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Center For Neuroengineering Hosts Seminar on Ethics Integration in Neuroscience Research

Center For Neuroengineering Hosts Seminar on Ethics Integration in Neuroscience Research

By Henry Ren February 29, 2024

A philosophy professor from the University of Washington (UW) discussed her efforts to integrate ethics into neurotechnology research. The Feb. 21 seminar in Riggs Library, presented by Georgetown University...

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Meditations on Silence

By Jack Willis, Hoya Executive Editor February 8, 2024

In one of my earliest memories, I am at the park with my cousin. We climb far above where little kids should find themselves onto an awning overlooking a sea of taupe mulch. “Jump,” she says. And...

PHILM AND FILOSOPHY | Cinema Verite and Ecstatic Truth

By Luke McMahan November 30, 2023

Martin Scorsese stirred up controversy in 2019 by calling Marvel films “theme parks.” He argued that big franchise movies, with the main purpose of entertainment, were different from true cinema,...

PHILM AND FILOSOPHY | The History of French Marxist Cinema

By Luke McMahan November 16, 2023

At the advent of a wave of leftist student and worker protests in 1968 that would engulf France for several years, French cinema was in a state of flux. Gone were the days of blissful political ambivalence...

Georgetown University | After receiving the highest honor for Georgetown faculty, economics professor John Rust gave a lecture on human rationality and artificial intelligence.

Economics Professor Compares Rationality of Humans and AI

By Catherine Alaimo February 24, 2023

John Rust, an economics professor at Georgetown University, spoke about the rational capacities of humanity and artificial intelligence (AI) at a Feb. 21 lecture to members of the university community. In...

Georgetown Professor Expands Disability Studies Research

Georgetown Professor Expands Disability Studies Research

By Sophia Lu January 20, 2023

A Georgetown University professor published the second issue of a research journal on the philosophical study of disability in November exploring the diverse meanings of disability in society. Professor...

Professor Erin Cline Awarded College Academic Council Honors

Professor Erin Cline Awarded College Academic Council Honors

By Laetitia Haddad April 7, 2022

The Georgetown University College Academic Council recognized Professor Erin Cline with the College Honors for her meaningful impact on students.  Each year, undergraduate students in the College...

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Reconciling Drug Use With Ethics and Religion

By William Leo February 22, 2018

As a Jesuit university, Georgetown has always had a strong connection to religious traditions and ethics. But when drugs are involved, deeply held beliefs can seem dizzying and contradictory. From...

VIEWPOINT: Valuing Philosophy in Foreign Policy

By Matt Hinson May 16, 2017

After just over 100 days, the White House faces clear foreign policy challenges. Real estate mogul-turned-President Donald Trump has tried his hand at addressing various international crises, authorizing...

VIEWPOINT: Lessons from Zen

VIEWPOINT: Lessons from Zen

By John Glavin March 17, 2017

There’s a particularly memorable scene in Eugen Herrigel’s Zen in the Art of Archery (German 1948; English 1956). Herrigel had come to Japan in 1921 to learn more about the practice of Zen. Once there,...

Ayan Mandal

MANDAL: Material Body, Immaterial Soul

By Opinion Editor September 20, 2016

According to a recent Harris poll, around 64 percent of Americans believe the soul survives after death. Of course, they would disagree upon the exact nature of the soul, but most will agree that it possesses...

Nicholas Scrimenti

SCRIMENTI: Finding Faith On a Knife’s Edge

By Nicholas Scrimenti September 9, 2016

Spirituality within college life can exist while being deep, full and beautiful. On this campus, in particular, the opportunity for connection, religious experience and the discovery of each person’s...

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