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Dr. Jerry Kapus, Associate Professor
418B Harvey Hall
715.232.1467
kapusj@uwstout.edu
Fax: 715.232.2093

Education and Publications

Education

Ph.D. 1992 University of Illinois at Chicago
M.A. 1985 University of Illinois at Chicago
B.A. 1979 Northwestern University

 

Publications

“Realism Absence Truth,” forthcoming in Proceedings of Metaphysics 2003 World Conference, Rome: Assumption Institute for Advance Studies.

“Truth and Explanation,” 2003 Meeting of the Wisconsin Philosophical Association, 2 April 2003. 22 May 2003 http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/carlin/Meeting2003.html.

"An Asynchronous Course in Critical Thinking," Syllabus vol. 13 no. 8: 36-41, 2000.

“Mind and Brain,” book review, American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Teaching Philosophy vol. 99 no. 1: 123-125, 1999.

"Thinking Critically about an Asynchronous Course in Critical Thinking,” Syllabus99 Proceedings, http://www.syllabus.com/syll99_proceedings/THINKING.HTM, September 1999.

"The Deflationary View of Truth," Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research vol. 12 no. 2: 81- 104, 1995.

"The Liar and the Prosentential Theory of Truth," Logique Et Analyse vol 34: 283-291, 1991.

Presentations 

“The Truth in Realism,” Society for Realist-Antirealist Discussion, Chicago, April 2005.

“Habits of Mind, Symbolic Patterns and Critical Thinking,” International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Bloomington, IN October 2004.

          “Critical Thinking Online,” 2004 Distance Learning Conference, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI August 2004.

“Feminism and Male Instructors,” organizer and panelist of panel discussion presented at Women’s Sphere: Reconfigured Traditions, UW-System Women’s Studies Conference, UW-Stout, Menomonie, WI, October 2003.

“Truth, Deflationism, and Success,” 21st World Congress of Philosophy, International Federation of Philosophical Societies, Istanbul, Turkey, August 2003.

“Realism Absence Truth,” Metaphysics 2003 World Conference, Assumption Institute for Advanced Study, Rome, Italy, July 2003.

“Truth and Explanation,” 2003 Wisconsin Philosophical Association Meeting, Wisconsin Philosophical Association, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI, April 2003.

“MultiMedia Enhanced Teaching,” 14th Biennial International Workshop-Conference on Teaching Philosophy, American Association of Philosophy Teachers, St. Thomas Moore College, Covington, OH, August 2002.

“Teaching Ethics Through a Center for Ethics,” (with Dr. Tim Shiell), 14th Biennial International Workshop-Conference on Teaching Philosophy, American Association of Philosophy Teachers, St. Thomas Moore College, Covington, OH, August 2002.

“Multimedia Enhanced Teaching,” Classrooms of the Future Conference, Hamline University, St. Paul., MN, May 2002.

“Issues in Teaching Logic Online,” Computers and Philosophy Conference, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, January 2001.

"The Logic of Teaching Logic Online," 13th Biennial International Workshop-Conference on Teaching Philosophy, American Association of Philosophy Teachers, Milwaukee, WI, August 2000.

“Thinking Critically about an Asynchronous Course in Critical Thinking,” Syllabus99 Conference, San Jose, CA, July 1999.

“Teaching Applied Ethics as Service Learning,” American Philosophical Association Central Division Meeting, Chicago, May 1998.

"The Philosophy of Religion: Teaching an Oxymoron?" American Philosophical Association Central Division Meeting, Chicago, April 1996.

"On Belief Ascriptions and Belief Contents," comment presented at American Philosophical Association Central Division Meeting, Chicago, April 1995.

"Fuzzy Logic," comment presented at American Philosophical Association Central Division Meeting, Chicago, April 1995.

"The Evidence Against Realism," NEH Summer Seminar for College Teachers, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, July 1994.

"Truth," Kenyon College Philosophy Colloquium, Gambier, OH, January 1994.

"Deflationary Realism," Society for Realist/Antirealist Discussion, New York, December 1993.

"Truth and Success," American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meeting, Washington D.C., December 1992.

"The Liar and Universality," comment presented at American Philosophical Association Central Division Meeting, Chicago, April 1989.

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