Editor-in-Chief: Peter Klapes 
Senior Managing Editor: Noah Valdez
Managing Editors: Weitao Liu, Ethan Yates
General Editors: Benjamin Dewhurst, Christopher Fahey, Jennifer Howard, Gregory Kacergis, Brian 
Kominick, Ana Luque, Elizabeth LoPreiato, Jacob Schick, Alexander Turney, Lauren White, Madeline 
Wolfe, Xinyu Zhou
External Reviewers: Jeremy Freudberg (Boston University), Justin Messmer (Boston University), Tristan 
St. Germain (Brown University), Alexander Stooshinoff (Concordia University)
Communications Editor: Jessica Flores
Graduate Advisor: Myles Casey
Faculty Advisor: Ronald Tacelli, S.J.

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Featuring: 
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Dianoia
The Undergraduate Philosophy Journal of Boston College 
Spring 2019 Issue VI
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