David Gordon, Ph.D.

Associate Teaching Professor
Professor David Gordon

Education

  • B.A. Philosophy – Washington and Lee University, 1992
  • M.A. Theology – University of Notre Dame, 1997
  • M.A. Philosophy – University of Montana, 2004
  • Ph.D. Philosophy – Marquette University, 2018

Courses Taught

  • PL 001 – Independent Study: Philosophy of Biology
  • PL 201 – Foundations of Philosophy
  • PL 202 – Philosophical Perspectives, Project Modernity
  • PL 236 – Environmental Philosophy
  • PL 302 – Ethics
  • PL 310 – Business Ethics
  • PL 314 – Environmental Ethics
  • PL 316 - Controversies in Catholic Ethics and Morality
  • PL 361 - Philosophy of Biology 
  • PL 436 – Environmental Studies Capstone

Books:

The Implications of Evolution for Metaphysics: Theism, Idealism, and Naturalism, (Lexington Books, 2023)

Thoreau and Philosophy(David H. Gordon and Marc A. Jolley) Mercer University Press, upcoming June 2026)

Areas of Specialization:

  • History of Philosophy
  • Environmental Philosophy
  • Philosophy of Science and Evolutionary Biology
  • Philosophy of Religion
  • Applied Ethics

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