Joseph Ulatowski

Ph.D. Student

oohlah@msn.com

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Department of Philosophy
University of Utah
260 S. Central Campus Drive
Orson Spencer Hall, Room 341
Salt Lake City, UT 84112

phone: (801) 585-5514
 

Philosophical Interests:

Metaphysics & Epistemology; Philosophy of Science; Early Analytic Philosophy from Bolzano to Quine; Rationality

Other Interests:

Subterranean public transportation (i.e., the T, Metro); Spelunking; Hiking; Golf; Cajun food; Zydeco music (Laissez les bon temps rouler); Acadiana history

Recent Publications:

w/ Tiffany S. Ulatowski, "Review of J. Kevin Thompson and Linda Smolak (eds.), Body Image, Eating Disorders, and Obesity in Youth (Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, 2001)" in Meta-Psychology Online Book Reviews (2004).

"Review of A.C. Grayling, Life, Sex, and Ideas: The Good Life Without God (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003)" in Meta-Psychology Online Book Reviews (2004).

Works in Progress:

New Wave Practical Rationalism: A Response to Millgram's Practical Empiricism

Incontinence Can Do No Harm

MacFarlane's Relative Truth and Buridan's Bridge

Pedagogy of Charity: Using Davidson's Principle of Charity in the Classroom

Polyvalent Practical Reasoning (to be presented at Logic, Ontology, Aesthetics: The Golden Age of Polish Philosophy in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; September 23-26, 2004)

The A Priori Postulates of Natural Science (to be presented at ICSA VI Congress on Science and Religion in Malibu, CA; July 30 - August 1, 2004)

Nonsense is Plural: On the Neo-Wittgensteinian Misconception of Nonsense (to be presented at the 2004 Western Humanities Alliance Meeting in Santa Cruz, CA; October 21-23, 2004)

Teaching Portfolio: <<more information coming soon>>