Pinnacle Philosophy News

Shelby Shares Her Personal Connections to Addiction

Sept. 27, 2016

"I chose to write my book because my father died of a heart attack as the result of smoking" says Associate Philosophy Professor Candice Shelby. "My mother died on a ventilator after suffering from an addiction to prescription pills; and my sister died at 42 from street drugs." Behind Addiction:...

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Philosophy Event Takes Humans to Court

May 6, 2014

On February 20, the Philosophy Department, with the support of the Office of Student Life, the Philosophy Club, and Auraria Students for the Humane Treatment of Animals, hosted a talk by Professors Katharine Loevy (Pacific University) and Richard McGregor (Vanderbilt University) on the 10th century Islamic text The Case of...

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