Philosophy Department celebrates 150 years of BYU
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Philosophers’ Guide to Testimonies
Many believe that philosophy and religion contradict each other. However, during BYU Education Week 2025, three philosophy professors explained that the two disciplines actually bolster each other.
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Bringing Lying Back
The difference between telling the truth and lying seems obvious, but Salem Hansen says that in a philosophical analysis it may not be so cut and dry.
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A Fellowship of Faith
Maxwell Institute fellow Katharina Paxman has big plans to spend the next two years writing about what she loves: philosophy and the gospel.
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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