Assistant professor Joseph Shieber, partially supported through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon foundation, team-teaches a course on set theory and the philosophical foundations of mathematics with Lorenzo Traldi, Marshall R. Metzgar Professor of Mathematics at Lafayette. (Story here.)
An interview on the topic of “Knowledge as a Social Good,” featuring philosophers including Lafayette College assistant professor Joseph Shieber, appeared on the German national radio broadcaster Deutschlandfunk on September 3, 2009. (A link, with the text of the broadcast, is available here.)
Alessandro Giovannelli, assistant professor of philosophy, plans a book project titled Aesthetics: The Key Thinkers. Read more on the project, and on Professor Giovannelli’s work with EXCEL student Eric Henney ’11, here.