In Memoriam: Oliva Blanchette

June 27, 2021

A professor emeritus of philosophy who taught at BC from 1964 through 2019 has died at age 92.

A culture too out of touch

April 01, 2021

New books by Philosophy Professor Richard Kearney highlight the need for physical touch and radical hospitality.

World Congress

September 27, 2018

A conference led by Joseph Professor of Catholic Philosophy Dermot Moran draws some 8,000 scholars from more than 120 countries.

Joseph Professor of Catholic Philosophy

September 25, 2017

UCD's Dermot Moran, a specialist in phenomenology and medieval philosophy, joins BC this fall.

December 13, 2016

Philosophy Professor Emeritus William Richardson, S.J., author of a seminal study on Heidegger, has died at age 96.

Top 20 for philosophy

November 04, 2016

BC's Philosophy Department ranks 19th among U.S. programs in a survey by Great Value Colleges.

Double remembrance

July 09, 2016

Philosophy's Richard Kearney on commemorating the two Irish centenaries of 2016.

Ethical discernment

May 18, 2016

Self-appropriation can lead to objective judgments of value, Professor of Philosophy Patrick Byrne contends in his new book.

Pathfinders

July 10, 2015

The students of a new philosophy course, “Self-Knowledge and Discernment: The Experience of Pilgrimage,” walk Spain’s Camino de Santiago.