School of Liberal Arts: Philosophy
2008-2009 Academic Year
443
Office:
105 Newcomb Hall
Phone:
504-865-5305
Fax:
504-862-8714
Website:
www.tulane.edu/~phil/
Professors
Radu J. Bogdan, Ph.D., Stanford
Ronna C. Burger, Ph.D., New School for Social Research (chair)
Eric M. Mack, Ph.D., Rochester
Jonathan Riley, D. Phil, Oxford
Richard Velkley, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University (The Celia Scott
Weatherhead Distinguished Professor of Philosophy)
Associate Professors
Bruce W. Brower, Ph.D., Pittsburgh
Alison Denham, D.Phil., Oxford
Donald S. Lee, Ph.D., Yale
Assistant Professor
Oliver Sensen, Ph.D., Cambridge
Visiting Assistant Professors
Chris Ferro, Ph.D. University of Chicago, 2007
Christopher Kane, Ph.D. Brown University, 2007
All students majoring in philosophy and not writing an honors thesis must
complete a total of nine courses (27 credits) in philosophy. All students majoring
in philosophy and writing an honors thesis must complete ten courses (31 credits).
In this case, honors thesis work in H499 and H500 counts for two courses and
seven credits. (One of these seven credits is a writing requirement credit.) In
addition to the standard major, the department offers two more specialized tracks
within the major: Law, Morality, and Society; and Language, Mind, and
Knowledge.
For the standard major in philosophy the specific course requirements are: the two
course sequence in the history of philosophy (201, 202); one course in logic (106,
121, or 304, with 121 or higher strongly recommended); one course in ethics
(103, 105, 260, 334, 351, 355, 356, 358, 364, 365, 385, H499, H500, 604, 613,
615, 625, 629, 652, 654, 674, 675, or 676). At least two of the remaining courses
must be at the 600 level. No more than three of the required nine courses can be at
the 100 level.