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| Educational Background | Publications | Research Interests | Courses Taught | Presentations | Affiliations and Memberships | Websites |
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Laura E. Weed Professor of Philosophy The College of Saint Rose 432 Western Ave Albany New York 12203 |
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| Degree | Institution | Year | Major |
| B.A. | Empire State College, Saratoga Springs, New York | 1977 | Philosophy and English |
| M.A. | Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York | 1979 | Philosophy |
| Ph.D. | Syracuse University,
Syracuse, New York Dissertation: The Structure of Thinking Advisor: Professor Stewart Thau |
1992 | Philosophy |
Major Areas of Research Interests:
The Structure of Thinking, a Process Oriented Account of Mind, Consciousness Studies Series Imprint Academic, UK, 2003
Editor: International Journal for Field Being, special edition “Whitehead and Process Philosophy,” www.ijfb.org
”Daoist Mysticism: Embodiment, Eudaimonia and Flow”, In Wei Wu Wei, The International Institute for Field Being,,Hong Kong, CN, 2009, reprinted in Spirituality and the Senses, ed. Thomas Cattoi and June McDaniel, Palgrave Macmillan Press, NY, 2011
“The Concept of Truth that Matters” William James Studies, Vol. 3 No. 1, 2008
“What Wittgenstein’s Private Language Argument Does and Doesn’t Do” in RoSophya, Romanian Journal of Philosophy, 2008
“Clement and Sen: Social Dimensions in the Development of Autonomy” in The Proceedings of the Twenty-First World Congress of Philosophy eds. Harun Tepe and Stephen Voss, The Philosophical Society of Turkey, Ankara, Turkey, 2007
“Consciousness in Advaita Vedanta and in Cognitive Science” in The Journal of Indian Philosophy and Religion, 2007
“William James, Cognitive Science and Consciousness,” in the International Journal for Field Being, online, special edition on Pragmatism, ed. David White, 2006
“Psychological Explanations of Religion” for the Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2nd ed. Macmillan reference, Gale Group Thompson Press, Chicago, IL, 2005
“Kant’s Noumenon and Sunyata” in Asian Philosophy, vol. 12 No. 2, 2002 p. 77-94
“Whitehead, Fa Tsang and Physics” in the International Journal for Field Being, online, special edition on Whitehead and Science, www.ijfb.org, December 2002
“Causation in Field Being” in the International
Journal for Field Being, vol. 1 no. 2, online at
www.ijfb.org
“Freud and the Torah” in International Studies in
Philosophy, vol. 27, no. 1, p. 127-125
“William James’s More, Panpsychism and Daoism” to be presented at the American Philosophical Association meeting in Washington DC Dec. 2011
”The Viability of Metaphysical Realism” to be presented at the American Academy of Religions meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 2011
”Metaphysics for Quantum Field Theory” presented at the American Philosophical Association meeting in Boston, MA, Dec. 2010 and at Toward a Science of Consciousness 2011, Stockholm Sweden, May 2011
“Causation, Time and Complex Systems: Against Reductionism in Philosophy of Science” presented at the Cognitive Science of Religion Section of the American Academy of Religions meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, Nov. 2010
“Cognitive Science and Affordances: James, Clark and Gibson on the Extended Mind” presented at The Philosophy of Religion Section of the American Academy of Religions meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, Nov. 2010
“A Relational Account of Perception” at the American Philosophical Association, New York City, Dec 2009, and at Toward a Science of Consciousness 2010 Tucson, Arizona, April 2010
“Spirituality and Mental Health” for the Albany Roman Catholic Archdiocese’s symposium on Spirituality and Mental Health, October 2009
“Whitehead, Stapp and James on Quantum Mechanics” at the American Philosophical Assn. Philadelphia, Dec. 2008
“Spinoza, Leibniz, and Quantum Mechanics” at Quantum Mind 2007, Salzburg, Austria, 2007
“Causation in the Epistemology of Thought” at The
International Institute for Field Being Symposium
At St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY June 2007
“Multiple drafts or Anatman? Neuroscientific and
Buddhist Conceptions of the Self and Language” at
the APA, Washington DC, Dec. 2006 and at Toward a Science of
Consciousness 2008 Tucson, Arizona, 2008
”Daoist Mysticism: Embodiment, Eudaimonia and Flow” at The International Institute for Field Being Symposium at Brock University, Ontario, Canada, July 2006, and at the American Academy of Religion, Washington DC, Nov. 2006
“A Relational View of Self and Mind” at Toward a Science of Consciousness, Tucson 2006, Tucson, Arizona, April 2006
“Is Causation a Mechanism or a Statistical Field?” at Toward a Science of Consciousness, Tucson 2005 in Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2005
“William James’ ‘More’ in Philosophy of Language and Religion” at the American Philosophical Association, Central meeting 2005 in Chicago, April 2005
“Contemporary Field Theories of Religious Consciousness and William James’ Marginal Consciousness” at The seventh Symposium of the International Institute for Field Being at the University of New South Wales, Sidney, Australia, August 2004
“Recent Research and Religious Experience,” at the World Congress of Philosophy meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, August 2003
“What Wittgenstein’s Private Language Argument Does and Doesn’t Prove,” at the World Congress of Philosophy meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, August 2003
“Clement and Sen: Social Dimensions in the Development of Autonomy,” at the World Congress of Philosophy meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, August 2003
“William James, Religious Experience and Consciousness”, at the American Philosophical Assoc. Eastern Division meeting in Philadelphia, PA, Dec. 2002
“Democracy and Development in China,” at the American Philosophical Assoc. Eastern Division meeting in Philadelphia, PA, Dec. 2002
“The Epistemology of Religious Experience,” at the American Academy of Religion, Toronto, Canada, November, 2002
“W.V.O. Quine and Chinese Philosophy,” at Jiaotong University, Xian, China, Sixth Symposium of the International Institute for Field Being, August 2002
“Experience as the Root of Language Development,” at The Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy Meeting, Portland, Maine, March, 2002
“Whitehead, Fa Tsang and Physics,” at The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China, International Society for Chinese Philosophy, August, 2001
“Philosophy of Mind, East and West,” at American Philosophical Assn. Eastern Division meeting, New York City, Dec. 2000
“The Contemplative Path to Natural Theology” at American Philosophical Assn., Pacific Division Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, April, 2000,and at American Academy of Religion, Nashville TN, Nov. 2000
”What does Religion contribute to Ethics?” panelist at the Capital District Secular Humanists Association, debate with Paul Kurtz
“ Causation in Field Being” Presented at The International Institute for Field Being Conference at Fairfield University, Aug. 1999,
"Kant's Noumena and Sunyata" Presented at the American Philosophical Assn. in Washington DC, Dec. 1998
Panel Moderator: Sidney Albert Lecture Series presentation; "Marriage and Intermarriage: A discussion from the perspective of Christians, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists and Hindus" At St. Rose, October, 1998
"Kant’s Noumena and Sunyata" and "The Tao of Kant" Presented at the World Congress of Philosophy, in Boston MA, August 1998: also presented at the meetings of The International Society for Field Being, at Fairfield University, July, 1998
"Battered Women and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder" Presented at the National Women’s Studies Assn Meeting in St. Louis, MO, June 1997
"Why Platonic and Causal Accounts of Language Can't Work." Presented at the Capital Area Philosophical Assn. meeting, March 11, 1995,
"Feminism and Pacifism" Presented at the North Adams State College Philosophy Colloquium, January, 1992,
"Quine's Ontological Realism" Master's Thesis
History of Western Philosophy
Metaphysics and Epistemology
Human Nature
Philosophy of Mind
Cognition and Consciousness
Critical Thinking
Philosophy of Law
Social and Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Math and Science
Asian Philosophy
Comparative Religions
2007-present Full Professor, tenured, the College of St. Rose, Department of Philosophy, Albany NY Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Chair, 2007-2011
2000- 2007 Associate Professor, tenured, the College of St. Rose, Department of Philosophy, Albany NY, Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Chair, 2004-2005.
1994-2000 Assistant Professor, tenure track, The College of St. Rose, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Albany NY
2003 Consultant, reviewing logic texts for Prentice Hall Inc, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
1996-present Consultant: reviewing texts in Philosophy and Religious Studies for SUNY Press, Albany, New York
1993-present Consultant: exam construction and grading, Excelsior College of the University of the State of New York for undergraduate exams in Philosophy and Comparative Religions, and graduate exams in the Master in Liberal Arts program
1993 SUNY Empire State College Mentor: Johnstown Unit and Forum East Program
1988 - 1993 Junior College of Albany: Adjunct Professor of Philosophy and English
1990 - 1993 Contract Trainer in "Effective Writing" for the NYS Department of Social Services, Public Management Institute, sub-contracting with the Rensselaerville Institute
1990 - 1991 New York State Department of Social Services (Feb.-Aug.) Office of Human Resource Development, contract manager for training contracts
1989 - 1991 Maria College: Adjunct Professor, Philosophy and English
1987 - 1990 Siena College HEOP Program Academic Advisor and Tutor Coordinator
1988 summer Adjunct Professor of Philosophy Siena College, HEOP Program, Critical Thinking
1987 summer Lecturer for HEOP, summer study skills program, Siena Russell Sage joint summer program.
1986-1987 Lecturer in Philosophy, Siena College, Theories of Knowledge, Professional Tutor in Writing, HEOP Program
1983-1984 Instructor in Philosophy, Syracuse University
1982-1983 Evaluator and Research Assistant in Sloane Foundation project on science, technology, and society, Syracuse University.
1981-1982 Instructor in English, Syracuse University
1979-1981 Instructor in Philosophy, Syracuse University
1977-1979 Teaching Assistant in Philosophy, Syracuse University
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