Vance Cope-Kasten

  Vance Cope-Kasten

 

Education

  • B.A., Lawrence University
  • Ph.D. in philosophy, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

 

Current Courses Taught

  • PHIL 120   Introduction to Philosophy
  • PHIL 222   Religion, Different Religions and the Truth
  • PHIL 286   Sports, Religion and the Arts
  • PHIL 290   Reality and Knowledge
  • PHIL 326   History of Philosophy from the Enlightenment to the Present
  • PHIL 342   Chinese Philosophical Traditions
  • PHIL 344   Indian Philosophical Traditions
  • PHIL 491   Senior Statement

 

 

 

Awards and Honors

  • James Underkofler Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, 2000
  • May Bumby Severy Award for Outstanding Teaching (three times)

 

 

Recent Publications and Presentations

  • “Loneliness: A Common Fate for Philosophy and Terrorism?” in “Comparative Philosophy and Religion in Times of Terror,” ed. Douglas Allen (Lexington Books, 2006)
  • “Meeting Chinese Philosophy” in “An Introduction to Chinese Culture Through the Family,” ed. Howard Giskin and Bettye S. Walsh (SUNY, 2001)

 

 

 

Areas of Interest

  • Chinese philosophy
  • Philosophy of religion
  • Loneliness
  • The meaning of life