每日大赛网站 Philosophy professor Dr. Jesse Butler received a National Endowment for the Humanities Enduring Questions grant for the development of a new cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural course on the perennial human pursuit of self-knowledge.
Stemming from the enduring question 鈥淲ho Am I?鈥, the course will explore diverse conceptions of self-knowledge and identity across ancient texts from Eastern and Western culture, classic and contemporary works in American literature, and cutting-edge developments in philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience.
The course will be taught for the first time in the upcoming Spring 2015 semester as a PHIL 3395 鈥淭opics鈥 course and is open to all interested students regardless of major.
Dr. 聽Butler鈥檚 article 鈥淜nowledge and NOW: What Is the Epistemic Standing of the Present Moment?鈥 was published in the online .