a study concerning whether objectivity is possible. The department sponsors the Philosophy Club, and off-campus opportunities are available through study with philosophers from other LVAIC institutions.

BERNARDO CANTEÑS

Associate Professor; Chair of the Department of Philosophy

EDUCATION: B.A. & M.A., Florida International University; B.A. in Philosophy, Florida International University; M.A. & Ph.D., University of Miami

INTERESTS: Historical: Medieval philosophy and Modern Philosophy. Systematic: Metaphysics, Epistemology, American Pragmatism, Latin American Philosophy and Hispanic/Latino Issues

CAROL J. MOELLER

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

EDUCATION: B.A., Oberlin College, M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

INTERESTS: Ethics, philosophy of gender and race, and cultural studies.

ARASH NARAGHI

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

EDUCATION: M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, CA. Thesis: “Alvin planting’s Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism”; Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara, CA.

INTERESTS: Normative Ethics, Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Rights, Philosophy of Religion and Medieval Philosophy.

Frederick McConnell