Position Title
Professor Emeritus
Education
- Ph.D.: University of Chicago, 1971
About
Dissertation: "Aristotle's Argument for the Necessity of Substance in the Light of his Theory of Predication," directed by Ian Mueller
Areas of Specialization: Greek philosophy, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind
Joined the UC Davis Philosophy Faculty: 1971
Retired: 2004
Recalled: 2005
2011-2012 Course Schedule
Fall
Not Teaching
Winter
Not Teaching
Spring
162 Aristotle
Other Courses
1 Introduction to Philosophy
21 History of Philosophy: Ancient
160 Presocratics
161 Plato
261 Plato Seminar
262 Aristotle Seminar
Recent Publications
"Parmenides' Three Ways and the Failure of the Ionian Interpretation," Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, vol. XLI, 2011, pp. 1-65.
"The Science and Axioms of Being," in A Companion to Aristotle (Blackwell, 2009)
"Animadversions on Burnyeat's Theaetetus: On the Logic of the Excellent Argument," Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Winter, 2005
Currently Supervising Dissertations
None