Aaron Rabinowitz - Hamilton and Philosophy

MINERVA AHUMADA is Lecturer in philosophy at Arrupe College, Chicago, and has interests in ethics and social and political philosophy.

Minerva Ahumada teaches at Arrupe College

And here, first and foremost, shed like to acknowledge

The students of hers for teaching her to reach

For a Hamilton reference to clarify philosophical speech.

ROBERT ARP works as a researcher and is the author and editor of numerous books, book chapters, and articles in philosophy and other areas. His innumerable works include 1001 Ideas that Changed the Way We Think (2013), Whats Good on TV? Teaching Ethics through Television (2011), and Scenario Visualization: An Evolutionary Account of Creative Problem Solving (2008). See .

My name is Rob, last name is Arp

My rhymes are kinda dull, but my pencils sharp.

I like learnin history and philosophy too

Yeah, I still use a pencil, so whats it to you?

ADAM BARKMAN is an associate professor of philosophy at Redeemer University College. He is the author and co-editor of ten books, most recently Making Sense of Islamic Art and Architecture (2015) and, with Rob Arp, Downton Abbey and Philosophy (2015). He is also the author of more than seventy articles and book chapters on philosophy and related themes. While Barkman doesnt know as much about Hamilton the man as hed like, he does know a lot about Hamilton the city, in which he works.

Im straight outta Canada, in a town where it aint too hot.

Its name is also Hamilton, believe it or not.

I likes me some philosophy and also some art

If I had a role in Hamilton, Id play the Aaron Burr part.

CARRIE-ANN BIONDI is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Chair of her department at Marymount Manhattan College in New York City. Her research interests include Aristotle, citizenship, political obligation, patriotism, virtue ethics, childrens rights, Socratic pedagogy, and popular culture (including Harry Potter, Sherlock Holmes, and Steve Jobs). She is also Co-Editor-in-Chief (with Shawn Klein) of the philosophy journal Reason Papers. Proving the truth in the adage Youve got to be in it to win it, she entered the in-person lottery for Hamilton tickets over two hundred times in 2015, and had the good fortune of seeing the musical ten times that year.

Aristotle, Locke, and a dash of Searle,

Carrie-Anns most def a philosophy girl.

She also loves Hamilton and seen it ten times.

Its fresh, and its dope, and its got great rhymes!

KATE BOSSERT is an assistant professor of English at Notre Dame of Maryland University, where she teaches Shakespeare and directs the Drama program. She is grateful to her students for introducing her to Hamilton.

The name is Bossert, and Im an early modernist.

I study how Renaissance philosophies persist.

The Bards my favorite when I teach English Lit

So I dig Lin-Manuel Mirandas #YayHamlet!

JOE CHAPA is a Major in the US Air Force and a Senior Instructor of Philosophy at the US Air Force Academy, Colorado. He holds an MA in Philosophy from Boston College, an MA in Theological Studies from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, and a BA in Philosophy from Boston University. His areas of expertise include the Just War tradition, military ethics, and especially the ethics of remote and autonomous weapons. The views expressed in his chapter are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of the US government, Department of Defense, or Department of the Air Force.

JOE CHAPA, I got philos for the sophi

Credible pages, mad publications, pat myself on the back for those statements.

My reams seem to stream, no ending... its simple seeing empirical things

The more meaning I come across, the more paper I need.

MARLENE CLARK teaches courses full of literature, film, philosophy, and history offered by the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies at The City College Center for Worker Education, CUNY. Recent and forthcoming publications include Lefebvre-influenced studies of some literary landscapes of Brooklyn, and a new look at the six numbered Woman paintings of Willem de Kooning.

Teachin and writin and inspirin is my gig

In literature, film, philosophy, and history, you dig?

I work at the City College Center for Worker Education in the Big Apple, you see?

Otherwise known as N.Y.C. (mic drop)

ALISON DOBRICK is Associate Professor in the Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education at William Paterson University of New Jersey. Dr. Dobrick also serves as Director of the William Paterson University Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.

Ali D, one L in my name

Teacher for life, wont graduate from the school game.

Professor and Mommy, Philosopher, and Wife,

I learn, teach, love, and focus on life!

JASON T. EBERL is the Semler Endowed Chair for Medical Ethics and Professor of Philosophy at Marian University in Indianapolis. He teaches and publishes on bioethics, medieval philosophy, and metaphysics. Hes the editor or co-editor of The Ultimate Star Trek and Philosophy, The Ultimate Star Wars and Philosophy, Sons of Anarchy and Philosophy, Star Trek and Philosophy, Star Wars and Philosophy, and The Philosophy of Christopher Nolan. Hes also contributed to books about Stanley Kubrick, J.J. Abrams, Harry Potter, Metallica, Terminator, The Hunger Games, The Big Lebowski, and Avatar. Not wanting to throw away his shot, he defended his doctoral dissertation in a rap battle to the tune of Eminems Lose Yourself.

My names Dr. J and I likes me some Aristotle

I teach bout ethics within the hospital.

Im usually more of a heavy metal guy

But Mirandas hip hop rocks, I cannot tell a lie.

CHERYL FRAZIER is a PhD candidate in philosophy at the University of Oklahoma. She does research in applied ethics and aesthetics, and is interested in the ways art can help us better understand the world around us. In addition to Hamilton, Cheryl has an almost unhealthy obsession with sloths, baby goats, and statement necklaces. She looks forward to the day where she can sell her kidney (first child, all her Earthly possessions, etc.) in exchange for tickets to see Hamilton in New York City, but in the meantime shes willing to wait for it.

I put the Fraze in Frazier, and I spells it my way.

If I chose to, Id write FrAzier with a capital A.

But wait, that aint like me, and I dont wanna be no fool

And end up like Hamilton on the losing end of a duel.

MAGGIE JACKSON holds an MA in Sociology from Goldsmiths, University of London, and will soon begin her PhD at The Ohio State University. Her academic work is largely concerned with representations of gender and sexuality where they intersect with media fandom, and involves quite a lot of scrolling endlessly through Tumblr. She has a tendency to alarm other drivers with her enthusiastic vehicular performances of My Shot, and has never not cried during Its Quiet Uptown.

Sorry Ms. Jackson! Ive heard it before,

I know all those words, hell, I wrote that score.

Im a nerd for Hamilton, no need to ask, bruh,

But if you apologize to me again, Imma Outkast ya.

MYRON JACKSON is Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Grand Valley State University. His work centers on the problems of philosophical anthropology and public philosophy broadly construed. His first forthcoming book is tentatively titled