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Philosophy
The Department of Philosophy at Washington University has strengths in contemporary philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of science and in ethics and social-political philosophy. It offers experts in all of these areas. Faculty teach in terms of three major themes: Naturalism & Normativity, The Social Individual, and The Embodied Mind. These are areas in which the department is not only on the cutting edge of philosophical debates, but also has overlapping and complementary interests that create an atmosphere that is very conducive to collaboration and conversation.
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Prominent figure in American letters
William H. Gass wins 2007 Truman Capote Award for 'A Temple of Texts'
April 24,
2007 -- "A Temple of Texts" by William H. Gass, Ph.D., the David May Distinguished University Professor Emeritus in the Humanities in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, is the 2007 winner of the $30,000 Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism in Memory of Newton Arvin. The Capote Award, the largest annual cash prize for literary criticism in the English language, is administered for the Truman Capote Estate by the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa.
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One of 20 selected nationwide
Marlow named to USA Today's All-USA College Academic First Team
Feb. 15,
2007 --
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Jeffrey J. Marlow, a senior in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, is one of 20 students nationwide named to the 2007 All-USA College Academic First Team, USA Today's recognition program for outstanding undergraduates. Two other Washington University students were named to the third team and one student received honorable mention, resulting in Washington University tying with the University of Alabama for the most students selected in the newspaper's competition.
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If in need, hope for happy people around
One's circumstance and mood can impact moral behavior
April 6,
2006 --
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Do you consider yourself a moral person? Most of us do. But what is it exactly that makes us moral beings? A philosopher at Washington University in St. Louis thinks that circumstance and mood often have an extraordinary impact on how people behave, no matter what kind of character they may appear to have. Or, in other words, seemingly Sweet Sally may turn into Selfish Sally if in a foul mood. More ...
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William H. Gass
Distinguished University Professor Emeritus in the Humanities
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Expertise: Literary criticism, writing, philosophy
Media assistance: (314) 935-5235 / nschoenherr@wustl.edu
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Mark Rollins
Chair of Philosophy in Arts & Sciences
Rollins academic interests include topics at the intersection of aesthetics and cognitive science. Those include theories of picture perception, the role of attention in aesthetic experience and a cognitive psychology of artistic style.
Expertise: aesthetics, cognitive science
Direct contact: (314) 935-6873
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mark@wustl.edu
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Claude Evans
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Evans is currently working in the field of environmental ethics. He recently completed a book called Life Lives From Life: The Environmental Ethics of Participation in Nature. The book challenges ethical positions that tend to remove humans from interaction with natural processes. It specifically ...
Expertise: Derrida, environmental ethics, Existentialism, fishing, hunting, Husserl, Kant, …
Direct contact: (314) 935-6684
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cevans@twinearth.wustl.edu
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Marilyn Friedman
Professor of Philosophy
Friedman's interests include ethics and political philosophy, especially topics of women's issues and multiculturalism. Her most recent book is titled Autonomy, Gender, Politics and defends the importance of autonomy for women, with a focus on social issues such as domestic violence and women's situation ...
Expertise: ethics, feminist theory, political philosophy, social philosophy, women's issues
Direct contact: (314) 935-6640
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friedman@artsci.wustl.edu
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Larry May
Professor of Philosophy
May's long-term research concerns the theory of moral and legal responsibility, especially the concepts of collective responsibility, guilt and shame. He has authored several books on this general theme as well as books on professional ethics, masculinity and medical ethics. He is currently working ...
Expertise: ethics, philosophy of law, political philosophy, social philosophy
Media assistance: (314) 935-5235 / nschoenherr@wustl.edu
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Why we want to believe in God
Seattle Times
Nov. 28,
2005 -- Religion used to be ascribed to a wish to escape mortality by invoking an afterlife or to feel less alone in the world. Now, some anthropologists and psychologists suspect that religious belief is what Pascal Boyer of WUSTL calls in a 2003 paper "a predictable byproduct of ordinary cognitive function."
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Deep Thought, Quantified
Chronicle of Higher Education
May 18,
2005 -- A rise in the rankings can be as much a boon to a department's mood as it is to its bottom line. After WUSTL hired three prominent philosophers and climbed from outside the top 50 to No. 36 last year, graduate applications to the philosophy program skyrocketed. For this coming fall, applications are up by more than 70 percent.
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