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Department of Philosophy Faculty

Department Chair

Andrew Fiala

University of California, Los Angeles, B.A; CSU Long Beach, MA; Vanderbilt University, Ph.D.

Email | website | Phone: (559) 278-2124

 

Faculty Listing

Pedro Amaral

University of Pittsburgh, M.A., Ph.D.

Research Interests: Logic, Philosophy of Mind, Modern Philosophy

Email | website | Phone: (559) 278-7644

Mariana Anagnostopoulos

University of California, Irvine M.A., Ph.D.

Research Interests: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Ethics, Moral Psychology, Theory of Action

Email | Phone: (559) 278-6329

Karen Bell

Boston University A.B.; University of Kansas M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.

Research Interests: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Philosophy of Law

Email | Phone: (559) 278-4939

Ann Berliner

Goddard College B.A.; California State University, Sonoma M.A.; Graduate Theological Union Ph.D.

Research Interests: Indian Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Comparative Religion

Email | Phone: (559) 278-5654

Vincent Biondo

University of California, San Diego B.A.; San Diego State University, M.A; University of California, Santa Barbara, Ph.D.

Research Interests: Western Religious Traditions, Islam in the U.S. and Britain, Religion and the Practice of Daily Life

Email |website | Phone: (559) 278-6644

 

Alicia Hall

Michigan State University, B.A.; University of Minnesota, M.A., Ph.D.

Research Interests: Ethics, Bioethics & Moral Psychology

Email | Phone: (559) 278-2816

Thomas Higgins

Drew University, B.A.; Graduate Theological Union, M.A.; University of Virginia, Ph.D.

Research Interests: Contemporary Ethics and Cultural Theory

Email | Phone: (559) 278-5376

Barbara LaBossiere

The Ohio State University, M.A.; Florida State University, Ph.D.

Research Interests: Ethics, Political Philosophy, Hume, Philosophy of Law

Email | Phone: (559) 278-8876

Chunghyoung Lee

Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea B.A.; University of Minnesota Ph.D.

Research Interests: philosophy of science, philosophy of physics, logic

Email | Phone: (559) 278-8618

Robert Maldonado

University of California, Davis A.B.; Jesuit School of Theology, Berkeley S.T.L.; Graduate Theological Union M.S./ Ph.D.

Research Interests: Religion, Hermeneutics, Feminism

Email | Phone: (559) 278-2879

Leonard Olson

University of California, Davis Ph.D.

Research Interests: Marxism, Religion

Email | Phone: (559) 278-6069

Terry Winant

Reed College B.A.; Claremont Graduate School Ph.D.

Research Interests: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Language, Feminism

Email | website | Phone: (559) 278-3631


Emeritus Faculty

Don Blakeley

California State University, Fresno B.A.; University of Hawaii M.A., Ph.D.

Research Interests: Comparative (Asian/Western), Ancient Greek and Roman, Philosophy of Religion, Chinese Philosophy

 

Hague Foster 

University of Chicago B.A., Ph.D.

Research Interests:  Social Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Marxism

Warren Kessler

University of Wisconsin M.A., Ph.D.

Research Interests: Ethics, Social Philosophy, Political Philosophy

Jack Pitt

Research Interests: Marxism

James Slinger

University of Wisconsin B.S., Ph.D.


Research Interests: Logic, Philosophy of Language, Epistemology

James Smith

Research Interests:  Ethics, Philosophy of Religion, Social Philosophy

 

Model Syllabi (after GE audit Spring 09)

Area C2

Phil 1

Phil 2

Phil 10

Phil 20

Area IC

Phil 120

Phil 150

Phil 151