Welcome to the Department of Philosophy!

Just Added to Fall 25 Schedule!

PHIL 4335 – Biomedical Ethics (3 cr.)

TTh 2pm-3:15pm | Dr. Valentine

PHIL4335 poster
MCC theme: Basic Needs and Justice
Concentration: Philosophy for the Health Professions
Concentration: Ethics, Values, and Society
 

INCG 2010 / PHIL 2010 –
Introduction to Cognitive Science
(3 cr.) 

Section section now open!
TTh 3:30pm-4:45pm | Dr. Capone 
TTh 5pm-6:15pm | Dr. Capone

INCG PHIL 2010 posterMCC theme: Cognition, Memory & Intelligence
Concentration: Philosophy for the Health Professions
 

PHIL 1001-102 –
Foundations in Philosophy
Fundamentos en Filosofía (3 cr.)

Bilingual sections launch Fall 2025!
TTh 2pm-3:15pm | Dr. Rivera Berruz

Prerequisites: Spanish proficiency or completion of SPAN 3001 or placement into SPAN 3005

To register: Email name (and MUID, if available) to the Director of Undergraduate Studies

Questions? Email Dr. Stephanie Rivera Berruz

 

Fall 25 Phil courses in MCCFor a quick look at Fall Philosophy courses that fulfill Marquette Core Curriculum requirements, click on the image. (For full details, go to Undergraduate Courses.)

Courses in PHIL concentrations - Fall 25For a quick look at Fall Philosophy course options for every Philosophy concentration, click on the image. (For full details, go to Undergraduate Courses.)

Department News

Recently, the Philosophy department celebrated the 2025 graduates and awards winners. 

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Congratulations to Dr. Desiree Valentine, who has been awarded a prestigious American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) fellowship to work on her project, "Reproductive Reparations: Justice and the Afterlives of Slavery." For more details, see the ACLS announcement here. 

 

Congratulations to Dr. Claire Lockard, who has accepted a tenure-track position at Lewis University (Romeoville, IL) starting Fall 25. She'll be missed!

 

Hot off the presses!
View our new 25-26 Philosophy program brochures:

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More Department News

Picture of EPP on Wisconsin Humanities websiteRecently featured on the Wisconsin Humanities podcast, Human Powered: Philosophy's own Theresa Tobin and the Education Preparedness Program (EPP)! Listen to it here! And visit the EPP website for more information about this impactful program, including upcoming opportunities to apply for a blended course yourself! 

North American Spinoza Society Meeting imageDr. Ericka Tucker recently published an article Limiting the Political Imagination: Spinoza’s Prohibition of Novelty in the Political Treatise. She will be giving a symposium talk at the North American Spinoza Society Meeting at University of South Carolina in May of 2025. The talk is titled “Epistemic Democracy and Spinoza’s Political Epistemology.”

Tucker HeadshotDr. Ericka Tucker has also been accepted the Center of Canon Expansion and Change 2025 summer program for college teachers of Early Modern Philosophy. The CCEC 2025 summer program this summer June 1-7, 2025, at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. 


OTHER DEPARTMENT GOINGS-ON

For information on Spring 2025 Department Reading Groups, go to the Events and Reading Groups page.

Love philosophy? Join the Philosophy Club! Email Bella DeRosa, President of the Philosophy Club.