Kaveh Kamooneh
904 21st Ave. South
Department of Philosophy
Minneapolis, MN 55404
University of Minnesota
(612) 624-6418
831 Heller Hall
email: kaveh@umn.edu
271 19th Ave. South
Website: www.tc.umn.edu/~kaveh
Minneapolis, MN 55455
(612) 624-7573
Education
1999 Ph.D. in Philosophy,
Columbia University.
Dissertation title: Hume's Beliefs
Committee: David Sidorsky (chair), Bernard Berofsky, Thomas Pogge,
Wayne Proudfoot, and Jeremy Waldron.
1987 B. A. (Magna Cum Laude)
in Philosophy, California State University at Northridge.
Areas of Specialization
Modern Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy (especially Hume,
Kant and Rawls), Ethics.
Areas of Competence
Logic, Business Ethics, Philosophy of Love.
Academic Positions
August 2002- President's
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Philosophy
present
University of Minnesota.
August 1999 - Visiting
Instructor, Department of Philosophy
August 2002
Georgia State University.
September 1995 - Adjunct Instructor, Department
of Philosophy
May 1999
Georgia State University.
January 1996 - Adjunct
Instructor, Department of Philosophy and Religion
May 1999
Morehouse College.
August 1993 - Adjunct
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy
May 1995
Nassau Community College.
August 1991 - Adjunct
Lecturer, Department of Philosophy
July 1993
Nassau Community College.
November 1991 - Adjunct Lecturer, IDEAL
Program (ethical training for working professionals)
June 1992
University of Bridgeport.
Research
Published Papers:
"Hume's Beliefs," British Journal for the
History of Philosophy, 11(1), 2003.
"Hume, a Supernaturalist and a Phenomenalist?" Philosophical
Inquiry, XXIV 2, 2002.
"Rawls and His Communitarian Critics," Nassau
Review 6, 1993
"Justice as Fairness or as Equality?," Journal
of Value Inquiry 21, 1987.
Papers in Progress:
“Romantic Love and Exclusivity,” currently under
review at Journal of Applied Philosophy.
“Normativity, Reflexivity and General Rules in Hume,”
in progress.
Paper Presentations:
"Normativity, Reflexivity and General Rules in Hume"
November 2002 Philosophy
Department colloquium, University of Minnesota.
"Empiricism and Justification"
February 1998
Philosophy Department colloquium, Morehouse College.
"Hume's Beliefs"
November 1997
Georgia Philosophical Society, Emory University.
February 1997
Mid-South Philosophy Conference, The University of Memphis.
"Hume on the Justification of Belief"
May 1996 Philosophy Department
colloquium, Georgia State University.
"Romantic Love and Exclusivity"
February 1996
Mid-South Philosophy Conference, The University of Memphis.
Commentary:
"A Game of Risk: Feminism and Defining Criminal
Wrongdoing" Stephan Mathis.
February 1997
Mid-South Philosophy Conference, The University of Memphis.
Languages:
Fluency in Persian, reading proficiency in French
and German.
Teaching
Courses taught:
Graduate Seminar on Hume's Political theory
(to be taught in Spring 2003)
Ethical Theory (6 times)
Symbolic Logic (7, twice through soundness
and completeness)
History of Modern Philosophy (6)
History of Ancient Philosophy (2)
Business Ethics (4)
Philosophy of Religion (1)
Introductory Philosophy (numerous)
Critical Thinking (numerous).
Teaching load:
twelve courses per year from August 1999 to August
2002
at least eight courses per year from August
1995 to August 1999.
Awards and Honors
August 1998 - Dissertation Fellowship
February 1999 Department of Philosophy, Columbia
University.
June 1995 - Participant in NEH
Seminar, “Causation, Explanation, and Empiricism”
July 1995
University of Virginia.
June 1993 Liberty &
Society Seminar
Institute for
Humane Studies, George Mason University.
August1993 - Claude R. Lambe Fellowship
May 1994 Institute
for Humane Studies, George Mason University.
October 1993 Jonathan Lieberson Memorial
Prize
Columbia University.
August1986 Golden Key National Honors Society.
August 1987 Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science
Honors Society.
Service
Professional Service:
Referee for American Philosophical Quarterly
Logic textbooks for Simon & Schuster.
Volunteer Service:
Worker, Habitat for Humanity, Atlanta.
Tutor, East Harlem Tutorial Program, New York.
Citizen Pruner, New York City Street Tree Consortium,
Department of Parks and Recreation, New York City.
Case Worker, Committee for the Humanitarian Assistance
to Iranian Refugees (CHAIR), New York.
References
Dr. David Sidorsky, Professor
Dr. Bernard Berofsky, Professor
Department of Philosophy
Department of Philosophy
Columbia University
Columbia University
New York, NY 10025
New York,
NY 10025
(212) 854-3196
(212) 854-3196
Dr. George Rainbolt, Chair
Dr. Thomas Pogge, Associate Professor
Department of Philosophy
Department of Philosophy
Georgia State University
Columbia University
Atlanta, GA 30302
New York, NY 10025
(404) 651-2277
(212) 854-3196
Dr. Douglas Lewis, Chair
Department of Philosophy
University of Minnesota
831 Heller Hall
271 19th Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
(612) 624-7573
October 2002