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Sir John Marks Templeton ( 29 November 1912  8 July 2008 ) was an American - born British stock ___MASK18___ , businessman and ___MASK57___ . Brown University is a private Ivy League ___MASK91___ university in Providence , Rhode Island , United States , founded in 1764 as " The College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ." Brown is the seventh - oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine Colonial Colleges established before the American Revolution . Georgetown University is a private ___MASK91___ university in Washington , D . C ., the capital of the United States . Founded in 1789 as Georgetown College , the university has since grown to incorporate nine undergraduate and graduate schools , including the School of Foreign Service , School of Business , a Medical Center and a Law School . Georgetown ' s main campus is located on a hill above the Potomac River . It is recognizable by its flagship Healy Hall , a National Historic Landmark that towers over Washington ' s Georgetown neighborhood . A ___MASK91___ university is a university that expects all its tenured and tenure - track ___MASK75___ to continuously engage in ___MASK91___ , as opposed to merely requiring it as a condition of an initial appointment or tenure . Such universities can be recognized by their strong focus on innovative ___MASK91___ and the prestige of their brand names . On the one hand , ___MASK91___ universities strive to recruit ___MASK75___ who are the most brilliant minds in their disciplines in the world , and their students enjoy the opportunity to learn from such experts . On the other hand , new students are often disappointed to realize their undergraduate courses at ___MASK91___ universities are overly academic and fail to provide vocational training with immediate " real world " applications ; but many employers value degrees from ___MASK91___ universities because they know that such coursework develops fundamental skills like critical thinking . An ___MASK7___ or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular ___MASK7___ discipline is published . ___MASK7___ journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation , scrutiny and discussion of ___MASK91___ . They are usually peer - reviewed or refereed . Content typically takes the form of articles presenting original ___MASK91___ , review articles , and book reviews . The purpose of an ___MASK7___ journal , according to the first editor of the world ' s oldest ___MASK7___ journal Henry Oldenburg , is to give researchers a venue to " impart their knowledge to one another , and contribute what they can to the Grand design of improving natural knowledge , and perfecting all Philosophical Arts , and Sciences ." The John Templeton Foundation is a philanthropic organization with a spiritual or ___MASK87___ inclination that funds inter - disciplinary ___MASK91___ about human purpose and ultimate reality . It is usually referred to simply as the Templeton Foundation . It was established in 1987 by investor and ___MASK57___ Sir John Templeton ; his son John Templeton , Jr . took over the presidency until his death in 2015 . Heather Templeton Dill became president in June , 2015 . The American Revolution was a political upheaval that took place between 1765 and 1783 during which colonists in the Thirteen American Colonies rejected the British monarchy and aristocracy , overthrew the authority of Great Britain , and founded the ___MASK84___ . Higher education , post - secondary education , or third level education is an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after completion of secondary education . Often delivered at universities , academies , colleges , seminaries , and institutes of technology , higher education is also available through certain college - level institutions , including vocational schools , trade schools , and other career colleges that award ___MASK7___ degrees or professional certifications . Tertiary education at non - degree level is sometimes referred to as further education or continuing education as distinct from higher education . Healy Hall is a National Historic Landmark located at the main campus of Georgetown University . Constructed between 1877 - 79 , the hall was designed by Paul J . Pelz and John L . Smithmeyer , prominent architects who also built the Library of Congress . The structure was named after Patrick Francis Healy , who was the ___MASK10___ of Georgetown University at the time . The American Philosophical Quarterly ( APQ ) is a ___MASK26___ - reviewed academic journal covering philosophy . It was established in 1964 by Nicholas Rescher and is published quarterly by University of Illinois Press under license with North American Philosophical Publications . John Greco holds the Leonard and Elizabeth Eslick Chair in Philosophy . He received his Ph . D . from Brown University in 1989 and his AB from Georgetown University in 1983 . His ___MASK91___ interests are in epistemology and metaphysics and he has published widely on virtue epistemology , epistemic normativity , skepticism , and Thomas Reid . He is the Editor of American Philosophical Quarterly . For 2013 - 15 , together with Eleonore Stump , he holds a $ 3 . 3 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation for a project on intellectual humility . Nicholas Rescher ( born 15 July 1928 ) is a German - American ___MASK97___ at the University of Pittsburgh . He is the Chairman of the Center for Philosophy of Science and has formerly served as Chairman of the Philosophy Department . He has served as president for the American Catholic Philosophical Association , American G . W . Leibniz Society , American Metaphysical Society , American Philosophical Association , and C . S . Peirce Society . He is the founder of " American Philosophical Quarterly ". The University of Illinois Press ( UIP ) is a ___MASK50___ American university press and is part of the University of Illinois system . Founded in 1918 , the press publishes some 120 new books each year , plus 33 scholarly journals , and several electronic projects . Strengths include ethnic and multicultural studies , Lincoln and Illinois history , and the large and diverse series " Music in American Life ." One of the books reviewed is Richard Kimball ' s " Sports in Zion : Mormon Recreation 1890 - 1940 ". It was then published by the University of Illinois Press . Its publication " Four Theories of the Press " ( see comparing media systems ) by Fred S . Siebert , Theodore Peterson , and Wilbur Schramm has gone through more than twenty printings . The Ivy League is a collegiate athletic conference comprising sports teams from eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States . The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group beyond the sports context . The eight institutions are Brown University , Columbia University , Cornell University , Dartmouth College , Harvard University , the University of Pennsylvania , Princeton University , and Yale University . The term " Ivy League " has connotations of ___MASK7___ excellence , selectivity in admissions , and social elitism . Rhode Island , officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations , is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States . Rhode Island is the smallest in area , the eighth least populous , and the second most densely populated of the 50 U . S . states , following New Jersey . Its ___MASK37___ name is also the longest of any state in the Union . Rhode Island is bordered by Connecticut to the west , Massachusetts to the north and east , and the Atlantic Ocean to the south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound . The state also shares a short maritime border with New York . Philosophy ( from Greek , " philosophia ", literally " love of wisdom ") is the study of ___MASK65___ and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence , knowledge , values , reason , mind , and language . The term was probably coined by Pythagoras ( c . 570  c . 495 BC ). Philosophical methods include questioning , critical discussion , rational argument and systematic presentation . Classic philosophical questions include : Is it possible to know anything and to prove it ? What is most real ? However , philosophers might also pose more practical and concrete questions such as : Is there a best way to live ? Is it better to be just or unjust ( if one can get away with it )? Do humans have free will ?