Study Philosophy at Calvin

A premiere philosophy department

The philosophy department of Calvin College houses one of the finest undergraduate philosophy programs in the nation. Calvin's philosophy department was the undergraduate and/or teaching home of four American Philosophical Association Presidents—Alvin Plantinga, Nicholas Wolterstorff, William Frankena and O. K. Bouwsma.

• To learn more see Nicholas Wolterstorff's history of the department: "How Calvin Fathered a Renaissance in Christian Philosophy."

Noted scholars

The department's current faculty includes noted scholars in such fields as philosophy of religion, aesthetics, cultural criticism, ethics & moral philosophy, philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, continental philosophy and the history of philosophy who continue to contribute to the life of Christian philosophy—both nationally and internationally.

Global outreach

The philosophy department at Calvin has spent many years building strong ties with philosophers at universities in China. The partnerships that have formed can be seen in the Values and Virtues exchange.

Read more about the philosophy department's connections to China.

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Learn more

• Major and minor
• Spring 2013 courses
• Internships
• Scholarships
• Upcoming public lectures

Noteworthy

Attend a public lecture

Watch Prof. DeYoung talk about the Seven Deadly Sins on Inner Compass.

Read Prof. Hardy's invitation to philosophy and the humanities from the new book, Practically Human: College Professors Speak from the Heart of Humanities Education (available from Calvin College Press).

Philosophy hits the streets: Learn about Prof. Hardy's research on urban cycling in Amsterdam and Denmark.

Read about 2012 philosophy graduate, Emily Pope, winner of a Fulbright to Turkey.

Read about Prof. Corcoran, recently profiled as one of the best professors in higher education in The Best 300 Professors, a book released by the Princeton Review.

In the news

Prof. Alvin Plantinga on National Public Radio discussing science vs. naturalism.

Alvin Plantinga, the inaugural holder of the new Jellema Chair in Philosophy at Calvin College.