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Dr. Richard Field
Associate Professor
Education
- Ph.D. Philosophy; Southern Illinois
University at Carbondale, 1987
- M.A. Philosophy; Michigan State University, 1981
- B.A. Philosophy; State University of New York College at Plattsburgh,
1979
Courses Taught
- 39-171 Introduction to
Philosophy
- 39-275 Introduction to Ethics--Professional Ethics
- 39-276 Introduction to Ethics--Bioethics
- 39-376 History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
- 39-377 History of Modern and Contemporary Philosophy
- 39-401 Senior Seminar
- 39-475 Aesthetics
- 39-490 Advanced Topics: The Philosophy of John Dewey
- 39-570 Metaphysics
- 39-579 Independent Study in Philosophy
- 39-590 Advanced Topics: Friedrich
Nietzsche
Academic Interest
-
American Philosophy
- Early Modern Philosophy
- Value Theory
Scholarly Activity
- Coeditor with Elizabeth R. Eames: S. Morris
Eames, Experience and Value: Essays on John Dewey and Pragmatic Naturalism,
(Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2003).
- "Pragmatic Failure and the Attribution
of Belief," Journal of Philosophical Research, 32 (2007), 133-43.
- Coauthor with Thomas Alexander, "John
Dewey," Dictionary of Literary Biography, v. 270: American Philosophers
Before 1950 (Bruccoli-Clark, 2003), 56-88.
- Invited Presentation: "Belief and
Pragmatic Failure," Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, April 2003.
Student Group Advisement
- Philosophy Club / Phi Sigma Tau, Missouri Tau
Other Professional Experiences
- Founding member, International
Pragmatism Society, 2006-Present
- Southwestern
Philosophical Society, 1999-Present
- American
Philosophical Association, 1982-Present
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