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Philosophy

Abresch, Linda
Program Management Specialist, Honors
Philosophy House (PL) 101
410-677-5070 or ext 75070
Program Management Specialist, Philosophy
Philosophy House (PL) 101
410-677-5070 or ext 75070
lsabreschsalisburyedu

Clement, Grace
Chair, Philosophy
Philosophy House (PL) 204
410-677-5074 or ext 75074
gaclementsalisburyedu
[website]

Courses  []

2009 Fall

  • PHIL 101-001 INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
    Invites students to philosophize, asking and creatively responding to basic questions about human existence which are usually left unasked, e.g., are we free, what is the self, what value should we live for? Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IIIA or IIIC (Prior to Fall 2008: IB).
  • PHIL 203-001 ETHICS
    Helps students develop a personal framework for ethical action. Emphasis on identification of ethical theories; applications to contemporary problems utilized as exercises to strengthen each student’s own ethical position. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IIIA or IIIC (Prior to Fall 2008: IB).
  • PHIL 490-004 INDEPENDENT STUDY
    Tutorial course in a specific problem of philosophy, a particular philosopher or a particular period of philosophy. Open to junior and senior students, conditional on faculty member’s consent. May be repeated for credit with faculty approval. Up to three hours per week with enhancement.

2010 Spring

  • PHIL 101-001 INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
    Invites students to philosophize, asking and creatively responding to basic questions about human existence which are usually left unasked, e.g., are we free, what is the self, what value should we live for? Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IIIA or IIIC (Prior to Fall 2008: IB).
  • PHIL 475-001 SEMINAR IN PHILOSOPHY
    Offers advanced students in philosophy an opportunity to research and reflect on an issue or theme more thoroughly and intensely than is possible in an ordinary course. Content varies semester to semester. May be repeated for credit with faculty approval. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Three hours per week with enhancement.
  • PHIL 490-004 INDEPENDENT STUDY
    Tutorial course in a specific problem of philosophy, a particular philosopher or a particular period of philosophy. Open to junior and senior students, conditional on faculty member’s consent. May be repeated for credit with faculty approval. Up to three hours per week with enhancement.

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Awards, Scholarship & Creative Works:  []

Article(s)

Kane, F., Clement, G. & Kane, M. 
(2008). 
Live kidney donations & the ethic of care 
The Journal of Medical Humanities, 
29(3), 
173-188. 
Clement, G. 
(2006). 
Embodied care: Jane Addams, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, & feminist ethics. 
NSWA Journal, 
18(1), 
224-226. 
Clement, G. A. 
(2005). 
The subject of care: Feminist perspectives on dependency. 
Ethics, 
115(4), 
857-858. 

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Hatley, James
Faculty, Philosophy
Philosophy House (PL) 103
410-677-5072 or ext 75072
jdhatleysalisburyedu
[website]

Courses  []

2009 Fall

  • IDIS 280-006 SPECIAL TOPICS IN INTERDIS ST
    Interdisciplinary seminar with content varying semester to semester. May be repeated under different titles for a maximum of six hours. One to six hours per week.
  • PHIL 101-153 INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
    Invites students to philosophize, asking and creatively responding to basic questions about human existence which are usually left unasked, e.g., are we free, what is the self, what value should we live for? Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IIIA or IIIC (Prior to Fall 2008: IB).
  • PHIL 101-155 INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
    Invites students to philosophize, asking and creatively responding to basic questions about human existence which are usually left unasked, e.g., are we free, what is the self, what value should we live for? Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IIIA or IIIC (Prior to Fall 2008: IB).
  • PHIL 314-001 SEMINAR IN HIST PHIL
    Intensive study of an issue or theme that traces its development throughout the history of philosophy. Prerequisites: Two philosophy courses and consent of instructor. Three hours per week with enhancement.
  • PHIL 490-003 INDEPENDENT STUDY
    Tutorial course in a specific problem of philosophy, a particular philosopher or a particular period of philosophy. Open to junior and senior students, conditional on faculty member’s consent. May be repeated for credit with faculty approval. Up to three hours per week with enhancement.

2010 Spring

  • PHIL 101-155 INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
    Invites students to philosophize, asking and creatively responding to basic questions about human existence which are usually left unasked, e.g., are we free, what is the self, what value should we live for? Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IIIA or IIIC (Prior to Fall 2008: IB).
  • PHIL 318-151 ENVIRON RESPONSIBILITY
    Focus on two central questions: How does our manner of encountering nonhuman entities affect how they become meaningful for us? How might we best formulate our obligations to the earth’s diverse ecosystems and the creatures populating them? Satisfies General Education IB. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IIIA or IIIC (Prior to Fall 2008: IB).
  • PHIL 405-001 CONTEMP CONTINENTAL PHIL
    Treats questions raised by philosophers writing in the wake of Heidegger and the existentialist tradition. Areas of discussion include feminism, foundationalism, embodiment, psychoanalysis, deconstruction, epistemology, ethics and theology. Prerequisites: Two philosophy courses or consent of instructor. Three hours per week with enhancement.
  • PHIL 490-003 INDEPENDENT STUDY
    Tutorial course in a specific problem of philosophy, a particular philosopher or a particular period of philosophy. Open to junior and senior students, conditional on faculty member’s consent. May be repeated for credit with faculty approval. Up to three hours per week with enhancement.

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Article(s)

Hatley, J. 
(2008). 
Guest Editorial. Species of thought: In the approach of a more-than-human world. 
The Journal of Environmental Philosophy, 
5(2), 
Hatley, J. 
(2006). 
Persecution & expatiation: A Talmudic amplification of the enigma of responsibility in Levinas. 
Philosophy Today, 
50(1), 
80-91. 
Caviglia-Harris, J. L. & Hatley, J. D. 
(2004). 
Interdisciplinary teaching: Analyzing consensus & conflict in environmental studies. 
International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 
5(4), 
395-403. 

Awards(s)

James Hatley (2003). Distinguished Honor Award for SU's Eastern Correctional Institute Book Discussion Program - Maryland Association for Higher Education.

Book(s)

Hatley, J. (2000). Suffering Witness: The Quandary of Responsibility Albany, NY: SUNY Press.

Presentations

Hatley, J. D. (2005). Tribes of birds & the tribe of one breasted women: Gestate witness in Terry Tempest Williams' Refuge. Presented at American Society for Literature & the Environment, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.
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Hatley, J. D. (2005). Tarn Ream & Trillium ovatum: A case study in gestate witness Presented at First Meeting of the International Association for Environment, Space & Place, Towson University, Towson, MD.
Hatley, J. D. (2004). The bones of Joseph Mengele: Witnessing the indifference of nature Presented at Invited paper for the Department of Philosophy, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.
Hatley, J. D. (2004). Environmental witness via the thought of Merleau-Ponty Presented at Int'l Association for Environmental Philosophy & the Int'l Society of Environmental Ethics, Fort Collins, CO.
Hatley, J. D. (2003). Nameless: Witnessing the Holocaust's future. Invited lecture for Yom Hashoa Commemoration Presented at St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, NY.
Hatley, J. D. (2003). Techne & Phusis in the artworks of Andrew Goldsworthy Presented at International Association for Environmental Philosophy, Boston University, Boston, MA.
Hatley, J. D. (2003). Witnessing the equivocation of responsibility: Responding beyond outrage in "Otherwise than Being" Presented at Society for Phenomenological & Existential Philosophy, Boston University, Boston, MA.
Hatley, J. D. (2002). Earthscaping & bodyscaping the land art of Andrew Goldsworthy & Hamish Fulton Presented at Society for Philosophy & Geography, Towson University, Towson, MD.
Hatley, J. D. (2001). Malignancy of evil: Witnessing violence without justice Presented at Levinas Research Seminar, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA.
Hatley, J. D. (2001). Obedience beyond wonder: Cain's insincerity & the discourse of repentance, paper for the panel: "Judgment, Law & Guilt in Levinas & his Forebears" Presented at Association for Jewish Studies, Washington, DC.
Hatley, J. D. (2001). Drinking sun melted snow by moonlight Presented at Art Culture Nature, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ.
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Hatley, J. D. (2001). Elemental walking Presented at International Association for Environmental Philosophy, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD.
Hatley, J. D. (2000). Fleshly motility: Backpacking as a mode of crossing into the wilds Presented at Society for Philosophy & Geography, Towson University, Towson, MD.
Hatley, J. D. (1999). Rick Bass's The Lost Grizzlies: Wilderness & its carcasses Presented at Art Culture Nature, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Hatley, J. D. (1999). Where the beavers gnaw: Predatory space in the urban landscape Presented at Society for Philosophy & Geography, Towson University, Towson, MD.
Hatley, J. D. (1999). Predatory space: The uncanny goodness of being edible to bears Presented at International Association of Environmental Philosophy, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.
Hatley, J. D. (1999). Beyond outrage Presented at Int'l Conf.: Addressing Levinas: Ethics, Phenomenology & the Judaic Tradition, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Hatley, J. D. (1999). Fleshly motility: Walking into the wilds Presented at Conference: Merleau-Ponty and the Body, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD.

Book Chapters

Hatley, J. (2003). Levinas, Witness and Politics. Ricci, G. (Eds.), Justice and the Politics of Memory New Jersey: Transaction Publishers.
Hatley, J. (2002). Where the Beaver Gnaw:  Predatory Space in the Urban Landscape. Backhaus, G. and Murungi, J. (Eds.), Transformations of Urban and Suburban Landscapes: Perspectives from Philosophy, Geography, and Architecture (35-53.) Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Hatley, J. (2000). Recursive incarnation & chiasmic flesh: Two readings of Paul Celan's "chymisch". F. Evans & L. Lawlor (Eds.), Chiasms: Merleau-Ponty's notion of flesh Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.

Creative Works

Diana Wagner, accompanied by James Hatley (2008). Tradition Bearer [sound recording]. Diana Wagner Music., Salisbury, MD.

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Kane, Francis
Faculty, Philosophy
Philosophy House (PL) 203
410-677-5071 or ext 75071
PACE Co-Director, PACE
Philosophy House (PL) 203
410-677-5071 or ext 75071
fikanesalisburyedu
[website]

Courses  []

2009 Fall

  • IDIS 280-004 SPECIAL TOPICS IN INTERDIS ST
    Interdisciplinary seminar with content varying semester to semester. May be repeated under different titles for a maximum of six hours. One to six hours per week.
  • PHIL 305-001 POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
    Examines political reality as the public place where people come together to speak and act, freely and equally, and thereby become more fully human. Students develop a model of political speech and action (from a dialogue with the tradition) and apply that model to contemporary political problems. Prerequisite: One philosophy course/consent of instructor. Three hours per week plus enhancement.
  • PHIL 308-001 ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
    Study of philosophy in the Greco-Roman world from the Pre-Socratics to the Neo-Platonists. Special emphasis on Plato and Aristotle. Prerequisite: One philosophy course/consent of instructor. Three hours per week with enhancement.
  • PHIL 490-002 INDEPENDENT STUDY
    Tutorial course in a specific problem of philosophy, a particular philosopher or a particular period of philosophy. Open to junior and senior students, conditional on faculty member’s consent. May be repeated for credit with faculty approval. Up to three hours per week with enhancement.

2010 Spring

  • NURS 325-010 LIFE & DTH ISSUES HLTH CARE
    Identification, analysis and evaluation of contemporary problems that have resulted from new breakthroughs in biomedicine. Topics include physician-patient relationship, euthanasia, social control, experimentation, genetic engineering, the health care system. Emphasis on developing an ethical framework to deal with these and future biomedical issues. Students cannot receive credit for both NURS 325 and PHIL 315. Three hours per week. Meets General Education IIIA or IIIC (Prior to Fall 2008: IB).
  • PHIL 203-001 ETHICS
    Helps students develop a personal framework for ethical action. Emphasis on identification of ethical theories; applications to contemporary problems utilized as exercises to strengthen each student’s own ethical position. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IIIA or IIIC (Prior to Fall 2008: IB).
  • PHIL 315-151 LF & DTH ISS N HLTH CARE
    Identification, analysis and evaluation of contemporary problems resulting from the new breakthroughs in biomedicine. Topics include physician-patient relationship, euthanasia, experimentation, social control, genetic engineering, the health care system. Emphasis on developing an ethical framework to deal with these and future biomedical issues. Students cannot receive credit for both NURS 325 and PHIL 315. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IIIA or IIIC (Prior to Fall 2008: IB).
  • PHIL 490-002 INDEPENDENT STUDY
    Tutorial course in a specific problem of philosophy, a particular philosopher or a particular period of philosophy. Open to junior and senior students, conditional on faculty member’s consent. May be repeated for credit with faculty approval. Up to three hours per week with enhancement.

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Article(s)

Kane, F. 
(2008). 
Paved with good intentions. 
Commonweal, 
135(19), 
21-22. 
Kane, F. I. 
(2008). 
Begotten, not made: The dangers of reproductive technology. 
Commonweal, 
135(3), 
16-18. 
Kane, F., Clement, G. & Kane, M. 
(2008). 
Live kidney donations & the ethic of care 
The Journal of Medical Humanities, 
29(3), 
173-188. 
Kane, F. I. 
(2000). 
The absent patient: A meditation on a Chardin painting. 
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 
9(1), 
7-16. 
Kane, F. I. 
(1985). 
The appearance of death in the academy. 
Religion and Intellectual Life, 
2(3), 
60-68. 
Kane, F. I. 
(1985). 
What nurses profess: The Elizabeth Bouvia case. 
Health Progress, 
66(6), 
5-8. 
Kane, F. I. 
(1985). 
Keeping Elizabeth Bouvia alive for the public good. 
The Hastings Center Report, 
15(6), 
5-8. 
Kane, F. I. 
(1984). 
Therapeutic death: Trivializing the inevitable. 
Commonweal, 
111(4), 
109-112. 
Kane, F. I. 
(1981). 
French cinema & the new wave. 
Literature Film Quarterly, 
9(2), 
130-132. 
Kane, F. I. 
(1978). 
Subversion, revolution, and violence in cinema. 
Literature Film Quarterly, 
6(1), 
80-83. 
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Awards(s)

Harry Basehart and Francis Kane (2004). Wilson H. Elkins Professorship - University System of Maryland (USM).

Book(s)

Kane, F. (1998). Neither Beasts Nor Gods: Civic Life and the Public Good Dallas, TX: Southern Methodist University Press.

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Stock, Timothy
Faculty, Philosophy
Philosophy House (PL)106
410-677-5073 or ext 75073
testocksalisburyedu

Courses  []

2009 Fall

  • PHIL 101-004 INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
    Invites students to philosophize, asking and creatively responding to basic questions about human existence which are usually left unasked, e.g., are we free, what is the self, what value should we live for? Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IIIA or IIIC (Prior to Fall 2008: IB).
  • PHIL 101-401 INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
    Invites students to philosophize, asking and creatively responding to basic questions about human existence which are usually left unasked, e.g., are we free, what is the self, what value should we live for? Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IIIA or IIIC (Prior to Fall 2008: IB).
  • PHIL 325-001 PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
    Promotes understanding of religious experience by focusing on a variety of its aspects, such as worship, prayer, vocation, mysticism, secularity and the encounter with evil. Prerequisite: One philosophy course or consent of instructor. Three hours per weekwith enhancement.
  • PHIL 490-001 INDEPENDENT STUDY
    Tutorial course in a specific problem of philosophy, a particular philosopher or a particular period of philosophy. Open to junior and senior students, conditional on faculty member’s consent. May be repeated for credit with faculty approval. Up to three hours per week with enhancement.

2010 Spring

  • HONR 311-043 INTERDISCIPLINARY SEMINAR
    Examines an interdisciplinary topic of broad scope and significance. Open to all Honors students; required for those intending to graduate with either Bellavance Honors or Bellavance Honors with Distinction. May be repeated under different topics. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing, permission of Honors director. Three hours per week with enhancement.
  • PHIL 101-401 INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
    Invites students to philosophize, asking and creatively responding to basic questions about human existence which are usually left unasked, e.g., are we free, what is the self, what value should we live for? Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IIIA or IIIC (Prior to Fall 2008: IB).
  • PHIL 310-001 PHILOSOPHICAL TOPICS
    Examines in depth a philosophical theme or problem. Content varies semester to semester. May be repeated under different subtitles. Three hours per week with enhancement.
  • PHIL 402-001 PROBLEM OF GOD
    Involves students in thinking through the ultimate questions philosophy asks about God’s nature and existence. Attention given to a variety of themes, including the relationship between God and nature, the personhood of God, atheism and the meaningfulness of human speech about God. Prerequisite: One philosophy course or consent of instructor. Three hours per week with enhancement.
  • PHIL 490-001 INDEPENDENT STUDY
    Tutorial course in a specific problem of philosophy, a particular philosopher or a particular period of philosophy. Open to junior and senior students, conditional on faculty member’s consent. May be repeated for credit with faculty approval. Up to three hours per week with enhancement.
  • THEA 490-001 SEMINAR IN THEATRE
    Intensive study of a slected topic in Theatre. May be taken twice under different subtitles. Prerequisite: Junior standing. Three hours per week with enhancement.

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Tuske, Joerg
Faculty, Philosophy
Philosophy House (PL) 205
410-677-5369 or ext 75369
jptuskesalisburyedu
[website]

Courses  []
  • PHIL 103-001 CRITICAL THINKING
    Develops abilities to reason effectively, analyze problems, identify issues, critically evaluate evidence, argue logically and reach and defend justifiable conclusions. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IIIA or IIIC (Prior to Fall 2008: IB).
  • PHIL 209-001 PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURE
    A reflection on the significance of culture and the difficulties posed when one seeks to translate other cultural perspectives into one’s own world view. Emphasis is on cultivating knowledge of particular cultures outside the American scene, as well as on the struggle within our own nation to form a culture in which intercultural relationships can flourish. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IIIA or IIIC (Prior to Fall 2008: IB).
  • PHIL 312-001 INTRO TO ASIAN PHILOSOPHY
    Examines some of the major philosophical ideas of Indian, Tebetan, Japanese and Chinese thought. Emphasis is on the following question: Is Asian thought really fundamentally different from Western thought? Discussion of how Asian philosophers have attempted to answer questions such as How do I know that I know something?, What is the nature of the self?, 'What is good? Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IIIA or IIIC (Prior to Fall 2008: IB).
  • PHIL 490-005 INDEPENDENT STUDY
    Tutorial course in a specific problem of philosophy, a particular philosopher or a particular period of philosophy. Open to junior and senior students, conditional on faculty member’s consent. May be repeated for credit with faculty approval. Up to three hours per week with enhancement.

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Warfield, Bradley
Faculty, Philosophy
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bswarfieldsalisburyedu

Courses  []

2009 Fall

  • PHIL 101-009 INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
    Invites students to philosophize, asking and creatively responding to basic questions about human existence which are usually left unasked, e.g., are we free, what is the self, what value should we live for? Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IIIA or IIIC (Prior to Fall 2008: IB).

2010 Spring

  • PHIL 101-003 INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
    Invites students to philosophize, asking and creatively responding to basic questions about human existence which are usually left unasked, e.g., are we free, what is the self, what value should we live for? Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IIIA or IIIC (Prior to Fall 2008: IB).
  • PHIL 101-154 INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
    Invites students to philosophize, asking and creatively responding to basic questions about human existence which are usually left unasked, e.g., are we free, what is the self, what value should we live for? Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IIIA or IIIC (Prior to Fall 2008: IB).

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