philosophy

Discovering India and Sri Lanka

Emilee O’Brien ’17 came home from India and Sri Lanka with a new wardrobe and a new outlook on South Asian culture. She found her colorful new kurta tunic to be surprisingly comfortable and discovered...

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Notre Dame Professor Delivers Townes Lecture on Faith & Reason

Dr. Christian Smith, the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame, will deliver the Charles H. Townes Lecture on Faith and Reason Tuesday, Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. in...

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University Launches ‘The Furman Advantage’

Visit The Furman Advantage website The Furman Advantage in the News Furman University today announced an ambitious effort to transform the student experience and address critical community issues. The new strategic vision—called The Furman Advantage—will...

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And Justice for All

Furman’s Bridges to a Brighter Future is a college access and academic enrichment program for Greenville County high school students who display great academic potential but often must overcome challenging circumstances at home. As part...

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Grading Melania Trump’s Convention Speech

According to many news reports, Melania Trump's Republican National Convention speech sounded a lot like Michelle Obama's address at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Were parts of the speech plagiarized? WYFF-TV asked Furman philosophy professor Aaron...

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Commenting on News from Orlando

As the investigation continues into the gunman of the Orlando nightclub shootings, Omar Mateen, the FBI is looking at Mateen's wife and what she knew before the massacre.  In an interview with FOX Carolina, Furman...

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Building healthier communities from the ground up

Angel Cruz ’08 didn’t always love dirt. Her original plan was to become a medical doctor. After coming to Furman, she discovered a new interest in sustainability science and along the way, a new zest...

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In Pursuit of Medicine’s Moral Code

Treating the human body like a machine has served western medicine well, but the solutions are simple when machines finally can’t be fixed anymore. Not so much when a mother of three lapses into a...

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Mass Shooters and Mental Illness

In a presentation for TEDxGreenville, Furman philosophy professor Carmela Epright argues that most mass shooters are not mentally ill.  In addition to teaching at Furman, Dr. Epright is a member of the clinical faculty at...

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Welcome to Phi Beta Kappa

GREENVILLE, S.C.—Sixty-one Furman University students have been elected to the school’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic society. The newest members were inducted during a special initiation ceremony and...

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Four Furman students, alumni receive NSF grants

The National Science Foundation has awarded grants through the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) to four Furman students and alumni. The recipients are Furman senior chemistry major Michael Davis Turlington (Mills River, N.C.); December 2015...

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High Noon: “The Weight of Mercy”

The Rev. Deb Richardson-Moore, pastor of the Triune Mercy Center, will speak about ministering to the homeless in Greenville and how she came to write about a book about those experiences when she delivers the...

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