Welcome to the Department of Philosophy!

Advising for Fall 25 begins Mar 17

Students! Excited to start thinking about next year? Here's just a sample of some of the courses running next Fall:  

• PHIL 2010 / INCG 2010 – Introduction to Cognitive Science
• PHIL 3350 – Philosophy of the Environment
• PHIL 3505 – Philosophy of Film
  
• PHIL 3751 – History and Philosophy of Crime and Punishment

See a full list of all Philosophy electives planned for next year on our Undergraduate Courses page. And to get started on the advising and registration process, go to Undergraduate Student Resources.

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Launching in Fall 25: bilingual sections of PHIL 1001

FOUNDATIONS IN PHILOSOPHY/FUNDAMENTOS EN FILOSOFÍA
Bilingual section: English and Spanish
PHIL 1001-102 - T/TH 2:00 - 3:15 PM
Dr. Stephanie Rivera Berruz

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

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

Questions: Email Dr. Stephanie Rivera Berruz 

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On Friday November 15th, Richard C. Taylor, Professor in the Marquette Philosophy Department, was awarded the Aquinas Medal for Excellence In Christian Philosophy by the International Étienne Gilson Society. The award was for the work he has done to promote Christian Philosophy through his own research and through his leadership in the Aquinas and ’the Arabs’ International Working Group. The award ceremony took place in Chicago at the annual meeting of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. See the full story on Marquette Today. 

Read the interview with Professor Taylor about the Aquinas and ‘the Arabs’ International Working Group just published in IPMMonthly! Read the article here.

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Recently 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! 

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Dr. 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.”

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