2010-2011 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Philosophy and Religious Studies Department
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Ellensburg
Language and Literature Bldg., room 337
509-963-1818
Fax 509-963-1822
www.cwu.edu/~philo/index.html
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Faculty and Staff
Chair
Chenyang Li, PhD
Professor
Chenyang Li, PhD, Asian philosophy, comparative philosophy, ethics, social and political philosophy
Associate Professors
Cynthia Coe, PhD, 20th-century continental philosophy, feminist philosophy, director of women’s studies
Jeffrey Dippmann, PhD, world religions, Chinese Buddhism and Daoism
Heidi Szpek, PhD, Hebrew Bible, Western religious traditions, Judaism, Holocaust studies, ancient Near Eastern languages, literature and culture
Assistant Professors
Matthew Altman, PhD, early modern philosophy (Kant), 19th-century philosophy, ethics and applied ethics, social and political philosophy, philosophy of art, director William O. Douglas Honors College
Gary Bartlett, PhD, philosophy of mind, cognitive science, epistemology
Alain Beauclair, PhD, ethics, American philosophy, ancient philosophy, hermeneutics, and philosophy of art
Senior Lecturer
Karen Turcotte, MA, comparative religions, religion of India, philosophies of India
Lecturers
Gayle Dohrman, MA, history of philosophy, ancient philosophy (Plato), metaphysics, ethics, mysticism
Helen Harrison, MA, philosophy/religion in antiquity, contemporary religious movements, philosophy/religion and science, philosophy/religion and literature
John Messerly, PhD, ethics philosophy of technology, philosophy of biology
David Newcomer, MDiv, Christianity, ethics
Emeritus Professors
Jay E. Bachrach, PhD
Peter M. Burkholder, PhD
Raeburne S. Heimbeck, PhD
Webster F. Hood, PhD
Chester Z. Keller, PhD
John Utzinger, PhD
Staff
Jan Farrell, secretary senior
Department Information
The original meaning of the word philosophy is “the love of wisdom.” Philosophy therefore represents an ongoing process of critical and speculative inquiry into questions representing people’s deepest concerns, such as the meaning of existence, the nature of reality, and the grounds of human conduct. The religious studies specialization is a path of inquiry into the nature of religion, its pervasive role in human life, and its contribution to understanding human existence and destiny.
Programs
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