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 on religious pluralism, religious language, religion and morality, multiculturalism, and postmodernism. He has recently completed his book Foundations of Moral Selfhood: Aquinas on Divine Goodness and the Connection of the Virtues.

Joseph LaPorte

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

 

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Jack Mulder

mulderj@hope.edu
395-7294

Areas of Specialization:

19th and 20th Century Continental Philosophy;
Continental, Analytic, and Comparative Philosophy of Religion

Education:

B.A., Hope College, 2000, Summa Cum Laude, M.A. Purdue University, May 2003, Ph.D., Purdue University, May 2004.

Professor Mulder has articles published or forthcoming in such publications as the Kierkegaard Studies Yearbook (2005 and 2007), Continental Philosophical Review, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Listening: A Journal of Religion and Culture, and International Kierkegaard Commentary. He has two essays forthcoming in the volume, Kierkegaard and the Patristic and Medieval Tradition, on Sts. Cyprian and Bernard.

His book, Mystical and Buddhist Elements in Kierkegaard's Religious Thought, appeared in 2005 from the Edwin Mellen Press.

He is currently working on a manuscript having to do with Kierkegaard and Catholicism.

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 has recently edited a book of papers by the contemporary philosopher, Alan Donagan, Reflections on Philosophy and Religion.

Caroline Simon

simon@hope.edu
395-7552

Areas of Specialization:

Moral Philosophy, History of Ethics, Philosophy in Literature.

Education:

A.B. University of Oregon, M.A. University of Washington, Ph.D. University of Washington.

Professor Simon has published articles on moral knowledge, ethics, interpersonal relationships and philosophical treatments of literature. She also has written extensively on issues surrounding Christianity and higher education. Her book, The Disciplined Heart: Love, Destiny and Imagination (Eerdmans, 1997), examines philosophy through the narratives of several novels, poems, and short stories. Her most recent book, Can Hope Endure? A Historical Case Study in Christian Higher Education, written with Professor James Kennedy (Eerdmans, January 2005), examines the history of Hope College's religious self-conception.