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Creighton Rosental
Assistant Professor of Philosophy

B.S., Cognitive Science, Harvey Mudd College, 1991
M.A., Philosophy, Claremont Graduate University, 1992
Visiting Scholar, Cornell University, 2000
Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2004

Office: Knight Hall 211
Phone: x5659 (478-301-5659)
email: rosental_c@mercer.edu

Spring 2008 Office Hours
MW 1-3 and by appt.

Spring 2008 Teaching schedule
Logic: TTh 10:50

GBK 305: TTh 1:40

Early Modern: TTh 3:05


Some Research Interests:

History of Philosophy:   Medieval -- Aquinas and Augustine, particular interest in issues in faith and reason; Ancient -- Aristotelian logic and science, Platonic, Aristotelian and Stoic ethics, Ancient scepticism; Early Modern -- epistemological issues of rationalism and empiricism, Leibnizian metaphysics, early modern theories of causation, roots of modern science

Philosophy of science, of religion:   Of particular interest are issues relating to the interaction and/or conflict between science and religious belief -- creation science and pseudoscience, the rationality of belief; other interests include the nature and structure of scientific theories and laws, anti-realism and realism in science, physical and metaphysical arguments against the truths of religious beliefs

Contemporary philosophy:  Philosophy of Mind -- the nature of mind, problems of consciousness, qualia, mental causation and explanation; Metaphysics -- free will, properties, causation; Epistemology -- a priori knowledge, foundationalism, evidentialism, reliabilism

Courses Taught:

Fall 2004
    Introduction to Ethics
    Philosophy of Science

Spring 2005
    Introduction to Ethics
    History of Philosophy II: Medieval Philosophy and the Rise of Humanism
    Great Books: Reason and Revolution

Fall 2005
    Introduction to Ethics
    Philosophy of Mind (Special Topics)
    Great Books: Reason and Revolution

Spring 2006
    Introduction to Philosophy
    History of Philosophy IV: Early Modern Philosophy

Fall 2006
    Formal Logic
    Philosophy of Art (Special Topics)
    Great Books: The Modern Worldview

Spring 2007
    Introduction to Philosophy
    Philosophy of Religion

Fall 2007
    Introduction to Ethics

    History of Philosophy III: Scholastic & Humanistic Philosophy

 

Spring 2008
    Formal Logic

    History of Philosophy IV: Early Modern Philosophy

    Great Books: The Modern Worldview





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Charlotte Thomas, Chair. Comments to rosental_c@mercer.edu

  Last Revision: March 28, 2008

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