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NEWS

The department is happy to announce two new additions to our faculty. Otávio Bueno will be joining us in the Fall of 2006 and Mark Rowlands in the Spring of 2007.

The department of philosophy mourns the loss of our beloved friend and colleague, Dr. Ramon Lemos. Ramon was "one of a kind."  Obituary forthcoming.  Contributions can be made in his memory by sending it to the Department of Philosophy PO Box 248054, Coral Gables, Florida 33124.  Please make your check out to the Department of Philosophy and indicate "in memory of Ramon Lemos".

The department is happy to announce that Dr. Colin McGinn joined us in the Spring of 2006 as a new faculty member. Here's a recent article from the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Louis Appignani, an adventurous world traveler and entrepreneur, donated $50,000 to launch The Louis J. Appignani Foundation Lecture Series on Science, Reason, and Secular Ethics through the Department of Philosophy. The annual lecture series will bring scholars in the fields of ethics and reason to the University for lectures, symposia, and discussions. The department is greatly appreciative of the gift.

GRADUATION

Congratulations are extended to Corina Vaida for successfully defending her Ph.D. dissertation in the Spring of 2005.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

  • Jeremy Morris a graduate student presented a paper entitled “ Pragmatic Reflexivity in Self-defeating and Self-Justifying Expressions" at the 6th International Conference of the Society for the Study of Argumentation Conference at the University of Amsterdam which will be published in the Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of the Society for the Study of Argumentation Conference, 2006. He is also co-author of “A Paradox for Possible World Semantics” with Michael Shaffer, which is forthcoming in the journal Logic et Analyse.
     

  • Michael Shaffer, a departmental alumni, and Shane Oakley, a current graduate student, have a paper entitled "Some Epistemological Concerns About Dissociative Identity Disorder and Diagnostic Practices in Psychology" coming out in the February 2005 issue of Philosophical Psychology, vol. 18, No.1 pgs. 1-29.
     

  • Congratulations to Shane Oakley (a graduate student in our program) who had his paper accepted for publication in *Phil. Studies*.
     

  • Congratulations to Dr. Eivind Balsvik on the publication of An Interpretation & Assesment of First-Person Authority in the Writings of Philosopher Donald Davidson published by The Edwin Mellen Press.
     

  • The Chinese edition of Prof. Susan Haack's book, Philosophy of Logics, was published in June 2003 by Commercial Press in Beijing, P.R. China. Continuously in print in English since 1978, this book has also been published in Spanish, Italian, Korean, and (fall 2002) in Portuguese; a Japanese translation is now under way.
     

  • Congratulations are extended to Dr. Erwin, who's Freud Encyclopedia has been published by Garland. For more information visit : Garland Publishing

NOTABLE MENTIONS

  • Bioethical debates and decisions
    Kenneth W. Goodman, co-director of the UM Ethics Programs and director of the Bioethics Program, gives the welcoming remarks at the thirteenth annual UM Bioethics Conference at the Wyndham Miami Beach Resort last Thursday. Goodman organized the event, which focused on the Terry Schiavo case, ethics and pediatrics, and end-of-life care.

JOB OFFERS

  • Osvil Acosta-Morales has accepted a position at the University of Toledo.
     
  • Christopher Weaver has accepted a position as Assistant Professor at Lewis University.
     
  • Michael Shaffer has accepted an Assistant professor Tenure track offer from St. Cloud State University in Minnesota.
     
  • Ruben Rabinsky has accepted a Visiting Assistant Professor position at the University of Miami.
     
  • Michael Veber has accepted an Assistant Professor tenure track offer at East Carolina University.
     
  • Shirong Luo has accepted an offer as Assistant Professor at Simmons College.
     
  • Kiriake Xerohemona has accepted an Assistant Professor position at Florida International University.

  • Melissa Bergeron has accepted an Assistant Professor position at The United States Military Academy at West Point.

  • Eivind Balsvik has accepted a Lectureship with the University of Oslo in Norway.

  • Timothy Mosteller has accepted an offer as Assistant Professor at Biola University.

  • Albert Lenel has accepted an Assistant Professor position at Miami Dade College.

AWARDS

  • One of this year's honorees for the ninth annual Provost's Award for Scholarly Activity includes Edward Erwin, professor of philosophy in the Department of Philosophy, for his research in the philosophy of science and language. The award recognizes extraordinary research and scholarly pursuits. In addition to a commemorative plaque, each faculty member received a $4,000 cash award and $2,000 toward continued research support. For more information on their research projects, read the news release.
     

  • Congratulation to Dr. Bernie Cantens, this years winner of the 2004 APA Prize in Latin American Thought. Title of the paper is “Francisco De Vitoria’s, O.P.  Just Intervention Theory and The Iraq War."

    Since it is a new award established by the APA Board of Officers and Committee on Hispanics, professor Cantens will be the first ever recipient of this award. He will present the symposium paper at the American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meeting in Boston MA on December 28, 2004. In 2003 Professor Cantens received the APA William James Prize for his paper "Overcoming the Evidentialist's Challenge: Peirce's Conjectures of Instinctive Reason and the Reality of God."
     

  • Liz Giles and Nenad Popovic (graduate students in our department), have been accepted for the Stanford/Illinois Summer Institute in Philosophy of Education.  Sponsored by the Spencer Foundation, which provides for all expenses and a stipend. The Summer Institute brings together distinguished faculty and promising graduate students for an intensive philosophical experience.