Michael Oliver Wiitala Curriculum Vitae, February 2013

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1 1 Michael Oliver Wiitala Curriculum Vitae, February 2013 University of Kentucky Department of Philosophy 1415 Patterson Office Tower Lexington, KY Phone: Education Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Kentucky, in progress 2009-present, expected completion 2014 Dissertation: Truth and Falsehood in Plato s Sophist; Eric Sanday and David Bradshaw, co-chairs M.A., Philosophy, Franciscan University of Steubenville, magna cum laude, December, 2008 Thesis: Memory, Language, and Philosophical Questioning in Plato s Phaedrus and Merleau-Ponty B.Ph., Philosophy, Ave Maria College, magna cum laude, December, 2005 Area of Specialization: Platonic Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy. Areas of Competency: Medieval Philosophy, Phenomenology, History of Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion. Languages: Ancient Greek, Latin, Some German. Publications Desire and the Good in Plotinus, British Journal for the History of Philosophy, forthcoming. Anselm s Ontological Argument and Aristotle s Elegktikōs Apodeixai, Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association, vol. 86, forthcoming. Negating the Image: The Apophatic Character of Philosophical Logos in Plato s Phaedrus, Kinesis: Graduate Journal in Philosophy, vol. 37.1, It Depends on What One Means by Eternal : Why Boethius is not an Eternalist, Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association, vol. 84, Contemplation and Action within the Context of the Kalon: A Reading of the Nicomachean Ethics, Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association, vol. 83, The Metaphysics of Duns Scotus and Onto-Theology, Philosophy Today, vol. 53, Supplement, Review Article, Plato: A Guide for the Perplexed, Gerald A. Press (New York: Continuum, 2007), American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 83.4, 2009.

2 2 Papers Presented Anselm s Ontological Argument and Aristotle s Elegktikōs Apodeixai. 86 th Annual Meeting of the American Catholic Philosophical Association: Philosophy and Language, Los Angeles, California, November 2, The The Five Greatest Kinds as Preconditions for Any True Logos. 30 th Annual Joint Meeting of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy with the Society for the Study of Islamic Philosophy and Science, Fordham University, Lincoln Center, New York, New York, October 21, The Ability to Divide Kat Eidē: Statesman 285d-287a and the Value of the Method of Division. 29 th Annual Joint Meeting of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy with the Society for the Study of Islamic Philosophy and Science, Fordham University, Lincoln Center, New York, New York, October 22, The Tripartite Soul and the Precise Sense of Ruling in Plato s Republic. Pittsburgh Area Philosophy Colloquium, Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania, September 10, Self-Knowledge and Nietzsche on the Problem of Socrates. Fall 2010 Meeting of the Kentucky Philosophical Association, Thomas Moore College, Crestview Hills, Kentucky, November 20, It Depends on What One Means by Eternal : Why Boethius is not an Eternalist. 84 th Annual Meeting of the American Catholic Philosophical Association: Philosophy and Language, Baltimore, Maryland, November 6, Negating the Image: The Apophatic Character of Philosophical Logos in Plato s Phaedrus. 34 th Annual Midsouth Philosophy Conference, the University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, March 6, Contemplation and Action within the Context of the Kalon: A Reading of the Nicomachean Ethics. 83 rd Annual Meeting of the American Catholic Philosophical Association: Reason in Context, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 13, The Good Beyond Reminiscence: Beginning a Dialogue between Levinas, Augustine, and the Neo-Platonic Tradition Annual Conference on Christian Philosophy: The Legacy of Neo-Platonism, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Steubenville, Ohio, April 25, The Metaphysics of Duns Scotus and Onto-Theology. The Forty-Seventh Annual Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 17, 2008 Ricoeur s Futureness in the Apprehension of the Historical Past in Plato s Timaeus. Society for Ricoeur Studies Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 15, Reexamining the Compatibility of Hildebrand s Value Ethics and Aristotle s Eudaimonism. The Legacy of Dietrich von Hildebrand Conference, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Steubenville, Ohio, October 12, 2007.

3 3 Comments and Engagement Participated in the 10 th Annual Toronto Summer Seminar in Philosophy: Plato s Republic, Toronto, Ontario, June 8-17, Presented comments on Jams Kintz s paper The Unity of the Knower and the Known: The Phenomenology of Aristotle and the Metaphysics of Husserl at the 12 th Annual Independent Meeting of the Ancient Philosophy Society, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, April 22, Presented comments on Dennis Skocz s paper A Tale of Two Cities: A Khoral Work in Three Parts at the 11 th Annual Independent Meeting of the Ancient Philosophy Society, hosted by Utah Valley University, Sundance Resort, Sundance, Utah, April 17, Chaired a panel at the 29 th Annual Joint Meeting of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy with the Society for the Study of Islamic Philosophy and Science, Fordham University, Lincoln Center, New York, New York, October 21-23, Presented comments on Jordan Corwin s paper Dyadism and Triadism in Hegel, Derrida and Marion at the 14 th Annual University of Kentucky Graduate Student Philosophy Conference, the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, March 26, Presented comments on Joshua Anderson s paper Towards an Understanding of Cephalus at the Fall 2010 Meeting of the Kentucky Philosophical Association, Thomas Moore College, Crestview Hills, Kentucky, November 20, Presented comments on Iddo Landau s paper Meaningfulness, Meaninglessness, and Unmeaningfulness: Did Hitler Have a Meaningful Life? at the 2010 Central States Philosophical Association Meeting, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, September 23, Participated in the 8 th Annual Toronto Summer Seminar in Philosophy: Fichte s Foundations of Natural Right, Toronto, Ontario, June 14-19, Presented comments on Andrew Garland s paper Roger Williams and Liberty of Conscience at the 13 th Annual University of Kentucky Graduate Student Philosophy Conference, The University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, March 27, Presented comments on William J. Devlin s paper Stepping out of the Shadows: Nietzsche s Critique of the Correspondence Theory of Truth at the 34 th Annual Midsouth Philosophy Conference, The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, March 6, Chaired a panel at the 82 nd Annual Meeting of the American Catholic Philosophical Association: Forgiveness, Omaha, Nebraska, October 31- November 2, 2008.

4 4 Teaching Experience August Present Adjunct Instructor, Asbury University PHL 322: Metaphysics Spring 2013 PHL 211: Ancient and Medieval Philosophy Fall 2012 PHL 200: Introduction to Philosophy Spring 2013 Fall 2012 MGT 360: Christian Ethics Fall 2012 August Present Teaching Assistant, University of Kentucky PHI 380: Death, Dying, and Quality of Life Summer 2012 PHI 130: Introduction to Philosophy: Morality and Society Fall 2012 Fall 2011 PHI 120: Introductory Logic Summer 2011 PHI 100: Introduction to Philosophy: Knowledge and Reality Spring 2013 Spring 2011 PHI 130: Introduction to Philosophy: Morality and Society (TA for Natalie Nenadic) Fall 2010 PHI 120: Introductory Logic (TA for Bob Sandmeyer) Spring 2010 Fall 2009 April June 2011 May January 2011 September May 2008 Instructor for PHI 260: History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Medieval Period, Independent Study Program, University of Kentucky Instructor for PHI 120: Introductory Logic, Independent Study Program, University of Kentucky Tutor, Student Academic Support Services at Franciscan University of Steubenville Awards Dissertation Year Fellowship, University of Kentucky, July June Teaching Assistantship, University of Kentucky, August May Daniel R. Reedy Quality Achievement Award, University of Kentucky, August May Ave Maria College Award for Excellence in Philosophy, May 4, Graduate Courses Taken or Audited Plato s Parmenides, Eric Sanday, University of Kentucky Medieval Origins of Modernity, David Bradshaw, University of Kentucky Greek Political Philosophy, Eric Sanday, University of Kentucky Merleau-Ponty s Final Contribution, Ronald Bruzina, University of Kentucky Platonic Epistemology, Eric Sanday, University of Kentucky Greek Prose: Plato s Protagoras, Hubert Martin, University of Kentucky

5 5 Nietzsche and the Greeks, David Bradshaw, University of Kentucky Symbolic Logic II, Timothy Sundell, University of Kentucky Place in Greek Philosophy and Phenomenology, Ömer Aygün, University of Kentucky Plotinus, David Bradshaw, University of Kentucky Phenomenological Directions, Ronald Bruzina, University of Kentucky Normative Ethics, Eric Sanday, University of Kentucky Medieval Philosophy: Greek East and Latin West, David Bradshaw, University of Kentucky Existentialism, Ronald Bruzina, University of Kentucky Plato s Late Ontology, Eric Sanday, University of Kentucky Contemporary Philosophy of Religion, David Bradshaw, University of Kentucky Metaphysics of Duns Scotus, John White, Franciscan University Contemporary Virtue Ethics, Jonathan Sanford, Franciscan University Epistemology, John White, Franciscan University Philosophy of Language, John Crosby, Franciscan University Philosophy of the Person, Patrick Lee, Franciscan University Philosophy of Community, Michael Healy, Franciscan University Metaphysics, Mark Roberts, Franciscan University Ethics, Michael Healy, Franciscan University German Idealism, John White, Franciscan University The Nicomachean Ethics, Jonathan Sanford, Franciscan University Membership in Professional Organizations American Catholic Philosophical Association American Philosophical Association Ancient Philosophy Society Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy Society of Christian Philosophers