Timothy Aaron Burns, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae Updated December 2016 TimABurns@gmail.com +1 (424) 568-8372 Suite 3600 www.intersubjectivity.tk Los Angeles, CA 90045 I. EDUCATION Ph.D. Philosophy University College Dublin (2015) The Social Subject: Phenomenology of the Person, Empathy, and Community in Edmund Husserl and Edith Stein. Supervisor: Dermot Moran External Reader: Dan Zahavi (Center for Subjectivity Research, University of Copenhagen) M.A. Philosophy Loyola Marymount University. (2008) B.A. Philosophy Loyola Marymount University. Magna cum Laude. (2004) II. SCHOLARSHIP Areas of Specialization Phenomenology Continental Philosophy Social Philosophy (especially, Social Ontology and Social Cognition) Areas of Competence History of Philosophy Ethics Hermeneutics Publications a Books 1. The Early Works of Tanabe Hajime (1910 1919). With Takeshi Morisato and Cody Staton. Under contract with Lexington Books.* Journal Articles and Book Chapters 1. The Curious Case of Collective Experience: Edith Stein s Phenomenology of Communal Experience and a Spanish Fire-Walking Ritual. The Humanistic Psychologist 44, no. 4 (December 2016): 366-380.* 2. On Being a We : Edith Stein s Contribution to the Intentionalism Debate. Human Studies: A Journal for Philosophy and the Social Sciences 38, no. 4 (October 2015): 529-547. * a [*] Denotes peer-reviewed publications. 1 of 5
3. From Nature to Spirit: Husserl s Phenomenology of the Person in Ideen II. Perspectives: International Postgraduate Journal of Philosophy 5 (2014).* 4. Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Deductive Reasoning: The Relation of the Universal and the Particular in the Early works of Tanabe Hajime. Co-authored with Takeshi Morisato. Comparative and Continental Philosophy 5, no. 2 (November 2013): 124-149.* 5. Editor s Introduction. Perspectives: International Postgraduate Journal of Philosophy 4 (2012). 6. Divide and Conquer: An Exposition of Lonergan s Two-Fold Approach to Evil. In Against Doing Nothing: Evil and its Manifestations, edited by Shilinka Smith and Shona Hill, 91-102. Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2010.* 7. Thinking the Real: On Hegel s Meaning of Philosophy. Dialogue 51, no. 1 (2008): 11-18.* Book Reviews 1. Thomas Szanto and Dermot Moran (eds.) Phenomenology of Sociality: Discovering the We. (Routledge, 2016). Forthcoming in Husserl Studies. 2. Ian Leask, Being Reconfigured. (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011), The Bibliographia 1 (2013). 3. J.N. Mohanty, Edmund Husserl s Freiburg Years. (Yale U.P., 2012), The Bibliographia 1 (2013). Under Review / In Progress 1. From I to You to We: Empathy and Community in Edith Stein. In Subjectivity, Empathy and Personhood. Essays on Stein s Phenomenological Investigations, edited by Elisa Magri and Dermot Moran. Dordrecht: Springer. * 2. The Knowledge of Other Egos. Translation of Theodor Lipps s, Das Wissen von fremden Ichen translated by Marco Cavallaro with introduction by Timothy Burns. New Yearbook for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Research. Forthcoming.* Journals and Special Issues 1. Phenomenology, Idealism, and Intersubjectivity, (Special Issue): New Yearbook of Phenomenology and Phenomenological Research (forthcoming). Guest editor with Thomas Szanto and Alessandro Salice. 2. Perspectives International Postgraduate Journal of Philosophy 4 (2012). Co-Editor with Fergal McHugh and Bart Zantvoort. 2 of 5
Presentations and Conferences 1. Respondent to Jaspers, Narrativity, and the Structure of Authentic Dasein. Annual Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division. San Francisco, CA. March 30-April 3, 2016. 2. Empathy in Dialogue: The Influence of Theodore Lipps theory of Einfühlung on Edmund Husserl and Edith Stein. Conference of the North American Society for Early Phenomenology. Boston College: Chestnut Hill, MA. April 4-6, 2014. 3. A Phenomenological Contribution to the Debate over Intentionalism about Groups. Empathy, Community and the State: The Social Philosophy of Edith Stein. Dublin, Ireland. December 16, 2013. 4. Phenomenological and Empirical Perspectives on Shared Sentience: Can a Community Have Lifepower? Discovering the We : The Phenomenology of Sociality Conference. Part of the Irish Research Council (IRC) sponsored research project Discovering the We : The Phenomenology of Sociality : Dublin, Ireland. May 8-10, 2013. 5. Communal Experience: Edith Stein s Theory of Group Experiences in Light of a Spanish Fire-Walking Ritual. SWIP (Society for Women in Philosophy) Conference and General Meeting: Dublin, Ireland. March 1-2, 2013. 6. Causality in the Realm of Pure Experiences and Sensate Reality and Causality. Advanced Research Seminar on Edith Stein s Philosophy of Psychology and the Humanities. University College Dublin. Dublin, Ireland. February 27-28, 2013. 7. Virtue and Narrative Identity: From Aristotle to Ricoeur on Becoming Virtuous. Society for Ricoeur Studies. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 22-23, 2011. 8. Permanence on my Part: What Role does Merleau-Ponty s Phenomenology of the Body have to Play in Ricoeur s Oneself as Another? Southeastern Graduate Philosophy Conference. University of Florida. Gainesville, Florida. March 25-26, 2011. 9. Divide and Conquer: An Exposition of Lonergan s Two-Fold Approach to Evil. 9 th Annual Global Conference: Perspectives on Evil and Human Wickedness. Salzburg, Austria. March 10-13, 2008. 10. Blessing Those that Curse You: On Lonergan, Forgiveness, and the Problem of Evil. First Global Conference: Forgiveness Probing the Boundaries. Salzburg, Austria. March 7-9, 2008. 11. Bracket This: Toward a Hermeneutic Phenomenology. 11 th Annual Southern California Philosophy Conference. California State University Northridge. October 27, 2007. 12. Blessing Those that Curse You: On Lonergan and the Problem of Evil. Spring Philosophy Conference. Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington. March 2007. 3 of 5
Professional Memberships American Catholic Philosophical Association American Philosophical Association International Association for the Study of the Philosophy of Edith Stein Irish Phenomenological Circle North American Society for Early Phenomenology Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy III. LANGUAGES 1. English (native speaker) 2. German (Goethe Zertifikat A1, Prädikat: gut) 3. Latin (reading proficiency) IV. TEACHING Teaching Appointments Visiting Assistant Professor, Loyola Marymount University (2014-Present). Adjunct Faculty, Loyola Marymount University (Fall 2008-2010; Fall 2013 Spring 2014) Teaching Assistant, University College Dublin (2010-2013) Adjunct Faculty, Long Beach City College (Summer 2008-2010) Adjunct Faculty, Cerritos Community College (Spring 2009) Teaching Fellow, Loyola Marymount University (2007) Courses Taught Major Thinkers: Edith Stein PHIL 4700 (LMU), Fall 2016 Phenomenology PHIL 423 (LMU), Spring 2015 Philosophical Inquiry PHIL 198/1800 (LMU), 2014-Present. Critical Thinking PHIL 220 (LMU), 2007-2010; PHIL 11 (Long Beach City College), Summer 2008. The Good Life / Introduction to Ethics PHIL 320/3100 (LMU), Fall 2009, Fall 2013, Spring 2014-Present; PHIL 102 (Cerritos Community College), Spring 2009; PHIL 7 (Long Beach City College), Summer 2009. Philosophy of Human Nature PHIL 160 (LMU), Spring 2009, Fall 2009. Introduction to Logic PHIL 12 (Long Beach City College), Spring 2010. 4 of 5
V. SERVICE College Service 1. Faculty Co-Supervisor, Loyola Marymount Philosophy Society, 2013-14. 2. Treasurer, University College Dublin Philosophy Society, 2012-13. 3. Contributor to Humanities Students Learning Outcomes Evaluation, Long Beach City College, July 2009. Professional Service 1. Reviewer, The Journal of Consciousness Studies. 2. Reviewer, Discipline Filosofiche. VI. PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES Professor Dermot Moran, MRIA School of Philosophy University College Dublin Belfield Dublin 4, Ireland Dermot.Moran@ucd.ie Professor Brian Treanor Suite 3600 Los Angeles, CA 90045 BTreanor@lmu.edu Dr. Dorothea Herreiner Center for Teaching Excellence Los Angeles, CA 90045 DHerreiner@lmu.edu Dr. Tim Mooney School of Philosophy University College Dublin Belfield Dublin 4, Ireland Tim.Mooney@ucd.ie Additional references are available upon request. 5 of 5