Professor Emeritus

Office: 2289 Social Science and Humanities Building

Phone: (530) 752-7816

E-mail: mvwedin@ucdavis.edu

Ph.D.: University of Chicago, 1971

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

2006-2007 Course Schedule

Fall
160 Presocratics

Winter
Research

Spring
162 Aristotle

Other Courses
1 Introduction to Philosophy
21 History of Philosophy: Ancient
161 Plato
261 Plato Seminar
262 Aristotle Seminar

Recent Publications

"Aristotle on the Firmness of the Principle of Non-Contradiction," Phronesis 49, 2004

"Animadversions on Burnyeat's Theaetetus: On the Logic of the Excellent Argument," Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Winter, 2005

Currently Supervising Dissertations

David Freelove, "The Unity of Aristotle's Metaphysics"