Philosophy Department

Numerous documentaries have attempted to create a diverse portrait of the United States of America, but none has ever achieved this solely by boarding our country's busiest long-distance train, the Empire Builder. In the documentary "In Transit," filmmakers Lynn True, Nelson…

Philosophy scholars at Baylor University have received a $1.5 million grant to investigate religious beliefs in order to “shed new light on faith,” according to a news release about the three-year study.

The gift from the Templeton Religion Trust will finance “The…

Fanciful ideas of time travel to the past were dispelled by modern philosopher Ned Markosiah at Tuesday night’s “Philosophy Today” lecture.

“So my argument is that time travel to the past is not possible if a certain theory of time is true. Namely, the dynamic…

Colin McGinn is towering above Miami Beach.

The prominent British philosopher, who was considered a star hire by the University of Miami several years ago, is sitting on the deck of his penthouse condo as waves crash onto the shore 43 floors below.
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Simon Blackwell, vice president of technology and digital gaming at Wizards of the Coast LLC and an alumnus of Western Washington University, will address graduates and their families at the university’s fall commencement at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 15, in WWU’s Carver Gym.
Blackwell…