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Philosophy Department

College of Liberal Arts

Religious Studies Program

The Cal Poly Philosophy Department houses a Religious Studies program with a wide variety of courses in GE and a Religious Studies minor.

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Between the Species

An online philosophy journal about the relationship between humans and animals.
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Ethics Group

Cal Poly's Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group focuses on the implications and impact of emerging sciences and technologies.
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Kenneth Brown

Associate Professor

Department Chair

PHIL Major and Minor Advisor

Western Intellectual Tradition Minor Advisor

Faculty Advisor to the Philosophy Club

Contact Information

Office: Bldg. 47, Rm. 37B
Phone: 805-756-2041
Email: dbrown07@calpoly.edu

Education

Ph.D., Philosophy, University of California Irvine (2006)
M.A., Philosophy, Claremont Graduate School
B.A., Philosophy, University of California Irvine

Professional Interests

History of ancient, early modern, and early analytical philosophy, with particular interest in Locke and the development of empiricism

Courses Taught

PHIL 429: Locke's Theory of Ideas
PHIL 429: The Philosophy of George Berkeley
PHIL 429: Lucretius and the Legacy of Epicureanism
PHIL 335: Social Ethics
PHIL 317: History of Analytic Philosophy
PHIL 314: Early Modern Empiricism
PHIL 313: Early Modern Rationalism
PHIL 310: Aristotle and Hellenistic Philosophy
PHIL 231: Philosophical Classics - Ethics & Political Philosophy
PHIL 101: Introduction to Philosophy

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