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Dr. Elizabeth P Kanon

  • Assoc Professor of Instruction - Philosophy

Biography and education

In 1985, I earned my B.A. in Philosophy from Southwest Texas State University. The next fifteen years I spent working in various bureaucracies, some corporate and some educational. Realizing I had had many jobs but no career, I decided to return to college to earn my Ph.D. I earned my M.A. in Philosophy from the University of Mississippi at the turn of the century, 2002, and was fortunate to earn my Ph.D. from Florida State University in 2006. In 2010, I made the choice to return to Texas to live nearer to my elderly parents and contacted Texas State University with my intentions. Once again, fortune smiled, and the Philosophy Department granted me the opportunity to teach my fellow Texans.

Teaching Interests

  • Kanon, Elizabeth P. Humanities Texas. (Funded: 2011). Grant.
  • Kanon, E. P. (2015). How Space Travel Will Save the World: An Anthropocentric View of Sustainability. In Commercial Space Exploration: Ethics, Policy and Governance. UK: Ashgate.
  • Kanon, E. P. (2006). Refocusing Upon Moral Worth. Ethical Aspects of Urban Development in Northeast Florida : October 19th-20th.
  • Kanon, E. P. (2008). Right and Responsibility in Design: What Humans Owe to the Environment? Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal.
  • Kanon, E. P. (2004). Can Animals Attain Membership Within a Human Social/Moral Group? Essays in Philosophy, 5(2).
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Named as “Person who significantly contributed to a Graduating Senior’s academic career at Texas State University” Spring 2016. January 2016 - May 2016
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Person who significantly contributed to a Graduating Senior’s academic career at Texas State University. 2013
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Person who significantly contributed to a Transfer Student’s academic career at Texas State University. 2010
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Person who significantly contributed to a Transfer Student’s academic career at Texas State University. 2010
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Person who significantly contributed to a Disabled Student’s academic career at University of North Florida. 2009
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    Problems in Philosophical Pedagogy

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    Space Settlement Symposium

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    www.TexasPhilosophical.wordpress.com

  4. Other

    2017 - 2022 Common Experience Theme

  5. Member

    MAAPE Graduate Thesis Committee_Michael Senftleber

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    Student Involvement and Success

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