Department of Philosophy {College of Liberal & Creative Arts}

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Why Study Philosophy?

Philosophy is traditionally defined as the love of wisdom, the ability to think well about the foundations of human action, the nature of reality, and the purposes and priorities of life. The department offers the opportunity for a systematic study of the philosophies of past and present, of East and West, a study that deepens and broadens one's outlook on the world and on human affairs, and thus provides a more secure basis on which to develop one's own philosophy.

Course Offerings

Department Contact

Hours: Monday-Thursday 8:30am-5pm, Friday 8:30am-1:30pm

E-mail: phlsphr@sfsu.edu

Phone:(415) 338-1596

Address:1600 Holloway Avenue San Francisco, CA 94132, Humanities Building, Room 388

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Welcome to the Department of Philosophy

Faculty Activities

Congratulations to Department Chair Anita Silvers, who has received the Lebowitz Prize for excellence in philosophical thought, awarded by the Phi Beta Kappa Society and the American Philosophical Association.

Student Excellence

Congratulations to Sylvia Kocieda (MA Philosophy '12) who, in her first year as a philosophy doctoral student at the University of North Carolina, has won a prestigious Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship. Syl, who works on Modern Philosophy, acquired skills in fellowship application at SFSU as a CSU Casanova Predoctoral Scholar.

Congratulations to Philosophy Major Margaux Curcuru for winning the 2012/13 Panetta Congressional Internship Program.

Announcements

NEW COURSE PHIL 881 - LEARN TO PUBLISH PHILOSOPHY!

We are delighted to announce a new learning opportunity for graduate students, PHIL 881 Advanced Philosophy Publishing. This is a supervisory course, in the same category as PHIL 717 and PHIL 899. Students can enroll for 1, 2 or 3 units to engage with a faculty member on a professional publishing project. (Continue reading...)