{"id":223,"date":"2013-10-18T09:18:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-18T13:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/catalog-2011-2012\/ais\/philosophy\/"},"modified":"2013-10-24T10:47:53","modified_gmt":"2013-10-24T14:47:53","slug":"philosophy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/catalog-2011-2012\/ais\/philosophy\/","title":{"rendered":"Philosophy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/hgs\/\">School of American and International Studies Website<\/a><\/h5>\n<div class=\"facultyTable\"><div class=\"columnSet\"><br \/>\n<div class=\"stackableColumn\" ><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"convenerListing\">Convener:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/hgs\/faculty\/lisa-m-cassidy\/\">Lisa Cassidy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"stackableColumn\" >\n<h4 class=\"facultyListing\">Faculty:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/faculty\/mark-howenstein\/\">Mark Howenstein<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/faculty\/james-morley\/\">James Morley<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"stackableColumn\" >\n<h4 class=\"facultyListingColTwo\">Faculty:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/hgs\/faculty\/bernard-roy\/\">Bernard Roy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/hgs\/faculty\/anthony-padovano\/\">Anthony T. 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