Assistant Professor of Philosophy
M.A., Ph.D, University of Oklahoma
B.A., University of Texas

stephen.brown@briarcliff.edu

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Phone: (712) 279-1702

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Area of Specialization

Ethics

Areas of Competence

Applied ethics, business ethics, history of philosophy (ancient, early modern, American analytic), philosophy of biology, philosophy of science, logic, metaphysics

Education

University of Oklahoma

Ph.D. in Philosophy, December 19, 2003

Ph.D. candidate, Spring 2001

M.A. in Philosophy, Spring 1999

University of Texas - Austin

B.A. in Philosophy, Spring 1996 (Summa Cum Laude)

Dissertation

Naturalized Virtue Ethics, L. Zagzebski, director

Academic Work Experience

Briar Cliff University – Assistant Professor, Fall 2003 –

University of Oklahoma – Teaching Assistant, Fall 1997 – Spring 2003

Courses Taught

            Briar Cliff University

            Full Teaching Responsibilities

• Logical Thinking
• Ethics in Business and Society
• Philosophy in Film, Literature, and Art
• Philosophy of the Human Person
• History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
• History of Modern Philosophy
• Nietzsche (independent study course)

            University of Oklahoma

Full Teaching Responsibilities

• Introduction to Philosophy
• Creation and Evolution
• Introduction to Ethics

Teaching Assistant

• Philosophy Writing Workshop
• Introduction to Philosophy
• Philosophy and Literature
• Critical Reasoning
• Philosophy and Human Destiny

Awards and Honors

o        Kenneth R. Merrill Graduate Teaching Award, University of Oklahoma, 2002

o        Graduated with Highest Honors, University of Texas, 1996

Publications

Articles

o        “Naturalized Virtue Ethics and Same-Sex Love,” Philosophy in the Contemporary World, forthcoming

o        “Naturalized Virtue Ethics and the Epistemological Gap,” Journal of Moral Philosophy 1 (2004): 197-209

Book Reviews

o        “Hilary Putnam’s Ethics without Ontology,” Philosophical Investigations, forthcoming

o        “Peter Railton, Facts, Values, and Norms,” Journal of Moral Philosophy 2 (2005): 223-225.

Papers Presented

o        “Internet File-Sharing: Stealing!” Faculty Debate, Briar Cliff University, Sioux City, IA, Sept. 16, 2004

o        “Naturalized Virtue Ethics and Same-Sex Love,” 11^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC, July 20, 2004

o        “Naturalized Virtue Ethics and Same-Sex Love,” 28^th Annual Midsouth Philosophy Conference, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, Feb. 21, 2004

o        “Another Way of Naturalizing Virtue Ethics,” APA Central Division Meeting, Cleveland, OH, April 26, 2003

o        “The Scientific Argument from Religious Experience,” Joint Meeting of the Society for the Study of Psychology and Wesleyan Theology and the Wesleyan Philosophical Society, Lexington, KY, March 19, 2003

o        “Naturalized Virtue Ethics and the Epistemological Gap,” North Texas Philosophical Association, Spring Meeting, Austin College, Sherman, TX, Mar. 1, 2003

o        “Virtue Ethics Naturalized: Bridging the Epistemological Gap,” colloquium, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, Nov. 8, 2002

o        “Another Way of Naturalizing Virtue Ethics,” 54^th Annual Northwest Philosophy Conference, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR, Oct. 26, 2002

o        “Naturalized Virtue Ethics and the Fact/Value Gap,” University of Texas Graduate Conference: “Virtue Ethics: the Ongoing Project,” Austin, TX, April 12, 2002

Comments

o        Adrienne Martin, “A Case for Categorical Reasons,” APA Pacific Division Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 27, 2003

o        Clayton Northouse, “The Elements of Trust,” 54^th Annual Northwest Philosophy Conference, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR, Oct. 25, 2002

o        Roman Briggs, “A Brief Study of the Marxist Dialectic,” 7^th Annual OU Undergraduate Philosophy Conference, Norman, OK, April 6, 2002

University Service

Briar Cliff

o        Ad Hoc Committee on Distributed Learning, Chair

o        Maintain Departmental Website

o        Faculty Development Committee, Co-chair, 2004-5

o        Sexual Abuse Board, member, 2004-5

o        Faculty Dessert, Fall 2004

OU

o        Member, Conference Committee for the University of Oklahoma Undergraduate Colloquium, Spring 2000 and Spring 2001

o        Senator, Graduate Student Senate, Fall 1998 – Spring 1999

Professional Organizations

o        Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World, Summer 2004 –

o        Society for Ethics, Summer 2004 –

o        Association of Practical and Professional Ethics, Summer 2004 –

o        American Philosophical Association, Fall 2000 –