Prof. Rosenkoetter espouses ethical advice
Timothy Rosenkoetter, a visiting professor, brings a wealth of knowledge and experience with him to Hopkins this year as a philosophy professor specializing in ethics philosophy and the works of Immanuel Kant.
Rosenkoetter was born in Illinois and raised in a small city in Kansas. As the son of two professors, he has had the opportunity to travel vastly in the United States with family, often for six to seven weeks at a time during the summer recess. Rosenkoetter found this to be both enjoyable and educational, and he found that his travels of the country sparked an interest in exploring and learning.
Rosenkoetter first began his undergraduate studies at Bowdoin College in Maine, where he planned on majoring in mathematics and economics, the two subject areas he found most interesting. However in order to "learn to think better," Rosenkoetter also took some courses in philosophy and discovered a new passion.
Philosophy offered Rosenketter a "plethora of interesting puzzles," driving him to pursue the subject to wherever it led him.
Rosenkoetter recalled his first year at college as an experience where he first began to satiate his "hunger for knowledge" and discovered like-minded people around him. As he continued his undergraduate studies, now with his mind set on pursuing a degree in philosophy, he decided that he would benefit from studying at more than just one university.
After taking a break from Bowdoin, he studied abroad in Munich, Germany. Rosenkoetter then transferred to Harvard University, where he continued his studies in philosophy. As a graduate student, Rosenkoetter later returned to the city of Bochum in Germany to continue studying his favorite philosopher, Immanuel Kant.
After graduating with a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Harvard, Rosenkoetter began his graduate work at the University of Pittsburg, but eventually transferred and received his doctoral degree in philosophy from University of Chicago for his work on Kant.
Rosenkoetter was born in Illinois and raised in a small city in Kansas. As the son of two professors, he has had the opportunity to travel vastly in the United States with family, often for six to seven weeks at a time during the summer recess. Rosenkoetter found this to be both enjoyable and educational, and he found that his travels of the country sparked an interest in exploring and learning.
Rosenkoetter first began his undergraduate studies at Bowdoin College in Maine, where he planned on majoring in mathematics and economics, the two subject areas he found most interesting. However in order to "learn to think better," Rosenkoetter also took some courses in philosophy and discovered a new passion.
Philosophy offered Rosenketter a "plethora of interesting puzzles," driving him to pursue the subject to wherever it led him.
Rosenkoetter recalled his first year at college as an experience where he first began to satiate his "hunger for knowledge" and discovered like-minded people around him. As he continued his undergraduate studies, now with his mind set on pursuing a degree in philosophy, he decided that he would benefit from studying at more than just one university.
After taking a break from Bowdoin, he studied abroad in Munich, Germany. Rosenkoetter then transferred to Harvard University, where he continued his studies in philosophy. As a graduate student, Rosenkoetter later returned to the city of Bochum in Germany to continue studying his favorite philosopher, Immanuel Kant.
After graduating with a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Harvard, Rosenkoetter began his graduate work at the University of Pittsburg, but eventually transferred and received his doctoral degree in philosophy from University of Chicago for his work on Kant.
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