Philosophy Faculty

James B. Allis

allis@hope.edu
395-7551

Areas of Specialization:

Plato, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Existentialism, History of Ancient Philosophy

Education:

B.A. Dartmouth College, M.A. Jersey City State College, Ed.M. Harvard Graduate School of Education, M.A. University of Pittsburgh, Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh.

Professor Allis has given papers on legal pragmatism and on original intent in the law and is the co-author of Resources in Ancient Philosophy: An Annotated Bibliography. He is a winner of the Hope Outstanding Professor-Educator award for teaching excellence, and writes about questions of teaching, learning, and knowing.

 Andrew J. Dell'Olio

adellolio@hope.edu
395-7549

Areas of Specialization:

Aquinas, Philosophy of Religion, Asian Philosophy

Education:

B.A. Rutgers College, M.A. Columbia University, M.Phil. Columbia University, Ph.D. Columbia University.

Professor Dell'Olio has published articles in the areas of ethics, philosophy of religion, religious pluralism, religious language, religion and morality, multiculturalism, medieval philosophy, comparative philosophy, postmodernism, and contemporary philosophy. He is the author of Foundation of Moral Selfhood: Aquinas on Divine Goodness and the Connection of the Virtues and the co-editor (with Caroline Simon) of Introduction to Ethics: A Reader. He is Director of the Asian studies minor and coordinates the Hope-China Exchange Program.

Joseph LaPorte

 

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Jack Mulder

mulderj@hope.edu
395-7294

Professor Mulder's information and details about his work may be found on his curriculum vitae.

Anthony N. Perovich, Jr.

perovich@hope.edu
395-7548

Areas of Specialization:

Kant, Analytical Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Mysticism.

Education:

A.B. University of California-Davis, M.A. University of Chicago, Ph.D. University of Chicago.

Professor Perovich has published articles on the German idealist philosophers Kant and Fichte, and on the philosophy of mysticism, and co-edited Human Nature and Natural Knowledge. He edited a book of papers by the contemporary philosopher, Alan Donagan, Reflections on Philosophy and Religion.