Philosophy

John G. Sullivan, Powell Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, has contributed an essay “Contemplative Practice in Cross-Cultural Times”, as chapter 5, in the collection Revisiting Mysticism, eds. Chandana Chakrabarti and Gordon Haist.

John G. Sullivan, Powell Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, will moderate a webinar with two visionary authors: Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Sarah Susanka.

John G. Sullivan, Powell Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, has published an article on practices of mind and heart that facilitate community living.

John G. Sullivan, Powell Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, will participate in a webinar Oct. 22 on Theodore Roszak’s new book The Making of an Elder Culture – to be made available on line.

Critical thinking is not just private pondering, mental gymnastics, or a bland set of teachable skills - it’s an activity that real people do together in community, according to Martin Fowler, an Elon University lecturer whose first book “The Ethical Practice of Critical Thinking” examines the concept.

Faculty members in Elon’s philosophy department have collaborated to produce a special issue of a national academic journal focused on the theme “Philosophy as Transformative Practice.”