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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.

Department Contact

Hours: Mon-Thur, 8:30am-5pm
Fri, 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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Department of Philosophy - Shelley Wilcox

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Interests

• Social and Political Philosophy
• Global Justice and Immigration
• Ethics
• Environmental Ethics
• Feminist Philosophy

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Recent Courses

• Introduction to Philosophy
• Feminist Moral Issues
• Philosophical Analysis
• Philosophical Issues in Sexuality
• Graduate Seminar: Justice and its Global Applications
• Graduate Seminar: Justice for All?

Selected Bibliography

“Feminist Perspectives on Globalization,” with Carol Gould, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, invited, estimated publication in 2009.

“The Open Borders Debate on Immigration,” Philosophy Compass, forthcoming, 2009.

“Immigrant Admissions in the Nonideal World,” in Immigration et Justice Sociale: Les Défis Actuels, ed. by Christine Straehle and Josiane Ayoub (Quebec, CA: Presses Universitaires de Lavalin, forthcoming, 2009) (translated to French).

“Who Pays for Gender De-Institutionalization?” in Gender Identity in a Globalized Society, ed. by Ana Marta González, (Amherst, NY: Humanity Books, 2008).

“Immigrant Admissions and Global Relations of Harm,” Journal of Social Philosophy, 38:2 (Summer 2007), pp. 274-91.

“American Neo-Nativism and Gendered Immigrant Exclusions,” in Feminist Interventions: Feminist Ethics and Social Theory, ed. by Barbara Andrew, Jean Keller, and Lisa Schwartzman (Lanham, MA: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005) pp. 213-32.

“Culture, National Identity, and Admission to Citizenship,” Social Theory and Practice 30:4 (October 2004), pp. 559-83.

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