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Philosophy Department celebrates 150 years of BYU

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Philosophy Club

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Philosophy Lecture Series

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Students for Health Humanities

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Model EU Team is Back in Action

After a hiatus of several years, BYU's Model European Union Team is back in action. Four students recently traveled to Seattle to participate in a regional competition.
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Answering Age-Old Questions with Faith

By Kayla Muh
February 24, 2026 09:00 AM
A Latter-day Saint understanding of pre- and postmortality may be the answer to centuries of philosophical debate.
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Creating Space for LDS Philosophy

By Emma Lindorf
February 12, 2026 03:00 PM
For Associate Professor Katharina Paxman, the relationship between philosophy and faith is fueling her work on the LDS Philosophy Project.
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“Two things fill the mind with increasing admiration and reverence the more often and more steadily one reflects upon them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.”
– Immanuel Kant