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Dallas WillardProfessor Emeritus of PhilosophyContact Information E-mail: dwillard@usc.edu Phone: (213) 740-5181 Office: MHP 113 LINKS Curriculum Vitae Personal Website |
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 Ph.D. Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1/1964
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B.A. Philosophy & Religion, Baylor University, 1/1957
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B.A. Psychology, Temple College, 1/1956
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Description of Research |
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Summary Statement of Research Interests |
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| Professor Willard studies metaphysics, contemporary European philosophy, ethics and the history of ethics. Special topics: The status of moral knowledge (absence thereof) in contemporary society. I am completing a book, THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MORAL KNOWLEDGE, and continuing to write on the Philosophy of Edmund Husserl | |
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| metaphysics, contemporary European philosophy, ethics, history of ethics | |
Research Specialties |
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| Systematic Metaphysics; Ontology of concepts, language, and thought; Phenomenology: History of Ethics (Plato-Sidgwick, and main figures in 20th Century Ethics); Philosophy of Religion (rationality of belief in God and basic religious practices) | |
Conferences and Other Presentations |
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Conference Presentations |
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""Cognitive Phenomenology"", Am. Phil. Assn. Pacific Division, Roundtable/Panel, San Francisco, Westin St. Francis, Invited, 2009-2010
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"The Critique of Naturalism in Husserl's "Crisis"", The California Phenomenology Circle, Lecture/Seminar, Cal/Poly San Luis Obispo, Invited, 04/04/2008-04/06/2008
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Willard, D. Concerning Phenomenology, trans. of Adolf Reinach's Ueber Phaenomenologie
a translation of Adolf Reinach's Ueber Phaenomenologie, (Munchen: Koesel-Verlag, 1951); first published in The Personalist, L, #2 (Spring 1969), pp. 194-221. Partly reprinted in R. N. Beck, ed., Perspectives in Philosophy, 2nd ed. (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1969), and reprinted whole in Aletheia: An International Journal of Philosophy, Vol. V. Again, thoroughly revised, in a volume of English language Re.
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Advisement |
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Other Advisement or Time Devoted to Students |
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I do a number of "honors theses" and 490s or "directed research" each year., 2009-2010
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Honors and Awards |
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Alpha Lambda Delta National Honor Society Initiation, 1991
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USC Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Recognition Award, Initiation, 1990
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USC or School/Dept Award for Teaching, USC Student Senate Award for Outstanding Faculty of the Year, 1984
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USC Associates Award For Excellence In Teaching, 1976
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USC or School/Dept Award for Teaching, Blue Key National Honor Fraternity Outstanding Faculty Member for outstanding contribution to student life at USC, 1976
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Service to the University |
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Administrative Appointments |
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Curriculum Committee School of Philosopy, 2010-2011
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Committees |
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Member, Faculty Rights and Responsibilities, 2010-2011
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Chair, Faculty Committee for the Levan Institute for Humanities and Ethics, 2009-2010
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Member, University Convocations Committee, 2009-2010
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Member, Commencement Marshals, 05/15/2010
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