SFSU Department of Philosophy
 
 

Department of 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.

 

Department Administration

Department Office: Humanities Building 388

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Email:

phlsphr@sfsu.edu

Phone:

(415) 338-1596

Department Chair: Anita Silvers

asilvers@sfsu.edu Humanities 387

Interim Chair (1/09-12/09): Shelley Wilcox

swilcox@sfsu.edu Humanites 358

Assistant Chair: Justin Tiwald

jtiwald@sfsu.edu Humanities 389

Academic Office Coordinator: Emily Lobsinger

phlsphr@sfsu.edu

Advisors

Undergraduate Advising

Undergraduate Advising Coordinator: Justin Tiwald

jtiwald@sfsu.edu Humanities 389

 

Philosophy BA/Minor Advisors:

Justin Tiwald

jtiwald@sfsu.edu Humanities 389

Ásta Sveinsdóttir

asta@sfsu.edu Humanities 369

 

Pre-Law Advisor:

Shelley Wilcox

swilcox@sfsu.edu Humanities 358

 

Philosophy and Religion BA/Minor Advisors:

Mohammad Azadpur

azad@sfsu.edu Humanities 361

Michael Sudduth

msudduth@sfsu.edu Humanities 444

Religious Studies Minor: Michael Sudduth

Graduate Advising

Graduate Coodinator: Alice Sowaal

asowaal@sfsu.edu Humanities 443

 

 

NEWS and EVENTS

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Congratulations to Dale Jamieson, SFSU Philosophy B.A. and now Director of Environmental Studies at New York University, on the publication of his new book ETHICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT (Cambridge University Press)

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The Eighth Biennial Radical Philosophy Association Conference

Venue: Seven Hills Conference Center at SFSU

Dates: Thursday 6 - Sunday November 9, 2008

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CONGRATULATIONS TO PHILOSOPHY FACULTY

Tenured and promoted to Associate Professor

Mohammad Azadpur

Winner of Full-Semester Presidential Award

Alice Sowaal

Winner of Faculty Diversity Support Award

Ásta Sveinsdóttir

Winner of Vice President’s Award

Justin Tiwald

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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR MAJORS:

Ying (Carol) Xiao and Allison MacBride

who in national competition have won places in the

PHILOSOPHY IN A NEW KEY SUMMER INSTITUTE

at Penn State this summer

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CONGRATULATIONS TO PHILOSOPHY M.A. STUDENTS
Dieyana Ruzgani, winner of the SFSU Ott Scholarship
Paul Erekuff, winner of the SFSU Kaufman Scholarship

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