WILLIAM FERRAIOLO

"No man is free who is not master of himself."

Epictetus
Fragments, No. 35 

 
SUBJECT(S)
PHILOSOPHY

EARNED DEGREES

University of Oklahoma
Ph.D. (Philosophy) 1997
M.A. (Philosophy) 1994

Rutgers: The State University of New Jersey
B.A. (Philosophy - High Honors) 1991

PUBLICATIONS

          " Free Will, Determinism, and Stoic Counsel," Ars Disputandi (2006)

" Against Compatibilism:  Compulsion, Free Agency and Moral     Responsibility,"  Sorites (2005)

"Stoic Counsel for Interpersonal Relations," International Journal of Philosophical Practice (2004)

"Eternal Selves and The Problem of Evil," Quodlibet (2004)

"Intellectual Opacity in the Classroom," Prospero (2002)

"A Dilemma for Robust Alethic Relativism," Sorites (2002)

"Embodied Cognition and Correspondence Truth: A Reply to Lakoff and Johnson," Disputatio (2002)

"Metaphysical Realism," Dialogos (2001)

"Death: A Propitious Misfortune," Bridges: An Interdisciplinary Journal (2000)

"The Heaven Problem," Southwest Philosophy Review (1999)

"Antiabortionism and the Rape Proviso," Delta Views (1999)

"Black's "Twin-Globe" Counterexample," Southwest Philosophy Review (1996)

"Individualism and Descartes," Teorema (1996)

AWARDS / ACCREDITATION / CERTIFICATIONS

Alpha Gamma Sigma Outstanding Teacher Award (1998-1999, 2001-2002)

Outstanding Dissertation in the Humanities, OU (1996-1997)

Kenneth R. Merrill Award for Excellence in Teaching, OU (1996-1997)

DISSERTATION
Holistic Realism: A Marriage of Metaphysical Realism and Conceptual Relativity
- Director: Chris Swoyer

CONFERENCE PRESENTATION

" Small Fish, Small Pond:  A Community College Philosopher,"  University of Oklahoma FOCAS (Norman, 2006)

Against Compatibilism: Compulsion, Free Agency and Moral Responsibility,” Northwest Philosophy Conference (Portland, 2003)

"Embodied Cognition and Correspondence Truth: A Reply to Lakoff and Johnson," Mountain-Plains 
  Philosophy Conference (Colorado Springs, 2001)

"Death: A Propitious Misfortune," National Social Science Association (New Orleans, 2000)

"The Heaven Problem," Southwestern Philosophical Society (Houston, 1999)

"Intellectual Opacity in the Classroom," Central Valley Philosophical Association (Fresno, 1999)

"The Heaven Problem," Central States Philosophical Association (Iowa City, 1998)

"Black's "Twin-Globe" Counterexample," Southwestern Philosophical Society (Kansas City, 1996)

"Antiabortionism and the Rape Proviso," Central States Philosophical Association (Kansas City, 1996)

"Individualism and Descartes," National Graduate Student Conference (St. Louis, 1994)

COMMENTARIES

Comment on Jeffery Johnson’s “Deliberation, Choice, and the Emergence of Free Will,” Northwest Philosophy Conference (Portland, 2003)

Comment on David Shoemaker’s “Stem Souls,” Mountain-Plains Philosophy Conference
(
Las Vegas, 2002)

SUGGESTED LINKS TO PHILOSOPHY

Philosophy Pages

Guide to Philosophy on the Internet

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

CONTACTS

Location: Cunn 433
Phone Number: (209) 954-5375
Office Hours:
Email: bferraiolo@deltacollege.edu