διανοιαD I A N O I AThe Undergraduate Philosophy Journal of Boston College
Spring 2020
ISSUE VII



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Editor-in-Chief: Noah Valdez
Senior Managing Editor: Ethan Yates
Managing Editors: Nicholas Arozarena, Weitao Liu, Lauren White
General Editors: Nicholas Avallone, Kathryn Bryson, Jacob Browning, Carolyn Chang, Yang Cheng, 
Benjamin Dewhurst, Lucy Hanson, Emily Haverstick, Wenyu Huang, Qihui Liu, Yue Liu, Elizabeth 
LoPreiato, Alexandria Mullen, Jacob Schick, Drew Thorburn, Maxwell Vogliano
External Reviewers: Arabella Adams (Wellesley College), Nathan Evans (University of Northern 
Colorado), Tyler Hruby (Carleton College), Tristan St. Germain (Brown University) 
Graduate Advisor: Peter Klapes
Faculty Advisor: Ronald Tacelli, S.J.

Cover designs courtesy of Gregory Kacergis. 
Featuring: 
Nicolae Jon Grigorescu Andreescu à Barbizon 1879; obtained via Wikimedia Commons. 
Isaac Whitehead In Milford Sound, West Coast, New Zealand 1878; obtained via Wikimedia Commons.

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represent the views of Dianoia or Boston College.

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Spring 2020 Issue VII
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