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MANDAL: Hot Hearts and Cooler Heads

By Ayan Mandal August 30, 2016

Like many intellectual disciplines, the study of biology can be traced back to the Greek philosopher Aristotle. A true empiricist, Aristotle relied not on speculation but on dissections of organisms...

Philosopher Discusses the Baby Lottery

By Owen Eagan February 5, 2015

Philosopher Jake Earl (GRD ’12) questioned the idea that parents have the moral right to raise their own children in the latest installment of the weekly Friday Bioethics Series in the Bioethics Research...

Non-Conformity and Its Discontents

Non-Conformity and Its Discontents

By Ayan Mandal November 19, 2014

“Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation; but of the adopted talent of another you have only an extemporaneous...

An Apology for Scientific Theism

An Apology for Scientific Theism

By Ayan Mandal October 22, 2014

Attacks on religious belief have recently come on two fronts: a political front and an intellectual front. The political front particularly targets Islamist extremism and generalizes it to the entire...

In Defense of the Humanities

By Ayan Mandal September 24, 2014

Last October, the New York Times published an article addressing the decline of humanities programs across the country (available here). The article discusses how in light of economic collapse and a rise...

CARLSON: Examining What Is and What Ought to Be

By Kent Carlson April 4, 2014

Recently, there seems to be a glorification of science, mathematics, engineering and technology fields in academic circles. From federal funding for engineering programs to Nate Silver’s new website...

Philosophers Differ in Defining Moral Certainty

By Ashley Miller March 4, 2014

Associate professor of theology Terrence Reynolds discussed the ambiguity of moral certainty in a world of diverse perceptions for the 40th anniversary lecture of the Liberal Studies Program in the...

Bieber: Lets Talk About It

Bieber: Let’s Talk About It

By Emma Holland and Emma Holland January 30, 2014

Justin Bieber has officially gone off the deep end, and I want to talk about it because I don't want to do my philosophy reading. Instead, let's philosophize about the Biebz. I have to say that I have...

When One Door Opens, Another One Closes...

When One Door Opens, Another One Closes…

By Julia Kieserman and Julia Kieserman November 21, 2013

Sometimes, when you're having a bad day, you start to ponder the big questions. The meaning of life, where you will be in ten years, what to eat for dinner, etc. All the head scratchers. So, like anyone...

Ethics Class Website Finds Niche Audience

By Katie Shaffer November 15, 2013

In his spare time, philosophy professor Madison Powers made a website at the end of last year to supplement his teaching on environmental justice. While many such sites might include an assortment of...

Spicing It Up With Star Trek

Spicing It Up With Star Trek

By KP and KP October 16, 2013

With midterms underway and piles upon piles of readings and problem sets to do, you might not be that happy with Georgetown classes. But according to The Daily Beast, there are classes here to change your...

Get a Daily Dose of Philosophy This ‘Flu Season’

By Maura Hohman March 28, 2012

Opening this Wednesday, March 28 in Walsh Black Box Theater, “The Flu Season” proves to be a delightfully perplexing fusion of meta-theater and love story. The play is narrated by a Prologue and...

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