[5/9/2012]
Dr. David Alexander, a 2008 Ph.D. graduate from the Baylor University Philosophy department, recently published a book entitled, "Goodness, God, and Evil". Dr. David E. Alexander is currently Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Huntington
University, Indiana.
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Philosophy Department Ph.D. Graduate Accepts Position
[5/3/2012]
Dr. Adam Pelser, a 2011 Ph.D. graduate from the Baylor University Philosophy Department, accepted a position at Wake Forest University just recently. The position is for a Teacher-Scholar Post-doctoral Fellow with The Character Project in the Department of Philosophy. He will be contributing to the research of the Templeton Foundation-funded Character Project while also teaching one course per term for the Department of Philosophy including an upper-division course on the philosophy of character and virtue.
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May Ph.D. Graduate Accepts Position
[5/3/2012]
Dr. Joel Schwartz, graduating from the Baylor University Philosophy department with his Ph.D. in May, recently accepted a position at Berry college in Mount Berry, Georgia. The position is for a one year appointment as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy.
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Baylor Philosophy Ph.D. Accepts Position at Forman Christian College in Lahore, Pakistan
[5/3/2012]
Dr. Mark Boone, who received his Ph.D. from Baylor in 2010, recently accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Forman Christian College. He has been a Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Berry College in Mount Berry, Georgia for two years. Forman Christian College, located in Lahore, Pakistan, was founded in 1864 by Dr. Charles W. Forman, a Presbyterian missionary from the United States. The college has produced many distinguished alumni in various fields of study.
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2008 Ph.D. in Philosophy Graduate Receives CCCU Grant
[5/1/2012]
Dr. Jay Bruce, a 2008 PhD graduate from the Baylor University Philosophy Department, was the recipient of a very competitive grant from the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities. Dr. Bruce is currently the Assistant Professor of Philosophy and McGee Chair of Biblical Studies at John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. He submitted a proposal to the CCCU Faculty Mini-grant Program on Free Market Economics. The pool of proposals received was especially strong, making this year's mini-grant program the most competitive to date. The Review Committee selected Dr. Bruce's proposal, "God and Money: The Theological Implications of Economic Thought," to receive full funding. Grant recipients will attend the 2012 Free Market Forum in Houston, TX, which brings together scholars, policy makers, and thought leaders to consider the theme, "Markets, Government, and the Common Good."
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Baylor Ph.D. in Philosophy Accepts Teaching Position
[4/13/2012]
Recent Ph.D. in Philosophy graduate, Ryan Byerly, has accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Regent University. He is excited about this opportunity as they have expressed interest in having philosophy play a fundamental role in the undergraduate curriculum, interest in building a major in philosophy, and even some interest in building a graduate program. Dr. Byerly will begin this position in Fall 2012.
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Former Ph.D. Student Receives Prestigious Award.
[4/13/2012]
Dr. Mike Cantrell, BU Ph.D. in Philosophy 2009, has been selected as one of fourteen 2012 John Marshall Fellows by the Claremont Institute. This fellowship is billed as one for those whom they consider to be potential law clerks for justices of the United States Supreme Court.
The John Marshall Fellowship is seven days of intensive seminars in American political thought and jurisprudence. During the program, John Marshall Fellows will learn about and discuss the political philosophy of the American Founding, Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, Progressivism, modern Liberalism, and Conservatism--all with a specific focus on the origins and development of American constitutional jurisprudence.
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FIRST PLACE AWARD FOR PH.D. STUDENT
[4/4/2012]
Baylor Philosophy Ph.D. student, Ryan West, presented "Emotion, Moral Epistemology, and Moral Motivation" which won the first place award for the 3rd Annual Evangelical Philosophical Society Midwest Region Student Paper Contest. A second Baylor Philosophy Ph.D. student, Chris Tweedt, received the runner-up award. Congratulations Ryan and Chris!
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Baylor Graduate Student Presentations at Recent SCP Conference
[4/3/2012]
Thirteen Baylor Philosophy Graduate students presented at last week's Society for Christian Philosophers Midwest Regional Conference on "The Virtue of Justice." The conference featured plenary addresses by Robert Audi (University of Notre Dame), Jean Porter (University of Notre Dame), and Nicholas Wolterstorff (Yale University). Baylor students presented papers (often in response to the work of the keynote speakers) on philosophy of religion, ethics and metaethics, and political philosophy. Blake McAllister, a first year graduate student in philosophy, received an award for the best graduate student paper, and another graduate student, Gregory Poore, was the runner-up.
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Kierkegaard and Levinas on the Absolute Relation
[11/18/2011]
Baylor Kierkegaard Society and Philosophy Department welcomes Dr. Jeff Hanson to speak on Kierkegaard and Levinas on the Absolute Relation.
December 1, 2011
Memorial Drawing Room
3:30
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Baylor Philosophy Faculty Envision Christian Humanism while at Notre Dame
[11/15/2011]
Chairman of the Department of Philosophy Mike Beaty and Affiliated Faculty Scott Moore and Douglas Henry articulated an outline for a Christian view of man based on virtue as a foundation for civic life at the Radical Emancipation: Confronting Secularism culture in November, hosted by the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture. The annual conference is the last one under the Center's founding director Dr. David Solomon, a graduate of Baylor University.
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Philosophy Department Graduate Appointed Federal Judicial Clerk
[10/13/2011]
Philosophy department graduate, Dr. Mike Cantrell, was recently appointed to a federal judicial clerk position for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
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2011 Philosophy Department Homecoming Lecture
[10/7/2011]
On Corporate Ontology: Is a Corporation a Person? And What Difference Does it Make?
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Georgetown Philosophy of Religion Conference
[10/6/2011]
The first in a series of joint conferences in the philosophy of religion, involving Baylor, Georgetown, and Notre Dame, commences Oct. 6 on the Georgetown campus in Washington DC. This BGND conference is an annual conference which will be hosted by Baylor next year and by Notre Dame the following year. Speakers at the conference are: Mark Henninger (Georgetown), Trenton Merricks (Virginia), Meghan Sullivan (Notre Dame), Lara Buchak (California--Berkeley), Hud Hudson (Western Washington), Trent Dougherty (Baylor) and Alex Pruss (Baylor), Terence Cuneo (Vermont), Christina van Dyke (Calvin), and Oliver Crisp (Bristol).
This conference, organized by Jonathan L. Kvanvig, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, is one of a number of conferences in the philosophy of religion sponsored by Baylor University, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Philosophy. Many of these conferences are co-sponsored with other institutions of exemplary standing both as universities and within the discipline of philosophy. The value of these conferences to Baylor University is the increased visibility these venues present for the high quality of scholarship being done in the department, as well as the educational value to our faculty and students through contact with distinguished scholars at other institutions. Professor Kvanvig commented, "These conferences provide the opportunity for our faculty and students to see what first-rate work is being done elsewhere, and also allows us to showcase the equally good work being done in our department. Such opportunities are essential to the mission and future of Baylor University as a Christian research university."
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Bob Roberts to be Senior Fellow at Center of Theological Inquiry
[8/22/2011]
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C. Stephen Evans Kierkegaard Discussion on KGO Radio in San Francisco
[8/15/2011]
On Sunday, August 14, C. Stephen Evans was the guest on Brent Walters' popular radio show, "God-Talk," which appears on KGO radio in San Francisco...
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Philosophy Graduate Students Succeed on 2011 Job Market
[6/1/2011]
Three soon-to-be PhD graduates of the Baylor University Philosophy Department find gainful employment.
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Philosophy Graduate Student Accepts Teaching Position
[6/1/2011]
Philosophy graduate student Brad Brummeler accepts a teaching position at The Stony Brook School.
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David Alexander Named Professor of the Year
[5/24/2011]
David Alexander, assistant professor of philosophy at Huntington University, was named the 2011 Professor of the Year.
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Dr. Jonathan Kvanvig Selected for Outstanding Faculty Award
[5/5/2011]
Jonathan L. Kvanvig, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, has been selected to receive an Outstanding Faculty Award in the area of Research/Scholarship this spring, and will be honored at the commencement ceremonies on May 14, 2011.
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Roberts Receives Plantinga Fellowship for 2011-12
[4/27/2011]
For the fall and spring of the coming academic year Bob Roberts will be the Plantinga Fellow in the Center for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame. His project will be to finish the sequel to his Emotions: An Essay in Aid of Moral Psychology (Cambridge University Press, 2003). The new volume is Emotions and Virtues, and is under contract with Cambridge University Press.
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Dr. Trent Dougherty Travels to Notre Dame in 2012
[4/21/2011]
We are happy to report that Dr. Trent Dougherty will be at the Center for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame next year on a research fellowship.
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Dr. Francis Beckwith Commemorates J.J. Thomson Article
[4/21/2011]
Francis J. Beckwith is one of four philosophers invited to participate in a symposium commemorating the 40th anniversary of the publication of J. J. Thomson's article, "A Defense of Abortion."
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Upcoming speaking engagements for C. Stephen Evans:
[4/19/2011]
C. Stephen Evans has several upcoming speaking engagements. He has been invited to read a paper on "Paradoxicality as a Criterion of an Authentic Revelation" at the Logos Workshop at the University of Notre Dame, June 2-4, 2011. Evans will be a plenary speaker at a conference on "The Future of Creation Order" in Amsterdam to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Association for Reformational Philosophy. His paper will be on divine command theories of moral obligation. (Other plenaries include Eleonore Stump and Nicholas Wolterstorff.) Evans will also be an invited speaker at the Faraday Institute Conference on the New Atheism held at the University of Otago, New Zealand, speaking on "Evidence and the Burden of Proof in Debates About God."
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Baylor Philosophy #1 in APA Graduate Travel Awards
[4/6/2011]
In the past four meetings of the American Philosophical Association, Central Division, Baylor graduate students have received seven travel awards to present colloquium papers on the main program. Other top programs are U. Nebraska-Lincoln with five awards, U. Arizona with four, and U. Wisconsin-Madison with four.
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