Welcome to Philosophy

Philosophy’s teaching, scholarship, and outreach programs promote a critical understanding of the responsibilities of citizens to participate in self-governance. We are committed to providing equitable access to education, with the recognition that education is essential for social progress and transformation.
The scholarship of its faculty, in areas such as biomedical ethics, philosophy of science, critical theory, feminist studies, environmental studies, aesthetics, and cultural and religious studies, is focused upon active engagement with issues of relevance and significance to contemporary life.
These issues include social justice, the environment, medical ethics, and contemplative studies, with a particular emphasis upon the needs of future generations and ecological sustainability.
Courses offered by Philosophy reflect this orientation, and students are encouraged to work on issues and topics of relevance to their lives and communities. We celebrate both our diversity and common humanity.
Philosophy News!
Upcoming HPR Events
Historicism and Empathy; or, Can We Learn Something from a Forgotten Orientalist?
This lecture seeks to bring to life the career and cultural context
of the forgotten nineteenth-century orientalist
Ethical Decision-making in Pediatric Care
This presentation will outline an ethical framework for
decision making in Pediatrics. Special attention will be paid
to the concept
Undergraduate Research Conference and Workshop
Need some practice presenting your research to an audience?
The Undergraduate Research Conference will give you an opportunity to present their research projects to an audience
…Woman Citizen Film Series Presents: The Color Purple
This powerful film starring Whoopi Goldberg, Danny
Glover, and Oprah Winfrey, is based on Alice
Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel

Dr. Toray is a Professor in the Psychology Division at Western Oregon University. Dr. Toray was recognized as
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