Welcome to the Department of Philosophy
IN MEMORIAM: DR. JAMES BRADLEY |
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Professor James Bradley, Head of the Philosophy Department, Memorial University passed away on Thursday May 17, 2012 after being seriously ill for the past five months. He will be greatly missed. Funeral services will take place Monday, May 21, at 9:30 am at the Basilica, Military Road. Interment will follow at the Anglican Cemetery, Forest Road. No flowers by request. Donations can be made to a charity of one's choice. |
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STUDENTS: Kyla Bruff, who graduated 2011 with her B.A. Honours in Philosophy recently won the prestigious and lucrative Erasmus Mundus Scholarship, allowing her to do graduate study in Europe for two years. Students from the Philosophy Department have won this scholarship for three years in a row, since 2010, starting with Kyla's cousin, Joseph Carew, who was the first Memorial student to win it, as well as Steven Woodworth in 2011. For more on the scholarship and our three winners, see this article in today.mun.ca. For more on Joe as the inaugural winner, see another article in today.mun.ca. |
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FACULTY: Sean McGrath recently received the 2012 Dean of Arts Award for Distinguished Scholarship for "a body of published scholarly work of a standard sufficient to have brought greater national or international recognition to the Faculty of Arts." He has most recently published his fourth book, The Dark Ground of Spirit: Schelling and the Unconscious, the first of two volumes on the unconscious. Stay tuned for a book launch/reception next fall featuring The Dark Ground of Spirit and other books by departmental faculty: Peter Gratton, The State of Sovereignty: Lessons from the Political Fictions of Modernity and Arthur Sullivan, Reference and Structure in the Philosophy of Language: A Defense of the Russellian Orthodoxy. |
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Memorial's Department of Philosophy offers a thriving intellectual community where students are invited to explore the nature and problems of human existence and human thought.
What is philosophy?
As a discipline, philosophy is concerned with the age-old questions of why we are here, how we ought to live, what is knowledge and what are the principles of reason, and ultimately, what is the essential nature, if any, of being human.
Exploring these questions is a lot more than fun: the study of philosophy develops your intellectual abilities. Beyond the knowledge and skills required for any particular profession, a good philosophical education enhances the capacity to participate responsibly and intelligently in public life.
Philosophy majors also develop finely honed analytical skills, problem-solving abilities, and writing skills that make them extremely effective in a variety of professional careers.
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