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Roger Paden

Roger Paden

Professor Paden received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in 1981. He has taught at the Universities of Connecticut, Maryland, Florida, and the District of Columbia. He joined the faculty at George Mason University in 1989 and retired in 2016. He has done research on a variety of topics, pu...

In Memoriam: Mark Sagoff (1941-2023)

In Memoriam: Mark Sagoff (1941-2023)

  In Memoriam: Mark Sagoff (1941-2023) Mark Sagoff was a leading and foundational figure in environmental philosophy and ethics and one of the first members of the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, founded in 1978. Originally a scholar of Kant and aesthetics, Sagoff published widely in jo...

Robert Luzecky

Robert Luzecky

Rob Luzecky works on continental philosophy. Broadly construed, his research interests include aspects of the early phenomenological movement and post-structuralism. His primary areas of research specialization is the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze. It should also be observed that Rob has a deep affini...

Rachel Jones

Rachel Jones

Professor Jones received her B.A. in Philosophy and German from St. John's College, Oxford University, and her MA and PhD in Philosophy and Literature from the University of Warwick. Her teaching and research interests include key thinkers and themes in continental and feminist philosophy (such as Ka...

PHIL 156-DL1: What is Art?

Spring 2024 -  Sophia C Pavlos   -  Section Syllabus

This course will investigate what art is and what role it plays in our lives. Is there a distinctivequality or function which all works of art possess and which makes them art? Do they have adistinctive kind of meaning? What determines an artwork’s meaning? Can it be expressed inother terms? Why do w...