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