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California State University, Northridge Department of Philosophy

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Philosophy Department

Auburn University Philosophy Department

 

I’m an assistant professor in the philosophy department at California State University, Northridge.  I received my Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln  in May, 2001, and my B.A. from Auburn University in 1994.

Although epistemology is my primary philosophical interest – my dissertation is entitled “Contextualism and Skepticism about the External World” – I’m also interested in the history of modern philosophy, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, Wittgenstein, and ancient philosophy.

In my spare time, especially on Saturdays and Sundays, I have an awfully bad habit of watching football.  I also enjoy going to the movies, and watching TV.  (Once upon a time, Buffy the Vampire Slayer was my favorite show, but now I think I’d give the nod to The Office.)  And sometimes, I find that I enjoy reading things other than philosophy, including the novels of Jane Austen and histories of the First World War.

 Football links

 

Auburn football

Nebraska athletics

CBS.Sportsline.com

SI.com

ESPN.com

FOXSports.com

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Links to Bookstores                                  What I’m Reading

Amazon.com                                      Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick

Bookfinder.com                                 The Phenomenology of Perception by Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Labyrinth Books                                

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Movies

The Internet Movie Database

LACMA: Film, Los Angeles, CA

The New Beverly Cinema, Los Angeles, CA

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What I’m Watching                                   What’s Now in My CD Player

                   The Office                                          Gala Mill by The Drones

                   My Name Is Earl                                Everything All the Time by Band of Horses                    

                   The Amazing Race                              We Were Dead… by Modest Mouse

                   Scrubs                                               Turn the Lights Out by The Ponys

                   South Park                                         Original Recordings 1940-1946 by Woody Guthrie

                                                                             All Hands on the Bad One by Sleater-Kinney

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Last updated 12 April 2007