Michael Omoge, PhD

Asst. Prof., Augustana - Fine Arts & Humanities

Contact

Asst. Prof., Augustana - Fine Arts & Humanities
Email
omoge@ualberta.ca
Phone
(780) 679-1160
Address
2-08 Founders' Hall
4901 46 Ave
Camrose AB
T4V 2R3

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

African philosophy Philosophy of perception Philosophy of imagination

Courses

AUIDS 101 - First Year Seminar

Selected topics that highlight the interdisciplinary nature of the Liberal Arts and Sciences. This seminar-style class is the first course in Augustana's Core. The focus and content of each course are determined by faculty interests, and vary from year to year.


AUPHI 102 - Introduction to Western Philosophy II: Modern Philosophy

Continuation of an introduction to the main problems and theories that have dominated philosophical thought, through study and critical discussions of selected classics of modern philosophy.


AUPHI 260 - Ethics

Examination of questions of right and wrong, good and evil, and reasons for action, through study of ethical theories of philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, Kant, and Mill.


AUPHI 357 - Philosophy of Religion I

Introduction to the philosophy of religion by focusing on the question, What is religion? Through lectures, discussion, and reading of such thinkers as Schleiermacher, Feuerbach, Kierkegaard, and Otto, the course explores the concept of religion; the existence of God (and related proofs); meaning in religious language; and the relations between faith and reason, philosophy and religion. Prerequisite: None, but AUPHI 102 or 336 would be useful.


AUPHI 365 - Aesthetics

Considerations of theoretical issues related to visual arts, broadly understood and of sense experience.


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Featured Publications

Michael Omoge

Belief, Imagination, and Delusion. 2024 January; 10.1093/oso/9780198872221.003.0006


Michael Omoge

Philosophy of Violence: A Multidisciplinary Perspective. 2024 January; 10.1007/978-3-031-55881-8_7


Michael Omoge

Disputatio. 2023 November; 10.2478/disp-2023-0010


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