Lisa Eckenwiler, Ph.D., is Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at George Mason University, where she teaches courses in bioethics and a range of topics in global health ethics. Her research centers broadly on vulnerability and structural health injustice, with special interests in mig...
This is a high credit concentration for students interested in a program that explores the interdisciplinary connections between philosophy, political science, and economics.
The concentration in philosophy and law offers philosophy majors the opportunity to focus their study of philosophy in a way that helps prepare them for the study of the law.
The BA in philosophy famliarizes students with the Western tradition of thought on the fundamental questions of human existence. It helps students improve their skills in critical reasoning, textual analysis and argumentative writing. Students can choose one of two concencentrations.
The interdisciplinary minor in political philosophy offers students the opportunity for intensive study in the areas of political philosophy and political theory. This is offered jointly by the departments of Philosophy and Public and International Affairs.
Christian Carrozzo is a Doctoral Candidate with the Department of Philosophy at the University at Albany, State University of New York, and was named Distinguished Alumnus in Philosophy by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at George Mason University, where he now teaches. He has also serv...
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...
Environmental challenges are both scientific and social, ecological and economic. As a philosophy major, you may already be interested in the ethical and political dimensions of environmentalism. A minor in environmental policy can complement your major by adding further perspectives from science and...
A major in philosophy provides you with the ability to tackle complex ethical, social and political issues and to see challenging problems from many different perspectives. By combining a philosophy major with a minor in conflict analysis and resolution, you can add to the repertoire of skills you'll...
This course considers one of the most exciting and rapidly growing areas of contemporary philosophy: the philosophy of biology. Biology is a fertile field of philosophical inquiry, dealing as it does with the very nature of life itself. As the life sciences have become increasingly specialized in rec...
