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“At the root of it all, all of us want to see our students succeed,” says Keith Fennen, associate teacher professor in the philosophy department, as he discusses his time participating in the Howe ...

I don’t know any academic field whose writing regularly indulges in sentence structure as complex as in analytic philosophy. I don’t know any academic field whose writing regularly indulges in ...

For Americans of my generation doing philosophical aesthetics, Arthur Danto (1924-2013) was the key figure. He became famous because he offered a system defining art and linking it to other activities ...

Philosophy is a fascinating field - but it can also be intimidating. The subject demands clear logic, patience, and a willingness to question everything. Whether it's Aristotle's ethics or modern ...

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At age 10, Dylan Housego’s father threw him off a 30-foot cliff. Joining in on the family swim in such a way helped him realize that fear can keep people from achieving their full potential, and now ...

The Writing Program at Western Illinois University recognizes writing as influenced by complex intuitive, cognitive, rhetorical, social, and ecological processes that develop through social ...

Your beliefs about teaching and learning influence many of the decisions you make as an instructor. Defining your philosophy helps you make thoughtful choices about how you design and teach your ...

In this Dec. 13, 2016, file photo, Kanye West enters Trump Tower in New York. A new course at Washington University in St. Louis is focused on the world of Kanye West. The course titled "Politics of ...