At its root, philosophy is defined as the love of wisdom.听 Accordingly, philosophers apply a great deal of concentrated, intellectual effort to the most fundamental problems and issues of human life. 听This means that we are all philosophers to one degree or another, for all of us at some point must face questions about such things as the nature of justice, the meaning of life, the existence of God, human rights, the nature of reality, the nature of the soul, who we are, what we are, what we can know, how we ought to live, and what we ought to do. 听As it is, philosophical problems pervade the depths of every discipline, and the skills learned by doing philosophy serve any profession.
I am grateful to have been exposed to philosophy as an academic discipline during my undergraduate years at Presbyterian College and, then, in practice as an officer in the US Army. I am fortunate to have studied philosophy formally at Denver Seminary and the University of Kentucky. I am particularly thankful to be teaching philosophy at 羞羞视频 and encouraging others in the philosophical quest both in the classroom and through academic research.
My published research lies in the areas of Ancient Greek and Classical Islamic philosophy. 听I am presently working on projects in the fields of mysticism and the philosophy of mind. 听I feel most alive in the classroom and teach courses in a wide range of areas within the discipline.
- Ph.D., April 2011, Philosophy, University of Kentucky
- 顿颈蝉蝉别谤迟补迟颈辞苍:听听础濒-贵腻谤腻产墨鈥檚听Interpretation of Aristotle鈥檚 Theory of Intellect
- M.A., 2006, Philosophy, University of Kentucky
- M.A., 2001, Philosophy of Religion, Denver Seminary
- Thesis:听 Intrinsic Beauty and the Mind of God
- B.S., 1995, Psychology, Presbyterian College
鈥淎l-F膩r膩b墨:听 Legitimate 鈥楽econd Teacher鈥� after Aristotle on Matters Relating to the Intellect.鈥� 听Documenti e studi sulla tradizione filosofica medievale, Forthcoming special edition on ancient philosophical psychology, Fall 2014.
鈥渁l-F膩r膩b墨.鈥澨� The Oxford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Science, and Technology in Islam.听 Ed. Salim Ayduz.听 Oxford University Press, 2014.
鈥淥n Being 鈥淯seless鈥� yet 鈥淭rue鈥�:听 Plato, al-F膩r膩b墨, and Ibn B膩jja on the Condition of Philosophy in the Context of a Corrupt State鈥� in An Anthology of Comparative Philosophy.听 Ed. Ali Paya.听 ICAS Press, 2013.
鈥淚bn Bajja.鈥澨� Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought. Ed. Gerhard B枚wering.听 Princeton University Press, 2012.
鈥� 鈥業f it were God who sent them鈥︹��:听 Aristotle and al-F膩r膩b墨 on Prophetic Vision.鈥� Arabic Sciences and Philosophy 18/2 (Sept 2008), 211-246.
Book Review:
鈥淢assimo Campanini, An Introduction to Islamic Philosophy,鈥� Journal of Shi鈥檃 Islamic Studies听 听Vol. 2, Number 4 (Autumn 2009).
Presentations
鈥淐onceptions of Immortality in Aristotle鈥檚 De Anima III.5,鈥� 59th Annual Florida Philosophical Association Conference (Stetson University.听 Deland, 2013).
鈥� 鈥業f it were God who sent them鈥︹��:听 Aristotle and al-F膩r膩b墨 on Prophetic Vision,鈥� Second Annual Marquette Summer Seminar in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy (Milwaukee, June 2007).
鈥淥n Being 鈥楿seless鈥� yet 鈥楾rue鈥�: al-F膩r膩b墨鈥檚 Divergence from Plato in regard to the Philosopher and His Relationship to the State,鈥� International Conference on Ancient and Medieval Philosophy (New York City, October 2006).
Response to Saba Fatima, 鈥淎n Examination of the Ethics of Submissiveness,鈥� University of Kentucky Graduate Student Conference (Lexington, March 2005).
鈥淩eason and Revelation in Medieval Islamic Thought,鈥� Christian-Muslim Interfaith Dialogue Meeting (Lexington, March 2009).
Guest Lecturer for Oliver Leaman鈥檚 HJS 324, Jewish Thought and Culture, University of Kentucky, October 24, 2008 (Philo and the problem of evil).
Response to James Travis Ross, 鈥淣on-dualistic Accounts of Consciousness in Early Eastern Thought,鈥� University of Kentucky Graduate Student Conference (Lexington, March 2011).