{"id":32,"date":"2017-11-17T15:30:30","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T15:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/philosophy\/wcsu-stuart-dalton\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T17:52:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T17:52:25","slug":"stuart-dalton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/philosophy\/stuart-dalton\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuart Dalton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Professor of Philosophy<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Warner Hall 205<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"> (203) 837-3282<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"> <a href=\"mailto:daltons@wcsu.edu\">daltons@wcsu.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"float: left;margin-right: 10px\" src=\"http:\/\/wcsu.edu\/philosophy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2017\/11\/StuartDalton2014.jpg\" width=\"172\" height=\"229\" \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">(MA Villanova University 1992, PhD Emory University 1997) <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">I focus mostly on 19th and 20th century continental philosophy but I love every part of the entire history of philosophy and I never tire of trying to make sense of the whole weird and wonderful story from the very beginning. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">I hope to keep teaching our history of philosophy sequence (PHI 231 Ancient Philosophy, PHI 232 Medieval Philosophy, PHI 233 Modern Philosophy, PHI 234 19th &amp; 20th Century Philosophy) until I drop dead. I also try to teach Informal Logic (PHI 209) or Formal Logic (PHI 211) every semester, and I love teaching all of these classes whenever possible: PHI 100 Introduction to Philosophy; PHI 251 Philosophy in Literature; PHI 262 Philosophy of Love and Friendship; PHI 334 Existentialism; PHI 338 Postmodern Philosophy; PHI 381 Plato\u2019s Dialogues; PHI 388 Kierkegaard and Hegel; PHI 389 Schopenhauer and Nietzsche.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">If you want to major in philosophy come and see me! Philosophy majors are my favorite people in the universe. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Like all philosophy professors everywhere I&#8217;ve also started my own corporation on the side in order to be prepared for the day\u2014which will surely come\u2014when every university on earth decides that allowing students to study philosophy\u00a0 is an obscene indulgence in these desperate times. My corporation, <a href=\"http:\/\/transcendentalheavyindustries.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Transcendental Heavy Industries<\/a>, consolidates the only other marketable skills I possess: repairing houses and cars and bicycles.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor of Philosophy Warner Hall 205 (203) 837-3282 daltons@wcsu.edu (MA Villanova University 1992, PhD Emory University 1997) I focus mostly on 19th and 20th century continental philosophy but I love every part of the entire history of philosophy and I &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"left-navigation.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-32","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}