• Philosophy Courses In Spring 2010
  The Philosophy Department will be offering four new courses in Spring 2010. Among them will be "Philosophy of Time Travel", taught by Professor Goldberg.
• Prof. Melina Bell Featured In The Chronicle Of Higher Education
  Prof. Melina Bell is featured in an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education entitled "Bodybuilding Professors Outmuscle the Stereotype".
• Philosophy Department at Academic Fair
  The Philosophy Department hosted a "Philosophy stand" at the Academic Fair for first-year students on Stemmons Plaza on Monday, September 7.
• Mathews Awarded Edward Lee Pinney Prize
  Emmy Mathews ('11), a double major in Philosophy and Business Administration, has been awarded the Edward Lee Pinney Prize for 2009 by W&L.
• Bell Wins Two Bodybuilding Titles
  Prof. Melina Bell has won two titles at the 30th Annual IART Hercules Bodybuilding & Fitness Championships Pro-Qualifier in New York.
• Hockensmith Awarded Scholarship
  Adam Hockensmith ('08), a double major in Philosophy and Politics, has been awarded a Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholarship to attend Yale Law School.
• Gregory's Book Reviewed
  Prof. Paul Gregory's book on Quine is reviewed in the Notre Dame Philosophical Review.
• Philosophy Professors Featured In Women's History Month
  Prof. Melina Bell and Prof. Florentien Verhage are both featured in "W&L Faculty Recall Their Heroines" as part of Women's History Month in 2009.
• Philosophy Majors Participate In SSA 2009
  Philosophy majors participated in a variety of sessions at the 2009 Science, Society and the Arts undergraduate conference at W&L on February 27.
• Granvil George Chosen For Oxford Exchange
  Granvil George ('11), a double major in Philosophy and Neuroscience and a University Scholar, has been chosen as the University College, Oxford, exchange student for 2009-2010.
• Summer Philosophy Institutes
  Find out about Summer Institutes in Philosophy in 2009 -- at the University of Colorado at Boulder, at Rutgers University, and at Penn State.
• Philosophy Majors In Ethics Bowl
  Philosophy majors Robin Zheng ('09), Gayle Hubbard ('09), Granvil George ('11), and Beth Valentine ('11), competed in the 2009 VFIC Ethics Bowl 2009, which was held at W&L.
• Philosophy Alumnus Speaks In Lee Chapel
  Jack Goldsmith, class of '84 philosophy major, and Henry L. Shattuck Professor of Law at Harvard University Law School, addressed the annual Founders' Day/Omicron Delta Kappa Convocation on Monday, January 19, in Lee Chapel.
• Philosophy Alumnus Publishes Book on Travels
  Philosophy major Alex Gould ('08) has published a book titled "Stoked on Life: In Pursuit of Adventure, Discovery, and the Endless Adrenaline Rush", documenting his around the world quest for the best in extreme sports experiences.
• Professor Emeritus publishes "The Buddha Meets Socrates"
  Harrison J. Pemberton, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, has published a new book entitled "The Buddha Meets Socrates". It is the journal of his travels to the Himalayan foothills of India to become the private tutor of one the highest lamas in Tibetan Buddhism, the young 17th Karmapa.
• Mahon Draws Distinction Between Lies and Exaggerations in Political Campaigns
  Charging political candidates with lying is an extremely serious charge, and judging them to be telling lies rather than exaggerating requires meeting a very high standard, according to James Mahon, a W&L philosophy professor who has defined lying for the Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
• Robin Zheng selected for Colorado Philosophy Seminar
  Robin Zheng ('09) has been selected for the Colorado Summer Seminar in Philosophy at the University of Colorado.
• Bell Published in the Journal of the Philosophy of Sport
  Assistant Professor Melina Bell has a new article, "Strength in Muscle and Beauty in Integrity: Building a Body for Her," in the May 2008 issue of the Journal of the Philosophy of Sport.
• Goldberg and Verhage Among New Faculty in the College for 2008-09
  The College has announced fourteen new faculty members, including two new members of the Philosophy Department: Nathaniel Goldberg and Florentien Verhage.
• "In a New Generation of College Students, Many Opt for the Life Examined"
  Read the New York Times article on philosophy as an undergraduate major from April 6, 2008.

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