Dr. Charles Don Keyes
Professor of Philosophy

Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA 15282

Office: College Hall 319

Telephone: (412) 396-6505

E-mail: keyes@duq.edu

Research Interests

With philosophical roots in Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Hegel, and phenomenology, Dr. Keyes is currently doing research in biomedical ethics and the brain/mind problem. He focuses on the relation between neurobiological monism and foundational ethics, aesthetics, and religious symbols.

Recent Publications

  • Book

  • Articles

    • “Doing Metaethics with Kant and Edwards,”Proceedings of The Northampton-Stockbridge Celebration of the Birth of Jonathan Edwards, Northampton, MA, October 3, 2003 (forthcoming).

    • “Does Cosmic Consciousness Have a Physical Substrate?,” Proceedings of the Academy of Religion and Psychical Research, 26th Annual Conference (June 2001), 28-37.

    • “Medical Ethical Meditation on Brain Mystery Light and Dark: The Rhythm and Harmony of Consciousness,” Sensibilities, Vol. 2, No. 2 (2001), 8-9.

    • “Paul D. MacLean’s Triune Brain Hypothesis: Which Platonic Metaphor Fits and Which Does Not?,” Proceedings of the Institute for Liberal Studies, Science and Culture, Vol. 8 (1997), 18-21.

    • “Crisis of Brain and Self,” Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science, Vol. 31, No. 4 (1996), 583-95.

Recent Graduate Courses

  • Plato’s Phaedo

  • Kierkegaard’s Critique of Hegel

  • Online Graduate Practicum

Recent Undergraduate Courses

  • Integrated Honors Program: Basic Philosophical Questions

  • Medical Ethics

  • Philosophy of Sex

  • Philosophy of Death and Living

  • Aesthetics

National Service

Last update: September 9, 2005