Publications and papers presented

Book

Epicurus on Freedom, Cambridge University Press, 2005. [View abstract.]

Journal Articles

"Socrates' Therapeutic Use of Inconsistency in the Axiochus," Phronesis, vol. 51 no. 4 (2006), 388-407. [View abstract.] [Read draft of paper]

"Aristotle's 'Cosmic Nose' Argument for the Uniqueness of the World," (co-authored with Harald Thorsrud) Apeiron, vol. 36 no. 4 (2003) 351-366. [View abstract.]

"Lucretius on the Cycle of Life and the Fear of Death," Apeiron, vol. 36 no. 1 (2003), 43-65. [View abstract.]

"The Cyrenaics on Pleasure, Happiness, and Future-Concern," Phronesis, vol. 47 no. 4 (2002), 395-416. [View abstract.]

"The Reductionist and Compatibilist Argument of Epicurus' On Nature Book 25," Phronesis, vol. 47 no. 2 (2002), 153-186. [View abstract.]

"Is Epicurean Friendship Altruistic?" Apeiron, vol. 34 no. 4 (2001), 269-305. [View abstract.]

"Would a Community of Wise Epicureans Be Just?" Ancient Philosophy, vol. 21 no. 1 (2001), 133-146. [View abstract.]

"The Ontological Status Of Sensible Qualities for Democritus and Epicurus" Ancient Philosophy, vol. 17 no. 1 (1997), 119-134. [View abstract.]

"Does Epicurus Need the Swerve as an Archê of Collisions?" Phronesis, vol. 41 no. 3 (1996), 305-317. [View abstract.]

Review Essays

Review of Facing death: Epicurus and his critics, by James Warren, Oxford University Press. Ancient Philosophy vol. 26 no. 2 (2006), 430-435.

Review of Lucretius on Atomic Motion. A Commentary on De Rerum Natura Book Two lines 1-332, by Don Fowler, Oxford University Press. Ancient Philosophy, vol. 23 no. 2 (2003), 461-468.

Review of Epicurus and Democritean Ethics: An Archaeology of Ataraxia, by James Warren, Cambridge University Press. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, May 2003. (3300 words)

Encyclopedia Entries

"Anaxarchus," The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, January 2006.

"Epicurus," Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers, ed. by Thomas Hockey, Kluwer Academic Publishers. Forthcoming.

"Lucretius," Meet the Philosophers of Ancient Greece, ed. by Patricia O'Grady, Ashgate, 2005.

"Samos," (co-authored with Patricia O'Grady), Meet the Philosophers of Ancient Greece, ed. by Patricia O'Grady, Ashgate, 2005.

"Cyrenaics," The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, August 2000.

"Aristippus," The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, August 2000.

"Epicurus," The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, April 2000.

Papers Presented

"From the lazy argument to the problem of free will and determinism in Cicero's De Fato"
Eastern Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association (APA), Washington D.C., December 2006

"Clitophon's Unanswered Charges Against Socrates"
New Mexico State University, October 2005
[View abstract.]

"The Philosophy of Anaxarchus"
28th Annual Workshop in Ancient Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin, April 2004.
[View abstract.]

"Socrates' Therapeutic Use of Inconsistency in the Axiochus"
Twelfth Annual Minnesota Conference on Ancient Philosophy, College of St. Catherine, May 2004
27th Annual Workshop in Ancient Philosophy, Texas Christian University, April 2004.
[View abstract.] [Read draft of paper]

"Aristotle's 'Cosmic Nose' Argument for the Uniqueness of the World," (co-authored with Harald Thorsrud)
Eleventh Annual Minnesota Conference on Ancient Philosophy, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, April 2003.
26th Annual Workshop in Ancient Philosophy, Texas A&M University, March 2003.
[View abstract.]

"Lucretius on the Cycle of Life and the Fear of Death"
APA Central Division Meeting, April 2002.
Minnesota Philosophical Society meeting, College of St. Benedict, September 2001
[View abstract.]

"The Cyrenaics on Pleasure, Happiness, and Future-Concern"
APA Central Division Meeting, May 2001.
24th Annual Workshop in Ancient Philosophy, Florida State University, Tallahassee, April 2001
[View abstract.]

"Why There Are No Fresh Starts in Metaphysics Epsilon or Nicomachean Ethics III 5"
APA Central Division Meeting, April 2000.
23rd Annual Workshop in Ancient Philosophy, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, March 2000.
[View abstract.]

"Is Epicurean Friendship Altruistic?"
St. Cloud State University, February 2000.
22nd Annual Workshop in Ancient Philosophy, Trinity University, San Antonio, April 1999.
[View abstract.]

"Death and Harm in Aristotle and Epicurus"
University of Minnesota-Duluth, December 1999.

"Will There Be Justice in the Ideal Epicurean Community?"
APA Central Division Meeting, May 1999.
Minnesota Philosophical Society, October 1998.
[View abstract.]

"Does Epicurus Need the Swerve as an Archê of Collisions?"
APA Eastern Division Meeting, December 1996.
[View abstract.]

"The Ontological Status Of Sensible Qualities for Democritus and Epicurus"
APA Central Division Meeting, April 1996.
[View abstract.]

"Epicurean Reductionism"
19th Annual Workshop in Ancient Philosophy, Texas A&M University, March 1996.

Commentaries

Author meets critics session, Epicurus on Freedom
APA Pacific Division meeting, April 2007 (critics: Todd Ganson and Monte Johnson)

Matthew Evans's "Mental Causes in Plato's Phaedo,"
29th Annual Workshop in Ancient Philosophy, Emory University, April 2006

Julia Annas's "Précis of Platonic Ethics, Old and New"
Eleventh Annual Minnesota Conference on Ancient Philosophy, April 2003

Sylvia Berryman's "Ancient Automata and Mechanical Explanation"
25th Annual Workshop in Ancient Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin, March 2002.

John Armstrong's "Epicurean Justice"
20th Annual Workshop on Ancient Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin, April 1997.

Philip Mitsis's "The Stoics' Conception of Rights"
18th Annual Workshop in Ancient Philosophy, University of Colorado at Boulder, April 1995.

David Bradshaw's "Aristotle's Theory of Perception"
17th Annual Workshop in Ancient Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin, March 1994.

Specializations and Education Publications and Papers Presented
Teaching Service and Miscellaneous

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