From Ancient Greece to the Internet of Things
Clark’s philosophy faculty research a range of topics, including the philosophy of law, aesthetics, the philosophy of mind, environmental ethics, biomedical ethics, metaphysics, the history of philosophy, and more.
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Publications
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Plato’s Hippias Minor
Ravi SharmaThe book offers a new philosophical interpretation of a misunderstood and long-neglected Platonic dialogue. In addition to analyzing in detail the dialogue’s arguments, the book also provides an in-depth study of the dialogue in its intellectual, literary, and historical context.
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Reasons
Paul BroderickBased on over twenty years of teaching, this text is meant to support a variety of classes with titles like Principles of Thinking, Introduction to Logic, Analytic Reasoning. Students are introduced to the techniques of reasoning, but are also encouraged to develop a coherent understanding of how reason works.
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The Passion for Freedom and the Passion for the Ultimate Means
Wiebke DeimlingDeimling’s paper looks at the role a passion for freedom plays in Kant’s moral philosophy. Can a passion for freedom give us moral guidance and serve as a ground for our moral claims? It is likely to mislead us to be overly self-centered. But it is also an important spur for our moral development.
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The Bloomsbury Handbook of Socrates
Ravi SharmaThis handbook provides detailed philosophical analysis of the life and thought of Socrates across fifteen in-depth chapters. Each chapter engages with a central aspect of the rich tradition of Socratic studies and, after surveying the state of scholarship, points the way forward to new directions of interpretation.
Faculty awards
These recognitions are awarded annually to full-time faculty who personify the Clark ideal of combining excellence in teaching, scholarship, and engagement with the Clark community.
