Department of Philosophy

Page address: http://www.mnsu.edu/philosophy/

MSU > Philosophy

Mailing Address:
Dept. of Philosophy
Minnesota State Mankato
227 Armstrong Hall
Mankato, MN 56001

Office: 507-389-2012
Fax: 507-389-5887

Welcome to the Department of Philosophy

We offer an undergraduate major and minor in Philosophy, a minor in Ethics, and contribute to the interdisciplinary major in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE), as well as to the new interdisciplinary major in Cognitive Science.

Upcoming Events:

Sun Kyeong Yu, MSU Mankato, A Recipient of the Summer 2009 Teaching Scholar Fellowship, "When Science Meets Philosophy" Thursday, November 12, 2009, 12noon, CSU 201. 

Jaime Hoffman, MSU Mankato, "Contrastive 'We-Intentions,' the Public/Private Distinction, and the Possibility of a Greater Moral Community?", Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 4:30PM, Armstrong Hall 319. 

Clark Wolf, Iowa State University, “Authenticity and History in Legal Interpretation and Music Performance,” Friday, October 30, 2009, 11AM, Morris Hall 102 

Clark Wolf, Iowa State University, “Intergenerational Justice, Human Needs, and Climate Policy,” Thursday, October 29, 2009, 7PM, 121 Trafton Science Center C 

Professor Wolf, a leading scholar and authority on the issue of justice and climate change, teaches in the Philosophy Department and the Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture, and is Director of the Bioethics Program at Iowa State University. His research covers a wide range of important philosophical concerns, including political and ethical theory, jurisprudence, bioethics, aesthetics, and the philosophy of economics and rationality.
 

Affiliated Programs:

Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE)

Cognitive Science

Philosophy Course Descriptions for Spring 2010