My research is primarily concerned with ancient Greek thought. I am especially interested in Plato, although I have published papers on both Aristotle and Herodotus. The treatment of the relationship between image and original in Plato's thought interests me a great deal, both for its own sake and for the light it sheds on Plato's metaphysics.

I am also interested in questions about standards for both scientific explanation and ethical living.

Such questions, and the answers offered by thinkers like Plato and Aristotle are still relevant today: examining the ways that thinkers have addressed these issues in the past is an excellent preparation for addressing them for oneself.

See below for my current and past research projects.

Full CV: pdf

current and recent research

  • "Nature and Teleology in Aristotle's Physics II" (in progress)
  • "Images for the Sake of the Truth in Plato's Symposium" (in progress)
  • "There is Nothing Like an Image: On Form and Image in the Parmenides and Timaeus" (under review)

publications

  • "Acting Other: Atossa and Instability in Herodotus," Classical Quarterly 57.2 432-444 (2007) (copyright held by The Classical Association) (pdf)
  • "Teaching Nature: Natural Virtue and Practical Wisdom in the Nicomachean Ethics," Southwest Philosophy Review, January 2006 (pdf)

reviews

  • Review of Drew Hyland, Plato and the Question of Beauty. Studies in Continental Thought. Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2009.08.32 (read)
  • Review of M. C. Howatson, Frisbee C. C. Sheffield (ed.), Plato. The Symposium. Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy. Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2009.04.63 (read)
  • Review of David Sedley (ed.), Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy. Volume XXXI (Winter 2006). Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2007.08.16 (read)

presentations

  • "Images for the Sake of the Truth in Plato's Symposium"
    • American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, April 2010
    • Northwest Philosophy Conference, Forest Grove OR, 24 October 2009 (conference program)
  • "Resembling Nothing: Image and Being in Plato," Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy meeting with the American Philological Association, San Diego, January 2007 (abstract pdf) (conference program pdf)
  • "Teaching Nature: Natural Virtue and Practical Wisdom in the Nicomachean Ethics"
    • Southwestern Philosophical Society meeting, Fayetteville AR, 12 November 2005 (conference program)
    • Kansas Philosophical Society meeting, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS, 21 February 2004
  • "Error and Eikasia: Understanding the Lowest Level of Plato's Divided Line," Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy meeting, Fordham University, New York, 15 October 2005 (pdf) (conference program)
  • "The Role of Images in Plato's Seventh Letter"
    • Ancient Philosophy Society meeting, University of Oregon, Eugene OR, 15 April 2005 (conference program)
    • Rocky Mountain Philosophy Conference, Boulder CO, 12 March 2005
  • "On Imitation in Plato's Republic and Timaeus," University of Kansas Department of Philosophy Graduate Student Colloquium, Lawrence KS, 5 December 2002
  • "A Promising Demise: Character and Truth in Plato's Meno," University of Kansas Department of Philosophy Graduate Student Colloquium, Lawrence KS , 26 October 2000

comments

  • Comments on "That-en: A case for restricting potentiality in Aristotle's Metaphysics Theta.7," by Mary Katrina Krizan, Forest Grove OR, 24 October 2009
  • Comments on "Virtue, Practice, and Perplexity in Plato's Meno," by William Wians, Ancient Philosophy Society, Baltimore, 25 April 2009
  • Comments on "Is There an Intermediate Position between Knowing and not Knowing? The Wax Block in Plato's Theaetetus," by Naomi Reshotko, American Philosophical Association Central Division Meeting, Chicago, 18 April 2008
  • Comments on "Socrates Meets Heidegger: A Socratic Explanation of the Education of the Soul as Expressed in the 'Allegory of the Cave,'" by Corinne Painter, Kansas Philosophical Society meeting, Lawrence KS, 19 February 2005
  • Comments on "Knowing Better: Epistemic Underpinnings of the Moral Criticism of Fiction," by Eva Dadlez, Mountain-Plains Philosophy Conference, Hays KS, 16 October 2004
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