{"id":1308,"date":"2018-05-28T22:52:28","date_gmt":"2018-05-28T22:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/?page_id=1308"},"modified":"2021-10-24T14:53:22","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T14:53:22","slug":"linda-k-mackey","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/philosophy-faculty\/linda-k-mackey\/","title":{"rendered":"Linda K. Mackey"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Linda K. Mackey &#8211; <\/strong>Assistant Professor of Philosophy<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Biography<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>University of Texas at Austin, BA, Dept. of Philosophy<\/p>\n<p>University of Texas at Austin, PhD, Dept. of Philosophy (Interdisciplinary Program Philosophy and Asian Studies)<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>\u201cThe Power of Truth: Gandhi and Martin Luther King.\u201d <em>Journal of Indian Philosophy and Religion<\/em>, 15 (October, 2010), 103-116.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGandhi, Socrates and Satyagraha.\u201d<em> Journal of Indian Philosophy and Religion<\/em>, 17 (December, 2012), 95-106.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Teaching Philosophy<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The study of Philosophy addresses the most fundamental questions that we all ask ourselves concerning values and the meaning of life. The focus of my classes is to learn to think critically for ourselves about these questions through the study and analysis of the works of great thinkers. Classes include both historical philosophers such as the ancient Greeks and more recent thinkers such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The courses are also multicultural and examine both Western and Eastern philosophical traditions, including Hindu, Buddhist and Taoist philosophers.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Areas of Interest<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Western Philosophy<br \/>\nMetaphysics<br \/>\nEthics<br \/>\nEastern Philosophy and Religion<br \/>\nMythology<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Courses Taught at ACC<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>PHIL-1301: Introduction to Philosophy<br \/>\nPHIL-2306: Ethics<br \/>\nEDUC-1300: Student Development<br \/>\nComposition<br \/>\nPersuasive writing<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Courses Taught Elsewhere<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>World Religions<br \/>\nEastern Religion<br \/>\nFounders, Prophets, and Saints &#8211; Socrates, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linda K. Mackey &#8211; Assistant Professor of Philosophy &nbsp; Biography University of Texas at Austin, BA, Dept. of Philosophy University of Texas at Austin, PhD, Dept. of Philosophy (Interdisciplinary Program Philosophy and Asian Studies) Publications \u201cThe Power of Truth: Gandhi and Martin Luther King.\u201d Journal of Indian Philosophy and Religion, 15 (October, 2010), 103-116. \u201cGandhi, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":2357,"menu_order":111,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1308","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"layouts":[{"acf_fc_layout":"two_columns","heading":"","column_1":"<h4><strong>Campus<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Rio Grande Campus<br \/>\n1212 Rio Grande Street<br \/>\nAustin, TX 78701<\/p>\n<p>Office: RGC Port 1 0<\/p>\n","column_2":"<h4><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:lmackey@austincc.edu\">lmackey@austincc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>512.585.3495<\/p>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#FFFFFF","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""}],"hero_content":false},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1308\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}