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Dr. David Bollert

Dr. David Bollert

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

 

Education:

  • B.A., Michigan State University
  • M.A., Northern Illinois University
  • M.A.L.A., St. John

Research and Scholarly Interests:

20th Century Continental Philosophy, Ancient Greek Philosophy, Philosophy of Literature, Aesthetics, Kierkegaard, Neitzsche, Political Philosophy.

Publications/Papers:

Publications:

“The Call of Wonder:  Vocation, Faith, and Education.”  Presented at the annual Collegium summer colloquy hosted by the College of Holy Cross.  (June, 2008)

Losing Track of Time and Comrades:  Wonder and Civility in Plato’s Symposium.”  Delivered at an interdisciplinary conference entitled Time and Wonder, Knowledge and Spirit, at Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles).  (March, 2005)

“Plato and Wonder.”  Extraordinary Times, IWM Junior Visiting Fellows Conferences 11 (2001).

Courses Taught/Teaching:

  • LLRN 102:  Classical Origins of Western Culture
  • LLRN 205:  Roots of the Modern Age
  • PHIL 201:  Ethics
  • PHIL 203:  Readings in Medieval Philosophy
  • PHIL 213:  Introduction to Logic
  • PHIL 215:  Greek Philosophy
  • PHIL 230:  Philosophy of Law
  • PHIL 323:  Nietzsche
  • PHIL 334:  Existentialism
  • PHIL 420:  Heidegger’s Being and Time
  • PHIL 420:  Existential Fiction
  • PHIL 420:  Philosophy of Technology

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