PHI 370/570 Love and Friendship Read more about PHI 370/570 Love and Friendship What's the difference between romance and friendship? How do we understand the tensions between loving particular others, such as our family members, and the moral demand to love all others as we love ourselves? Join Professor John Elia for this course where you'll become familiar with competing accounts of love and friendship, and analyze cultural expressions of love and friendship in the arts, sciences and media. PHI
David True Wins Luce Grant for 'Political Theology' Project The Henry R. Luce Foundation has awarded a $200,000 grant to the editors of the academic journal Political Theology— Wilson Associate Professor of Religion David True and Vincent Lloyd, associate professor of theology and religious studies at Villanova University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Read more about David True Wins Luce Grant for 'Political Theology' Project
Featured in Wilson Magazine: Eyes Opened A lesson in racism—past and present—for Wilson students during a trip to Selma. Read more about Featured in Wilson Magazine: Eyes Opened
PHI 240: Feminist Philosophy Read more about PHI 240: Feminist Philosophy A survey of recent feminist philosophy, focusing especially on feminist contributions to the areas of epistemology, ethics and philosophy of science. Special attention will be given to the ways in which feminist philosophy has challenged traditional philosophical methodology. Authors may include Annette Baier, Lorraine Code, Mary Daly, Allison Jaggar, Evelyn Fox Keller, Joyce Trebilcot and Nancy Tuana. WS
PHI 225: Modern Philosophy Read more about PHI 225: Modern Philosophy Explores major philosophical issues that have left a lasting impression on the Western cultural heritage, including detailed examination of the thought of Descartes, Hume, Kant and Hegel. HWC, WI
PHI 224: Ancient and Medieval Philosophy Read more about PHI 224: Ancient and Medieval Philosophy Explores major philosophical issues that have left a lasting imprint on Western cultural heritage, including detailed examination of the philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas. FWC, WI
PHI 222: Logic Read more about PHI 222: Logic Introductory course stressing "informal" methods of validating arguments and the formal proof procedures of symbolic logic. FT
PHI 121: Ethics Read more about PHI 121: Ethics Classical and contemporary theories of ethics and values, with applications to practical problems. Brief introduction to metaethics. ETH
PHI 120: World Philosophy Read more about PHI 120: World Philosophy An introduction to philosophy, focusing on figures and texts of global origin and significance. Drawing from both western and nonwestern sources, we will explore enduring contributions to thinking about the human condition. NWC, HWC