Archived articles

Philosophy

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Strengthening the core
Published Winter 2018
Besides its staggering success in raising more than $6 billion for Johns Hopkins, the Rising to the Challenge campaign generated unprecedented support for traditional core disciplines / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Johns Hopkins University President Ronald J. Daniels
Philosophy matters.
Published Spring 2018
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Philanthropy
Investor Bill Miller commits $75M to Philosophy Department
Published Jan 16, 2018
Gift from renowned investor believed to be by far the largest ever to any university philosophy program
Commentary
The most indecent of times
Published Nov 20, 2017
We have arrived at 'a moment defined by a struggle to define the national character,' philosophy faculty member writes
Philosophy
Truth and consequences
Published Nov 16, 2017
Richard Bett, chair of the philosophy department, says we could learn from the skeptics of ancient Greece
Philanthropy
JHU gets $150M for effort to improve civic discourse
Published June 22, 2017
Gift from Stavros Niarchos Foundation establishes Agora Institute, which aims to foster discussion of divisive issues
Lens crafters
Published Summer 2015
Eye of the Beholder acts like a meditation on sight and reads like an entertaining historical drama / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Structuralism's Samson
Published Fall 2012
Jacques Derrida's infamous 1966 appearance at Johns Hopkins tore down the temple of structuralism / Johns Hopkins Magazine
At the intersection of philosophy, science
Published July 25, 2012