Krisanna M. Scheiter 308 Lamont Building | Union College | 807 Union Street | Schenectady, NY 12308 Email: [email protected] | Phone: (518) 388-6380 Website: http://muse.union.edu/scheitek/ Current and Past Positions 2012-Present Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Union College 2014-2015 John D. MacArthur Assistant Professorship, Union College 2010- 2012 Fay Sawyier Predoctoral Fellow, Illinois Institute of Technology Areas of Specialization Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy of Emotion Areas of Competence Moral Psychology, Early Modern Philosophy Education 2005-2012 PhD Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania Dissertation: Emotion, Imagination, and Feeling in Aristotle Committee: Susan Sauvé Meyer (supervisor), Charles Kahn, Gary Hatfield, Elisabeth Camp Abstract: I argue that the emotions, for Aristotle, belong to the faculty of imagination (phantasia) and are best described as pleasurable or painful images (phantasmata). As such, an emotion is a cognivitive appraisal of something as good or bad, without reaching the level of intellect (nous) and so without requiring belief (doxa). 2003-2005 MA Philosophy, University of Missouri-St. Louis Thesis: Aristotle’s Active Intellect and the Primary Mover Committee: Jon McGinnis (supervisor), James Buickerood, Eric Wiland 1999-2002 BA English, University of Missouri-St. Louis, cum laude 1 Awards and Fellowships March 11, 2015 Loeb Classical Library Foundation Fellowship (2015-2016) (Award: $35,000) “The Loeb Classical Library Foundation awards fellowships to qualified scholars to support research, publication, and other projects in the area of classical studies.” 2014-2015 John D. MacArthur Assistant Professorship, Union College (Award: $3,000) “This appointment is awarded on a competitive basis to new and promising faculty who demonstrate talent and strength in teaching and scholarship” 2014 Faculty Resource Network Summer Scholar-in-Residence, New York University 2010 Fay Sawyier Pre-doctoral Teaching Fellowship, Illinois Institute of Technology 2010 Bacon Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania 2007 Bacon Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania 2005 Benjamin Franklin Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania Publications (2016) Ethics of Forgiveness and Revenge, Special issue of Philosophia, as guest editor. doi:10.1007/s11406-016-9720-0 (2013) Review of Aristotle on Desire by Giles Pearson, Notre Dame Philosophical Review 2013.04.32 (2012) “Images, Appearances, and Phantasia in Aristotle” Phronesis: A Journal for Ancient Philosophy, 57/3, pp. 251-278 (2010) “Aristotle on the Purpose of Revenge” in Sheila C. Bibb and Daniel Escandell Montiel (eds.) Best Served Cold: Studies on Revenge. Inter-Disciplinary Press (ebook). Works in Progress Emotion and Imagination in Plato and Aristotle (manuscript) Conflict and Resolution: The Ethics of Forgiveness, Revenge, and Punishment, Co-edited volume with Paula Satne, University of Manchester. Solicited by Springer. (proposal under review) “Does Aristotle have a Mathematical Model of Mind?” (under review) 2 “Honor, Worth, and Justified Revenge in Aristotle” (under review) “What is so Novel about Nous? Plato and Aristotle on Anaxagoras” “Why Anger is not a Tragic Emotion in Aristotle’s Poetics” Invited Talks and Presentations •“ Honor, Worth, and Justified Revenge in Aristotle.” Speaker Series. Marist College. Poughkeepsie, NY. February 2, 2018. (Scheduled) •“The Evils of Injustice: EN 5.11” Invited presentation to International Workshop on Justice in Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics V.6-11. The Catholic University of America. Washington, D.C. October 13-14, 2017. •“Aristotle on Why Nous Cannot be a Magnitude: De Anima 1.3, 406b26-407b26”. Invited presentation for workshop on Aristotle's De Anima, Book I at the Anargyrios & Korgialenios School of Spetses. Isle of Spetses, Greece. August 2-6, 2017. •“Does Aristotle have a Mathematical Model of Mind?” Ancient Philosophy Workshop at Dartmouth College. June 18-19, 2017. •“ The Straight and the Sphere: A Point about Nous in DA 3.4.” 2017 CNY Ancient Philosophy Spring Workshop at Syracuse University. May 6, 2017. •“The Point of Nous in Aristotle (and What Plato Missed).” Invited Symposium session, Connections Between Late Plato and Aristotle, at the American Philosophical Association Central Division, Kansas City, MO, March 1-4, 2017. • “Aristotle’s Non-Sadistic, Non-Retributive Justification for Revenge.” Philosophy Colloquium at The State University of New York at Albany. October 28, 2016. • “Aristotle and Plato on Belief, Reason, and Desire.” Two talks presented to the Department of Philosophy at Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. May 24 and 27, 2016. • “Aristotle on Anger (Orge) and Revenge (Timoria).” Invited presentation for Aristotle on the Emotions Workshop hosted by the Institute for the History of Philosophy (IHP), Emory University, June 14-26, 2015. • “Political Friendship and Virtuous Vengeance in Aristotle” Joint Presentation with Cigdem Cidam, Assistant Professor in Political Science, Junior Faculty Works-in-Progress at Union College, April 29, 2015. • “The Significance of Anaxagoras’ Mind.” Penn Ancient Workshop on Anaxagoras. University of Pennsylvania. April 18, 2015. • “Nous Pathêtikos in Aristotle’s De Anima 3.5.” UCR Ancient Philosophy Conference on Ancient ethics, psychology, and epistemology. UC Riverside. April 10-11, 2015. • Comments on Symposium on Dhananjay Jagannathan’s “Aristotle on Practical Wisdom”, Pacific APA Symposium, Vancouver, BC, Canada. April 2-4, 2015. • Participant in “Seneca on Cruelty, Tyranny, and Liberty.” Liberty Fund. Mary J. Sirridge, Conference Director. The Grande Colonial, La Jolla, California. March 5 - 8, 2015 • “Greatness of Soul: Vices of Deficiency and Excess: EN IV.3 1125a16-35.” Presentation for International Workshop on Liberality and Magnanimity in Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics. Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve. December 18-19, 2014. 3 • “Images, Appearances, and Phantasia in Aristotle.” Keynote address for the Louisiana State University Graduate Philosophy Conference. March 7-8, 2014 • “Fourth and Fifth Types of Seeming Courage: EN III. 8, 1117a9-28.” Invited presentation for Aristotle on the Virtues: Courage and Moderation: Reading Workshop on Nicomachean Ethics III.6-12. February 28-March 1, 2014 • “Aristotle’s Platonic Account of Emotion.” Queen’s University Philosophy Colloquium Series. January 23, 2014 • “Rethinking Nous Poiêtikos in Aristotle’s De Anima 3.5.” Central New York Humanities Corridor Working Group in Ancient Philosophy: Workshop on The Power and Objects of Knowledge. Syracuse University. October 26, 2013 • “Why Anger is not a Tragic Emotion for Aristotle.” Aristotle Symposium. The Ohio State University. April 7-8, 2012 Peer-Reviewed Conference Presentations • “Honor, Worth, and Justified Revenge in Aristotle.” Symposium Session at the American Philosophical Association Pacific Division, San Diego, CA, March 28-April 1, 2018. (Scheduled) • “Rethinking Nous Poiêtikos in Aristotle’s De Anima 3.5.” 37th Annual Ancient Philosophy Workshop. Temple University and University of Pennsylvania. April 5-6, 2014 • “Emotion, Imagination, and Belief in Aristotle.” Colloquium. Illinois Institute of Technology. October 28, 2011 • “Aristotle on the Faculty of Phantasia.” 29th Annual Joint Meeting of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy and the Society for the Study of Islamic Philosophy, Fordham University, New York City, NY. October 21-23, 2011 • “Aristotle on Epithumia and Emotion.” APA Central Division, Minneapolis, MI. Commentator: George Rudebusch, Northern Arizona University. March 30-April 2, 2011 • “Aristotle on Classifying the Emotions.” Colloquium. Illinois Institute of Technology. November 12, 2010 • “A Theory of Pathos.” 28th Annual Joint Meeting of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy and the Society for the Study of Islamic Philosophy, Fordham University, New York City, NY. October 15-17, 2010 • “Aristotle on the Purpose of Revenge.” The 1st Global Conference on Revenge Mansfield College, Oxford, UK. July 15-17, 2010 • “An Aristotelian Theory of Emotion.” 102nd Annual Meeting of the Southern Society of Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta, GA. Commentator: Andrea Scarantino, Georgia State University. April 15-17, 2010 • “Aristotle on Pleasure, Pain and Emotion.” 61st Annual Northwest Philosophy Conference, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR. October 23-24, 2009 • “Aristotle on Anger and Revenge.” 27th Annual Joint Meeting of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy and the Society for the Study of Islamic Philosophy, Fordham University, New York City, NY. October 16-18, 2009 4 • “Aristotle and the Nous Poiêtikos.” 26th Annual Joint Meeting of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy and the Society for the Study of Islamic Philosophy. Fordham University, New York City, NY. October 24-26, 2008 • “Aristotle on the Role of Phantasia in Memory.” Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland. July 11-13, 2008 • “Velleman on the Selectivity of Love.” 9th Annual Marquette Philosophy Graduate Student Association Conference The Philosophy of Love and Affectivity, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI. March 29, 2008 • “Shedding Light on Aristotle’s Light Analogy.” Athens Institute for Education and Research, 2nd International Conference on Philosophy, University of Athens, Athens, Greece. June 4-7, 2007 Campus and Departmental Service October 16-17, 2015 Organized International Reading Workshop on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics IV.5-9 2016-2017 Search