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Elizabeth Schiltz

Elizabeth Schiltz

Purna, Rao, Raju Chair of Philosophy, Department Chair of Philosophy; Professor of Philosophy; Chair of South Asian Studies; Classical Studies

eschiltz@wooster.edu

Phone: 330-263-2289

Office: Scovel 201

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Degrees

  • B.A., Ohio Wesleyan 1993
  • Ph.D., Duke 2000
Areas of Interest

Schiltz’s research interests are in world philosophy, with a focus on the self and its flourishing in ancient Greek, South Asian, and East Asian traditions.  Her current projects focus on issues in philosophy as a way of life in general, and on bodily practices in classical philosophical traditions in particular.

Courses Taught
  • FYS 101: On the Meaning of Life
  • PHIL 221: Philosophy and the Religious Life
  • PHIL 230: Self, Truth & the Good Life in World Philosophies
  • PHIL 231: Self, No-self and Liberation in South Asian Philosophical Traditions
  • PHIL 250: Ancient Greek Philosophy
  • PHIL 299: Philosophy and Sports
  • PHIL 301: Ontological Commitments
Publications
  • “Soul, Body, and the Philosophical Way of Life: Plato and a Pythagorean at the Syracusan Court,” chapter, in Body and Soul in Ancient Greece and Rome, edited by Jurgen Gatt, Samantha Newington, and Michaela Senkova, Siracusa, Italy:  Fonte Aretusa, 2024.
  • “Daoist Sage, Daoist Leader:  Isaac McAdoo Finds His Flow,” chapter, in Ted Lasso and Philosophy, edited by David and Mary Baggett, Hoboken, NJ:  Blackwell, 2023.
  • “Meditation is the Substance of Wisdom: East Asian Buddhism in the Philosophy Classroom,” chapter, in Introduction to Buddhist East Asia: An Interdisciplinary Approach, edited by Robert Scott and James McRae, Albany:  SUNY Press, 2023.
  • “The ‘Vessel of Knowledge’ That Stole Our Hearts,” chapter, in The Good Place and Philosophy, edited by Steven Benko and Andrew Pavelich, Illinois: Open Court Press, 2019.
  • “The Katha Upanishad,” chapter, in The Upanishads: A Complete Guide, edited by Singe Cohen.  London: Routledge Publishing, 2017.
  • “How to Teach Comparative Philosophy,” article, in Teaching Philosophy, June 2014.
  • “’Weeds are the bane of fields; desire is the bane of mankind’: Desire, Intentional Actions, and the Good Life,” article, in Anthology of Philosophical Studies, edited by Patricia Hanna, 2008.
  • “’Who am I?’: The Platonic Dialogues and the Upanishads on the Self,” article, From Ancient Greek to Asian Philosophy, edited by Elizabeth Hoppe and Ronald Weed, 2007.
  • “Two Chariots: Moral Psychology in Plato’s Phaedrus and the Katha Upanishad,” article, Philosophy East and West, July 2006.
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