Department of Philosophy
These digital collections include theses, dissertations, and faculty publications from the Department of Philosophy. Also included is a collection of works by Rolston Holmes III, a philosopher who is a University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Colorado State University, known for his contributions to environmental ethics and the relationship between science and religion.
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当代中国的环境美学：东西方对话,
You are today out of place, as far as the East is from the West. Although having visited China a half dozen times, I found myself out of place, too much a Westerner to be competent to give an intelligent contribution to ... -
科學與宗教：為年輕人寫的簡介
This is a Chinese translation of an introduction to science and religion for youth, grades 9-12. The central thesis is that youth can and ought to understand that science and religion are compatible, when appropriately ... -
Trail log - 2020
Summary: January: Nashville, TN, and memorial service Robert Crumby; CSU and city shut-down from Coronavirus; April-May: record cold in U.S. Northeast; Comet Neowise; wildfires, Cameron Peak Fire, Pine Gulch Fire. -
Schlick's Responsible man
A criticism of the concept of responsibility in the work of Moritz Schlick. The solution, or dissolution, of moral responsibility is not nearly so simple as Schlick has proposed. Upon analysis, his hope of retaining ... -
Suffering through to something higher
The Darwinian world of "survival of the fittest" is "survival of the better adapted." Over evolutionary time the fight for life deepens into sentience, and sentience into suffering. This forces philosophers and theologians ... -
Temporal elements of emotional identification with film characters, The
I argue that the subjective experience of time passing, felt duration, is a crucial element in the emotional and immersive experience of narrative films. First, I review multiple theories of emotional identification to ... -
Rationally-rooted responsibility toward nonhuman animals, A
How should humans treat nonhuman animals? One answer to this question arises from the belief that humans are superior to nonhuman animals, thereby giving humans a right to treat nonhuman animals however humans desire. In ... -
Surprisingly neuroplastic human brains: reading, science, philosophy, theology
Human brains, dramatically more complex than anything else in the known universe, are marvelously mutable. Recent neuroscience focuses on how humans create cumulative transmissible cultures which in turn shape mental ... -
Wonderland Earth in the Anthropocene Epoch (Yale University)
"Wonderland Earth in the Anthropocene Epoch," Rolston Zoom lecture and discussion sponsored by Yale University Center for Environmental Communication, October 23, 2020. Moderated by Tom Murray, Speaker Coordinator. Rolston ... -
Templeton Prize virtual ceremony
Templeton Prize Virtual Ceremony held on September 24, 2020, Francis S. Collins laureate (left) and Holmes Rolston 2003 Templeton laureate (right) at the National Academy of Sciences Building, Washington, D.C. -
Critical notice of Three big bangs: matter-energy, life, mind
Critical notice of citations of Rolston's published book Three Big Bangs: Matter-Energy, Life, Mind. -
Critical notice of Philosophy gone wild
Critical notice of citations of Rolston's published book Philosophy Gone Wild. -
Critical notice in science and religion
Critical notice of citations of Rolston's published materials in science and religion. -
Critical notice of A new environmental ethics: life on Earth in the next millennium, 2nd edition
Critical notice of citations of Rolston's published book A New Environmental Ethics: Life on Earth in the Next Millennium. Covers both first and second editions. -
Critical notice of Genes, genesis and God: values and their origins in natural and human history
Critical notice of citations of Rolston's published book Genes, Genesis and God: Values and Their Origins in Natural and Human History. -
Critical notice of Conserving natural value
Critical notice of citations of Rolston's published book Conserving Natural Value. -
Critical notice of published articles in environmental ethics
Critical notice of citations of Rolston's published articles in environmental ethics. -
Critical notice of Environmental ethics: values in and duties to the natural world
Critical notice of citations of Rolston's published book Environmental Ethics: Values in and Duties to the Natural World. -
Critical notice - Holmes Rolston III
Critical notice of citations of Rolston's published materials in environmental ethics and in science and religion. -
Seeing beyond design: exploring non-engineering functions of technology in engineering ethics
The purpose of this paper is to draw a distinction between the function of technology in engineering contexts and non-engineering contexts. The first two sections identify and elaborate this distinction; the final portion ...
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