Over the summer, Matthew McKeon, Philosophy's Chair, published a new book, Arguments and Reason-Giving. In the book, Matt discusses "the uses of arguments to advance their premises as reasons for…
Taylor Mills, a graduate student for Philosophy, was the recipient of the MSU Outreach and Engagement Award for Community-Engaged Teaching and Learning 2024.
There have been three large themes in Fleck's recent published research and professional presentations: (1) abortion and the Dobbs decision; (2) public reason and bioethics; and (3) precision medicine, priority setting, and health care justice. All these themes represent engaged philosophy that aims to manage respectfully and thoughtfully the public discussion of controversial ethical and political issues.
This inaugural volume of Continental Philosophy and the History of Thought seeks to establish the tone for a series that explores the rich relationships between thinkers, schools of thought, and philosophical movements crucial for the evolution and development of Continental philosophy.
Professor Katz shows that there is much Aristotle can still teach us about friendship. For example, why is a parasocial relationship not a friendship? What are the different kinds of friendship, and are all of them valuable? And what does it take to maintain a friendship?
A research paper written by Heather Douglas, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Michigan State University, is being recognized as one of the most influential to ever be published by the…
As a member of the Boyer 2030 Commission, Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Director of Digital Humanities and Professor of English at Michigan State University, participated in the development of a national blueprint…
The College of Arts & Letters is saddened by the passing of one of its longest-serving faculty members, former Associate Professor of Philosophy, James Roper, who retired from Michigan State…