Daniel DeNicola is a Professor of Philosophy at Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. For ten years (1996-2006), he was Provost of Gettysburg College; he then served a year as Vice President for Program Development, leading both the Eisenhower Institute and the Leonard Bernstein Center for Learning. In earlier years, he had been Provost at Rollins College, where he had also chaired the Department of Philosophy and Religion. He has held visiting appointments at Harvard University and at Lancaster University (UK). He has led a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar on John Stuart Mill.
Professor DeNicola focuses on aspects of epistemology, philosophy of education, theories of the emotions, and theoretical and applied etDaniel DeNicola is a Professor of Philosophy at Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. For ten years (1996-2006), he was Provost of Gettysburg College; he then served a year as Vice President for Program Development, leading both the Eisenhower Institute and the Leonard Bernstein Center for Learning. In earlier years, he had been Provost at Rollins College, where he had also chaired the Department of Philosophy and Religion. He has held visiting appointments at Harvard University and at Lancaster University (UK). He has led a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar on John Stuart Mill.
Professor DeNicola focuses on aspects of epistemology, philosophy of education, theories of the emotions, and theoretical and applied ethics. He teaches upper division courses, such as 'Choice, Chance, Luck, and Fate'; 'Emotion'; 'Philosophy of Place'; 'Ethics & Economic Life'; and 'The Philosophy of Color'. He has twice taught the Senior Seminar in Philosophy on the topic of 'Ignorance'. Previously, he taught First-Year Seminars, such as 'Designer Genes' and the 'Ethics of Human Enhancement' and 'Secrets and Lies'. He served as Director of the Gettysburg London Seminar in 2013. Currently, he serves as Chair of the Department of Philosophy....more