Sophia A. Stone, Ph.D.

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Sophia Stone received her B.A. in Philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley. At Berkeley she co-designed and taught a course, "Exit the Cave", where the final exam was a dramatic reading of Plato's dialogue the Symposium. She led many informal philosophy gatherings, "Philosophy Café" and through them discovered her love and passion for philosophical dialogue. She continued to receive her education in philosophy with a master' degree at the Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology. There she further developed her interest in Plato, discovering that in many of his dialogues Plato uses the comic form to promote philosophical ideas and argument. Hence, she wrote her master's thesis, titled, "The Good the True and the Funny: Plato and his Philosophy of Humor." Professor Stone taught philosophy to students at all levels—high school, community college, the university and graduate school—and discovered her love and passion for teaching. She continued her education at Purdue University in one of the few interdisciplinary Ph.D. programs for philosophy & literature in the country. While continuing her interest in Plato, she expanded her studies at Purdue to Early Greek Philosophy, Plato's Metaphysics, Aristotle, Ethics, Literary Theory, 16th Century English Literature, and Humor Research.