Philosophy Department
Professor
Ph.D., State University of New York, Stony Brook
Fields: Recent European philosophy, American philosophy, social and political philosophy, metaphysics and natural science
Email: lcahoone@holycross.edu
Office Phone: 508-793-2460
Office: Smith 517
PO Box: 0159A
Office Hours:
Courses
Introductory
- Introduction to Philosophy
- Philosophical Themes:Diversity
- Philosophical Themes: Moral Choices
- Nature, Knowledge, God:History (Montserrat)
- Nature, Values, God: Today (Montserrat)
Intermediate
- American Philosophy
- Existentialism
- Political Philosophy
- Philosophy of State and Law
- Contemporary Political Philosophy
- Philosophy of War and Peace
- Social Philosophy of Modernity
- Twentieth Century Philosophy
- Early Modern Philosophy
- Modern Philosophy
Tutorials
- War and Peace
- Just War Theory
Advanced
- Metaphysics and Natural Science
- Philosophical Naturalism
- Advanced Topics: Nationalism and Cultural Identity
- Advanced Topics: Postmodernism
- Advanced Topics: Process Philosophy
- Concepts of Political Society
Research
- Recent and Contemporary European Philosophy
- American Philosophy
- Social and Political Philosophy
- Philosophy of Culture
- Metaphysics and Natural Science
Books
The Orders of Nature, Albany, NY : SUNY Press, 2013.
Cultural Revolutions: Reason versus Culture in Philosophy, Politics, and Jihad . State College, PA : The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005.
Civil Society: The Conservative Meaning of Liberal Politics. Cambridge : Blackwell Publishers, 2002.
From Modernism to Postmodernism: An Anthology. Expanded Second Edition. Cambridge : Blackwell Publishers, 2003. (First Edition, Blackwell, 1996).
The Ends of Philosophy: Pragmatism, Foundationalism, and Postmodernism. Cambridge : Blackwell Publishers, 2002. (rpt. of The Ends of Philosophy. Albany : SUNY Press, 1995).
The Dilemma of Modernity: Philosophy, Culture, and Anti-Culture. Albany : State University of New York Press, 1988.
Other Major Publications
Wise Guys. A Philosophical Comedy in Three Acts. Heartland Plays Inc. 2014.
Modern Political Tradition: From Hobbes to Habermas, 36-lecture course on CD and DVD released by The Great Courses, 2014.
Modern Intellectual Tradition: From Descartes to Derrida, 36-lecture course on CD and DVD released by The Great Courses, 2010.