Education

Ph.D., Philosophy, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1990.

M.A., Philosophy, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, 1987.

B.A., Philosophy, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, 1985.

Areas of Interest

Phenomenology, Philosophical Psychology, Philosophy of Cognitive Science

Professor of Philosophy, University of Evansville. (Assistant Professor, 1991-1996; Associate Professor, 1996-2003; Professor, since 2003.) 

Digital Humanities Fellow, The National Endowment for the Humanities, 2008-2009.

Visiting Scholar, Cognitive Science Program, Indiana University, 2007-2009.

Director of Cognitive Science, University of Evansville, since 2004.

Visiting Lecturer, University of Texas at Austin, 1990-1991. 

Lecturer, Marquette University, 1987-1989.

Publications

"Phenomenology and Artificial Intelligence," In CyberPhilosophy: The Intersection of Philosophy and Computing, edited by James H. Moor and Terrell Ward Bynum (Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 2002), 66-77. Also in Metaphilosophy 33.1/2 (2002): 70-82.

"Doubt and Belief in the Tractatus de Intellectus Emendatione," with Lee Rice. In Spinoza: Critical Essays. Volume One. Contexts, Sources and the Early Writings, edited by Genevieve Lloyd (New York: Routledge, 2001). 

"Kant and the Problem of Ethical Metaphysics," Philosophy in the Contemporary World 7.2 (2001): 47-56. Also in In Proximity: Emmanuel Levinas and the Eighteenth Century, edited by Melvyn New, with Robert Bernasconi and Richard A. Cohen (Lubbock, TX: Texas Tech UP, 2001), 285-302.

"Passion and Sexual Desire in Descartes," Philosophy and Theology, 12 (2000): 223-243.

"Noesis: Philosophical Research Online: An Experiment in Progress," Newsletter on Philosophy and Computers, American Philosophical Association, Volume 98.2 (1999).

"Evaluating Search Engine Models for Scholarly Purposes: A Report from the Internet Applications Laboratory," D-Lib Magazine: The Magazine of Digital Library Research, The Corporation for National Research Initiatives, December (1998).

Levinas Beyond the Horizons of Cartesianism: An Inquiry into the Metaphysics of Morals. New York: Peter Lang, 1995.

"Freedom and Autonomy: The Kantian Analytic and a Sartrean Critique," Philosophy and Theology 5 (1990): 151-168.

"Desire and Love in Descartes's Late Philosophy," History of Philosophy Quarterly 6 (1989): 279-294.

"Motion, Mobility and Method in Aristotle's Physics: Comments on Physics II, 192b20-24," Review of Metaphysics 42 (1988): 357-374.

Review of Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right from Wrong by Wendall Wallach and Colin Allen, Ethics and Information Technology, in progress.

Review of The Phenomenological Mind: An Introduction to Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science by Shaun Gallagher and Dan Zahavi, Philosophical Psychology, in progress.

"Searching for Philosophy: A Review of Google Scholar and Google News," Teaching Philosophy 28:4 (2005), 367-371.

Review of Philosophy and Computing: An Introduction by Luciano Floridi, Ethics and Information Technology 3.4 (2002), 299-301. Also in Newsletter on Philosophy and Computers, American Philosophical Association, (2001).

Review of Philosophical Papers: Betwixt and Between by Calvin O. Schrag, Review of Metaphysics 50 (1997): 691-693.

"Domain-specific search and the Encyclopedic Internet Vision," Network and Complex Systems Group, Indiana University, 2008. (View Slides)

Is Noesis Noetic and Why Does this Matter?" CNS Research Group, University of Evansville, 2008. (View Slides)

"Some Cognitive Functions of Elementary Artificial Networks," CNS Research Group, University of Evansville, 2008. (View Slides)

"Emergence, Interactivity and the Game of Life: An Argument against Intelligent Design," Physics Club Lecture, University of Evansville, 2005.

"Pedagogy and Situated Cognition: Technique and Technology in the Evolution of Intelligence," Andiron Lecture, University of Evansville, 2005.

"Edison, Bell and the Future of Educational Technology," Wednesday Mornings at the University of Evansville, 2005.

"Intentionality and Association," The 3rd Annual Computing and Philosophy Conference (CAP@OSU), Oregon State University, August 2003. (Watch Video)

"Personal Identity and Community in the Age of Information," Andiron Lecture, University of Evansville, 2002.

"Introducing the International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP)," The 16th Annual Computing and Philosophy Conference (CAP@CMU), Carnegie Mellon University, August 2001.

"Information Metaphysics, Naturalism and the Computational Turn," The 1st Annual Computing and Philosophy Conference (CAP@OSU), Oregon State University, January 2001. (Watch Video)

"The Noesis Model of Academic Publishing," Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., August 2000.

"Noesis: From Search Engine/Index to Information Network," The 15th Annual Computing and Philosophy Conference, Carnegie Mellon University, August 2000.

"Noesis and the Electronic Dissemination of Professional Philosophy: Problems and Prospects," Pacific Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 2000.

Panel Participant, "Philosophy on the Internet: Questions of Standards," Special Session Arranged by the APA Board of Officers, Eastern Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Boston, December 1999.

"Managing Quality Content on the Web: A Preview," Eastern Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Boston, December 1999.

"Noesis: Philosophical Research On-Line," The 14th Annual Computing and Philosophy Conference, Carnegie Mellon University, August 1999.

"The Noesis Model: A Progressive Experiment for the Dissemination of Professional Philosophy," The 12th Triennial Conference of the International Association of University Presidents: Touchstones for a Modern University Culture, Brussels, July 1999.

"Noesis: Philosophical Research On-Line" and "Argos and Exploring Ancient World Cultures," two sessions, The 1999 Indiana Classics Conference, DePauw University, April 1999.

"The Fourth Tetralogy: An Online Exploration of Plato's Middle Dialogues" and "Philosophy on the Internet," the prototype for the Noesis search engine, The 13th Annual Computing and Philosophy Conference, 20th World Congress of Philosophy, Boston, August 1998.

"Argos and Exploring Ancient World Cultures: How a Limited Area Search Engine Can Supplement Course-based Internet Resources," Technology Enhancement of Teaching and Learning: Asynchronous Delivery from Course Development to Learner Support, Purdue University, October 1997.

"Ancient Near-Eastern Literature and the Deconstruction of Civility," World Cultures Faculty , University of Evansville, 1995.

"The Origins of Science in Ancient Greece," World Cultures Faculty, University of Evansville, 1994.

"Emmanuel Levinas and the Prophetic Voice of Postmodernity," Andiron Lecture, University of Evansville, 1993.

Commentator, The Midwest Seminar in the History of Modern Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1992, and Washington University, 1993.

"The Source of the Moral 'Ought' and Implications for Health-Care Ethics," Nursing Faculty, University of Texas at Austin, 1991.

"An Argument for Belief in Spinoza's Ethics," Philosophy Faculty, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, 1990.

"Introducing Levinas to Undergraduate Philosophers," Undergraduate Philosophy Association, University of Texas at Austin, 1990.

"Descartes Beyond Transcendental Phenomenology: Preliminary Comments on Heidegger's Critique of the Cartesian Project," Philosophy Faculty, University of Texas at Austin, 1990.

Interviews

"Searching Phenomenology and Cyberspace: An Interview with Anthony Beavers," Newsletter on Philosophy and Computers, American Philosophical Association, Volume 00.1 (2000), with Bill Uzgalis.

"Screen Grab; Where to Check That Plato Quotation," New York Times, March 5th, 1998.

Interview on using the Internet to teach Plato for "The Best of Our Knowledge," produced at WAMC in Albany, New York, syndicated on National Public Radio, aired May 6th, 1998.

Workshop Participant, Promoting Digital Scholarship: Formulating Research Challenges in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Computation. Sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources and the National Endowment for the Humanities, Washington, D.C., September 15th, 2008.

Co-editor (with Colin Allen) of a special issue of Synthese: An International Journal for Epistemology, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, "Representing Philosophy," 2007-2008.

Program Chair, Annual North American Meeting of the International Association for Computing and Philosophy, "The Limits of Computation," Indiana University (NA-CAP@IU), 2007-2008.

Researcher, InPho: The Indiana Philosophy Ontology Project, Cognitive Science Program, Indiana University, since 2007.

Program Chair, Annual North American Meeting of the International Association for Computing and Philosophy, "Free and Open Source Software and Open Access Publication," Loyola University (NA-CAP@Loyola), 2006-2007.

Proposal Reviewer, Columbia University Press (2006), Routledge (2006 & 2008), CogSci2007 (2007) and Polity Press (2008).

Member, Advisory Board, North American Division of the International Association for Computing and Philosophy, since 2004.

Director of Cognitive Science, University of Evansville, since 2004.

Executive Director, The International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP), 2001-2004.

Associate Director, The Interdisciplinary Program in Internet Technology, University of Evansville, 2001-2002.

Program Chair, The 16th Annual Computing and Philosophy Conference at Carnegie Mellon University (CAP@CMU), August 2001.

Member, The American Philosophical Association Committee on Philosophy and Computers, 2000-2003.

Author, Miscellaneous Encyclopedia Articles (on classical themes and for various projects), 1998-2003.

Editor, Noesis: Philosophical Research Online, since 1998.

Director, The Internet Applications Laboratory, University of Evansville, 1998-2002.

Noesis: Philosophical Research Online, Digital Humanities Fellowship, National Endowment for the Humanities, 2008-2009, $75,400.

Travel Grant for Noesis: Philosophical Research Online, Alumni Research and Scholarly Activity Fellowship, University of Evansville, 2008, $750.

Library Development Grant for Resources in the Cognitive and Neural Sciences, Wheeler Fund, University of Evansville, 2007, $1,250.

Travel Grant for Noesis: Philosophical Research Online, Alumni Research and Scholarly Activity Fellowship, University of Evansville, 2007, $750.

Library Development Grant for Resources in Cognitive Science, Wheeler Fund, University of Evansville, 2004, $1,400.

Software Development Grant for Noesis 2.0, The Experiential and Collaborative Environment for Learning, University of Evansville, 1998, $7,500.

Software Development Grant for Limited Area Search Technology, The Experiential and Collaborative Environment for Learning, University of Evansville, 1997, $2,500.

Professional Memberships

The Society for Philosophy and Psychology

The American Association of University of Professors

Honor Societies