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2009–2010 .osu.edu Words from the Chair “Please let me know if you don’t receive this.” This practical version of a paradox of self-reference is sometimes jokingly included in e-mails. If it’s ever appropriate, it’s appropriate for this newsletter. In an effort to re-deploy our resources to better promote our core mission, we’ve decided Changes to semesters was approved to produce our newsletter Change is afoot at OSU. The in principle by the University only in electronic format. academic calendar is moving from Senate several years ago, though We believe that, being now quarters to semesters. The five that approval was contingent well into the 21st century, we colleges of the arts and sciences on a number of conditions. The should take advantage of the that have, since 1968, been conditions were met and last current technologies to enhance separate colleges will be unified spring the University Senate efficiency and environmental into a single College of Arts and voted to move to a semester responsibility. We will, of course, Sciences. calendar no later than the post it on our web site and, in autumn of 2012. Since 1922, the Ohio State addition, distribute it as widely University has been on a quarter This change will present as we can to our alumni and calendar system. Beginning in the many challenges—or, in the friends. And we will make a autumn of 2012, OSU will end words of optimists, it will special effort to seek out the its 90 year experiment with the provide many opportunities. e-mail addresses of our alumni quarter system and move to the Either way, there’s a lot of work and friends for whom we have semester system that is now, by to be done. Courses have to be only postal addresses. Even with far, the most common calendar reconfigured, undergraduate our best efforts, we might miss in higher education. Debate over majors and minors need to be Don Hubin, Chair some of our alumni and friends. the calendar system has arisen redesigned, and the graduate So “please let me know if you several times over the past two program will need to be is already well under way and don’t receive this.” decades and the proposal to shift adjusted. At the University it promises to provide new level, the General Education efficiencies and opportunities. Curriculum will have to be It should make it considerably completely rethought, which easier than it has been for faculty is always a challenge and in the Philosophy Department Beginning in the autumn of 2012, OSU will end its opportunity. to collaborate on teaching with colleagues in, for example, 90 year experiment with the quarter system and The unification of the Psychology, Political Science, move to the semester system. separate colleges of the arts Economics, Mathematics, and and sciences into one strong Biology. College of Arts and Sciences (continued on p. 2)

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Foundational Adventures: 2009 Undergraduate Philosophy A Conference in Honor of Harvey Friedman...... 3 Conference at Ohio State University...... 9 Chelsea Pflum...... 4 Words About the Faculty...... 10 Ben Flowers and John Wasserman...... 5 Turbayne Prize...... 11 Alisa Wandzilak...... 6 Words About the Students...... 12 Mike Watkins and Jody Graham...... 7 Dan Farrell...... 13 Piers Turner...... 9 The Dan Farrell Undergraduate Philosophy Retreat...... 15 In Memoriam: Ivan Boh...... 15 Words from the Chair cont’d

Departures On a happier note, we To illustrate with just Conclusion and Arrivals were joined this year by Piers two examples, consider the We are facing multiple At the Department level, Norris Turner. Piers, who comes following. Issues concerning situations that can be framed there are changes, too. Our to us from the University of global energy policies, national either as challenges or as long-time colleague and friend North Carolina, specializes in health care systems, and funding opportunities. But we have Dan Farrell will retire at the end moral and political philosophy, models for education all raise also set for ourselves several of Winter Quarter after 37 years especially the moral and political foundational problems of tasks that can be reasonably of extraordinary service to the philosophy of John Stuart Mill. distributive justice. And issues understood only as a very profession, the University, and the (For more, see the story on p. 9) concerning the education of welcome opportunities. One Department. Please see the story We welcome Piers, Abby Norris older children, health care of the most exciting is the on p. 13 for more about Dan’s (his wife), and Charlotte and decisions for impaired patients, development of a Dan Farrell career and his retirement. Here Cyrus (their two children) to and attorneys’ responsibilities Undergraduate Philosophy I will just reiterate how much Ohio and to the Department. to clients all raise foundational Retreat that I mentioned earlier. we will miss Dan’s presence The Department also problems about agency and You can read more about this in the Department. Because of welcomed this fall six new autonomy. We are convinced project in the news item on Dan’s love of and excellence at graduate students, three of whom that there is value in bringing p. 15. I hope that you’ll be teaching, and with the support won very competitive multi- together researchers with diverse as excited about it as we are of some “early adopters,” we year fellowship offers. These “applied” interests as well as because we need your help to are developing a proposal for students come from across the scholars who are focused on pull this off. It will be a terrific an undergraduate philosophy country and, in one case, from the more abstract, philosophical experience for the students retreat in his honor. We hope Canada. They have interests in issues to learn from each who are involved in the retreat to fund the opportunity for four a wide range of philosophical other. Stealing inspiration, if and a very fitting way of not content (or even rhythm), 2 or five advanced undergraduate issues including philosophy of honoring Dan’s contribution to philosophy majors to take a language, moral philosophy, from Kant, the thought can be undergraduate education in our two-day retreat at a cabin or philosophy of mind, philosophy conveyed as follows: “Moral Department. lodge away from campus with of logic, and more. We are theory without moral application either several faculty or a faculty delighted to welcome all of these is empty; moral practice without member and one or two graduate students to our Department; moral theory, blind.” students. The retreat would be they have already established I’m delighted to report that, an opportunity for immersion in themselves as valuable members amidst very stiff competition, our some philosophical topic with of our philosophical community. proposal for a grant from OSU to outstanding faculty and graduate get this project fully developed students—a rare opportunity for OSU Center for Ethics and ready for launching was undergraduate students and one and Human Values funded. In this competition for that we would very much like what are called “Innovation to be able to provide. And it is For some time now, several Group Grants,” twenty-four fitting that such a program be of us in the Department have proposals from around the established in honor of Dan, who been working with colleagues University were put forth, each has had such a profound effect across the University to develop having the support of dozens of on his students. (Please see the a proposal for an OSU Center faculty from multiple disciplines. story on this project on p. 15) for Ethics and Human Values. Of those twenty-four, only three Our vision is to create a center We were saddened by the were funded. We are gratified by that is focused on foundational news of the death of one of our the support that the University moral questions that underlie long-time colleagues, Ivan Boh. has shown and we look many moral issues confronting Ivan was, as all who knew him forward to the exciting work of the world, our country, and would attest, the quintessential developing a concrete proposal each of us, as individuals. These “gentleman and scholar.” He and funding model for the OSU foundational issues manifest was an internationally renowned Center for Ethics and Human themselves differently in different expert on medieval logic, perhaps Values. academic disciplines and even better known in Europe practical pursuits, but we believe than in the U.S. And, he was also that it is valuable to examine the a kind and gentle presence in the foundational issues directly. Department. He will be missed. THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Foundational Adventures: A Conference in Honor of Harvey Friedman

major interdisciplinary event took The occasion was dignified, and its Many favorable notes of place at The Blackwell Inn, May 14- importance underscored, by the attendance, congratulations and thanks have been A17, 2009: Foundational Adventures: and welcome speeches, of our University received from speakers and other Conference in Honor of the 60th Birthday President, Professor E. Gordon Gee, at the attendees. Everyone has remarked on the of Harvey M. Friedman. The conference, opening reception on Thursday evening uniformly high quality of the presentations affectionately referred to as ‘Harveyfest’ was and of our Interim Dean of the Federation and the event’s extraordinarily organized by Neil Tennant and made possible of Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Professor interdisciplinary character. Streaming by a generous grant from the John Templeton Joan Leitzel, at the banquet held on Saturday videos of all the sessions will soon be Foundation and also by funds for travel awards evening. We were honored also by the made available on an OSU server. The from the National Science Foundation. presence of Dr. Hyung Choi as the Templeton organizers intend also to publish the The list of speakers attests to the Foundation’s representative. We are deeply proceedings of the conference with a extraordinary reputation enjoyed by the grateful to Professors Gee and Leitzel for their leading academic press. honoree, who is a long-standing affiliate of unstinting support for the whole project. And the Department of Philosophy. The plenary that support extended from the top down: speakers were figures of great distinction in OSU colleagues and graduate students from the fields of mathematics, computer science, the Departments of Linguistics, Philosophy, and philosophy: Martin Davis (UC Berkeley Mathematics, and Computer Science and and NYU), Solomon Feferman (Stanford), Anil Engineering were generous in undertaking Nerode (Cornell), Hilary Putnam (Harvard), to chair the various sessions. The organizers Gerald Sacks (Harvard and MIT), and Patrick also received sterling assistance from James Suppes (Stanford). Thirty other speakers, McGlothlin in Philosophy. from the USA and from overseas, filled the parallel sessions on the program, representing 3 Departments of Music, Philosophy, Mathematics, and Computer Science. All of these areas have been affected in significant ways by Harvey Friedman’s foundational researches. Saul Kripke of CUNY, who was an invited plenary speaker but was unable to attend owing to health reasons, sent a warm tribute to Harvey’s lifelong contributions to our understanding of deep foundational issues in logic, semantics, and mathematics. The conference ended with a plenary discussion session, at which Harvey answered questions from the chair and from the floor and outlined some of the major research challenges that he sees ahead. The event was preceded by announcements on the webpages of major academic societies and also by an effective local publicity campaign, both on- and off-campus, involving posters, newspaper articles, and in-depth interviews, with videos, on webpages. This generated a high level of interest—so much so that that opening reception and plenary session had to be re- located to the biggest auditorium available in the conference center! Thereafter, all plenary sessions were at full capacity, and indeed many of the parallel sessions were “standing room only.” The conference program enabled scholars to hear about the work of both distinguished and established figures as well as Cedric Fausey, a gifted young mathematician, pictured here at the opening reception of the conference, with President Gordon Gee, and the honoree, Professor Harvey Friedman. several rising young stars in the profession. Chelsea Pflum Current Undergraduate

helsea Pflum can people to donate just eighty cents her most, philosophically, is remember, as if it a day to feed starving children how humans live together, how Chappened only yesterday, in the Third World. But Chelsea we treat each other, whether a particular moment when her had talked with this girl, she had we inherently merit the basic life changed entirely. She was played tea party and hide-and-seek human rights promised us fifteen years old and had gone with her, and this little girl was through various legal documents with her family to Peru to visit a certainly, in Chelsea’s mind, not and whether or not it is the family friend who had started a one of those children in abject responsibility of all others to non-profit organization in Lima to poverty that she had always ensure that these rights are help poor boys get an education separated so distinctly from granted. It is these questions that and move out of the abject herself. However, watching this keep Chelsea searching and made poverty into which they had little girl in a small village in Peru her decide to study philosophy at Chelsea Pflum with three of the children she worked with in Brazil: Renato, Felipe, and Douglas been born. During this trip, their changed Chelsea. “I realized that Ohio State. family friend took Chelsea and my worldview had been warped, Chelsea has enjoyed interested in the relationship her family to a small rice-farming that I really had no clue about pondering these questions over between employer and worker village in the north of Peru so that the human condition, and I was the past few years since her and with labor rights issues they could experience life outside embarrassed by just how naive I life-changing moment, but the around the world.” As a result the city. The village was extremely had been throughout my entire reality of the people she met of the knowledge Chelsea has poor, with no running water and life.” in Peru has made Chelsea want gained by working with this no electricity, and Chelsea found It was after this life-altering to do more than just sit in her group and through her travels the people some of the most trip that Chelsea began to really room and contemplate the way to Peru and Brazil, she plans hospitable people she had met ask questions and take an interest the world ideally should be. to study labor law when she in her life. She didn’t think about 4 in philosophical pursuits. She This past summer she travelled graduates from Ohio State their poverty because, in talking began to wonder about what it to São Paulo, Brazil to do an and work with labor unions with the villagers, she found that actually meant to be a human internship at a non-governmental or international organizations they were just like any other being, a living being, and what organization called “Vida Jovem.” to ensure all workers around people; they worried about their exactly we were all doing here. The organization takes in children the world are treated with family and hoped for the future She took her first two philosophy who cannot legally live with dignity and paid a decent just like anyone else. classes in her last years of high their parents, gives them a family wage in order to support It was on the last day in the school in search for answers, environment in which to live and themselves and their families, village that Chelsea’s life-altering “only to find more deep and sends them to school—hopefully and hopefully reduce poverty event occurred. She saw a girl complex questions, as so many to college or professional school in the long-term. sitting on the ground leaning philosophers do.” Even though someday. In addition to living Chelsea’s experiences in against the side of an adobe her troubling questions have not with the children, meeting developing nations and her building just watching the other been answered in her philosophy “amazing people,” and learning work with labor rights groups kids playing. As Chelsea stared classes, and most likely will never Portuguese, Chelsea wrote grant have molded her into the at her, she realized that she was be fully resolved, she still finds requests, solicited local donors, person she is today, and the looking into the face of one of the the pursuit of this knowledge and helped plan Vida Jovem’s study of philosophy has, she children she had always seen in fascinating and useful in her large fundraising gala at the says, “helped me to reflect the television commercials asking everyday life. What concerns beginning of September. “It was on those experiences and to an absolutely amazing summer guide my life down the road I that helped me to grow into am currently headed. So many a more independent person, people ignore philosophy or to experience a new group of don’t bother with it because people and culture, and to help they view it as such an abstract understand more fully exactly subject, which it is, but I what I want to do in the future.” have learned that even the During Chelsea’s short time most abstract philosophical here at Ohio State, she has also ponderings can be applied to been very involved with a group daily life in some way and help called United Students Against us to understand the world Sweatshops, which is concerned around us and the people we with the fair treatment of live with in a way that subjects workers both here at Ohio State like chemistry and biology and abroad. “Being a member never can.” of this group has made me very Felipe, Douglas, Renato, and Chelsea show their Buckeye Spirit THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Ben Flowers and John Wasserman Former Undergraduates

ike many students, Ben Flowers and (and in doing so prepare me for the John Wasserman sort of stumbled Law School Admission Test [LSAT]) Linto philosophy. John describes the than Professor Wu’s,” he says. John decision to take his first philosophy course, believes that Neil Tennant’s instruction Don Hubin’s Introduction to Ethics, as a in the Symbolic Logic course helped “fluke”—a mental coin-flip between that him, not only in other courses, but and Anthropology. Ben Flowers enrolled in also—agreeing with Ben—on the LSAT. George Pappas’s Introduction to Philosophy “Everyone uses logic,” John says, “but on a “whim.” But Ben and John quickly found the difference between someone pre– their intellectual homes in philosophy. Ben and post–symbolic-logic, if they take it recalls an incident as a young boy when seriously, is like the difference between he was riding with his mother in a car and being able to do simple arithmetic on wondered, “Where are my thoughts?” Years your fingers and having a calculator.” later, when he learned in George’s course that In 2008, John won the Bingham this was really a question in the philosophy of Medal, which is awarded for the best mind, he was hooked on philosophy. John had undergraduate essay in philosophy John Wasserman (left) and Ben Flowers anticipated that philosophy might concern written in the previous year, for his essay Ben, who served as President of the itself with such frivolous questions as “What “On Death,” written for Don Hubin’s Moral Leighton Undergraduate Philosophy Club, and if a tree wasn’t a tree?” That impression Philosophy course. He describes winning this John, who served as the Club’s Conference was quickly dispelled, and John found the award, which has been awarded annually since Chair, were responsible for putting on a opportunity to talk about ethics in a serious, 1922, as the most meaningful experience of terrific undergraduate philosophy conference systematic way exciting. his career as a philosophy major. “I think it last May. The conference drew participants Philosophy might have been the was when I was presenting my paper at the from as far away as Great Britain and was a 5 intellectual home for John and Ben, but they award ceremony that I realized that I had great success. (See the story 9.) were not homebodies. John says, absolutely made the right decision by majoring This fall, both John and Ben began legal in philosophy—I was being grilled by a bunch I think philosophy at Ohio State not only studies at the University of Chicago. Chicago’s of professors, and I was having all kinds of fun was interesting in itself, but it woke me Law School is a very fine choice for them, not trying to defend myself,” he says. up to how interesting other subjects only because it is one of the very best law could be. For me, philosophical questions Ben, who continues to be interested in schools in the country, but also because it are made better and more interesting issues in the philosophy of mind, was energized has a strong program in philosophy and law. by the addition of other facts about the to think about issues in metaethics as a result Neither Ben nor John is really sure what areas world, and facts about the world are of taking Advanced Moral Philosophy from of law will draw his interest, but both are made more meaningful by philosophical Justin D’Arms. His interest in these two areas looking forward to the new challenges with considerations. Philosophy helped led naturally to what became the focus of his excitement. They recognize that they began to make other classes that I took— Honors Thesis: compatibilism, particularly the their studies at OSU with no thought that they chemistry, psychology, economics— compatibility of moral responsibility and causal would be seduced by philosophy. Something seem alive, rather than some kind determinism. Ben worked on his thesis under similar will happen in the course of their legal of rote exercise. the supervision of Tim Schroeder, from whom studies. Perhaps they will be energized by an Ben recounts similar thoughts: he’d taken a philosophy of mind course. area of study that neither has yet considered I really can’t emphasize enough how “Without a doubt,” says Ben, “the Honors or about which they have misleading fortunate I feel to have found philosophy. Thesis was the most valuable and rewarding preconceptions. Whatever captures their Contrary to the beliefs of many, it truly is part of my time as a student at Ohio State.” The intellectual fervor, both John and Ben will be a practical major. I am a better and more product of Ben’s work was published in Sapere as successful in their legal studies as they have engaged citizen because of the skills that Aude, the College of Wooster’s undergraduate been in their philosophical studies. “Ben and I I honed studying philosophy. philosophy journal. Ben expresses great both had a lot of good options for law school,” gratitude to Professor Schroeder for his says John, “and I really think the philosophy Ben says that he had so many great guidance on this project. department at Ohio State had a lot to do with professors at OSU that listing them wouldn’t that … . Majoring in philosophy at OSU was be very helpful but, when pressed, he one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.” mentioned a few. Wayne Wu, from whom Ben took two courses, routinely pressed his students to reconstruct arguments from the I think it was when I was presenting my paper at the award readings to exhibit their logical structure—an ceremony that I realized that I had absolutely made the right exercise that Ben found sometimes tedious but incredibly valuable. “No assignments did decision by majoring in philosophy–I was being grilled by a bunch of more to develop my argumentative skills professors, and I was having all kinds of fun trying to defend myself. Alisa Wandzilak Current Graduate

lisa Wandzilak was raised in Binghamton, New York, and Awent to college at SUNY Buffalo with the intention of majoring in political science and, then, going on to law school. But an advisor encouraged her to take Introduction to Ethics her first semester and that experience helped to set her on a different course. Alisa liked her philosophy class, but she was still committed to her original plan. As Alisa completed more political science courses, though, she found them less interesting than she had expected. As the bloom came off that rose, she decided to double major in philosophy and political science. And, while she always enjoyed her philosophy classes more than others she took, she did not consider graduate school in philosophy until her senior year. Up until that time, she was still planning to go to law school 6 after graduation. However, the lawyers she knew didn’t really like the practice of law. She recognized that they might not be representative—they were, after all, academic lawyers. But their opinions helped her decide against law school. Alisa Wandzilak in the newly remodeled Thompson Library, overlooking University Hall “I had not seriously considered pursuing philosophy as a career. But when it came time to decide what to do and reasons. Alisa credits a seminar she took after graduating, I found that I was not from Abe Roth with developing her interest in ready to give up philosophy,” she said. reasons and rationality. “I was struck by how, in just Alisa started graduate school at the Alisa clearly impressed Abe. her second year as a graduate University at Buffalo in the fall of 2005 He says of Alisa, and, in the spring of 2007, received I was struck by how, in just her second year student, Alisa wrote the sort her Master’s degree. Her Master’s as a graduate student, Alisa wrote the sort of paper that could be published thesis, written under the guidance of of paper that could be published in a first Kenneth Barber, argued that some of rate journal. Her target was recent work by in a first rate journal.” the contemporary criticisms of Locke’s Niko Kolodny, a leading figure in current theory of personal identity are misplaced debates about rationality and meta-ethics. because Locke’s concern was with a Alisa was working with material that’s first-person account of personal identity, intricate and can be overwhelming. not a third-person account, which is the It takes considerable intellectual stamina concern of many contemporary theorists. and philosophical acumen to dive right Since coming to OSU with a into this material and extricate just the right fellowship in the fall of 2007, Alisa’s elements to launch a powerful critique. interests have focused primarily on Alisa is very impressive. metaethics—where her special interests Philosophy is not Alisa’s only interest, lie in noncognitivism, the Frege-Geach of course. She has recently taken up long- problem, and moral —and distance running and hopes to one day run on rationality, where she is especially a marathon. In her free time, she also enjoys interested in the normativity of rationality watching documentaries and playing tennis. and the relation between rationality THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Mike Watkins and Jody Graham Former Graduates

but he also shared his wisdom, humor and dispositionalism and circularity. Versions respect for Berkeley and philosophy in of those papers won the Fink Prize and general.” Jody’s current teaching at Auburn were later published. Michael’s paper also has rekindled an interest in issues of integrity became part of his dissertation, which Diana and end-of-life care. In addition to teaching and Robert co-directed. “I have always felt and research, she spends time working with fortunate to have had Diana and Robert as professionals in the medical community my advisors. Most graduate students hit the discussing these issues. Her experiences job market having given little thought to following graduate school have certainly philosophical methodology, and it shows contributed to her professional growth, but up in interviews. But you couldn’t write a “the intellectual honesty, rigor, and clarity dissertation with Diana and Robert without of thought demanded by the discipline” she reflecting on methodology. Robert always claims to have learned from the faculty and insisted that it isn’t just the answer to a her fellow graduate students at OSU. question that you must earn the right to. At Michael took Robert Kraut’s least in philosophy, you must also earn the course during his second term and never right to the question. You must first prove Jody Graham and Mike Watkins in their graduation robes in 1993 looked back. During his second year he that there’s a problem. And Diana would and Jody took a course on color with Diana always wonder why the simplest answer Raffman. Jody’s paper was on the color wasn’t the right answer, even if defending it ody Graham and Michael Watkins, incompatibility problem. Michael wrote on might be the harder path.” who are now both in the Philosophy JDepartment at Auburn University, met as graduate students at OSU. In the autumn of 1985, Jody came from the blizzards of 7 Ontario to the warm and sunny climes of Columbus. One year later, Michael We wanted to always be at a place like OSU. And landing at a came from the warm and sunny climes of place that was not, we went about recreating it. Tennessee to the blizzards of Columbus. They were already connected to the Ohio State philosophy department. Jody’s undergraduate mentor, Tom Lennon, and Michael’s MA thesis director, Kathy Emmett Bohstedt, were Ohio State Ph.D.s. Recalling the competitive job market at the time, both agreed, “what we hoped to find at OSU was a strong graduate program that would make us competitive even in a bleak job market. We got that and more. It wasn’t just that we were trained as philosophers. We learned how to be members of a profession. And we learned that, not only by being around excellent philosophers, but by being part of their community.” Perhaps those most influential to Jody were Robert Turnbull and George Pappas. Jody was fortunate early on in the program to become the RA for Robert Turnbull as he edited the Philosophy Research Archives. He cultivated her interest in issues of perception and color and, after a class with George Pappas on , she knew she wanted to work with George on Berkeley and perception. “My arguments and writing became clearer and more cogent as a result of George’s training, Mike Watkins, Jody Graham, and Kate Mike Watkins and Jody Graham cont’d

Most of all, Jody and Michael remember we experienced at OSU.” While at Auburn, a very energetic, talented, and supportive their connection with OSU remains, Words About Mike and Jody community of teachers and fellow though at a distance. Two current OSU students. They remember colloquia students, Eric Carter and Lindsey Mason, with David Lewis, Sydney Shoemaker, were students at Auburn, each writing an Frank Jackson, Ruth Barcan Marcus, honor’s thesis with Michael. Michael and Robert Kraut about Mike Simon Blackburn, Bill Lycan, Geoff Jody are now tenured at Auburn. Michael Working with Michael was one of Sayre-McCord, and many others. They was promoted to full professor in 2008, the high points of my teaching career. remember lively and friendly arguments continues to publish on color, and has He was less like a student and more in the “bullpen”. They remember recently taught a seminar on Sydney like a skilled and engaged colleague: dinners and evenings of philosophical Shoemaker at the University of Reika, a we talked about his projects, my conversation with students and faculty. tie partially cultivated by his participation projects, and connections between in the Dubrovnik conferences sponsored After leaving OSU, Jody took a them. Aside from his brightness by OSU. He is currently the chair of the visiting position at Washington University. and creativity, he had an emotional department. Both return to Halifax every Michael followed her, with the support maturity and intellectual confidence summer with their daughter, Kate, to of a Presidential Fellowship. Jody then rare among graduate students: he was escape the heat, to sail, and to enjoy the landed a tenure-track position at Saint less interested in winning arguments philosophical community that welcomed Mary’s University in Halifax and Michael than in exploring the consequences of them early on in their search for found part-time work down the street at various strategies. This made it a joy to permanent positions. Dalhousie. The following year, Michael work with him; he taught me a lot, not landed a tenure-track position at Auburn. only about his projects but about my After they spent the better part of a year own. 8 apart, Auburn hired Jody.“We wanted to always be at a place like OSU. And landing at a place that was not, we went George Pappas about Jody about recreating it,” Jody and Michael say During her first couple of years at of their early years at Auburn. “We now Ohio State, Jody was very close friends have a vibrant department that enjoys an with Sun Joo Shin. They seemed always intellectual liveliness similar to the one to be working together in the Gluck library, even at night and on weekends. I think the constant companionship was a great aid in Sun Joo’s rapid improvement in her spoken and written English; and I have no doubt that they benefited each other enormously philosophically. I credit Jody with a large share in helping Sun Joo succeed when she finished her PhD at Stanford, and I think, reciprocally, Sun Joo was instrumental in helping Jody to flourish at Ohio State. Jody worked as a research assistant for Bob Turnbull at a time when Bob was regularly using the emeritus office for his editorial duties with Philosophy Research Archives. Bob was still a very active chain-smoker at that time, and smoking was still permitted in faculty offices. Jody deserved serious hazard pay beyond what she earned as an RA! But Jody never complained, and I know she got on extremely well with Bob who, in turn, thought the world of Jody.

Jody Graham and Mike Watkins THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Piers Turner New Faculty

he Department is pleased to welcome has also co-edited a recent volume, of our newest colleague, Piers Norris previously unpublished or uncollected social TTurner. Piers has research interests in and political writings by the 20th-century political philosophy and ethics. He received social democrat Karl Popper, entitled After his Ph.D. in 2009 from the University of North The Open Society. Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also has an M.Sc. When not doing philosophy, Piers likes to in the History and Philosophy of Science from play guitar, shoot hoops, travel, and spend as the London School of Economics and Political much time as possible in the Adirondacks. Science and a B.A. from Yale University. His Piers’s wife, Abby, is an assistant professor work focuses primarily on the 19th-century in the Division of Infectious Diseases in English philosopher John Stuart Mill. His the College of Medicine at OSU. Piers and dissertation, Mill’s Epistemic Liberalism, argues Abby have two children: Charlotte, who is that Mill’s views on, first, the social conditions four years old, and Cyrus, who is two. Piers, required for the growth of knowledge and, who was born in Switzerland and raised in second, the relevance and limits of expertise Syracuse, has lived many places in his life, in political decision-making are crucial to a including London, San Francisco, Mexico City, unified account of his political philosophy. and Tanzania. But, he says, he’s delighted to The continuation of this project extends the be in Columbus and to be able to raise his insights about expertise to our understanding two children as Buckeyes. Piers Turner (right) gets acquainted with G.E. Moose of Mill’s account of moral evaluation. Piers

2009 Undergraduate Philosophy 9 Conference at Ohio State University

incorporating neuroscience, computer science, Ohio State has taken the time to organize and economics. Those selected to participate an event where we can meet to share our in the conference shared their papers with work,” said Lally Gartel, who will be working fellow presenters as well as the large number toward her JD/PhD in Philosophy at Duke of other students in attendance. Following University starting this summer. each presentation, speakers took questions and It was the hard work of a number challenges from the audience—an activity that of people that made the conference a usually spilled out into the hall following the success, according to Conference Chair session. John Wasserman: “Without the help of the

Dan Farrell gives a stimulating keynote address The conference included a banquet Philosophy Club's officers, the Ohio Union, to students at the Undergraduate Conference featuring Ohio State’s own Professor Daniel USG humanities senators Anna Yonas and Farrell as keynote speaker. He spoke, with Ben Reinke, and the enthusiasm of the he Undergraduate Philosophy Club his usual verve, about the permissibility of Ohio State students who came out to see at Ohio State operates with the belief preventive justice. Even after a long day, those the presentations, the conference certainly that nothing develops the intellect, and T in attendance found themselves drawn in by wouldn't have been possible. Professor one’s philosophical abilities, quite like critical Farrell’s engaging style. “He was witty, wily, Farrell was gracious enough to accept our and impassioned discussion with peers. With and above all wise in what he said and how invitation to serve as the keynote speaker, this in mind, the club hosted an ambitious he said it,” said Thomas Moller-Nielsen, a and he delivered a tremendous, engaging conference, featuring top undergraduate sophomore from the University of Bristol. “All address.” Club President Ben Flowers philosophers from all over the world, which in all, his argument was as convincing as it was agreed, while looking towards the club’s took place on May 1st and 2nd. funny.” future: “The club has a history of holding A total of twenty-six students, representing When everything wrapped up on Saturday these events, and not following them up. over twenty universities stretching from afternoon, attendees left with the feeling that The fact that we were able to hold a second Arizona to the United Kingdom, presented an they had gained something very valuable from annual conference speaks volumes about the equally broad and eclectic selection of papers. their sojourn at OSU. “I was very impressed hard work that many people have put in. The presentations covered metaphysics by the quality of the work being done by Hopefully the club can retain the momentum and philosophy of language, they tackled my peers, and I think it's a great service to gained in these past two years and turn the ethics and continental philosophy, and they undergraduate students of philosophy that conference into a tradition.” even reached into the interdisciplinary, Words About the Faculty

Lee Brown was a respondent Justin D’Arms published “Regret 2010. Other professional activities George Pappas had his paper to Rafael De Clercq’s “Aesthetic and Irrational Action” with include being co-editor of a “Berkeley’s Treatment of Ideals” at the American Society Daniel Jacobson in Reasons for special edition of Perspectives Scepticism” published in the for Aesthetics Pacific Division Action, edited by David Sobel on Science. Oxford Handbook of Scepticism, Meeting, March 27, 2008. and Stephen Wall (Cambridge edited by John Greco. George’s Lee presented “Higher‐Level University Press, 2009). Justin’s Glenn Hartz gave an invited paper “Certainty and Knowledge Ontologies of Popular Music: “Demystifying Sensibilities: paper, “Is Descartes the Patron of Objects in Berkeley” is due to Who Needs Them?” at the Sentimental Values and the Saint of Skepticism?” (co- appear this year in New Studies American Society for Aesthetics Instability of Affect,” also co- authored with Patrick K. Lewtas), of Berkeley’s Philosophy, ed. B. Pacific Division Meeting, April 16, authored with Dan Jacobson, at a symposium entitled “Getting Belfrage and T. Airaksinnen. 2009. Lee has also contributed is forthcoming in the Oxford the Big Picture – or Not: Early And George’s paper “Berkeley’s two chapters to the forthcoming Handbook of Philosophy of Modern Philosophical Systems” Positive Epistemology” was Routledge Companion to Emotion, edited by Peter Goldie. at the American Philosophical presented at a conference in Philosophy and Music, edited His recent presentations include Association Pacific Division Karlsruhe, Germany last August by Kania and Gracyk. “Wrong Kinds of Reasons to Meeting last April. Commentary while George was in the hospital Feel” at the University of Western on Glenn’s book, Leibniz’s recovering from a nasty gutter- Ben Caplan has been stalking Ontario in October 2008 and Final System, was given at the cleaning–related fall. his colleague Lee Brown: he at the University of Western Second Annual Conference of commented on “Higher-Level Michigan in February 2009. the Leibniz Society of North Tamar Rudavsky co-edited with Ontologies of Popular Music: In June 2009 Justin presented America at Princeton University Steve Nadler the Cambridge Who Needs Them?,” Lee’s “Interestingly Wrong Kinds of in September, 2008. Glenn also History of Jewish Philosophy: paper at the American Society Reasons” with Daniel Jacobson at presented “Two New Cartesian From Antiquity to the Seventeenth for Aesthetics Pacific Division the Sydney University Metaethics Circles” (co-authored with Patrick Century. The anthology includes 10 Meeting; with Carl Matheson, Workshop in Sydney Australia. K. Lewtas) at the American an article by Tamar, “Time, he contributed a chapter on Philosophical Association Central Space and Cosmology in ontology of music to the third Lisa Downing published Division Meeting in Chicago Medieval Jewish Philosophy.” edition of Aesthetics: A Reader in “Locke: The Primary and last April. Tamar’s paper “Creation, Time Philosophy of the Arts, which is Secondary Quality Distinction,” and Biblical Hermeneutics in co-edited by Lee; and, again with in The Routledge Companion Don Hubin presented “The Early Modern Jewish Philosophy” Carl Matheson, he contributed to Metaphysics, edited by R. Le Limits of Consequentialism” was published in Interpreting a chapter, also on ontology Poidevin et al. (Routledge, 2009). at the XXII World Congress of Nature and Scripture, edited by of music, to the forthcoming Lisa was invited to participate, Philosophy in Seoul, Korea in J. Vandermeer. Routledge Companion to along with Sukjae Lee, in August 2008. Don is also serving Philosophy and Music, edited by Nature and Purpose in Early as the principal investigator of a Richard Samuels’ article Kania and Gracyk, which Lee is , the early team of faculty from across OSU “Nativism” was published in contributing two chapters to. Ben modern conference at Syracuse that was awarded an Innovation The Routledge Companion also presented a paper, “Against University last August. In May Group Grant from the OSU to Philosophy of Pscyhology. Sonicism” (co-authored with 2009, she spoke on “Locke Office of Research and the Office Richard’s “The Magical Number Carl Matheson), at the American contra Cartesian Ontology” at of Academic Affairs to support Two, Plus or Minus: Comments Philosophical Association Pacific Brown. Lisa has several talks the development of an OSU on Dual Systems” was published Division Meeting; commented on coming up next spring; most Center for Ethics and Human in the anthology In Two Minds: Octavian Ion’s “Some Concerns notably she will be the invited Values. Dual Processes and Beyond Regarding the Direct-Reference speaker at a conference called (Oxford University Press). And Theory of Belief Reports” at “Newton and Empiricism” at the Sukjae Lee won the 2009 Colin Richard’s paper “Delusions the Canadian Philosophical University of Pittsburgh, Center and Ailsa Turbayne International as a Natural Kind” appeared Association annual congress; for Philosophy of Science, April Berkeley Essay Prize Competition in Psychiatry as Cognitive and served on the Program 10-11 2010. In addition, she will for his essay “Berkeley on the Neuroscience: Philosophical Committee for the American be speaking at a symposium Activity of Spirits,” which is Perspectives (Oxford University Philosophical Association Central on Newtonian metaphysics at forthcoming in the British Press). Richard presented Division Meeting in Chicago in the American Philosophical Journal for the History “Classical Computationalism February 2010. Association Central Division of Philosophy. and the Problems of Cognitive Meeting in Chicago in February Relevance” at the Center for Cognitive Science at The THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Turbayne Prize

ukjae Lee has won the 2009 Colin and is awarded $2,000, and a copy of the winning Ailsa Turbayne International Berkeley essay is sent to the George Berkeley Library SEssay Prize Competition for his essay, Study Center, located in Berkeley’s onetime “Berkeley on the Activity of Spirits,” which home in Whitehall, Newport, RI. In winning the is forthcoming in the British Journal for the essay prize, Sukjae joins two of his colleagues, History of Philosophy. The Turbayne Essay Lisa Downing and George Pappas, who won Prize was established in 1988 by Professor in 1992 and 1993, respectively. The Ohio State and Mrs. Turbayne, in cooperation with the Philosophy department is the only institution Philosophy Department at the University of to have multiple winners, earning three of the Rochester, to “advance Berkeley scholarship thirteen prizes awarded since 1990. throughout the world.” The winning essayist

OSU Turbayne Prize Winners George Pappas, Lisa Downing, and Sukjae Lee Words About the Faculty cont’d

Ohio State University and colloquium); Kansas State (for Sigrún Svavarsdóttir’s “The is “Revamping the Restriction “Computation and Cognitive another philosophy colloquium); Virtue of Practical Rationality” Strategy” in All Truths Are Science” at King’s College, and Lehigh (where Stewart was was published in Philosophy and Known: New Essays on the 11 Cambridge in July 2008. the Selfridge Visiting Scholar). Phenomenological Research. “The Knowability Paradox (Oxford Practical Role Essential to Value University Press). Neil organized Lisa Shabel’s article “The Declan Smithies’ paper “What Judgments” was published in Foundational Adventures: A Transcendental Aesthetic” is is the Role of Consciousness Philosophical Issues (Metaethics). Conference in Honor of the 60th forthcoming in the Cambridge in Demonstrative Thought” is Sigrún also presented her paper Birthday of Harvey M. Friedman, Companion to Kant’s Critique forthcoming in The Journal “Value as a Norm for Attitudes” held at The Blackwell Inn last of Pure Reason, edited by of Philosophy and “The at Tufts University last December. May, with grants from the John Paul Guyer. Normative Role of Knowledge” Templeton Foundation and the is forthcoming in Nous. He is Neil Tennant presented National Science Foundation. Stewart Shapiro’s paper co-editing two volumes of essays numerous papers, including Finally, Neil was awarded “Reasoning with Slippery that are forthcoming with Oxford “Cut for Core logic” at the AMS/ a fellowship from National Predicates,” was published in University Press: Introspection and ASL Workshop on Constructive Endowment for the Humanities Studia Logica. “We Hold these Consciousness with Daniel Stoljar Mathematics, in Boca Raton; “The for the 2009-2010 academic year. Truths to be Self Evident: But and Attention: Philosophical and Schröder-Bernstein Theorem” What Do We Mean by That?” Psychological Essays with Chris at the Midwest Workshop in Wayne Wu co-organized with was published in the Review of Mole and Wayne Wu. Declan gave Philosophy of Mathematics Declan Smithies the 2009 Symbolic Logic. Stewart wrote papers at two ANU workshops, X at Notre Dame; and “Core Ohio State-Maribor-Rijeka a chapter titled “The Measure on Attention and Consciousness logic” at the NYU Conference conference in Dubrovnik on of Scottish Neo-Logicism” for and on Themes from Crispin on Philosophy of Mathematics. The Philosophical Significance Logicism, Intuitionism, and Wright; at the Annual Conference Neil’s article “Belief-Revision, of Attention. Wayne is co-editing Formalism, edited by Sten of the Australasian Association the Ramsey Test, Monotonicity, a forthcoming book, Attention: Lindström for the Synthese of Philosophy; at the University and the so-called Impossibility Philosophical and Psychological Library. Stewart’s professional of Melbourne; and at the Bled Results” was published in Review Essays with Chris Mole and travels included visits to St. Conference on Epistemic Virtue of Symbolic Logic (special issue: Declan Smithies (Oxford Andrews; Frankfurt (to speak at and Value. With Wayne Wu, he Logic, Context and Vagueness). University Press). Wayne’s paper a conference on trends in the also organized the 2009 Ohio Another article, “Natural “What is Conscious Attention” is philosophy of mathematics); State-Maribor-Rijeka conference in Logicism via the Logic of Orderly forthcoming in Philosophy and Uppsala, Sweden (to speak at a Dubrovnik on The Philosophical Pairing,” appeared in Logicism, Phenomenological Research. conference honoring Per Martin- Significance of Attention. Intuitionism, Formalism: What Lof); Jerusalem (for a philosophy has become of them? (Synthese Library). Also recently published Words About the Students

Awards: 2009 Rocky Mountain Ethics Meeting last July. to be published by Wiley- Congress. Zac also commented Blackwell in 2010. Finally, James The Fink Award, named in honor on Michael Ferry’s “Does Morality Alison Kerr published “Envy in was the Organizational Assistant of William H. Fink, is awarded Demand Our Very Best? On the Philosophical Tradition,” for Foundational Adventures: annually for the best graduate Moral Prescriptions and the Line co-authored with Justin D’Arms, Conference in Honor of the 60th philosophy paper at OSU. of Duty” at the Rocky Mountain in Envy: Theory and Research, Birthday of Harvey M. Friedman Salvatore Florio won the 2009 Ethics Congress. And Zac edited by Richard Smith (Oxford at OSU, funded by the Templeton Fink Award for his paper “Is Two commented on Ben Vilhauer’s University Press). Ali was also a Foundation and the National a Plural Property?” “Free Will and Reasonable visiting scholar at the University Science Foundation. Doubt” at the 2008 American of Sydney last July. While in Publications and Philosophical Association Pacific Australia, Ali presented her paper Cathleen Muller presented her Presentations: Division Meeting. “Emotions: Rational Assessments” paper “A Feminist Argument at the Australian Association against Free Choice” at the Audrey Anton gave two Salvatore Florio’s “The Paradox of Philosophy meetings in Women & Society conference at presentations of her paper “The of Idealization,” co-authored Melbourne. Marist College this past October. Real Relationship Between with Julien Murzi, was published Moral Responsibility, Praise in Analysis. Salvatore presented James MacPherson’s article Patrick Reeder co-authored with and Blame”: one at Moral his paper “Is Two a Plural “Legislative Intentionalism and Stewart Shapiro a critical review, Responsibility: Neuroscience, Property?” at Plurals and Plural Proxy Agency” is forthcoming in “A Scientific Enterprise?: Penelope Organization and Engineering, Quantification, a conference the journal Law and Philosophy. Maddy’s Second Philosophy,” in a conference held in Delft, organized by the Swiss Society James presented his paper Philosophia Mathematica. Netherlands, where it won a for Logic and Philosophy “Shared Intentions as Deliberative graduate student paper award, of Science at the University Commitments” at the American 12 and another at the Society for of Geneva, and at Issues in Philosophical Association Central Student Philosophers Annual Contemporary Semantics Division Meeting in February Conference in Edinburg, Texas. and Ontology: Predicates and at the Ohio Philosophical Audrey also presented “The and Properties, a conference Association in April. Transparency of Imagination: organized by the Sociedad James McGlothlin published a On Martin’s Refutation of Argentina de Analisis Filosofico book review (co-authored with Intentionalism” at the American in Buenos Aires. Philosophical Association Pacific John DePoe of the University of Division Meeting last April. And Matt Jordan, who recently Iowa) in Faith and Philosophy she presented a third paper, “The completed his Ph.D. in our of two recent books: Angus Earthly Nature of Justice and program and is now a Visiting Menuge’s Agents under Fire: the State in Plato’s Republic,” Assistant Professor at Quincy Materialism and the Rationality at the American Philosophical University in Illinois, has an of Science; and Victor Reppert’s Association Central Division article, “Bioethics and Human C.S. Lewis’s Dangerous Idea: Meeting last February. Audrey Dignity,” forthcoming in The In Defense of the Argument is also assistant director of the Journal of Medicine and from Reason. James presented Society for Student Philosophers Philosophy. Matt has been invited his paper “Is Aristotelian Logic and last year she was awarded to join the editorial board of Better Suited than Mathematical a Humane Studies Fellowship, Bioethics in Faith and Practice Logic for Theological and which is awarded by the Institute and the ethics committee at Philosophical Reasoning?” at the for Humane Studies. Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Midwest Regional Evangelical Illinois. Philosophical Society at Ashland Zac Cogley presented “Trust and University in Ashland, Ohio the Trickster Problem” at three Ryan Jordan presented his last March. James was also an conferences: the 2009 American paper “The Ethics of Recording editorial consultant to Fritz Allhoff Philosophical Association Fieldwork Surreptitiously” at the (Western Michigan University), Eastern Division Meeting, the Society for Ethnomusicology who edited the anthology 2009 Feminist Ethics and Social National Conference in October Philosophy of the Special Sciences, Theory Conference, and the 2008. Ryan also presented “What Non-Western Music Can Tell Us about Musical Expression” at the American Society for Aesthetics— Rocky Mountain Division Annual THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Dan Farrell

an Farrell will retire at the end of expected new developments within the major Winter Quarter, 2010. In his time at camps present on the battlefield; but one DOhio State, Dan has published dozens would not have expected a major new front of journal articles, many in some of to open up. Dan’s work on the justification the very top journals in the profession. He of punishment, though, beginning with “The has given scores of professional presentations Justification of General Deterrence,” also around the world. He served as the Chair published in The Philosophical Review (1985), of the Department for eight years and was did just that: Dan developed an entirely novel the Associate Provost and Director of the theory that was neither retributivist, though it University Honors and Scholars Center. For took guilt very seriously, nor utilitarian, though all of this he will be long remembered by it relied crucially on the anticipated effects of his friends and colleagues in the Department punishment. The battlefield for arguments over and elsewhere at OSU. But Dan will be most the justification of punishment had just been fondly remembered by all of us, and especially enlarged, and with great benefit. his students, as an extraordinarily gifted and Professor Jeff McMahan, of the Rutgers dedicated teacher. Philosophy Department, says of Dan’s work on Dan earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees the justification of punishment, at the University of Chicago and his Ph.D. at “The moral justification of punishment Rockefeller University, under the direction is one of the central problems in of Joel Feinberg. After serving as a visiting moral philosophy and in the theory Dan in the summer of 2009 lecturer at Princeton for a year, Dan joined the of the criminal law. I believe that Dan a series of workshops on research ethics at OSU Philosophy Department in 1971. While Farrell’s remarkable several universities there. remaining on the faculty here since that time, series of articles is Writing about Dan’s service to the 13 Dan held visiting appointments in a variety of by far the best work Department, the College, and the University outstanding departments at other institutions, that has ever been is difficult—the difficulty is caused by one of including the University of Michigan, Oberlin, done on this issue. Dan’s idiosyncrasies. Unlike most academics, and the University of Iceland. The position he Dan does not maintain a record of his Dan has a long and distinguished record develops is entirely service on his curriculum vitae. It turns out of excellence in philosophical research. He original. He argues that Dan does not have a record of what has published in the very best, most selective, that the justification he refers to as “all [his] d****d service.” And journals in the profession and produced truly for punishment is this, in itself, is revealing of his character. seminal work in a number of areas—work that not retributive but Dan’s service to OSU, at all levels, is truly has served either to define the domain or to appeals to exactly Jeff McMahan extraordinary by any measure. Indeed, in carve out a novel and promising position. As the same principles 2003, Dan received OSU’s highest honor for an example of a “domain-defining” work, one of justice that govern the morality of service, the University Distinguished Service need look no further than Dan’s extremely individual self-defense. His arguments Award—something else that is completely influential and highly cited “Jealousy” in are scrupulously detailed, rigorous, and missing from his curriculum vitae. Dan The Philosophical Review (1980), one of persuasive. Together they constitute doesn’t measure these things; he doesn’t the premier journals in our profession. This one of the great achievements of record them; he doesn’t ask for accolades, or is a groundbreaking paper that helped to contemporary moral theory.” even recognition, for them. shape the philosophical discussion, not only Dan has published eleven articles on various Dan was, for eight years, the Chair of of jealousy and envy, but of the emotions aspects of the justification of punishment in the Philosophy Department. During Dan’s generally. Since the appearance of “Jealousy,” particular and deterrent violence in general. He tenure (1992-2000), and largely as a result Dan has published five additional papers is a world-renowned scholar in this field. on related topics. Philosophers working on of his skill and care, the Department moved Dan has received numerous academic the nature of the emotions must pay heed to up into the top 25 philosophy departments awards and honors throughout his career. These Dan’s work. in the country. Dan’s talents for working began with his being awarded a Woodrow collaboratively with colleagues to build An area in which Dan’s research has Wilson Graduate Fellowship and a Danforth consensus and define and achieve common carved out a new and rich position is that Graduate Fellowship during his graduate goals did not go unnoticed. He was of the justification of punishment. This is, of studies at Rockefeller University. Dan received asked to serve as the Chair of the Faculty course, an old issue and the battle lines were an NEH fellowship in 1990 and was recently Senate Oversight Committee on Budget pretty well drawn when Dan began working honored as a National Science Council Fellow Restructuring (1993-1996) to handle the on the topic. It is fair to say that, prior to by the Republic of Taiwan, where he gave extremely important, but highly delicate, Dan’s entering this philosophical arena, three lectures at different universities as a task of defining and advancing faculty people thought they knew the conceptual distinguished scholar. This year, Dan is off to objectives in the budget restructuring map of this terrain well. One would have India, with several scientists from OSU, to lead process. This position was enormously Dan Farrell cont’d

demanding—certainly in terms of time but, High School shooting “the most intelligent and more importantly, in terms of insight, careful constructive comment I have heard was given thought, and extraordinary communication by Dan Farrell, Head of the Philosophy Dept, Words About Dan with both faculty and administrators. Ohio State.”) As with service on University In 1999, Dan was asked to serve as the committees, Dan doesn’t keep a record of Scott Anderson (Ph.D., 2006): Dan Interim Associate Provost and Director of his talks that are not to other professional Farrell’s legacy to me is his sympathy, the University Honors and Scholars Center, philosophers. Were he to have done so, they his ability to share his students’ which he did for one year before accepting would certainly number in the hundreds. He feelings and to stick with them as the permanent position. While in this position, has been, frankly, the departmental “go to” they work to achieve their academic Dan created the first eight Scholars Programs person for public discussions of philosophical goals. I currently teach writing and at OSU. These programs are a lasting legacy to issues. reasoning skills, criminal law, and Dan’s vision and determination. But, again, it is his teaching that is both punishment theory as a professor at Capital University Law School. My When pressed for more on his service to his greatest professional love and his greatest hope is to impart Dan’s legacy to OSU, Dan replies that the above-mentioned professional accomplishment. One of the each of my students, in each of my service constitutes “the only unusual things” most remarkable aspects of Dan’s teaching is classes, one at a time. he has done. Perhaps, but he has done his unparalleled ability to grab a class full of an unusual amount of “ordinary service”: students (or another audience if he’s giving a Abigail Aguilar (Pfister) (Ph.D., 2007): committee service at all levels at OSU. He was, public talk) and draw them into a philosophical Dan was always generous with his for example, instrumental in the Department’s issue. Regardless of how abstract or remote time and engaging with his questions, hiring efforts four years ago—efforts which the topic might have seemed to the students at and he was encouraging yet netted seven (of seven targeted) extraordinary the outset, Dan manages to bring the issues to demanding of his students, tough but philosophers in one year. And, for more life and get the students to engage with them. fair. I hope that I live up to the high The students have a sense of being involved in 14 than thirty-seven years, Dan has been an standard that Dan set by his example, extraordinarily effective agent of departmental a shared exploration of an exciting problem. in my interaction with students. On and institutional outreach. He has for decades And there’s a trick to how he does it. Dan gets a personal note, Dan introduced given guest lecturers in courses in other them to think that they are engaged in such a me to my husband Michael, when colleges—particularly, but not exclusively, shared exploration by actually engaging them he took him on his initial tour of in the College of Veterinary Medicine, where in a shared exploration. There’s no doubt the department. It is fitting that Dan he now holds an adjunct appointment. Some who is the expert explorer, of course; Dan’s will retire shortly after we celebrate years ago, he was featured regularly on a knowledge and expertise in the areas he our 13th wedding anniversary in morning talk show, discussing the moral teaches is unquestioned. But he doesn’t simply February. disseminate knowledge and insight; he leads the implications of events in the news. (Tucked Michael Perkins (Ph.D., 1983): I’m students to discover it for themselves. away in some overstuffed departmental file not sure that I would have completed is a letter from a listener who took the time Dan’s absence from the Department will be graduate school if it had not been for to write to then-President Kirwan saying, in felt as a colleague and, even more poignantly, Dan’s mentoring and friendship. As a part, that in a discussion of the Columbine as a teacher. graduate student, I was truly inspired by his passion for philosophy and his willingness to grapple with big problems. Doing philosophy with Dan was exciting and fun. Dan and I disagreed on a lot of issues. One of my most vivid memories from graduate school is of the time he called me a “f***ing relativist.” Despite our philosophical disagreements, however, I always had the deepest respect for the quality of his thought. I also have the deepest respect for the quality of his character. Dan is uncommonly kind and decent. I feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to get to know him.

In 2000, Dan celebrates stepping down from his duties as Chair. THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

The Dan Farrell Undergraduate Philosophy Retreat

e are pleased to announce the learning from each other and from the faculty creation of an Undergraduate and graduate student mentors. WPhilosophy Retreat program in We think it’s fitting that we honor Dan honor of Dan Farrell’s contributions to the with a program that will reflect not only his Department of Philosophy, with special love of philosophy but his dedication to the recognition of his contributions to our teaching of philosophy. What Dan sought to undergraduate teaching mission. As many do with his students was far more than impart of you know, Dan is a truly extraordinary information about philosophical theories and teacher who has directly touched the lives of criticisms. He sought to engage them in the thousands of students. project of philosophical reflection—to pass on The Dan Farrell Undergraduate Philosophy to them the transformational gift of pursuing Retreat will provide a wonderful philosophy an examined life. immersion experience for a small number We invite you to contribute to this of undergraduates each spring. These program by making a contribution to the students, who will be selected based on Chair’s Support Fund (Acct. #303149) and their outstanding academic record and their indicating that you wish your gift to be used love of philosophy, will spend two full days in support of the Dan Farrell Undergraduate in a rustic setting—away from the ordinary Philosophy Retreat program. distractions of life—arguing, reflecting, and Dan Farrell

In Memoriam: Ivan Boh 15

State University (1966-69), finally coming to of knowing contingent propositions, and a Ohio State as a full professor, where he taught comparison between medieval endeavors from 1969-1995. His teaching and research and the epistemic logic of our times. Other interests focused on medieval logic, although noteworthy recent publications include: “Four he taught a variety of courses, including Phases of Medieval Epistemic Logic,” Theoria existentialism, history of philosophy, and history (2000); “Walter Burley” in Individuation in of logic. Scholasticism (1994); “Propositional Attitudes Professor Boh received many prestigious in the Logic of Walter Burley and William grants and awards throughout his career. These Ockham,” Franciscan Studies (1984); and included a Fulbright Research Fellowship to “Epistemic and Alethic Iteration in Later study at the University of Munich (1964-5), Medieval Logic,” Philosophia Naturalis (1984). a sabbatical research year at the University Professor Boh served his profession at of Barcelona (1972-3), a Fulbright Research the highest level. He was a member of the Ivan Boh Fellowship to study at the University of American Philosophical Association, the Ljubljana in Slovenia (1986-7), and an IREX American Catholic Philosophical Association, and Fulbright Fellowship to do research at the Society for Medieval and Renaissance e note with sadness the death of the University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, and Philosophy, and the International Society for one of our long-time colleagues, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland the Study of Medieval Philosophy. He regularly WIvan Boh. Ivan passed away on (1986-7). In addition, he was a MUCIA Exchange attended national and international meetings, September 11 of this year. Professor at Moscow State University (1979-80). and shared his research on a continual Ivan held a bachelor degree from Among his many publications, his major basis; he was considered one of the world’s Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, an M.A. in volume Epistemic Logic in the Later Middle leading authorities in medieval logic, and was philosophy from Fordham University, and a Ages (1993) provided the first comprehensive esteemed by his colleagues in these many PhD in philosophy from University of Ottawa. study of epistemic logic in the Middle Ages, a associations. He was born in Dolenji Lazi, Slovenia, and field that was neglected for many centuries Ivan has two sons, Boris and Marko, to taught in a number of universities before and rediscovered in the twentieth century. whom we extend our heartfelt condolences. coming to Ohio State in 1969. His first position In this work, Boh explored the contrast was at Clarke College in 1957; from there he between epistemic and alethic conceptions held positions at University of Iowa (1962-3), of consequence, the general epistemic rules Clarke College College (1964-1966), Michigan of consequence, the search for conditions THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

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