curriculum vitae

Department of Philosophy
Furman University
Greenville , SC 29613

Current Position

Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Furman University , Greenville, SC.

Areas of Specialization
Aesthetics, Ancient Philosopy

Areas of Competence
Ethics/Medical Ethics, Feminist Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind/Emotions, Philosophy of Literature/Narrative

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“Fictional Spaces,” Philosophical Forum (Forthcoming, 2004)

“The Ethics of Exhibition: On the Presentation of Religious Art,” The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism (Forthcoming, 2004).

“Thomas Munro vs. the All American Blue Dishwasher,” The Journal of Aesthetic Education 36 (2002): 68-85.

“Aristotle, Thought and Emotion: Our Responses to Fiction,” The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 58 (2000): 333-340.

“Understanding Objects of Music,” The Journal of Aesthetic Education 34 (2000): 102-107.

“Wittgenstein’s Musical Understanding,” British Journal of Aesthetics 37 (1997): 158-167. Reprinted with permission in Southwestern Journal of Philosophy 13 (1997): 101-111.

Book Chapters

“The Paradox of Real Response to Neo-Fiction,” The Matrix and Philosophy: Welcome to the Desert of the Real . Ed. William Irwin. Open Court Press, 2002.

“Hannah Arendt and Plato on Thinking and its Relation to Evil,” Inherent and Instrumental Value: An Excursion of Value Theory. Ed. John Abbarno. International Scholars Publications, Forthcoming.

“Elaine Benes: Feminist Icon or Just One of the Boys?” Seinfeld and Philosophy: A Book about Everything and Nothing. Ed. William Irwin. Open Court Press, 1999.

“Music, Emotion and Language: Using Music to Communicate,” The Paideia Project On -Line: Proceedings of the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy, 1999 <http://www.bu.edu/wcp>.

Section Introductions “Experience and Appreciation: How Do We Encounter Art?” and “Can We Learn From Art?” in Aesthetics: The Big Questions. Ed. Carolyn Korsmeyer, Oxford : Basil Blackwell Publishers, 1998. (Anthology is part of Basil Blackwell’s series, Philosophy: The Big Questions, general editor James Sterba). Sections co-authored with Jennifer McMahon Railey.

Encyclopedia Entries

Berel Lang, Louise Rosenblatt, and John Steinfort Kedney. Entries for the Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers, 2003.

“Aesthetics and Epistemology,” Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. January, 2003. http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/a/art-ep.htm.

“Feminist Aesthetics,” Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women. Routledge Press, 2001: 24-26.

“Feminist Aesthetics,” Companion to Aesthetics. Ed. Berys Gaut and Dominic Lopes. Routledge Press, 2001: 437-446.

Book Reviews

Review of No ël Carroll, A Philosophy of Mass Art, in Teaching Philosophy 23 (2000): 91-3.

Review of Roger Scruton, The Aesthetics of Music in theReview of Metaphysics (1999): 981-983.

Review of Philip Alperson, Musical Worlds: New Directions in the Philosophy of Music, in the Review of Metaphysics 53 (1999): 425-6.

Review of JoAnn Wypijewski, Ed. Painting by Numbers: Komar and Melamid’s Scientific Guide to Art, in the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 57 (1999) 101-102.

Review of Mette Hjort and Sue Laver, Eds. Emotion and the Art, in the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 57 (1999): 95-96.  

Review of Michael Krausz, The Interpretation of Music: Philosophical Essays, in the Review of Metaphysics (1998): 942-943.  

Review of George Dickie, Aesthetics, in the American Society for Aesthetics Newsletter. April, 1998.

Review of Susan L. Feagin, Reading with Feeling, in the Journal of Value Inquiry 32 (1998): 579-581. Co-authored with Jennifer McMahon Railey.

Presentations

“Story-telling and Narrative Knowing: An Examination of the Epistemic Benefits of Well Told Stories,” The Eastern Division of the American Society for Aesthetics, Philadelphia, PA. April, 2004.

“Using Startle to get Beyond the Cognitive,” The Pacific Division of the American Society for Aesthetics, Asilomar, CA. March 2003.

“The Exclusion of Women in the Presentation of the Female Nude in Art: Rubens, Playboy, and Jenny Saville,” Panel on Socio-Political Issues in Feminism and Aesthetics. The American Society for Aesthetics National Meeting. Miami , FL. October 2002. Co-authored with Brandon Hinman.

“Aesthetic Emotions and the Cognitive Defense: Utilizing Startle to Change the Model,” Conference on Psychoanalysis and Social Change, University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , PA. October 2002.

Furman University Faculty Forum, Greenville , SC. February 6, 2003

“Narrative Understanding and Understanding Narrative,” National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute: “Art, Mind and Cognitive Science.” College Park , MD. July 2002.

“Moral Considerations of Owning Art,” The Society for the Philosophic Study of the Contemporary Visual Arts in conjunction with the Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association. Seattle , WA . March 2002.

“Ethical and Aesthetic Considerations of Other People’s Icons,” The American Society for Aesthetics National Meeting. Minneapolis , MN . October 2001.

“Ethical and Aesthetic Considerations of Other People’s Icons,” Georgia Philosophical Society. Athens, GA. April 2001.

“Knowledge, Justified Belief and Emotive Response to Fiction: Can it be Real?” The American Society for Aesthetics National Meeting. Reno , NV . November 2000.

“Philosophical Counseling and Aesthetics,” International Association for Empirical Aesthetics. New York , NY . August 2000.

“Philosophical Counseling and Aesthetics,” The Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World, in conjunction with the American Philosophical Association. Chicago , IL . April 2000.

“Getting Into Fiction,” The American Society for Aesthetics National Meeting. Washington , DC . November 1999.

“Fictional Spaces,” The American Society for Aesthetics Eastern Division Meeting. Baltimore , MD. March 1999.

“Murder in the Republic,” Mid-South Annual Conference. University of Memphis , Memphis , TN. March 1999.

“Medical Futility and Ethics in Republic III,” 17th Annual Conference on Global and Multicultural Dimensions of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy and Social Thought. SUNY Binghamton . October 1998.

“Music, Emotion and Language: Using Music to Communicate,” Aesthetics and Philosophy of the Arts at the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy. Boston , MA . August 1998.

“Fiction as a Clinical Tool,” The Society for Health and Human Values. Youngstown , OH . April 1998. Presented also at the Health Care Ethics Lecture Series, Allegheny College . Meadville , PA. September 1997.

“Art and Experimentation: Aesthetics from Below,” Mid-South Philosophy Conference. Memphis , TN. February 1998.

“Aristotle’s Tragic Emotions,” American Society for Aesthetics. Santa Fe , NM . November 1997.

“Plato and Walton on Emotion and Belief: A Study in Fiction,” 16th Annual Conference on Global and Multicultural Dimensions of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy and Social Thought. Binghamton , NY . October 1997.

“Music and Emotion: Beyond Words,” Music and Cross Cultural Understanding. The Twenty-fifth Annual Richard R. Baker Philosophy Colloquium. Dayton , OH . September 1997.

“Platonic Emotions: Are We Left Without an Antidote?” Society for Contemporary Assessment of Platonism at the Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association. Berkeley , CA . March 1997.

“Wittgenstein’s Musical Understanding,” Southwestern Philosophical Society. Kansas City , MO. November 1996.

“Aristotle’s Paradox of Tragedy: Emotion, Belief and Imagination,” 15th Annual Conference on Global and Multicultural Dimensions of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy and Social Thought. Binghamton , NY . October 1996.

“Hannah Arendt and Plato on Thinking and its Relation to Evil,” Conference on Value Inquiry. D’Youville College, Buffalo , NY . April 1996.

“Imitation: In and Out of Plato’s Republic,” 14th Annual Conference on Global and Multicultural Dimensions of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy and Social Thought. Binghamton , NY . October 1995.

Invited Lectures

“Story-telling and Narrative Knowing: An Examination of the Epistemological Benefits of Well Told Stories,” (Keynote address) The Third Annual Steven Humphry Student Philosophy Colloquium, The University of Louisville, Louisville, KY. November, 2003.

“Story-telling and Narrative Knowing: An Examination of the Epistemological Benefits of Well Told Stories,” Knowing Art. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. August 2003.

“On Happiness,” University of North Carolina at Asheville. Kellogg Center, Hendersonville, NC. October 2002.

“Why Gender Matters,” University of North Carolina at Asheville. Kellogg Center, Hendersonville, NC. January 2002.

“Simulations: One More Time with Feeling,” Joint presentation with James Harold, Washington University , St. Louis . Appalachian State University Philosophy and Religion Colloquium. Boone , NC . November 2001.

“Ethical and Aesthetic Considerations of Other People’s Icons,” Agnes Scott College , Atlanta , GA. September 2001.

“What is Art?” University of North Carolina at Asheville. Kellogg Center, Hendersonville, NC. March 2001.

“What and When is Art,” Inaugural lecture of the Laurence and Joyce Dorr Lecture Series, Aesthetics: Thinking Beyond the Experience. University of North Carolina at Asheville . January 2001.