Philosophy

Faculty
Janet Folina
Geoff Gorham
Martin Gunderson
Joy Laine
Diane Michelfelder
Karen Warren

Bill Wilcox

Visiting Faculty
Amy Ihlan

Retired Faculty
Henry West

Faculty

Diane Michelfelder

Professor

Office: Old Main 110
Office Hours: Wednesday 2:20-3:20, Friday 11:00-12:00 or by appointment.
Telephone Number: 651-696-6197
E-mail: michelfelder@macalester.edu
Web: http://www.macalester.edu/~michelfelder

Spring 2010
PHIL 125-01: Ethics
PHIL 294-01: Philosophy of Technology

Courses for Fall 2009
PHIL 229/ENVI 229: Environmental Ethics
PHIL 235: Existentialist Metaphysics

Diane P. Michelfelder received her A.B. degree from Bryn Mawr College in 1975 and her Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin in 1982. A philosopher with a special interest in ethics, aesthetics and the philosophy of technology, she is the co-editor of Applied Ethics in American Society and Dialogue and Deconstruction: The Gadamer-Derrida Encounter, which was named one of the "Outstanding Philosophy Books of the Year" by Choice magazine. Her essays, reviews and translations have been widely published in books and journals including the Journal of Social Philosophy; Rethinking Nature: Essays in Environmental Philosophy, Ethics and Information Technology; and Readings in the Philosophy of Technology.

Previously she served as Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Philosophy Department at California Polytechnic State University and as Professor of Philosophy and Department Head in Languages and Philosophy at Utah State University. She is currently the President for the Society for Philosophy and Technology.

Professor Michelfelder is on sabbatical for the 2008-09 academic year.

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