Philosophy

The spirit of community and desire to care for students prompted the quick development of summer classes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Concern for the students, especially those who stayed on campus, prompted a professor to volunteer to teach

You probably know from experience that when you have a teacher who’s excited about teaching, the class is energized. Special topics courses give professors that chance to re-energize. Now multiply that energy level by 3.

You care about the world and you want to make a difference. Can you do that in a class?

Gates Lecturer: Michael Puett, Harvard University Michael Puett will present two lectures: “Ritual, Sincerity, and Human Flourishing: What Chinese Philosophers can Teach Us About the Good Life” and “Creating Worlds: Imagination and Interpretation in Classical China.”

Applying philosophical thinking across disciplines

How majoring in philosophy prepared Jin Chang ’19 for grad school

Award winning author, comic artist, and alum, Adrienne Celt '06, begins the 2018-2019 Writers@Grinnell series.

Prof. Michael Olson ’03, Macquarie University, Sydney, returns to campus on Feb. 8, 2018.

Peter Frase imagines how a post-capitalist world might look deploying the tools of both social science and speculative fiction.