Doug Hosler
Associate Professor of Philosophy

 

Contact Information

Room 329. It is above the administration office. Good luck in finding it!
Office Phone Number: 715-261-2620
EMail:dhosler@uwc.edu

 

Courses

Education

Research

Courses

Ethics
Philosophy of Science
The Concept of Mental Illness
Racism and Racial Categories

Research Interests

Ethics -- but ethics as a mentality , as a unique system of thought and action which appears in society only when the relevant conditions are present.
Almost any case in which the results of a mentality are examined (for example, what actual effects the presence of the idea of savage versus civilized has in a given society).
What the actual structure of racism in the U.S. is and how racial categories form. Examination of the mentality of racism.

Education

B.A. in philosophy from Oberlin College (Oberlin, Ohio), 1962
M.A. in philosophy from Yale University (New Haven, Conn), 1964
Ph.D. in philosophy from University of Pittsburgh, 1970

 

UW-Centers Philosophy Department
UW-Center Marathon Campus