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 (1) "Ritual, Sincerity, and Human Flourishing: What Chinese Philosophers can Teach Us About the Good Life" in JRC 101, at 7:30 p.m. on Wed, Jan. 29, 2020. (2) “Creating Worlds: Imagination and Interpretation in Classical China” in JRC 101, at 11:00 am – 12:00 p.m on Thu, Jan. 30, 2020.

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.