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Faculty
 Otávio
Bueno
(Ph.D., University of Leeds), Professor. He has held visiting
professorships or fellowships at Princeton University, University of
York (UK), University of Leeds, and the University of São Paulo. His
research is in philosophy of science, philosophy of mathematics,
philosophical logic, metaphysics, and epistemology. He has published
over 100 papers in journals such as: Philosophy of Science,
Synthese, Noûs, Journal of Philosophical Logic,
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, British
Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Analysis, and
Erkenntnis. He is the author of two books, Constructive
Empiricism: A Restatement and Defense (CLE, 1999), and
Elements of Paraconsistent Set Theory (CLE, 1998; with Newton da
Costa and Jean-Yves Béziau).
Office: Ashe building, Rm. 706
Phone #: 305-284-9218
Email: otaviobueno 'at' mac 'dot' com
Links:
Web Page
 Elijah
Chudnoff
(Ph.D., Harvard University), Assistant Professor. His interests are
in epistemology and philosophy of mind. He recently defended his
dissertation, A Study of Rational Intuition, in which he
develops a rationalist view of our knowledge of abstract matters,
and in particular our knowledge of mathematics. His recent work
focuses on the phenomenology of intellectual experiences, and on the
ways such experiences normatively bear on belief and action.
Office: Ashe building, Rm. 713
Phone #: 305-284-4757
Email:
echudnoff@gmail.com
Links:
Web Page
 Bradford
Cokelet
(Ph.D., Northwestern University), Assistant Professor. His main
research areas are normative ethics, meta-ethics, moral psychology,
rationality, and the history of ethics. His current research centers
on the nature of and relations between virtue, rational agency,
autonomy, and respect for persons. He also has side interests in the
philosophy of action, virtue epistemology, political philosophy,
Buddhism, and the metaphysics of persons.
Office: Ashe building, Rm. 711
Phone 305-284-4757
Email:
bradcokelet@gmail.com
Links:
Web Page
Edward Erwin
(Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University), Professor. He is the author of
four books: The Concept of Meaninglessness (Johns Hopkins,
1971), Behavior Therapy: Scientific, Philosophical and Moral
Foundations (Cambridge, 1978), A Final Accounting:
Philosophical and Empirical Issues in Freudian Psychology (MIT,
1996), and Philosophy and Psychotherapy: Razing the Troubles of
the Brain (Sage, 1997), as well as articles in philosophy of
science, epistemology, philosophy of language, and philosophy of
psychology. He is also a co-editor of Ethical Issues in
Scientific Research (Garland, 1994), and editor-in-chief of
The Freud Encyclopedia: Theories, Therapy, and Culture (Garland,
1999).
Office: Ashe building, Rm. 729
Phone #: 305-284-5279
Email: eerwin@miami.edu
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 Simon
Evnine
(Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles), Associate Professor.
His interests are in epistemology, metaphysics and philosophy of
mind. He is the author of Epistemic Dimensions of Personhood
(Oxford University Press, 2008), Donald Davidson (Stanford
University Press, 1991), and articles in such journals as Mind,
Synthese, and Journal of the History of Philosophy on
topics in epistemology and the philosophy of mind, Locke, Hume, and
Freud.
Office:
Ashe building, Rm. 709
Phone #: 305-284-4757
Email: sevnine@miami.edu
Links:
Web Page
 Susan
Haack (B.A., M.A., B. Phil., Oxford, Ph.D., Cambridge) is
Distinguished Professor in the Humanities, Cooper Senior Scholar in
Arts and Sciences, Professor of Philosophy, and Professor of Law.
Each year she teaches a class for the philosophy department, an
interdisciplinary course for the College of Arts and Sciences, and a
class in the Law School. Her published work ranges from philosophy
of logic and language, epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of
science to scientific testimony in court, Pragmatism (both in
philosophy and in legal theory), and philosophy of literature. She
is the author of several highly-regard books, including most
recently Putting Philosophy to Work and Ciencia, Sociedad
y Cultura (both 2008); has published numerous articles in
philosophical, legal, literary, scientific, and general-interest
journals; and has been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, Italian,
French, German, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Danish, Korean, and
Chinese. She has received awards for excellence in teaching, in
research, and in writing.
Office: Law
School Library, B455
Phone #: 305-284-3541
Email: shaack@law.miami.edu
Faculty
Assistant: Beth Hanson 305-284-2476
Links: CV Publications
Summary Bio
Pictures:
Filosofia
de logicas 30 anos despues
Interview:
Interview with
Susan Haack
Book Flyers:
Ciencia Sociedad y Cultura |
Defending
Science – Within Reason: Between Scientism and Cynicism |
Putting
Philosophy to work: Inquiry and Its Place in Culture |
Meaning, Truth and Action: Selected Writings on Pragmatism Old and
New (Chinese edition) |
Pragmatism, Old
and New |
Deviant Logic, Fuzzy Logic |
Evidence and Inquiry (Spanish ed.) |
Manifesto
of a Passionate Moderate |
Evidence and Inquiry (Chinese ed.) |
Evidence and Inquiry (English ed.) |
Philosophy of Logics
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Philosophy of Logics in Italian |
Philosophy of Logics in Chinese |
Philosophy of Logics Croatian |
Philosophy of Logics Portuguese |
The Philosopher Responds to her Critics
 Risto
Hilpinen
(Ph.D., University of Helsinki), Professor and Cooper
Fellow. He has held visiting professorships at the University of
Rochester, Stanford University, Florida State University, and the
University of Graz, and research fellowships at Stanford University,
the University of Queensland, Harvard University, and the University
of Pittsburgh. His areas of interest include epistemology, deontic
logic, philosophy of action, philosophy of science, and the
philosophy of C. S. Peirce. He is the author of Rules of
Acceptance and Inductive Logic (1968) and of some 100 articles
in scholarly journals and books, and he has edited several books and
journal issues on deontic logic and the philosophy of science.
Office:
Ashe building, Rm. 727
Phone #: 305-284-5305
Email: hilpinen@miami.edu
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 Keith
Lehrer
(Ph.D., Brown University), Research Professor. His
work concentrates on aesthetics, epistemology, free will, rational
consensus and Thomas Reid. He has been a fellow of the National
Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the
American Council of Learned Societies, the John Simon Guggenheim
Foundation, the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral
Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Science. His present
research is focused on the philosophy of art.
Office:
Ashe building, Rm. 712
Phone #: 305-284-4757
Email:
lehrer@email.arizona.edu
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 Peter
Lewis
(Ph.D., University of California, Irvine), Associate
Professor. He has been the recipient of an NSF Scholar’s Award, and
a Visiting Fellow at Sydney University and the Australian National
University. His research interests are in philosophy of science,
especially philosophy of physics, scientific realism and scientific
methodology. He has published articles on the foundations of quantum
mechanics and on scientific realism in Philosophy of Science,
British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Studies in
History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, Synthese and
Analysis (among others).
Office:
Ashe building, Rm. 715
Phone #: 305-284-4757
Email: plewis@miami.edu
Links:
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Page
 Colin
McGinn
(B.Phil., Oxford University), Professor and Cooper
Fellow. In 2006 he joined the UM Philosophy Department, having
taught previously at University of London, University of Oxford, and
Rutgers University. He was the recipient of the John Locke Prize at
Oxford University in 1973. His research interests are in philosophy
of mind (particularly consciousness, intentionality and
imagination), metaphysics, ethics and philosophical logic. He has
published many articles, and is the author of 20 books, including
Mental Content (Blackwell, 1989), The Problem of
Consciousness (Blackwell, 1991), The Character of Mind
(Oxford 1997), Ethics, Evil and Fiction (Oxford 1997), The
Mysterious Flame (Basic Books, 1999), Logical Properties
(Oxford 2000), Consciousness and Its Objects (Oxford, 2004),
Mindsight: Image, Dream, Meaning (Harvard, 2004), and
Shakespeare’s Philosophy (Harper, 2006).
Office:
Ashe building, Rm. 705
Phone #: 305-284-4757
Email: cmg124@aol.com
Links:
 James
W. Nickel
(Ph.D., University of Kansas), Professor of Philosophy and
Law. Nickel teaches and writes in political philosophy, philosophy
of law, and human rights law and theory. He is the author of
Making Sense of Human Rights (2nd ed. 2006) and many
articles in philosophy and law. Recent articles include "Rethinking
Indivisibility: Towards a Theory of Supporting Relations between
Human Rights,"
"Who
Needs Freedom of Religion?" and
"Are Human Rights Mainly Implemented by Intervention"? During
2008-09 Nickel was Visiting Professor at Georgetown University Law
Center. From 2003-08 he was Professor of Law at Arizona State
University. From 1982-2003 Nickel was Professor of Philosophy at
the University of Colorado where he served as Director of the Center
for Values and Social Policy (1982-88) and as Chair of the
Philosophy Department (1992-1996).
Office:
G274 Law Library
Phone #: 305-284-4314
Email:
nickel@law.miami.edu
Links:
 Ruben
Rabinsky
(Ph.D., University of Miami), Lecturer. He has taught at the
University of Miami since 1996. His dissertation is on the
Philosophy of Journalism, which explores a variety of issues in the
epistemology and ethics of journalism and the mass media (focusing
on the topics of Objectivity in the News, Propaganda, and Freedom of
Expression). He has taught courses in Critical Thinking and
Informal Logic, Ethics, Applied Ethics (including Business Ethics
and Environmental Ethics), Modern Philosophy, Political Philosophy,
Philosophy of Law, and he developed a new course at the University
of Miami: Philosophy of Journalism (2008). He was awarded a
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Environmental Ethics by the University of
Miami’s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Center (2001-2003). He has won awards for excellence in teaching
and outstanding graduate work from the University of Miami, and is
presently developing books (in English and Spanish) on Philosophy
for Children and Critical Thinking across the Curriculum.
Dr. Rabinsky is a certified Philosophical Counselor of the
American Philosophical Practitioners Association. He is also
interested in Mediation, Arbitration, and Negotiation Theory, and
recently completed a U.S. Supreme Court certified training program
in Civil Mediation at the University of Miami Law School
(2008), with Mediation Services, and is satisfying his final
requirements as a state-certified Civil Mediator.
Office:
Ashe building, Rm. 704
Phone #: 305-284-4757
Email:
rrabinsky@miami.edu
Links:
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 Mark
Rowlands
(D.Phil., Oxford University), Professor. He is the
author of a dozen books (and numerous journal articles), translated
into fifteen languages. These divide into three categories. The
first comprises work in the philosophy of mind and cognitive
science, and includes Supervenience and Materialism (Ashgate,
1995), The Body in Mind (Cambridge, 1999), The Nature of
Consciousness (Cambridge, 2001), Externalism (Acumen,
2003), and Body Language (MIT, 2006). The second category
comprises work in applied ethics, in particular concerning the moral
status of non-human animals and the natural environment.
Publications here include Animal Rights (Macmillan, 1998),
The Environmental Crisis (Macmillan, 2000), and Animals Like
Us (Verso, 2002). The third category comprises cultural
criticism, broadly construed, and also attempts to convince the
general public of the wonders of philosophy. Publications here
include The Philosopher at the End of the Universe (Ebury,
2003), Everything I Know I learned From TV (Ebury 2005), and
Fame (Acumen, 2008). His memoir, The Philosopher and the
Wolf is published by Granta in 2008.
Office:
Ashe building, Rm. 710
Phone #: 305-284-4757
Email:
mrowlands@mail.as.miami.edu
Links: Web Page
 Harvey
Siegel
(Ed.D., Harvard University), Professor and Chair of
the Department. He has held visiting professorships at Berkeley,
Stanford, the University of Amsterdam, and the University of
Groningen. His research interests are in philosophy of science,
epistemology, and philosophy of education. He is especially
interested in issues concerning rationality, relativism and
naturalism. He has published over 150 papers in journals including
Philosophy of Science, British Journal for Philosophy of Science,
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, Philosophy and
Phenomenological Research, Synthese, The Monist, Analysis, and
Metaphilosophy, and three books: Relativism Refuted (Kluwer,
1987), Educating Reason (Routledge, 1988), and Rationality
Redeemed? (Routledge, 1997). He is the editor of The Oxford
Handbook of Philosophy of Education (Oxford University Press,
2009).
Office:
Ashe building, Rm. 719
Phone #: 305-284-5411
Email: hsiegel@miami.edu
Links:
Publications
 Michael
Slote
(Ph.D., Harvard University), UST Professor of Ethics.
He has taught at Columbia University, Trinity College, Dublin, and
the University of Maryland, where he was department chair for many
years. He has written many articles in philosophy of mind, ethics,
and political philosophy. His books include: Goods and Virtues
(Oxford, 1983); Commonsense Morality and Consequentialism (Routledge,
1985); Beyond Optimizing (Harvard, 1989); From Morality to
Virtue (Oxford, 1992); and Morals from Motives (Oxford,
2001). His latest book, The Ethics of Care and Empathy (Routledge,
2007), makes use of the recent psychology literature on empathy to
develop a version of care ethics that applies to both personal and
political morality. He is in the process of publishing three
books with Oxford: a book to be called Moral Sentimentalism,
a volume of essays on the history of ethics, and a volume of
selected papers from previous decades and his present work.
Office:
Ashe building, Rm. 725
Phone #: 305-284-4757
Email: mslote@miami.edu
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 Nick
Stang (Ph.D.,
Princeton University), Assistant Professor. His principal research
interests are in Metaphysics, Kant, and other figures in Early
Modern Philosophy. His dissertation, Kant’s Modal Metaphysics,
focused on Kant’s views on the epistemology and metaphysics of
modality. He plans to continue to work on the epistemology and
metaphysics of modality, as it is treated both in contemporary
metaphysics and in Kant and other Early Moderns. He is also
interested in existence, essence and constitution, the metaphysics
of idealism, the philosophy of Leibniz, and, increasingly, in
aesthetics and the philosophy of art (both historical and
contemporary).
Office:
Ashe building, Rm. 707
Phone #: 305-284-4757
Email: nick.stang@gmail.com
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 Amie
Thomasson
(Ph.D.,
University of California-Irvine), Professor and Parodi Senior
Scholar in Aesthetics. Her areas of specialization are in
metaphysics, philosophy of mind, phenomenology, and philosophy of
art. She is the author of Ordinary Objects (Oxford University
Press, 2007), Fiction and Metaphysics (Cambridge University
Press, 1999), and co-editor (with David W. Smith) of
Phenomenology and Philosophy of Mind (Oxford University Press,
2005). In addition she has published numerous book chapters and
articles on topics including metaontology, fiction, philosophy of
mind and phenomenology, and the metaphysics of artifacts, works of
art and other social objects. She is currently working on problems
regarding modality, existence questions, and the methods of
metaphysics.
Office:
Ashe building, Rm. 701
Phone #: 305-284-4757
Email:
thomasson@miami.edu
Links: C.V.
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