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Technology as a topic of intentional inquiry in the Philosophy DepartmentQuestions and issues relevant to popular culture and national discourse are frequently and intentionally engaged by PLU’s Philosophy Department.  We seek to address these questions and issues as they arise and also to incorporate them systematically into the curriculum.  This year, technology has emerged as a particularly interesting subject of philosophical investigation for PLU students.  Here are some highlights from

New In Print: American Philosophy: From Wounded Knee to the PresentAmerican Philosophy: From Wounded Knee to the Present, by Erin McKenna and Scott L. Pratt (Bloomsbury, 2015). This book, written as an introduction to American philosophy, also serves to challenge many perceived notions of what counts as philosophy and who counts as a philosopher.  The book explores philosophical voices that responded to moments of conflict in U.S. history.  It begins by examining two such moments: the massacre

to save the island, before it sinks, by way of a mystical portal. Players also must contend with the escalating threat of their Athenian enemies. Plato, the philosopher who documented the only account of Atlantis, is quoted in the rulebook. “That bit of literature and philosophy actually informed how I designed the game,” Ciscell said. “The players all win or lose the game together.” Unfortunately, players were on the losing side one recent game night at Ciscell’s Tacoma home. Atlantis

Who: Dr. Kwame Anthony Appiah Title: Professor of Law and Philosophy, NYU Bio: A philosopher, literary scholar, novelist, and author of the weekly Ethicist column for the New York Times magazine, Kwame Anthony Appiah is described by one source as “our postmodern Socrates”: He asks what it means to be African and African-American, but his answers immediately raise issues that encompass us all. His principal and abiding concern is how we individually construct ourselves in dialogue with social

Shiori Oki ’17 Shiori Oki ’17 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/fall-2017/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2016/05/shiori-oki.jpg 600 600 Kari Plog '11 Kari Plog '11 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/fall-2017/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2016/05/kari-plog-avatar.jpg May 16, 2016 September 25, 2017 Shiori studied classical languages and literature, as well as English literature, at PLU. She was deeply involved in the PLU community during her four years as a student. A handful of her numerous leadership roles