Spring, 2025
Phil 1204: Knowledge & Reality (Large Lecture)
Phil 4014/5204: Wittgenstein
Fall, 2024
Phil 2115: Ancient Greek Philosophy
Phil 4214: Metaphysics (Russell, Sartre & Thomas Nagel)
Spring, 2024
Phil 1204: Knowledge & Reality (Large Lecture)
Phil 4014/5204: Origins of Analytic Philosophy (Frege, Moore & Russell)
Fall, 2023
Research Assignment
Spring, 2023
Phil 1204: Knowledge & Reality (Large Lecture)
Phil 4014/5204: Wittgenstein
Fall, 2022
Phil 2115: Ancient Greek Philosophy
Phil 3024: Philosophical Movements: Philosophy and Literature
Spring, 2022
Phil 1204: Knowledge & Reality
Phil 5204: History of Philosophy: Aristotle's Ethics & Contemporary Virtue Theory
Fall, 2021
Phil 2115: Ancient Greek Philosophy
Phil 4214/5214G: Metaphysics (Russell, Sartre & Thomas Nagel)
Spring, 2021
Phil 1204: Knowledge & Reality (Large Lecture) (On-line Synchronous)
Phil 4014/6014: Wittgenstein (Hybrid)
Fall, 2020
Phil 2115: Ancient Greek Philosophy (On-line Synchronous)
Phil 3334/6014: Ethical Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence (On-line Synchronous)
Spring, 2020
Phil 1204: Knowledge & Reality (Large Lecture)
Phil 3334: Ethical Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence
Fall, 2019
Phil 2115: Ancient Greek Philosophy
Phil 5344: History of Ethics: Aristotle & Contemporary Virtue Theory
Spring, 2019
Phil 1204: Knowledge & Reality (Large Lecture)
Phil 4014/6014: Wittgenstein
Fall, 2018
Phil 2984: Special Study: Ethical Perspectives on Intelligent Infrastructure
Spring, 2018
Phil 1204: Knowledge & Reality (Large Lecture)
Phil 3314: Ethical Theory (focus on Autonomous Vehicles)
Fall, 2017
Phil 3314: Ethical Theory (focus on Autonomous Vehicles)
Phil 4015/6014: Origins of Analytic Philosophy (Frege, Moore & Russell)
Spring, 2017
Phil 3024: Philosophical Movements: Philosophy and Literature
Phil 4016/6014: Wittgenstein
Fall, 2016
Research assignment
Spring, 2016
Phil 1204: Knowledge & Reality (Large Lecture)
Phil 5344: History of Ethics: Aristotle & Contemporary Virtue Theory
Fall, 2015
Phil 1204: Knowledge & Reality (Large Lecture)
Phil 2115: Ancient Greek Philosophy
Spring, 2015
Phil 1204: Knowledge & Reality (Large Lecture)
Phil 4016/6014: Wittgenstein
Fall, 2014
Phil 2115: Ancient Greek Philosophy
Phil 3024: Philosophical Movements: Philosophy and Literature
Spring, 2014
Phil 1204: Knowledge & Reality (Large Lecture)
Phil 4214/5214G: Metaphysics (Russell, Sartre & Rorty)
Fall, 2013
No classes (first semester after being Department chair)
Spring, 2013
Phil 4016/6014: Wittgenstein
Fall, 2012
Phil 2115: Ancient Greek Philosophy
Spring, 2012
ASPT 6004: Plato's Republic (team-taught with Luke Plotica and Amy Shuster)
Fall, 2011
Phil 2115: Ancient Greek Philosophy
Spring, 2011
Phil 4016/6014: Wittgenstein
Fall, 2010
Phil 2115: Ancient Greek Philosophy
Spring, 2010
ASPT 6004: Bioethics, Biopolitics, Biohistory (team-taught with Mark Barrow and Chad Levin)
Fall, 2009
Phil 2115: Ancient Greek Philosophy
Spring, 2009
Phil 4016/6014: Wittgenstein
Fall, 2008
Phil 2115: Ancient Greek Philosophy
Spring, 2008
Phil 1204: Knowledge & Reality (Large Lecture)
Phil 6014: Origins of Analytic Philosophy (Frege, Moore & Russell)
Fall, 2007
No classes (First semester as Department Chair)
Spring, 2007
Research-Assignment (to finish a book on Wittgenstein)
Organizer: Virginia Tech Philosophy Department Spring Conference, 2007
“Regional Working Conference on Wittgenstein”
April 12–15, 2007.
Fall, 2006
Phil 4015/6014: Wittgenstein
Summer, 2006
Phil 1204: Knowledge & Reality (2 sections)
Spring, 2006
Phil 1204: Knowledge & Reality (LL)
Humanities 1114: The Classical Age
Fall, 2005
Phil 4015/6014: Origins of Analytic Philosophy (Frege, Moore, Ayer & Hare)
Phil/PoliSci 3015: Political Theory: Socrates to Machiavelli
Summer, 2005
Phil 1204: Knowledge & Reality (2 sections)
Spring, 2005
Phil 4214: Metaphysics (Russell, Sartre & Bernard Williams)
Humanities 1114: The Classical Age
Fall, 2004
Phil 3024: Philosophical Movements: Philosophy and Literature
Phil 4015/6014: Wittgenstein
Summer, 2004
Phil 1204: Knowledge & Reality (2 sections)
Spring, 2004 (I taught at VT's European Studies Center at Riva San Vitale, Switzerland)
Phil 3024: Philosophical Movements: Machiavellian Political Philosophy
Phil 2984: Philosophical Themes in Central European Literature
Fall, 2003
Phil/PoliSci 3015: Political Theory: Socrates to Machiavelli
Phil. 4334: Jurisprudence
Summer, 2003
Phil 1204: Knowledge & Reality (2 sections)
Spring, 2003
Phil 1204: Knowledge & Reality (LL)
Phil 4214: Metaphysics (Russell, Sartre & Thomas Nagel)
Fall, 2002
Phil 4015/6014: Wittgenstein
Phil/PoliSci 3015: Political Theory: Socrates to Machiavelli
Summer, 2002
Phil 1204: Knowledge & Reality (2 sections)
Spring, 2002
Phil 6204: Aristotle's “Nicomachean Ethics”
Phil 1204: Knowledge & Reality (LL)
Fall, 2001
Phil 3454: Philosophy of Religion
Phil 6324: Advanced Topics in Social & Political Philosophy: Contractarianism
Summer, 2001
Phil 1304: Morality & Justice
Humanities 1114: The Classical Age
Spring, 2001
Phil 1204: Knowledge & Reality (LL)
Phil 3024: Philosophical Movements: Philosophy & African-American Thought
Fall, 2000
Phil 4214: Metaphysics (Russell, Sartre & Michael Jubien)
Phil 4015/6014: Wittgenstein
Summer, 2000
Phil 1304: Morality & Justice
Spring, 2000
Phil 1204: Knowledge & Reality (LL)
Phil 3454: Philosophy of Religion
Fall, 1999
Phil/PoliSci 3015: Political Theory: Socrates to Machiavelli
Phil 4015/6014: Philosophy of Language
Spring, 1999
Phil 1204: Knowledge & Reality (LL)
Phil/PoliSci 3015: Political Theory: Socrates to Machiavelli
UnivHonors 3004: The Meaning of Life
Organizer: Virginia Tech Philosophy Department Spring Conference, 1999
“Wittgenstein: Biography and Philosophy”
March 25–28, 1999
Fall, 1998
Phil. 3454: Philosophy of Religion
Phil 4015/6014: Wittgenstein
Summer, 1998
Phil 1304: Morality & Justice
Spring, 1998
Phil. 1304: Morality & Justice (LL)
Phil. 4015/6014: Origins of Analytic Philosophy (Frege, Moore & Russell)
Fall, 1997
Phil. 4214: Metaphysics (Russell, Sartre & Thomas Nagel)
Phil. 3314: Ethical Theory
Summer, 1997
Phil 1204: Knowledge & Reality (2 sections)
Spring, 1997
Phil. 3314: Ethical Theory
UnivHonors 3004: The Meaning of Life
Fall, 1996
Phil 4214: Metaphysics (Russell, Sartre & Robert Nozick)
Phil 4015/6014: Wittgenstein
Summer, 1996
Phil 1204: Knowledge & Reality
Spring, 1996:
Phil 4214: Metaphysics (Russell, Sartre & Richard Rorty)
Humanities 1114: The Classical Age
Fall, 1995
Phil 3314: Ethical Theory
Phil 4015/6014: Origins of Analytic Philosophy (Frege, Moore & Russell)
Summer, 1995
Phil 1204: Knowledge & Reality (2 sections)
Spring, 1995
Phil/PoliSci 3015: Political Theory: Socrates to Machiavelli (2 sections)
Fall, 1994
Phil 1304: Morality & Justice (LL)
Phil 4214: Metaphysics (Russell, Sartre & Thomas Nagel)
Summer, 1994
Phil 1304: Morality & Justice
Spring, 1994
Phil 1304: Morality & Justice (Large Lecture)
Fall, 1993
Phil 4214: Metaphysics (Russell, Sartre & John Post)
Phil 5334: Ethics: Rights, Utilitarianism, Contractarianism
Summer, 1993
Phil 1204: Knowledge & Reality
Phil 1304: Morality & Justice
Spring, 1993
Humanities 1114: The Classical Age (2 sections)
UnivHonors 3004: The Meaning of Life
Fall, 1992
Phil 5334: Ethics: Caring & Contract
Phil 4015: Wittgenstein
Summer, 1992
Phil 1204: Knowledge & Reality (2 sections)
Spring, 1992
Phil H1304: Morality & Justice (Honors section)
Phil/Management 4324: Business & Professional Ethics (team-taught with Jon M. Shepard)
Fall, 1991
Phil 3314: Ethical Theory
Humanities 1114: The Classical Age
Summer, 1991
Phil 1504: Language & Logic
Humanities 1114: The Classical Age
Spring, 1991
Phil 1304: Morality & Justice
UnivHonors 3004: Love
Fall, 1990
Phil 3314: Ethical Theory
Humanities 1114: The Classical Age
Summer, 1990
Phil 1304: Morality & Justice (2 sections)
Spring, 1990
Phil 1304: Morality & Justice (2 sections)
Fall, 1989
Phil/PoliSci 3015: Political Theory: Socrates to Hobbes
Phil 5204: Marx
Summer, 1989
Phil 1504: Language & Logic
Spring, 1989
Phil 1304: Morality & Justice (2 sections)
Fall, 1988
Phil 1204: Knowledge & Reality
Phil 3314: Ethical Theory
Summer, 1988
Phil 1200: Search for Reality (Quarter system) (2 sections)
Spring, 1988
Phil 4230: Philosophy of Mind (Q)
Humanities 1110: The Classical Age (Q)
Co-Organizer: Virginia Tech Philosophy Department Spring Conference, 1988
“Methodological Approaches to Plato and His Dialogues”
April 21–24, 1988
Winter, 1988
Phil 2112: Aristotle & Hellenistic Philosophy (Q)
Hum 1110: The Classical Age (team-taught with Nicholas D. Smith) (Q)
Fall, 1987
Phil 1400: Morality & Justice (Q) (2 sections)
Spring, 1987
Phil 1400: Morality & Justice (Q)
UnivHonors 3000: Virtues & Vices (team-taught with Eleonore Stump) (Q)
Winter, 1987
Phil 3310: Ethical Theory (Q)
Phil 2112: Aristotle & Hellenistic Philosophy (Q)
Fall, 1986
Phil 1400: Morality & Justice (Q)
Phil/PoliSci 2741: Political Theory: Socrates to Machiavelli (Q)
Summer, 1986
Phil 1300: Search for Self (Q)
Phil 1400: Morality & Justice (Q)
Spring, 1986
Phil 1400: Morality & Justice (Q) (2 sections)
Winter, 1986
Phil 3310: Ethical Theory (Q)
Phil 1400: Morality & Justice (Q)
Fall, 1985
Phil 2310: Ethics for Engineers (Q) (2 sections)
Summer, 1985
Phil 1400: Morality & Justice (Q)
Phil 1500: Language & Logic (Q)