{"id":32,"date":"2025-07-02T15:50:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T19:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/philosophy\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2025-07-22T15:34:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T19:34:18","slug":"undergraduate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/philosophy\/research\/undergraduate\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduate Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns triple-bottom-margin is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"is-style-intro\">Philosophy majors are encouraged to conduct research, whether part of a course, an internship, or independent study. Eligible students may choose to apply to the department\u2019s Honors Program and complete a thesis under the direction of a faculty member.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Philosophy student projects<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-style-masonry is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-c37e0d04 wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-188 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-projects\">\n<div class=\"entry-content wp-block-post-content is-layout-flow wp-block-post-content-is-layout-flow\">\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-light-warm-gray-background-color has-background is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What do you meme? The philosophy of language and memes<\/h3>\n\n\n<div style=\"color:inherit\" class=\"eyebrow  has-text-align-left\">Tetrah Clark &#8217;24<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">presented at ClarkFEST<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-81 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-projects\">\n<div class=\"entry-content wp-block-post-content is-layout-flow wp-block-post-content-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-light-warm-gray-background-color has-background is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Question of Artificial Agency<\/h3>\n\n\n<div style=\"color:inherit\" class=\"eyebrow  has-text-align-left\">Nadav Battat &#8217;20<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">presented at 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