{"id":16,"date":"2014-06-13T00:00:32","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T07:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faculty.lmu.edu\/timothyshanahan\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2025-06-17T08:09:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T15:09:26","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/faculty.lmu.edu\/timothyshanahan\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Virtual Office of Dr. Timothy Shanahan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-371\" src=\"http:\/\/faculty.lmu.edu\/timothyshanahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/12\/Plato-Picture-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"http:\/\/faculty.lmu.edu\/timothyshanahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/12\/Plato-Picture-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/faculty.lmu.edu\/timothyshanahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/12\/Plato-Picture-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/faculty.lmu.edu\/timothyshanahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/12\/Plato-Picture-768x767.jpg 768w, http:\/\/faculty.lmu.edu\/timothyshanahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/12\/Plato-Picture-624x623.jpg 624w, http:\/\/faculty.lmu.edu\/timothyshanahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/12\/Plato-Picture.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Professor<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bellarmine.lmu.edu\/philosophy\/\"><strong>Department of Philosophy<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lmu.edu\/\">Loyola Marymount University<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/faculty.lmu.edu\/timothyshanahan\/courses\/\"><strong>Courses<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/faculty.lmu.edu\/timothyshanahan\/scholarship\/\"><strong>Scholarship<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/faculty.lmu.edu\/timothyshanahan\/curriculum-vitae\/\"><strong>Curriculum Vitae<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Blade-Runner-2049-A-Philosophical-Exploration-1st-Edition\/Shanahan-Smart\/p\/book\/9781138625334\"><strong>Philosophy and Blade Runner (2049)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/academics.lmu.edu\/ideaoftheuniversity\/\"><strong>LMU: A Catholic University<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/academics.lmu.edu\/acti\/\"><strong>The Catholic Intellectual Tradition<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wpview-selection-before\"><strong>Tired of reading trashy romance novels? 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