Philosophy Department

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