Colleges should require all students to take two philosophy courses, argues Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner: one on "the big questions of life" and the other on "how reflective human beings have been asking such questions for millenia."
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Graduating Philosophy students were awarded the Francis W. Gramlich Philosophy Prize and the Story Philosophy Prize at the Department's Commencement Breakfast on June 10.
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"Consent is not a one-time deal," explains Professor Susan Brison in Kasandra Brabaw's article, "Is It Possible To 'Pre-Consent' To Drunk Sex?" in Refinery29, a digital-media publication for next-generation women.
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Welcome to Professors Amie Thomasson and Peter Lewis, who joined the Department of Philosophy this year.
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Emily Esfahani Smith '09 - who majored in Philosophy at Dartmouth - is the author of The Power of Meaning: Finding Fulfillment in a World Obsessed with Happiness (Crown, 2017).
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Congratulations to Professsor Samuel Levey, whose article, "The Paradox of Sufficient Reason,"was selected for The Philosopher's Annual as one of the ten best articles published in philosophy in 2016.
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Congratulations to Professor Amie Thomasson, who has just been awarded the American Philosophical Association's 2017 Sanders Book Prize for her book, Ontology Made Easy (Oxford University Press).
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Congratulations to Associate Professor of Philosophy David Plunkett, who just received the John M. Manley Huntington Award for Newly Tenured Faculty from the Faculty of Arts & Sciences.
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Professor Walden has won the inaugural Arthur Danto Prize for his paper "Art and Moral Revolution". More here.
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Professor Lewis, who joins the department next fall, talks about quantum mechanics, poached eggs, and his new book at 3AM Magazine.
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