Faculty List

Ken Marable

Visiting Instructor of Philosophy
Joined Alma College Faculty in 2011
SAC 312B
Office Hours: TTH 12:00-1:00
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Education

  • B.A., Philosophy, Alma College (1997)
  • Ph.D., Philosophy, Michigan State University (currently pursuing)

Research Interests

Bioethics, Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Mind, Artificial Intelligence, Neuroscience

Recent Courses Taught

  • Ethics and Medicine.  PHL 229.
  • Ethics and Business.  PHL 227.

Selected Articles

  • Ken Marable (with Latourette MT, Siebert JE, Barto RJ, Muyepa A., Hammond CA, Potchen MJ, Kampondeni SD, Taylor TE).  "Magnetic Resonance Teleradiology in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Implementation."  Journal of Digital Imaging.  2011. 24. 4. 729-738  July 25, 2011.

Selected Chapter Book Publications

  • "Shared Dreaming and Extended Minds." In Inception and Philosophy, edited by David Kyle Johnson, 177-186. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.

 

Alma College graduates have extraordinary placement rates into medical and law schools. Alma’s 84 percent placement rate into medical school compares to a 46.3 percent national average. Alma’s placement rate for law school is 86.9 percent, compared to a 66.8 percent national average.

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Student Profile

Josh Minshall

Josh Minshall
Graduation: 2013
Major: French

Some people think French is the language of snoots and snobs. Others assume it’s only good for impressing dates. To Holly senior Josh Minshall, the language of love is “100-percent awesome sauce.”

“I’ve been taking French since 10th grade,” he says. “A lot of my friends took Spanish because they thought French would be too hard, but I stuck with it. I feel like I have a real knack for the language, and I speak it every day.”

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