Faculty publications from the Philosophy Department at Gettysburg College.

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Is Ignorance Bliss?, Eliana R. Mandelberg

2022

A Reader in Moral Philosophy, Daniel R. DeNicola

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Philosophers of Catastrophe: Early 20th Century Jewish Proponents and Opponents of Objectivity in Science, Steven Gimbel and Stephen J. Stern

Feminist Philosophy of Humor, Amy Marvin

Short-Circuited Trans Care, t4t, and Trans Scenes, Amy Marvin

Personal Memories of the Early Analytic Philosophers: Analytic Logic/Synthetic Lives, Jeffrey Maynes and Steven Gimbel

We've Come Through It Again: The Skin of Our Teeth, the Myth of Sisyphus, and Thornton Wilder's American Existentialism, Susan Frances Russell, Steven Gimbel, and Jennifer Gaffney

Reclaiming the Wicked Son: Finding Judaism in Secular Jewish Philosophers, Stephen J. Stern and Steven Gimbel

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We Are Interwoven Beings, Mercedes Valmisa

2021

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Adapting: A Chinese Philosophy of Action, Mercedes Valmisa

2020

Stereotype Threat, Identity, and the Disruption of Habit, Nathifa Greene

Let Justice Be Done: Writings from American Abolitionists, 1688-1865, Kerry S. Walters

2019

Deep Fakes and Computer Vision: The Paradox of New Images, Lisa Portmess

Paul van Els, The Wenzi: Creativity and Intertextuality in Early Chinese Philosophy. Studies in the History of Chinese Texts, 9. Leiden – Boston: Brill, 2018. xiv, 233 pp., Mercedes Valmisa

The Happy Slave Isn't Free: Relational Autonomy and Freedom in the Zhuangzi, Mercedes Valmisa

The Reification of Fate in Early China, Mercedes Valmisa

對中國哲學的「漢學挑戰」:一個從後學科角度出發的回應/The ‘Sinological Challenge’ to Chinese Philosophy: A Response from a Post-Disciplinary Perspective, Mercedes Valmisa

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Faith Matters: Reflections on the Christian Life, Kerry S. Walters

Harriet Tubman: A Life in American History, Kerry S. Walters

2018

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Can the Philanthropic Imperative Enhance International Health Care?, Paul Carrick

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Deleuze and Derrida: Difference and the Power of the Negative, Vernon W. Cisney

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The Poststructuralist Broom of Wallace’s System: A Conversation Between Wittgenstein and Derrida, Vernon W. Cisney

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A New Vision of Liberal Education: The Good of the Unexamined Life, Daniel R. DeNicola

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Moral Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction, Daniel R. DeNicola

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You Don't Have a Right to Believe Whatever You Want To, Daniel R. DeNicola

Post-truth: Marcuse and New Forms of Social Control, Lisa Portmess

Saint Oscar Romero: Pastor, Prophet, Martyr, Kerry S. Walters

2017

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American Populism Shouldn’t Have to Embrace Ignorance, Daniel R. DeNicola

Understanding Ignorance: The Surprising Impact of What We Don’t Know, Daniel R. DeNicola

Isn't That Clever: A Philosophical Account of Humor and Comedy, Steven Gimbel

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The Passion of the Infant Christ: Critical Edition, Caryll Houselander and Kerry S. Walters

Living Currency, Pierre Klossowski, Daniel W. Smith, Nicolae Morar, and Vernon W. Cisney

2016

Between Foucault and Derrida, Yubraj Aryal, Vernon W. Cisney, Nicolae Morar, and Christopher Penfield

The Way of Nature and the Way of Grace: Philosophical Footholds on Terrence Malick's 'The Tree of Life', Jonathan Beever and Vernon W. Cisney

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All the World Is Shining, and Love Is Smiling through All Things: The Collapse of the "Two Ways" in 'The Tree of Life', Vernon W. Cisney

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Provocations in Consideration of Thomas Nail's The Figure of the Migrant, Vernon W. Cisney

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Of Boards and the Discourse of Doom, Daniel R. DeNicola

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The Republic of Ignorance, Daniel R. DeNicola

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The Republic of Ignorance, Daniel R. DeNicola

Perfect Joy: 30 Days with Francis of Assisi, Kerry S. Walters

St. Teresa of Calcutta: Missionary, Mother, Mystic, Kerry S. Walters

2015

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Biopower: Foucault and Beyond, Vernon W. Cisney and Nicolae Morar

Higher Education, the Professions, and the Place of Expertise, Daniel R. DeNicola

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April Fools’ Day, A Celebration of All Things Creative, Steven Gimbel

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Einstein: His Space and Times, Steven Gimbel

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Digital Peacekeepers, Drone Surveillance and Information Fusion: A Philosophical Analysis of New Peacekeeping, Lisa Portmess and Bassam Romaya

American Slave Revolts and Conspiracies, Kerry S. Walters

Elihu Palmer (1764-1806), Kerry S. Walters

Junipero Serra: A Short Biography, Kerry S. Walters

Nicholas Romayne (1756-1817), Kerry S. Walters

Richard Stockton (1730-1781), Kerry S. Walters

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Snark Wars, Kerry S. Walters

2014

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Becoming-Other: Foucault, Deleuze, and the Political Nature of Thought, Vernon W. Cisney

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Derrida's Voice and Phenomenon: An Edinburgh Philosophical Guide, Vernon W. Cisney

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Liberal Education (An Overview), Daniel R. DeNicola

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Reflections on Reading Plato and Aristotle at Lancaster, Daniel R. DeNicola

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An Ernie Banks Season, Steven Gimbel

Data Barns, Ambient Intelligence and Cloud Computing: The Tacit Epistemology and Linguistic Representation of Big Data, Lisa Portmess and Sara W. Tower

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Orange Is the New Golgotha, Kerry S. Walters

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Outbreak in Washington, DC: The 1857 Mystery of the National Hotel Disease, Kerry S. Walters

Profiles in Christian Courage: Extraordinary Inspiration for Everyday Life, Kerry S. Walters

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Rachel Weeping: A Christian Pacifist Reluctantly Endorses Military Strikes Against ISIS, Kerry S. Walters

2013

All Things in Mind: Panpsychist Elements in Spinoza, Deleuze, and Peirce, Jonathan Beever and Vernon W. Cisney

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Liberal Education and Moral Education, Daniel R. DeNicola

A Letter Concerning Toleration, John Locke and Kerry S. Walters

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Mobile Knowledge, Karma Points, and Digital Peers: The Tacit Epistemology and Linguistic Representation of MOOCs, Lisa Portmess

Confronting Cyber Warfare: Rethinking the Ethics of Cyber War, Bassam Romaya and Lisa Portmess

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We Say NO! The Plain Man’s Guide to Pacifism, H.R. L. Sheppard and Kerry S. Walters

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Explosion on the Potomac: The 1844 Calamity Aboard the USS Princeton, Kerry S. Walters

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Giving Up god… to Find God: Breaking Free of Idolatry, Kerry S. Walters

John Paul II: A Short Biography, Kerry S. Walters

John XXIII: A Short Biography, Kerry S. Walters

Lincoln, the Rise of the Republicans, and the Coming of the Civil War: A Reference Guide, Kerry S. Walters

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Blessed Peacemakers: 365 Extraordinary People Who Changed the World, Kerry S. Walters and Robin Jarrell

2012

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Aldo Leopold’s Concept of Land Health: Implications for Sound Public Health Policy, Paul Carrick

A Devil’s Trick of Opposites, Gary F. Ciocco

Learning to Flourish: A Philosophical Exploration of Liberal Education, Daniel R. DeNicola

Einstein's Jewish Science: Physics at the Intersection of Politics and Religion, Steven Gimbel

The Underground Railroad: A Reference Guide, Kerry S. Walters

Vegetarianism: A Guide for the Perplexed, Kerry S. Walters

2011

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Friends, Foes, and Nel Noddings on Liberal Education, Daniel R. DeNicola

2010

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Evolution and the Second Law of Thermodynamics: Effectively Communicating to Non-Technicians, Alexander Schreiber and Steven Gimbel

2009

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Deep Ecology and End-of-Life Care, Paul Carrick

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Invariance: A Tale of Intellectual Migration, Steven Gimbel

2008

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Adam Smith and the Stages of Moral Development, Daniel R. DeNicola

2007

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The Public Funding of Health Care: A Brief Historical Overview of Principles, Practices, and Motives, Paul Carrick

2006

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Can Corporations Be Morally Responsible? Aristotle, Stakeholders and the Non-Sale of Hershey, Steven Gimbel

2004

The Greening of White Pride, Steven Gimbel and Randall K. Wilson

2003

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Sylvester: Ushering in the Modern Era of Research on Odd Perfect Numbers, Steven Gimbel and John Jaroma

2002

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Avoiding the Super-Naturalistic Fallacy: Practical Reasoning and the Insightful Undergraduate, Steven Gimbel

1998

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The Promise of a Liberal Arts Education, Daniel R. DeNicola

1997

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An Intervening Cause Counterexample to Railton’s DNP Model of Explanation, Stuart Gluck and Steven Gimbel

1996

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Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered: Reflections on Art, Fundamentalism, and Democracy, Daniel R. DeNicola

1994

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The Emergence of the New American College, Daniel R. DeNicola

1991

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Paradigms and Paraphernalia: On the Relationship of Theory and Technology in Science, Daniel R. DeNicola

1983

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Virtue and the Need for Heroes, Daniel R. DeNicola

1979

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The Education of the Emotions, Daniel R. DeNicola

1978

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The Philosopher, The Teacher, and the Quest for Clarity, Daniel R. DeNicola

1973

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Biography and the Curriculum, Daniel R. DeNicola