| Stefanie Rocknak: Philosophy CV email: steffrocknak at yahoo.com see the pdf version click here to see Sculpture CV Education B.A. in American Studies and Art History with a concentration in Painting Current Position Previous Positions Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Instructor, Papers (forthcoming 2010) “Quine” Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy “Understanding Quine in terms of Aufbauian reductionism" Beyond Description: Normativity in Naturalised Philosophy, ed. M. Milkowski and
“The Vulgar Conception of Objects in 'Of Skepticism with regard to the Senses,'” Hume Studies 33 #1 (2007): 67-90. “Pam and Jim on the Make; The Epistemology of Self-Deception” The Office and Philosophy, The Blackwell Philosophy and Popular Culture Series (Blackwell: Malden, MA, 2008, pp. 66-77) “Reply to Georges' Dicker,” Proceedings of the 153rd Creighton Club Meeting, The Creighton Club: “Facing Death: The Desperate at its Most Beautiful.” Phenomenological Inquiry, A Review of Philosophical Ideas and Trends, Vol. 29 (2005; pp. 71-101) “Hume’s Reality: A Lesson in Causality.” Proceedings Metaphysics 2003, Second World Conference, “Husserl’s Phenomenologization of Hume; Reflections on Husserl’s Method of Epoché.” Philosophy Today (SPEP Supplement). Vol. 45, No. 5 (2002; pp. 28-36) Interviews (about art) In Review “Why Humean Representation is not Replication” Selected Papers/Responses Given "Reply to Monica Stival,” 36th Hume Society Conference, Dalhousie University,
“Exposing Masks as Masks: Bodies as Sculpture," Syracuse Centery for Psychotherapy, Syracuse, NY, May, 2009 Naturalistic, 'Pre-Theoretical' Belief in Book I of Hume's Treatise” Upstate New York Early Modern Workshop, Cornell University, Ithica, NY, October, 2008 Reply to Arthur Morton's “Hume's Realism: A Fragmented View,” 35th Hume Society Conference, Iceland, 2008 “Naturalistic, 'Pre-Theoretical' Belief in Book I of Hume's Treatise” Reply to Georges Dicker's "Hume on the Intermittent Existence of the Objects of the Senses," The Creighton Club: New York State Philosophical Association , November 3, Hobart and William Smith Colleges “Hume’s Instrumentalism” Faculty Lecture Series, May 4, 2007, “Constancy and Coherence in 1.4.2 of Hume’s Treatise; The Root of Indirect Causation,” New Philosophical Perspectives on Hume, Friday, February 16th, 2007, University of San Francisco “An Explanation of Constancy and Coherence in 1.4.2 of Hume’s Treatise,” NY/NJ Consortium in the History of Modern Philosophy, November 20th, “Understanding Quine in terms of Aufbauian reductionism," Kazimierz Naturalised Epistemology Workshop, September 4, 2006, Kazimierz, Poland Reply to Eric Schliesser's "Causation, Newton, and the Significance of the Humean Distinction between Natural and Philosophical Relations," Upstate New York Early Modern Workshop, May 7, 2006, Syracuse University Reply to Giancarlo Zanet's "Pragmatism, the a priori and Analyticity: Peirce, C.I. Lewis and Quine," History of Early Analytic Philosophy Society, APA, Central Meeting, 2006 “An Explanation of Constancy and Coherence in 1.4.2 of Hume’s Treatise,” Upstate New York Early Modern Workshop, December 4, 2005. Syracuse University "The Vulgar Conception of Objects in "Of Skepticism with regard to the Senses," 32nd Hume Society Conference, Toronto, Canada. July 19-23, 2005 "The Vulgar Conception of Objects in Hume's 'Of Skepticism with regard to the senses,'" Hamilton College, April 2005 “Understanding Quine in Terms of the Heavy Hand of Carnap,” History of Early Analytic Philosophy Society, APA, Central Meeting, 2005 Reply to Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen's “Significs and Early Analytic Philosophy,” History of Early Analytic Philosophy Society, APA, Central Meeting, 2005 “The Vulgar Quest for Uninterruptedness” The Third International Reid Symposium: Scottish Philosophy, July 2004, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen Scotland “Hume’s Reality: A Lesson in Causality.” Metaphysics 2003: Second World Conference, 2003, Rome, Italy “Facing Death: The Desperate at its Most Beautiful.” Hartwick College, 2003 “Facing Death: The Desperate at its Most Beautiful.” The 8th Annual Conference of the International Society for Phenomenology, Aesthetics and the Fine Arts: Beauty, Truth, Goodness: Aesthetics at the Crossroads. Harvard Divinity School, 2003 “Facing Death: The Desperate at its Most Beautiful.” The 31st Annual Conference on Value Inquiry: “The History of Value Inquiry.” University of North Dakota, 2003 “General Knowledge and the Generalization Problem.” Holy Cross, January, 2002 “Husserl’s Phenomenologization of Hume.” Presented at the Society for Phenomenological and Existential Philosophy (SPEP), Goucher College, October, 2001 “Quine’s Attack on the Dogma of Reductionism.” Hartwick College, March, 2001 “Quine’s Attack on the Dogma of Reductionism.” Connecticut College, 2000 Reply given to Ward Jone’s “Does Skepticism Follow From Naturalism?” 27th Annual Hume Conference, William and Mary, July, 2000 “Did Hume Believe in Objects?” Connecticut College, 1999 “Did Hume Believe in Objects?” Rochester Institute of Technology, 2000 “Did Hume Believe in Objects?” California State University, Bakersfield, 2000 “The Synthetic Relation in Hume.” IWM, Vienna, Austria, June, 1997 Selected Awards and Distinctions Wandersee Faculty Research Award (30% teaching load reduction for 2006-7 and 5K research/travel stipend), Nominated for Best Faculty Member of the Year Award by Hartwick Student Senate, 2005 Hartwick College Faculty Research Grant, 2005 RF. Johnson Travel Grant, Connecticut College, 1999-2001 DAAD Research Fellowship: University of Osnabrück, Germany; October 1998 - July 1999. Project: A close examination of Heidegger’s thought, providing the basis for an interpretation of the productive imagination in Kant’s First Critique. Directed by Heribert Boeder Research Fellowship: Institut für die Wissenschaft vom Menschen, Vienna, Austria; January - June 1997 Machette Prize, 1996. Awarded for best Boston University graduate paper in philosophy: "A Road Map of the Distinction between Mathematics and Philosophy in Kant’s First Critique" Machette Prize, 1995. Awarded for best Boston University graduate paper in philosophy: "Hume’s Method in Book I of the Treatise; a Preview to Quine" Phi Beta Kappa, Colby College, 1988 Chair of Session, Syracuse Philosophy Annual Workshop and Network (SPAWN), "Reason Explanation in Folk Psychology" by Joshua Knobe, reply by G.F. Schueler, 2007 Chair of Session, 34th Hume Society Meeting, "Hume and the Limits of Associationism" by Mark Collier, reply by Karann Durland, 2007 Chair of Session, Bertrand Russell Society, APA, Central Meeting, 2006 Chair of Session: "Infallibility of Reflective Beliefs About the Contents of One's Own Sensory Experiences.” by Tomoji Shogenji, Commentator: Gerald Vision. APA, Central Meeting, 2005 Chair of Session; “Thomas Reid's Non Naïve Direct Realism.” APA, Pacific Meeting, 2002 Referee, Hume Studies Committees and Memberships Academic Tenure and Promotion Committee: 2009-11 Tenure Process Task Force: 2009-present Search Committee: Vice President of Academic Affairs of Hartwick College, 2008-9 Co-Director, Cognitive Science Program, Hartwick College: 2005-2008 Associated Faculty Member: Women’s Studies Program; Hartwick College: 2001-present Associated Faculty Member: Cognitive Science Program; Hartwick College, 2002-present Academic Tenure and Promotion Committee; Spring term only, 2007 Women’s Studies Program: Programming Committee, Hartwick College: 2001-present Vision Committee (Hartwick's Future), Hartwick College: 2004-2005 Planning Committee, Hartwick College: 2001-2002 Gender Issues Committee, Hartwick College: 2002-present; Chair, 2003-present Interview Committee, Hartwick College: 2002-present Faculty Advisor, Phi Sigma Tau, Hartwick College: 2002-present Philosophy Club Advisor, Hartwick College: 2001-present Member, Hartwick College Honor Society (Faculty) Associated Faculty Member: Gender and Women’s Studies Department; Connecticut College: 1999-2001 Member, Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, 2001-2002 Member, European Society for Analytic Philosophy, 2002-present Member, American Philosophical Association, 1995-present Member, Hume Society, 1998-2000 Member, The History of Early Analytic Philosophy Society, 2003-present Vice President, The History of Early Analytic Philosophy Society, 2003-present Arranged for the following speakers to come to Hartwick:
Organizer, 2003-4 Phi Sigma Tau and Philosophy Club/Department Lecture Series: “Mortality, Consciousness and Knowledge: Diverse Perspectives” Courses Taught Student Research Advised (undergraduate)
“Justice: Strong v. Weak,” Classics, An Undergraduate Journal in Philosophy, Vol. 1, #1, 2002, ed. S. Rocknak (Stephanie Sonner, Hartwick ’06) “Which Life to Live?” Classics, An Undergraduate Journal in Philosophy, Vol. 1, #1, 2002, ed. S. Rocknak (Stephanie Sprout, Hartwick ’06) “Socrates’ Definition of the Soul: Implications for the City,” Classics, An Undergraduate Journal in Philosophy, Vol. 1, #1, 2002, ed. S. Rocknak (James Glenn, Hartwick ’05) “Plato’s City as Metaphor,” Classics, An Undergraduate Journal in Philosophy, Vol. 1, #1, 2002, ed. S. Rocknak (Jayne Donovan) “The Significance of Plato’s City,” Classics, An Undergraduate Journal in Philosophy, Vol. 1, #1, 2002, ed. S. Rocknak (Melissa Swaby, Hartwick ’06) “The Myth of Metals,” Classics, An Undergraduate Journal in Philosophy, Vol. 1, #2, 2003, ed. S. Rocknak (Jessica Rosenberger, Hartwick ’06) “Equal Opportunity in the Just City v. Equal Opportunity in Today’s Society,” Classics, An Undergraduate Journal in Philosophy, Vol. 1, #2, 2003, ed. S. Rocknak (Sarah Noll) “Justice as a Whole,” Classics, An Undergraduate Journal in Philosophy, Vol. 1, #2, 2003, ed. S. Rocknak (Lindsay Yorns, Hartwick ’06) “Scholar or Veteran: The Search for the Strongest Judge,” Classics, An Undergraduate Journal in Philosophy, Vol. 2, #1, 2004, ed. S. Rocknak (Peggy Mansperger, Hartwick ’07) “Class Structure: The Imperfection in an Ideal City,” Classics, An Undergraduate Journal in Philosophy, Vol. 2, #1, 2004, ed. S. Rocknak (Sam Hagen, Hartwick ’07) “On Justice,” Classics, An Undergraduate Journal in Philosophy, Vol. 2, #1, 2004, ed. S. Rocknak (Evelyn Ortiz) “Too much or Too Little: Moderation in Plato’s Republic,” Classics, An Undergraduate Journal in Philosophy, Vol. 2, #1, 2004, ed. S. Rocknak (Kelly Spoer, Hartwick ’04) “Thrasymachus’ Terms of Justice: Definition, character and Self,” Classics, An Undergraduate Journal in Philosophy, Vol. 2, #1, 2004, ed. S. Rocknak (Emily Squires, Hartwick ’07) Internal Presentations/Commentaries “Is Consciousness Necessary for Learning?” First Annual Political Science / Philosophy Mini Conference, Hartwick College, 2005 (Jessica Valuzzi, Hartwick ‘07). Reply to “Is Consciousness Necessary for Learning?” (Chad Toland, Hartwick ‘07) “What if God Doesn’t Make House Calls?” Second Annual Political Science / Philosophy Mini Conference, Hartwick College, 2006 (Anna Musser, Hartwick ’07) Reply to “What if God Doesn’t Make House Calls?” (Pete Res, Hartwick ’08) “Who Should Be Forgiven: The Prisoner’s Voice in the Brothers Karamazov” Second Annual Political Science / Philosophy Mini Conference, Hartwick College, 2006 (Jesse McCullagh, Hartwick, ’09) Reply to “Who Should Be Forgiven: The Prisoner’s Voice in the Brothers Karamazov” (Lisa Sampson, Hartwick, ’09) “Love as an Artifactual Kind.” Fourth Annual Political Science / Philosophy Mini Conference, part of the 1st Annual Scholarship Showcase, Hartwick College, 2008 (Josh Simmonds, Hartwick ’08) Reply to “Love as an Artifactual Kind” by Aaron Roberts (Hartwick, ’09) Reply to “What We Share Beneath the Veil: Reflections on Territory, Strangeness and Tolerance.” Nick Forst (Hartwick, ’09) “Kantian Influence on John Hick’s Religious Pluralism.” Fifth Annual Political Science / Philosophy Mini Conference, part of the 2nd Annual Scholarship Showcase, Hartwick College, 2009 (Lisa Sampson, Hartwick ’09) Reply to “Kantian Influence on John Hick’s Religious Pluralism,” Sara Jane Salloum (Hartwick ’09) “An Exploration of The Unreality of Time." Fifth Annual Political Science / Philosophy Mini Conference, part of the 2nd Annual Scholarship Showcase, Hartwick College, 2009 (Nick Forst, Hartwick ’09) Reply to “An Exploration of The Unreality of Time," Jesse McCullagh (Hartwick ’09) “Wittgenstein, Knowledge and the Gettier Paradoxes.” Sixth Annual Political Science / Philosophy Mini Conference, part of the 3rd Annual Scholarship Showcase, Hartwick College, 2010 (Alan Barton ’12) Reply to “Wittgenstein, Knowledge and the Gettier Paradoxes.” (Andrew Parisi, Hartwick ‘11) “The Art of Heavy Metal” Sixth Annual Political Science / Philosophy Mini Conference, part of the 3rd Annual Scholarship Showcase, Hartwick College, 2010 (Sam Morse ’11) Reply to “The Art of Heavy Metal,” Jessica Woodmansee (Hartwick, ‘13) Internal Awards Freedman Prize Winner, Cognitive Science. “An Empirical Investigation of the Minds of Animals,” Spring, 2009 (Mike Prichard, Hartwick ’09). Judges: Jean-Paul Orgeron, Laurel Elder and Erin LaRochelle Zuck (Hartwick '05)
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