Editor’s note: First-year students, prospective students (and some of their parents) wonder and worry how they will handle the academic transition from high school to college. In a series of stories, ...

Agnes Callard doesn’t only study and teach philosophy—she lives it. Whether debating a friend over dinner, leading a late-night discussion in Hyde Park, or questioning her own beliefs in print, she ...

The Certificate in College Teaching for faculty is a non-credit online cohort-based program designed to help college instructors at all levels develop their teaching craft within a community of ...

In addition, Lindsay Brainard, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy, received the 2024 Article Prize from the American Philosophical Association for her article, “The Curious ...

Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung, professor of philosophy at Calvin, says this love took root during graduate school at Notre Dame. “I spent the first year of grad school wondering if I really liked ...

Peter Kreeft ’59 has been teaching philosophy at Boston College for more than 50 years and considers himself a matchmaker. “I love philosophy. It is the love of wisdom,” he said. “At Boston College, ...

“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 ...

When I began to teach philosophy at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas in 1999, I wondered whether such an environment might pose special challenges for teaching critical thinking. In the land of ...

Philosophy is completely dependent on philosophers, though the love of wisdom is not limited to those who write books and teach philosophy. This is both a necessity and a misfortune. We learn from ...