Search Results for epistemology

Ethics and Public Affairs concentration in the MA in Philosophy

The concentration in ethics and public affairs is designed for professionals who want to combine the study of ethics and the analysis of social and public policies in a variety of settings, including business, health care, biomedical technology, law, or government.

MA in Philosophy

The MA in philosophy offers students the opportunity to study the historical traditions and contemporary debates in philosophy. 

RELI 212-001: Religions of Asia

Spring 2024 -  Andy Daniel Thrasher   -  Section Syllabus

This course surveys religions of South and East Asia: Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, and Shinto. This course seeks to describe religious and philosophical perspectives that shape South and East Asian worldviews. Particularly this course addresses the historical developmen...

RELI 212-DL2: Religions of Asia

Spring 2024 -  Andy Daniel Thrasher   -  Section Syllabus

This course surveys religions of South and East Asia: Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, and Shinto. This course seeks to describe religious and philosophical perspectives that shape South and East Asian worldviews. Particularly this course addresses the historical developmen...

PHIL 694-003: Ways of Knowing/Global Justice

Spring 2024 -  Lisa Eckenwiler   -  Section Syllabus

In this class we will focus on the intersection of ethics and epistemology, and in particular, consider the connection between epistemic injustice and global injustice, understood from a structural perspective. We will start with an examination of a relational approach to understanding global injusti...

Meet your professor: Ted Kinnaman

Meet your professor: Ted Kinnaman

In this interview Ted Kinnaman, early modern scholar and long-time Mason philosophy professor, talks about what got him interested in philosophy, what his parents thought of him majoring in philosophy, and what it's like teaching at Mason. He also discusses a new project that he's working on as a 202...