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Melissa Norton

Melissa Norton

Senior Lecturer in Philosophy

Office: LA 245

208-282-2274

manorton@isu.edu

Education

MA, Philosophy (1985), Claremont Graduate School

BA, Religion and Philosophy (1981), Whitworth College

Norton received a BA in Religion and Philosophy from Whitworth College in 1981 and an MA in Philosophy from Claremont Graduate School in 1985.  Her interest is in the history of philosophy.  She has worked on Plato in the ancient period, Hume and Kant in the early modern period, and Wittgenstein in 20th century analytic philosophy.

Norton teaches Introduction to Philosophy (both in class and on line), Introduction to Ethics, Logic, and Philosophy of Religion.