{"id":4,"date":"2025-06-30T14:43:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T18:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/philosophy\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2025-09-23T13:54:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T17:54:46","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/philosophy\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:4rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull section-intro has-light-warm-gray-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"background-image:url(&apos;https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/philosophy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/philosophy-alt-hero.jpg&apos;);background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;\" class=\"wp-block-group padded lifted has-white-background-color has-background wp-container-content-69bc4bdf is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:25.625rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group padded has-charcoal-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-eab13ed9bfd71cf8b0b180c5906520b4 is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"is-style-intro\">Philosophy asks the most fundamental questions about existence, the nature of reality, knowledge, and how we should live. 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