under Nicholas Rescher and remember with special Nuel Belnap. Her thesis was fondness animated “Conditional Forms: philosophical conversations Assertion, Necessity, with Ruth and several other Obligation, and Commands.” philosophers at a San Jose An article she wrote with dive named Manny’s in the Rescher gave rise to the 1980s. Rita Manning writes Rescher-Manor Mechanism that “Ruth was the soul of the in logic, still used today. department –she was smart, Ruth was born in Addis funny, incredibly generous Adiba, Ethiopia. Her father, and eternally optimistic.” Newsletter: Prof. Moshe Wolman (after Department of whom was named the Ruth Manor Wolman Disease), was Philosophy Emperor Hallie Sallasie’s Scholarship Fund doctor. Tenured at San Jose San Jose State State in 1986, and promoted We are establishing a special to Full Professor in 1988, scholarship fund in the area University Ruth began to teach also at of logic in honor of Ruth October, 2006 Tel Aviv University in 1993, Manor. Please contact spending many of her Professor Manning for semesters there. She retired details. from SJSU in 2004 as a result Editor: Tom Leddy of her illness, but continued Obituary: to teach at Tel Aviv. Alumni and other friends of the Towards the end of her life Philosophy Department who Ruth published a book with Robert Larsen died wish to donate to the Department her father, Doctors’ Errors in Campbell on Step. 17. He should make out a check the and Mistakes of Medicine – was a professor in the “SJSU Foundation” with a note Must Health Care Philosophy Department and memo position “Philosophy Deteriorate? She also in the Humanities Fund for Research.” This continued her work in logic Department. He leaves money will be used to further publishing a chapter “On the behind his wife Virginia faculty and student research projects including travel to Meaning and Use of Larsen. Her address is 774 conferences, visits to libraries, Semantics and Pragmatics” in Fairlands Ave, Campbell research assistantships, and Hebrew in Discourse and 95008. A memorial will be purchase of books. Send to Dialogue: Multiperspective held Christ the Good SJSU Foundation, 1 Philosophy, 2003. Ruth Shepherd Luteran Church on Washington Square, San published over seventy book Sept. 30 at ll:00 am. Jose, California 95192 chapters and articles mainly in logic but sometimes in Our New Obituary: such topics as the middle east conflict and philosophical Philosophy pluralism. (Surprisingly, she Department Web Ruth Manor once revealed during a candidate’s interview that she Site Address: We will all miss our good was first attracted to sjsu.edu/philosophy/ friend and colleague, Ruth philosophy through literary Manor, who died from an existentialism.) She also did autoimmune disease in consulting work for NASA, November, 2005. She had Hewlett Packard, IBM, and started teaching at SJSU in Stanford University. Ruth 1981. Ruth had gained her served as Acting Chair in the Ph.D. in 1971 at the Philosophy Department University of Pittsburgh twice, once in Spring 1988 when 27, having studied and once in Fall 1992. We

1 New Faculty For the Fall semester, Carlos Sara, who received her teaches two sections of MA last Spring, has Introduction to Philosophy as Members well as an upper division been admitted to the seminar titled “The graduate program in Philosophy of History, from Philosophy, University Carlos Sanchez Hegel to (Leopoldo) Zea.” of California at Santa is our new tenure-track When not at work, whether Cruz . professor. Carlos received teaching or writing, Carlos his PhD from the University enjoys watching cartoons, of New Mexico, listening to 80s music, and Letters to the Albuquerque, this past spending time with his very summer and joins us as our young son Julian and his wife Editor new Assistant Professor of Alicia (who, he admits, does Philosophy. Carlos is no all of the actual “work”). Franc Fallico writes that he stranger to SJSU, having “Enjoyed very much the received his Bachelors of article referencing my Science from the School of Phil Williamson father, Arturo B. Fallico, Journalism and Mass who received an MA from who taught at SJS from Communication in 1998 and the Philosophy Department the beginning of the Dept. his Masters in Philosophy in last semester has been hired to the 1970's. I also went 2000. At the University of as a lecturer for the first time to SJS College, as it was New Mexico, Carlos wrote in Fall 2006. called then, graduating in his dissertation on what he 1964. My interests were in calls Husserl’s “theory of science and getting into epistemic justification,” an medical school but did attempt, he says, “to shed OTHER take what was called back light on Husserl’s then the Humanities epistemological worries.” NEWS Program course work for While still working in the my first 2 years of school phenomenological tradition, to satisfy liberal arts Carlos plans to focus his Philosophy Major requirements for intellectual super-powers on graduation. The one pure more contemporary Wins CSU Student philosophy course I took philosophical movements. Research was in my last year of He is currently working on Competition undergrad school with several papers dealing with Herman Shapiro, one of late 20th Century Mexican In a campus-wide my fathers' best friends philosophy, especially the competition, Sara and colleague. My work of Jorge Portilla, Emilio Rettus, one of our memories extend to others Uranga, Luis Villoro, and in the department, some of Leopoldo Zea—a group of graduate students, was whom would visit with our philosophers known as the selected to represent family on social occasions. “Hiperion Group,” thinkers SJSU at the CSU Your article brought back unified in their mission to Student Research old memories. My limited describe, clarify, and Competition, hosted by liberal arts education at interpret contemporary SJSU now gives me great Mexican, and consequently CSU Channel Islands on background for much of Mexican-American, reality May 5 and 6. She also the work I do as the chief using the “methods” of won that contest! Sara medical examiner for structuralism, and her mentor, Prof. Alaska. Sincerely, Franc psychoanalysis, Leddy, were honored at G. Fallico, MD Chief ME, phenomenology, critical Alaska“ theory, and pragmatism. the Annual University [email protected]. Research Forum on ak.us April 4.

2 Sidenote: Franc Fallico searching for what it is were moments where it played himself in the recent that we call was difficult to see acclaimed documentary by globalization. Was it people work so hard for Werner Herzog, Grizzly Man. The New York Times movie when we went to a low wages. Yet, there review, “Exploring One manufacturing company were times where all I Man's Fate in the Alaskan and observed the men could do was smile as I Wilderness” by Manohla and women assembling saw the passion in Dargis, Aug. 12, 2005, the PCs that may appear people’s eyes about the praises Fallico for his skill as on our desks one day? growing opportunities a story-teller. Was it when we went to brought about through Taiwan and saw the technology. The Graduate Student corporations that supply political, economical, Travels to China most of the world’s environmental, and chips? Or was it when cultural aspects of a we saw KFC at every nation all play a role in Graduate Student Krupa corner in Shanghai? globalization. After this Patel received an award The program provided journey, I have come to that allowed her to travel us with a wonderful and realize that what we call in China with SJSU enriching opportunity to globalization is itself a engineering students. enhance our knowledge journey. It is constantly She writes the following of the technological and evolving. It is an account of her industrial growth in evolution of life, yet it experiences in China China and Taiwan. I am includes all lives. and Taiwan, beginning grateful for the with a quote from a opportunity to have been great American thinker part of the GTI program Martin Luther (who, by the way, and would like to thank King as studied philosophy and everyone who made this Philosopher theology at Boston trip possible. The University – see the next hospitality shown to us article). by the corporations was In 1955, two years after he heartwarming. The trip married Coretta Scott (who became not just a died recently and was much All of life is interrelated. learning experience but memorialized), Martin Luther We are all caught in an King received his PhD in a life altering inescapable network of Systematic Theology from experience. Connecting mutuality, tied to a Boston University, The title with the people, eating single garment of of his dissertation was: A the delicious food, and Comparison of God in the destiny. Whatever visiting historical sites Thinking of Paul Tillich and affects one directly were experiences that Henry Wiseman. In 2004 affects all indirectly. Provost David K Campbell words cannot describe. --Martin Luther King of BU wrote: “[at BU] he The trip created many worked with several mentors, opportunities for including Edgar Brightman, reflection about human L. Harold DeWolf, and As I walked the steps of values and the effects of Howard Thurman (Dean of my journey through globalization. There Marsh Chapel), each of China and Taiwan, I was whom had tremendous

3 influence in [his] study of the http://www.stanford.edu/gr I suspect that I too was personalist philosophy. This oup/King/publications/auto influenced by the Personalists system, in which “the biography/chp_4.htm by way of both Kohak and sacredness of the person is Marx Wartofsky who, viewed socially” (Walter G. The same year he received although not a Personalist Meulder) reinforced King’s his PhD, he was elected himself, was a Marxist who idea that all men are equal president of the Montgomery was hired by Personalists and should thus be afforded Improvement Association during the McCarthy era. equal rights. … [at BU] King and spokesman for the also explored the philosophy famous boycott (begun by Tom Leddy of Mahatma Gandhi and Rosa Parks) at the beginning became a proponent of his of the Civil Rights nonviolent strategy against movement. Talk about Implementing WEBCT oppression, something that “applied philosophy”! online teaching and would become a hallmark of creating new learning King’s leadership in the civil rights movement.” Further note: when I was at communities. http://www.bu.edu/provost/m BU, the Personalist tradition eet/index.html was still evident, although by Mary Ann Shukait not strong. Other Personalists were Peter King himself wrote: “I Bertocci and John H. Lavely One of the Philosophy studied philosophy and (both of whom I knew), and 186 courses assigned to theology at Boston me for the spring 2006 University under Edgar S. Borden Parker Bowne. Brightman and L. Harold Bowne founded the semester was a jumbo DeWolf. I did most of my Philosophy Department at section. (note: we refer th work under Dr. DeWolf, BU in the 19 century. to classes of over 70 as who is a very dear friend Brightman, the most famous “jumbo.”) This was Personalist, ran the of mine, and, of course, I especially challenging to was greatly influenced by Philosophy Department for him and by Dr. Brightman, several years. When I was at me since I had taught a whom I had the privilege to BU there were portraits of jumbo section a few study with before he Brightman and Bowne in the years earlier and was not passed on. It was mainly main philosophy department entirely satisfied with under these teachers that I seminar room. One of my how I structured the studied Personalistic dissertation advisors, Erazim course. Since I teach this philosophy--the theory that Kohak (a Czech student of the clue to the meaning of Edmund Husserl), also course with ultimate reality is found in considered himself a approximately 50% personality. This personal Personalist. He has written a discussion and 50% idealism remains today my short history of Personalism lecture it is very difficult basic philosophical at BU at position. Personalism's to manage even group http://www.bu.edu/philo/alu insistence that only discussions let alone mni/kohakessay.htm personality-finite and having question and infinite-is ultimately real Kohak thinks Alasdair answer periods. MacIntyre, who also taught at strengthened me in two Therefore, I decided to convictions: it gave me BU when I was there in the metaphysical and 70s and 80s, was also incorporate online philosophical grounding for influenced by the teaching using the SJSU the idea of a personal Personalists, also MacIntyre Web CT technology in God, and it gave me a denied it. (Professor the jumbo section. I metaphysical basis for the Schubert taught a seminar would use this for dignity and worth of all here on MacIntyre in the interactive course human personality.” Spring semester.)

4 discussions rather than gave them a group managed within my the tradition faceal-to- writing assignment so course website. Since all face classroom group that they could meet three of my class rosters discussions. It was and personally. Following have been uploaded into is a huge learning curve that class session I the course files I am for me given that I had instructed them to logon able to email students all to learn to negotiate the to our course website at once or privately. I Web CT environment. and find their assigned post assignment dates However Corey Gin the group and post an for midterms, finals, Academic Coordinator introduction as a way of films that I am showing of this program provided gaining some familiarity in class and any other constant encouragement with the course website notice on a calendar icon as I set up my course. as well getting to know of the course homepage. He gave me a one-on- their group members. The syllabus as well as one tutorial as well as After that I would post the course notes that I coming into my class on weekly discussion usually handout to the first day and questions from our students is also available explaining Web CT to assigned readings and on the course homepage. my students and they would post a While I still am answering their response to my question assessing the integration questions. My students as well as to their other of web-based education were both new to web- group members. What I into my course I have based education as well learned from this found the experience as experienced since assignment was how rewarding in terms of some of these students quickly I could get to creating an exciting had taken other courses know the students and learning environment within the School of be able to assess how where my students Business that had well they were grasping participate more fully in blended formats. I had the course material as their own learning. many emails afterwards well as how quickly the from students indicating students were forming ISREE News how much they their own online preferred the online community. I don’t Institute for Social medium rather than the think I could have Responsibility, Ethics and classroom discussions achieved this level of Education participated in the since the classroom is so interaction in the Difficult Dialogues Advisory Board, Peter Hadreas large and there is traditional classroom attending. difficulty hearing from environment given that front to back and vice- huge enrollment. On Nov. 2 ISREE sponsored versa. Another plus for me a panel with Profs. William My total enrollment for with respect to Shaw and Rita Manning, that course is 109 implementing the Web moderated by Prof. Peter students and I broke CT has been with the Hadreas, on poverty in the U.S. working class in them up into eleven administrative aspects of connection with Barbara online groups. I did have managing this jumbo Ehrenreich’s book Nickel and one class period where I course. All email is Dimed. The ISREE also co- sponsored Stephen Young in

5 a talk on “Moral Capitalism,” Fall 2006 the regional on Dec. 5. competition. “We won 2, and lost 1. And ISREE also co-sponsored the Fern Alberts 2006 National 12P Tanzeen Doha we did all this with just Competition on Social James Gray the power duo Matt Entrepreneurship at SJSU, [Pfiffner] and Brenda March 31, and April 1, 2006. Philosophy [Hood]. We did not do Colloquium and as well at the national Prizes Other Talks competition:1 win, 2 losses. But the coach of March 8, Victor one of the other teams The Shapiro Prize Pineda: “Reflections said we should winner for Spring 2006 on Invalidity: have won the match was Phillip Williamson Disabled in Thought because Annie [Bao] and Practice.” Pineda is had asked very good The Lydia A. and George a disability activist, questions. Newcomer V. Pinto Scholarship for award-winning Adrian Jung got his feet Fall of 2005 went to independent film wet. And in another Michelle Graves producer, and President match Brenda of the Victor Pineda obliterated the other The Temple Prize Foundation (a non-profit team with her questions Spring 2006, was disability advocacy on utilitarianism.” awarded to Brenda organization). Hood, for her paper “A Feminist April 12, Prof. Anand Perspective on Abject Vaidya gave his paper, Socrates Café Art and the “Conceptual Analysis continues to meet under the and the Perceptual direction of Janet Stemwedel Employment of on the third Wednesday of Aversion.” Model of Intuition” the month beginning Sept. 13 3-4 pm. in the Pacifica Room March 15, 2006. The of the Student Union. Janet Teaching Philosophy Club writes: “We take a question sponsored a talk by John and spend an hour discussing Associates in it with just our wits and the Sullins, Assistant Spring 2006: Socratic method to help us. Professor of Philosophy, The participants seem to end (Graduate Students who up getting pretty jazzed about teach their own class.) Sonoma State the deep thinking that University, “Friends by philosophy involves, and they Fern Alberts Design: A Design start asking questions about Jonathan Brusco Philosophy for Personal their assumptions and Kevin Fox Robotics Technology.” everyday experiences.” Janet Giddings [email protected] T.C. Niedzialkowski Krupa Patel ETHICS BOWL Geoffrey Propheter Sara Rettus Prof. Vaidya reports that last Year the Ethics Bowl team did well at

6 Philosophy Club moral relativism once again Paradigm,” Humanity at the in Common Sense Morality Turning Point: Rethinking and the Limits of Moral Nature, Culture, and The Philosophy Club met for Relativism. Sara Rettus, Freedom, ed. Sonja the first time in the Fall on graduate student, replied. Servomaa, Renvall Institute, Sept. 20. Adrian Jung, Michael Katz, Philosophy, University of Helsinki, 2006. President, reports that they explored the requirement that intend to have some student teachers be morally is speakers and to continue with trustworthy in Trust, Noam Cook the film “in the cave” film Trustworthiness, Narcissism receiving released time to be series. and Moral Blindness: An the director of an on-campus Examination of The Prime of institute devoted to bio- SPRING 2006 Miss Jean Brodie. Eric nanotechnololgy. Recent Palferyman, alumnus, research: SJSU explored issues of scriptural “Design and Responsibility: PHILOSOPHY interpretation and Socio-Technical Systems in the 21st Century.” DEPARTMENT contemporary extremism in The Qur'an, Radical Islam, Philosophy and Design: from ALUMNI and The Possibility of a Engineering to Architecture, CONFERENCE: Moderate Exegesis. Sharare Vermaas, Kroes, Light, and Sharoki, graduate student, Moore (eds.), Springer: 2006 “Philosophy in a explained Derrida’s (in press). World Context” understanding of Nietzsche’s “Joy and Bones: Moral use of “woman” as metaphor Reflections on Handling April 29. 2006 Fragments from Beethoven’s Dick Schubert, alumnus and and then applied it to a feminist critique of attitudes Skull.” Beethoven Journal. Philosophy, opened the Volume 20, Numbers 1 & 2, conference with An Ethical to virginity in Iran in a paper titled A Nietzschean Summer and Winter, 2005. Perspective on Bribery. He “Technology, Tradition and argued that at least one form Examination of Values in Contemporary Iran. Craft: Part of What a Flute of bribery is unethical based Is.” in Technologies and on Adam Smith’s version of Afterwards, the Philosophy Department had its annual Traditions: Essay on the utilitarianism as it leads to Philosophy of Local Material destruction of the free banquet at Blake’s downtown. At this event the Culture. Andrew Light and market. George Pinto Edrie Sobstyl (eds.). Roman replied. Joyce Scales, Philosophy Club gave out its annual award for Professor of & Littlefield, (in press). alumnus, gave The Sound of “That Which Governs Best: Pali Parittas: Globalizing the Year to Anand Vaidya. Ethics, Leadership and Help and Protection of the Human Systems” (in The Buddha. Joyce argued that FACULTY Quest for Moral Leaders: not only the content but also Essays in Leadership Ethics, the sound of the chants are NEWS J.B. Ciulla, T.L. Price, and essential to the teaching of S.E. Murphy, (Eds.). this form of Buddhism. Northampton, MA: Edward Krupa Patel, graduate Karin Brown Elgar Publishing, 2005.). student, replied. Derrick received tenure and a Abdul-Hakim, student, promotion to Associate argued for improvements in Professor. Congratulations one argument for the Karin! Karin is on sabbatical Sandra this year. Her recent existence of God in God’s an publications include, Dreisbach Paradox: A Comment on alumnus, taught here last William Lane Craig’s Kalam “Buddhist Ethics,” Encyclopedia of Business year. She is currently in the Cosmological Argument. PhD program in Philosophy Janet Giddings, graduate Ethics and Society, SAGE Publications, forthcoming at UC Santa Cruz. She gave student, replied. Matthew a paper “The Good Hanley, alumnus, took on 5/20/07, and “Ethics and Mechanics: Towards a New Metaphor” BSD (Berkeley,

7 Stanford and Davis) Graduate John Dewey’s aesthetics. Possible: A Theme Student Conference, April One will appear in the on-line Introduction,” in Davidson’s 23, 2005. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy and Chinese Philosophy. Since the last Philosophy: Constructive newsletter he published two Engagement (The

Peter Hadreas book reviews: Arnold Netherlands: Brill Academic His paper “Husserlian Self- Berleant. Re-Thinking Publishers, 2006), pp. 1-33. Awareness and SSRIs,” Aesthetics: Rogue Essays on “Truth Pursuit and Dao wherein he tries to dispel Aesthetics and the Arts Pursuit: From Davidson’s some myths about happiness Philosophy in Review Approach to Classical Daoist and psychotropic drugs, such Philosophy in Review 26:3 Approach in View of the as Prozac, is forthcoming in 155-157, and Linda L. Thesis of Truth as Strategic Philosophy, Psychiatry & Williams Nietzsche's Mirror: Normative Goal,” in Psychology. The book that he The World as Will to Power Davidson’s Philosophy and has been working on for in The Journal of Nietzsche Chinese Philosophy: several years, A Studies 31 Spring 2006 66- Constructive Engagement Phenomenology of Love and 68. (The Netherlands: Brill Hate, has been accepted for Academic Publishers, 2006), publication. The main thesis pp. 309-349. “Analytic After of this book is that varieties Rita Manning Movement in Modern of love and hate as they a semester off for research in Chinese Philosophy and Its develop, like a vine growing the Spring Rita is back on Constructive Engagement upon a trellis, increasingly board as Chairperson of the with Traditional Chinese manifest characteristic logical Philosophy Department. Last Philosophy,” in the special forms. year she gave the following column “Philosophical papers: “comments on Studies in China in View of He still has aspirations of 'Premature Autopsies' by Constructive Engagement” trying to convey Olufemi Taiwo and 'The New APA Newsletter (on philosophical themes through G.A. Cohen, Marxism, and international cooperation) a quasi-dramatic format. His Socialism' by Rodney Vol. 5, No. 2 (Spring 2006), present brainchild involves a Peffer," Society for the pp. 22-26. “Chinese meeting between Franz Liszt Philosophical Study of Philosophy: Language and and Ludwig Wittgenstein. Marxism, American Logic,” commissioned essay Both the musician and the Philosophical Association, (about 10,000 words) for philosopher did become March 2006 (to be published Encyclopedia of Philosophy strangely, and for some online in the Proceedings of (second edition) (Macmillan people confusedly, occupied Society for the Philosophical Reference USA, 2006), pp. with the transcendent and the Study of Marxism), and three 202-215. “Gongsun Long,” transcendental. Hadreas papers for the Ethics Center, article for Encyclopedia of imagines that what may not Lock Haven University, Philosophy (second edition) be able to be said might October 2005: "Toward a (Macmillan Reference USA, possibly be enacted. Global Politics of Care", 2006), pp. 148-149. “Hui "Care, Rights and Katrina", Shi,” article for Encyclopedia and "Care and Informed of Philosophy (second Michael Katz has Consent." Rita also gave a edition) (Macmillan been elected President of the paper ,"Care and the Reference USA, 2006), pp. Philosophy of Education Foundation of Morality" Bay 472-473. (2) Edited works: Society of North America. Area Feminist Philosophy, at edited and wrote the theme He has been a member and USF, October 2005. introduction and contributed contributor to that one essay to the anthology organization for 31 years. Bo Mou Published volume Davidson’s academic works during 2005- Philosophy and Chinese Tom Leddy spent the 2006 year: “How Philosophy: Constructive Engagement (The summer researching and Constructive Engagement of Netherlands: Brill Academic writing a couple articles on Davidson's Philosophy and Chinese Philosophy is Publishers, 2006). edited,

8 wrote introduction and Ethics of Executive contributed one article to the Compensation special column (Oxford: Blackwell, 2006). Anand Vaidya “Philosophical Studies in published “The Metaphysical China in View of Foundation of Logic,” Constructive Engagement,” Elizabeth Journal of Philosophical Logic, Nov. 2005, and the in APA Newsletter (on Sonnier, who is also a international cooperation) following book review: San Jose city librarian, got a James Sterba “Terrorism and Vol. 5, No. 2 (Spring 2006), grant from Target to buy a pp. 14-31. International Justice,” in puppet stage and puppets for Journal of Moral Philosophy, Forthcoming: “Concept of children to perform their own Truth and Multiple Facets of April, 2006, vol. 3, 103-105. puppet shows in the library. Also, forthcoming, are book the Speech-act Equivalence “I write the plays and Thesis,” in Truth and Speech reviews on Ruth M. J. Byrne, rehearse the kids.” “The Rational Imagination,” Acts: Studies in the Philosophy of Language, in Philosophical Psychology, edited by Dirk Greimann and Janet Stemwedel and Cynthia Macdonald, Geo Siegwart (London: http://www.xanga.com/stem Varieties of Things in The Routledge). wedel Janet continues to run Review of Metaphysics. He the campus Socrates Café. is working on two Janet writes: Since last year, anthologies, one on Business will Dick Schubert I traveled to the University of and Professional Ethics, and be doing a directed reading Stockholm to present a paper one in Readings in the course on Wittgenstein this in a workshop on the History of Philosophy. semester. Dick has become explanatory work done by the the faculty advisor for a new concept of the chemical STUDENT student club, the Disk Golf bond; to the Biennial Society. Conference on Chemical NEWS Education at Purdue Bill Shaw writes “I've University to present a paper been teaching philosophy of on the epistemic challenges Fern Alberts was law and serving as pre-law of having extremely good lab advisor , I've been active in technique; to IBM Almaden nominated by the Dean of the CSU Academic Council to lead a session on research Humanities and Arts for on International Programs, ethics for undergraduate Outstanding Student and will be one of two research interns; and to the Researcher. Stanford Linear Accelerator professors leading the SJSU Tanzeen Doha is now study-abroad program in Center to give a talk on what a proud father of Assasta Bath for spring semester 200. the Evolution-Intelligent Rashed Doha, born Aug. 2, I've recently published three Design debate shows about essays: "Contemporary gaps in communication 2006. Criticisms of between scientists and non- Utilitarianism: A Response," scientists. Also, I was invited in Henry West, ed., The to bring my weblog Bhawana Kamil, is Blackwell Guide to Mill's "Adventures in Ethics and listed as a speaker in the Utilitarianism (Oxford: Science" Muslim American Society, Blackwell, 2006); "The (http://scienceblogs.com/ethi Bay Area Chapter, Consequentialist csandscience/) to be part of masbayarea.org/speakersNet. Perspective," in James Seed Media's ScienceBlogs asp Dreier, ed., Contemporary network, which was launched Debates in Moral Theory in January. (Oxford: Blackwell, 2006); Nick Rotsko was and "Justice, Incentives, and Rick Tieszen is on selected as one of the Executive Compensation," in leave for Fall and Spring recipients of the Bertha Kalm Robert W. Kolb, ed., The semesters. Scholarship Award for 2005- 2006 academic year. The

9 award is restricted to first degree from Northwestern School in 1976. “Baldwin has year candidates for master’s Dec. 05 degree at SJSU. served as Executive Director Karl Fotovat, Cum of the Oregon Law Center for

Laude the past five years. He has Graduating MA Loren White, Cum been Chair of the Access to Justice for All Committee Laude Students since 1998 and a Member of Josh Bronson the Board of the Fair Housing Jonathan Brusco Council of Oregon since Spring 05 1993. Baldwin has just Alfred Frankowski completed a term with the Thach Duong Board of Governors of the Trung Le Oregon State Bar.” May. 06 http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/g Gary Steinbach Christopher Catral overnors/Kitzhaber/web_pag es/governor/press/p010306a. Tina Chen Dec. 05 htm Stephen Click Josh Bronson Sarah Fields, Magna Nicolas Barry, (MA) Jonathan Brusco Cum Laude thanks for giving me the Alfred Frankowski Myles Forman opportunity to teach the intro to philosophy class at SJSU a Jacob Hodgdon, Cum couple of years back. That May 2006 Laude was my first step in Paul Bashaw Francisco Juarez-Cahue becoming a teacher; after finishing the MA program I Billy Gear Stacy Kreutzer substituted at high schools, Krupa Patel Javier Millan, Magna junior highs, then elementary Cum Laude schools, and now I'm a Sara Rettus second grade bilingual

Sharare Sharoki teacher at Olinder Elementary, just down the Phillip Williamson street from State. Teaching is the best job in the world, as you already know. Thanks Graduating BA again for the opportunity to The editor is eager to teach the intro to philosophy Students publish materials about class, and the positive alumni: please send to feedback you gave me from Spring 05 [email protected] or Tom your observation.

Vincent Brengman Leddy, Department of Todd Bodner, (BA Scott Cunningham Philosophy, 1 Washington Square, Philosophy and Psychology) Alexander Phillips received his PhD at Harvard San Jose State University in 2000 and is Christina Smith University, San Jose, Assistant Professor of Erika Voelker 95192 -0096 Psychology at Portland State University. He is interested

in quantitative methods and Aug. 05 Richard C. Baldwin applied statistics, meta- Gregory Garcia (BA. 1970) was appointed to analysis, missing data, the Multnomah County exploring new technologies Nicolas J. Rotsko, Cum Oregon Circuit Court, in for psychological science Laude 2001. He received his J. D.

10 Kenn Chase, (BA) Refinement.” Journal of Arts for Outstanding Student works for Cardiovascular Value Inquiry 31.3 Researcher in Spring 2006 Associates of Marin and San (September 1997): 399-406. “Epistemological Holism and Francisco Medical Group. He Christopher N. is a stress management Semantic Holism.” In consultant, is a certified Perspectives on Coherentism, Gandy (MA) is instructor Feldenkrais practitioner. “He ed. Yves Bouchard (Aylmer: in the Philosophy, Arts, first studied Tai Chi Chuan Éditions du Scribe, 2002). “Is Humanities and Social with the noted Master Choy Perception Inferential?” In Sciences Division of Wake Experience and Analysis: Technical Community Kam Man of China and has th taught Tai Chi and Stress Papers of the 27 College. Management techniques for International Wittgenstein 30 years throughout the Symposium: August 8-14, Roger Hall (MA) United States, Canada, and 2004: Kirchberg am Wechsel, Europe. Instructing at Esalen ed. Johann Christian Marek “joined the West Valley Institute since 1969, Kenn and Maria Elisabeth Reicher College Philosophy faculty in has incorporated a variety of (Kirchberg am Wechsel, 2000. He teaches Logic, mind/body healing Austria: Austrian Ludwig Critical Thinking and techniques into his teachings. Wittgenstein Society, 2004 Introduction to Philosophy. He has taught for hospitals, He holds …a B.S. in Physics corporations, cardiac Sweet Davis, (BA) and Mathematics from the University of Nebraska. He rehabilitation programs, received an MA in Critical also did three years of post universities and privately. He and Creative thinking from graduate work in philosophy is founder and co-director of UMASS Boston, and now at the University of MindBody technologies.” teaches as Adjunct Faculty at California, Santa Barbara. In camsf.com/tam_staff.html Northern Essex Community addition to having taught College, Massachusetts. philosophy at other local William Cornwell, colleges, Mr. Hall has (BA 1990) is completing his Sarah Fields, (BA) is worked as both a physicist at first year in a tenure-track at New York University General Electric’s nuclear position at Salem State studying film and reactor facilities and a College, MA. William had philosophy: she writes: technical writer at the Regis taught previously at The “I've been in NY for about 2 McKenna Company.” United States Military and a half weeks and have Academy, West Point, Mary had one week of classes Michelle Graves is Washington College (now (although since Monday was going to U.C. Irvine to University of Mary a holiday I still have one Washington) in class yet to go to). So pursue a Ph.D. in Fredericksburg, Drew far I am really liking the criminology. University, and the school. I am taking three University of Connecticut in classes: film form/film Storrs, where he received his sense, film Terry Hickman (BA) PhD in 2003. His history/historiography, and is Senior Account Manager at dissertation title was American Cinema.” Extractable. “Over the last “Knowledge Without eight years, Terry has Justification.” His Karl Fotovat (BA) produced world-class web publications include “The who graduated in 2006 will applications for clients Burden of Autonomy: Non- attend the Continuing MA ranging from start-ups to combatant Immunity and Program in the New School Fortune 500 multi-nationals. Humanitarian Intervention.” for Social Research in the Terry has led large, multi- Ethical Perspectives 12.3 Fall. He is excited about location, multi-function (September 2005): 341-355. taking a class from Kristeva. teams through the entire web “Where Ethics and Karl was also nominated by development life cycle. He Epistemology Meet: Michael the Dean of Humanities and has been through the entire R. DePaul’s Balance and life cycle on over 30 web site

11 builds and launches; leading and a National Art goals in life is to make people teams of engineers, Association prizewinner… more aware of the social and designers, content providers He has taught both music and political problems and to and project managers. philosophy at several Bay promote positive change. He Before joining Extractable, Area colleges. Maestro Kohl wants to promote social Terry led project teams at an makes his home in Orinda, justice, equality, and human executive level for AtreNet, California with his wife rights. He strongly believes Lucent Technologies, Isabelle and toddler daughter that the best way of solving QuinStreet, and ISL Sofia.” problems is to do so at the Consulting.” pacificchambersymphony.org root cause. In addition to his extractable.com/about_us political goals, Trung also enjoys encouraging and , (BA) Eric Kovach helping other people to Sr. Miriam Hogan, “has been in the IT services O.C.D., is a member of the examine their own lives to industry for nine years and is achieve psychological and Carmelite Monastery in a Microsoft Certified Eldridge, IA. She was raised spiritual growth.” Systems Engineer (MCSE) http://dvc.edu/hp/faculty/le.ht in New England and studied for both Windows NT 4.0 in California where she ml and Windows 2000. Eric is a received her graduate degree contributing writer for the in Philosophy from San Jose Sams Publishing book Henry Nguyen Huu State. Her thesis was on Windows Server 2003 Liem, (MA 1998) is Edith Stein. Sr. Miriam Unleashed along with a co- Philosophy Instructor at San enjoys studying and writing author of the Microsoft Jose City College. In 2001 about the Carmelite saints. published 64-bit Windows he received a Rockefeller She wrote St. Therese: Evaluation Guide. Eric has grant to work on two chapters Formative relationships, for helped many medium and of his book "The Prescriptive Spiritual Life, Fall, 1998. large corporations with the Language of New Identities:

design, migration, and A Philosophical Lawrence Kohl, maintenance of their Investigation." Henry was (MA) is founding Music networks.”informit.com/auth recently quoted in an article director of the Pacific ors/bio on Thich Nhat Hanh, "Monk Chamber Symphony. “He returns home, one pagoda at a was the Music Director of the Sydney S. Leung time" by Ben Stocking ("San Ohlone College Symphony (BA) is Attorney at Law at Jose Mercury," March 31, Orchestra for fifteen years, Illuren. Sydney graduated 2005) Conductor for the KAMSA from the University of James Nguyen,. (BA) youth orchestra for three California, Hastings College is Founder and President of years, and he was a founding of the Law, cum laude in Odyssey Spacelines also runs member of Walnut Creek's 1999. He also earned an Movieland Pictures LLC Sierra Chamber Ensemble. Architectural Engineering producer of independent While doing his doctoral degree from Wentworth films about Space Tourism. studies in Systematic Institute of Technology in See Musicology at UCLA he was Boston, State University. www.OdysseySpacelines.co Samuel Krachmalnick's .iluren.com/about/index.html m for more information Teaching Associate and about this unusual project. together they re-instituted and co-conducted the UCLA Trung Le (MA, 2005) Contemporary Ensemble… A began teaching at Diablo Ginny Lin, (MA) is consummate clarinetist, Kohl Valley College in the Fall of writing a dissertation on the has performed and toured 2006. “Trung continues his Tao of Lao Tze and Sub- with the San Francisco education in the field of particle Physics. Ginny Symphony. He was awarded Political Science at San Jose recently funded a grant to be a full fellowship at the Aspen State University and at the shared by the departments of Music Festival, was the first University of California at Philosophy and Humanities Chancellor's Fellow at UCLA Berkeley. Trung's ultimate

12 in Asian Philosophy and Laura M. Purdy, Berkeley and her PhD in Religion. (MA 1971), received a PhD Religious Studies from UC from Stanford in 1974, and Santa Barbara. Her interests John McCarthy, who currently teaches at Wells include Asian religions, received a BA in College. Two of her many Indian philosophy, Vedanta, Psychology/Philosophy in publications are the books and modern German 1963, went on to get a PhD in Violence Against Women: philosophy. Sociology at University of Philosophical Perspectives, Oregon in 1968. He is now ed. (with Stanley French and Joyce Scales writes: “I Professor of Sociology in the Wanda Teays), Cornell headed off to UC Berkeley Department of Sociology at University Press, 1998. 5. after graduating in Dec 2003 Pennsylvania State Embodying Bioethics: to attend the Goldman School University. Feminist Advances, ed. (with of Public Policy. Two years Anne Donchin), Rowman & later, I am graduating next Erik Palfreyman Littlefield, 1999 month, May 2006, with a (MA) writes, “I now work as Masters in Public Policy. It a Marketing Manager at Perot Gary S. Rose (BA. is a little premature to declare what I’m going to be doing Systems Corporation, and 1973) “is an attorney with still live in McKinney, TX. I offices in Los Gatos, California after graduation, however, married in September of 2005 . His practice emphasizes my policy focus is in the (six months ago). My wife insurance coverage and areas where the public and has six children and I have insurance bad faith litigation, private interests intersect.” four, so between us, we have exclusively on behalf of ten children. I am an policyholders. He has litigated property, casualty, life, health, Sharare Sharoke Associate Faculty member in disability, long-term care and (MA) is teaching Philosophy the philosophy department at Medicare supplement disputes, at Cabrillo College. Collin County Community as well as major litigation arising College and teach one night out of the 1989 Loma Prieta class per semester. It is one Earthquake, and the 1991 Michael P. Sipiora, of my favorite activities. Oakland Hills Firestorm. Mr. Ph.D. “is an Associate Rose has also prosecuted, as well Professor of Psychology in I'm currently writing a book as defended, personal injury Duquesne University's (seeking a contract) that claims, employment-related McAnulty College and torts, and construction defects examines Ray Bradbury's Graduate School of Liberal claims. Mr. Rose graduated in Arts, and teaches in the philosophical and religious 1978 from the University of views in his fiction and Santa Clara School of Law, with University's School of poetry. I met with him in his honors. Mr. Rose serves as an Leadership and Professional home for over two hours arbitrator and judge pro tem for Advancement. He holds talking with him about this. the Santa Clara Superior Court, graduate degrees in both When I get a contract, he has and is a book consultant and psychology (Ph.D., MA, agreed to give me an panelist for the California University of Dallas) and exclusive interview on his Continuing Education of the Bar. philosophy (MA, San Jose Mr. Rose has also participated as religious views. Sam Weller State University). His a speaker on insurance law at a doctoral studies included (the author of his authorized number of programs, including biography) has agreed to those sponsored by the American concentrations in Literature write an introductory essay. Bar Association's Tort and and Rhetoric. Insurance Law Section.” I recently ended my term as http://pview.findlaw.com/view/2 Michael has received several Chairperson of the City of 223790_1 awards for teaching McKinney Library Advisory excellence and specializes in Board, reporting in to the city Judy Saltzman (BA narrative psychology, social council. 1963.) is now Professor psychology, and Emeritus at Cal Poly. She organizational behavior. He received her MA in is a member of Duquesne's Philosophy from UC Psychology Department

13 whose Human Science Philosophy, has accepted a graduation. She now is approach to the discipline has position in the Department of finishing work on been internationally Communication at University her M.A. in biology and recognized for over three of Texas, Austin. He will be should receive her degree decades. Michael's academic teaching two courses he from SUNY New Paltz in publications are in the areas designed: “Pragmatist May. She is an instructor at of phenomenology, and Aesthetics and North Shore Community archetypal psychology. Communication,” and College (NSCC), where she “Pragmatism and is teaching Anatomy and Dr. Sipiora is a licensed Democracy.” Physiology I and II. NSCC psychologist who has has two campuses near practiced in both private and Kathleen Sullivan Salem. community mental health BA) received an MA at St. settings. ( Rafael Ulate, (MA ‘98) “http://www.psychoguys.com Louis University in 2001 and is Director of Admission, /about2.htm has taught as adjunct faculty Electrical Engineering, at Webster University Stanford University. Philosophy Department.

Kathleen M. Squadrito (BA 1968) is Wayne Yuen (MA) has Jean-Paul Vessel, a tenure-track job in Associate Professor of (studied philosophy at San Philosophy, Indiana Philosophy at Ohlone Jose State 1989-1991 and University Purdue University College. He gave a paper at received his BA from New at Forth Wayne. She CSU East Bay, April 6, "The Mexico State University in Bloody Connection between received an MA and a PhD in 1993) received a PhD from Philosophy from Washington Vampires and the University of University, St. Louis, 1972 Vegetarianism." Massachusetts-Amherst in and 1973. Her specialization 2003 and is now an Assistant is History of Modern Jeffry Young (BA) Professor at New Mexico Philosophy. went on to receive an MA in State University. He Psychology from San Jose published “Counterfactuals State, and then a Ph.D. in for Consequentialists” Robert N. Stephens Social/Environmental Philosophical Studies 112 (BA Philosophy and Psychology, Claremont (2003): 103-125. Psychology, 1966) is on the Graduate School. He did a board of directors of Finisar postdoctoral internship in the Corporation. Finisar “is a Brent Walters is Behavioral Science Services technology leader for fiber Section of the Los Angeles director of the Centre of optic subsystems and Police Department. He is Early Christian network performance test professor at North Central Studies and curator of the systems. These products University. His many other Ante/Nicene Archive (the enable high-speed data activities are listed at largest private library in the communications for http://www.ncu.edu/info.asp? country on the first 3 networking and storage i=37 centuries AD). An article applications.”( Info taken from finisar.com.) Stephens about him appeared in the had been CEO of Adaptec, Los Gatos Weekly and is Emeritus another “storage solutions” available at company, and had retired http://www.svcn.com/archive Faculty and from that company in 2005. s/lgwt/01.31.01/cover- 0105.html other Former

Scott Stroud, (MA) Teachers who was one of the finalists Angie Cornwell for our position in (Wang) married William Contemporary American Cornwell shortly after

14 Philip E. Davis, submissions and panel unless otherwise noted. A former chair of the proposals may be on any area public reception will follow department, now retired, of interest related to the talks. http://www- published “William James aesthetics and the philosophy philosophy.stanford.edu/ and a New Way of Thinking of art. Suggested topics (650)723-2547 about Logic,” The Southern include the concept of artistic Journal of Philosophy (2005) genres, the concept of a October 6 vol. 43. 337-353. Davis medium, the individuation of John Campbell, UC- received his PhD from Yale works in non-central or non- Berkeley, “Causation in and his AB from Harvard and standard art forms, the status Psychology “ studied under C. I. Lewis and of feminist aesthetics, W.V.O. Quine. morality and art, the status of October 13 interpretation. Matthew Kramer, University of Cambridge, , who Mark Olson Paper submissions should be “Dimensions of Objectivity taught part-time in the accompanied by 100-word in Law “ department in the 1980s, is abstracts and must not exceed Principal Sponsor: Ethics in now a litigation partner in 3000 words in length (20 Society Winston & Strawn’s San minutes in presentation time). Francisco office. He has Those interested in October 25-27, Immanuel represented many business organizing a panel should Kant Lectures, Tyler Burge clients in state and federal send a detailed proposal, “Origins of Objectivity “ court. He has been a faculty including the names and Lecture 1, October 25, 5:30 member for the past four affiliations of all participants PM 7:30 PM, Building 260, years on management and and abstracts of the papers. Room 113 financial fraud for the Practising Law Institute’s The author of the best Lecture 2, October 26, 5:30 program titled “Basics of PM 7:30 PM, Building 260, Accounting and Finance: graduate student essay submitted will be awarded Room 113 What Every Practicing Lawyer Needs to Know.” $200. Submissions from graduate students, therefore, Discussion Seminar, October 27, 3:15 PM 5:15 PM, should be clearly marked as such. Volunteers to serve as Building 90, Room 92Q Local commentators and/or chairs of panels are also welcome. November 17, Agustin Conferences and Rayo, MIT, “On Specifying Electronic submissions are Content” Philosophy Talks highly preferred, but hard-

copy submissions are also December 1, Peter Hylton, acceptable. Submission University of Illinois at ASA Pacific Division deadline: November 15, Chicago Annual Meeting: 2006 Talk on Quine, (Exact title forthcoming) March 28-30, 2007, James Hamilton Pacific Grove, Department of Philosophy California Kansas State University Santa Clara 201 Dickens Hall Manhattan KS 66506 University The Pacific Division of the 2007 Austin J. American Society for [email protected] Aesthetics invites papers Fagothey, S.J. and/or panel proposals for its Philosophy Conference annual conference. STANFORD Submissions from persons in "Heidegger and all arts-related disciplines, All talks are Fridays at 3:15 including graduate students, in Building 90, room 92Q Death" are welcome. Paper

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