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I was born in Cambridge, Ontario, completed my undergraduate studies at Laurier in 1990 and my PhD in philosophy at the University of Guelph in 1998. Before coming to Laurier Brantford I taught at the University of Windsor.
My research focuses on the history of ideas.
- Social Science and Humanities Research Council support for (a) graduate research and (b) a conference/book, Ideas Under Fire (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2010).
- Visiting Fellow: Clare Hall, University of Cambridge (UK), 2010 (declined).
- Visiting Fellow: Northrop Frye Centre, Victoria College (University of Toronto), 1999-2000.
- Student Visiting Fellow: American School of Classical Studies in Athens, 1995.
I have employed many student assistants in Brantford. Brantford students have helped complete work on the following projects: several editions of Critical Thinking (Broadview Press); Literary Form, Philosophical Content; a special issue of Poetics Today on genres of philosophical writing; Ideas Under Fire; and currently, Life Examined.
I am willing to supervise students working on the history of ideas and the history of philosophy.
- Critical Thinking, co-authored with the late William Hughes, various editions (Broadview Press).
- Ideas Under Fire: Case studies of philosophy and science in adversity (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2012), co-edited.
- Literary Form, Philosophical Content (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2010), co-edited.
- Poetics Today 28 (2&3), a special double issue on genres of philosophical writing, guest editor.
Contact Info:
Office location: OD 203
Languages spoken: English, Ancient Greek, French (reading)