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Founding of an undergraduate philosophical journal: DIANOIA. This new journal is intended to encourage Boston College undergraduates to discuss and share their work in the liberal arts on a philosophical basis. DIANOIA is committed to liberal arts education and seeks to inspire and promote philosophical conversation and a rational search for knowledge. Organizing this new initiative are Lucia Kim, Kyle Kavanaugh, and Nate Sanders.
Professor Oliva Blanchette has won a first place 2011 Catholic Book Award in the category of biography by the Catholic Press Association (CPA) of the U.S. and Canada. More
Professor Rémi Brague, from the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and the Ludwig-Maximilian Universität of Munich, holds, during Fall 11, the Gadamer visiting chair. He will be gving, from September 15 to October 26 a grad/undergrad course on "Aquinas' doctrine of Providence" and a grad seminar on "The legitimacy of mankind".
Professor Jeff Bloechl has received the title of Honorary Professor of Philosophy in the Australian Catholic University.
Christopher Sheridan, a biochemistry and philosophy major in BC’s College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program, has been awarded a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.
Professor Jeffrey Hanson has taken up a tenure-track appointment at the Australian Catholic University.
Lynn Purcell, doctoral student, has received a tenure track position at SUNY Cortlan.
Elyse Purcell will be giving two Ethics classes at Le Moyne college.
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Caring, vulnerability, and community
VIDEO FROM FRONT ROW
Marina McCoy, the Fitzgibbon Chair in Philosophy, discusses approaches to understanding the relationship between society and “vulnerable.”
VIDEO FROM FRONT ROW Robert Wood of the University of Dallas delivers a talk about the work of modern ordinary language philosopher John Searle.
VIDEO FROM @BC
A camera crew came to St. Mary's Hall to film a dinner conversation between William Richardson, S.J., and three eminent philosopher friends.
alumni profile
How does political change occur? Why is it so difficult to make the world a just place? These are questions of particular interest to Serena Parekh, Ph.D. ’05 “The most important reason I chose to focus on philosophy was because I found it to be the best way to think about the political questions that I found so pressing.” More
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First-year Ph.D. candidates
Ten students from all over the world entered the department's doctoral program this year, all with different reasons for choosing Boston College.