Achievements
Posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2014Kimberly A. Blessing, Chair and Professor, Philosophy and Humanities
Kimberly Blessing, professor and chair of the Philosophy and Humanities Department, recently published the following chapters and articles:
- "Atheism and the Meaningfulness of Life," The Oxford Handbook of Atheism (S. Bullivant and M. Ruse, eds.; Oxford University Press, 2013).
- "What's Done Is Done: Descartes on Resoluteness and Regret," Essays in Philosophy: Cartesian Virtue and Freedom 14 (2): 141–161.
- "Is the PR-ization of Media…B.S.?" coauthored with Joseph Marren, Media Ethics 24 (2).
- "More Bullshit: Political Spin and the PR-ization of Media," coauthored with Joseph Marren, The Ultimate Daily Show and Philosophy (J. Holt, ed.; Wiley, 2013).
- "I Re-Read, Therefore I Understand," Philosophy Now 94 (January/February 2013), 17.
She also presented two talks: "Theism, Atheism, and Meaningfulness of Life" at the 110th annual meeting of the Central Division of the American Philosophical Association, held in New Orleans, Louisiana, February 20–23; and "Theism, Atheism, and the Meaning of Life" at Atheism: The Contemporary Debate, a symposium inspired by the recent publication of The Oxford Handbook on Atheism, held at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, on December 6.
