M. Gregory Oakes, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
803-323-4720
My
Educational Background
Ph.D. Philosophy.
The
University of Washington
Thesis: On the Continuation of Material Being
M.A. Philosophy. The
University of Washington
B.A. Philosophy.
Reed College
My Areas
of Academic Interest
My main areas
of interest are in Metaphysics and Epistemology.
I am
particularly interested in the capacity of the rational mind
for the grasp of reality, and in the logic of our conceptual
representation of reality. I have
further interests in the nature of consciousness, in the
nature of human being generally, in the significance of
religious experience, and in the nature and significance of
beauty.
I have presented or published
referreed papers
on
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Cross-temporal causal relations
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Indirect causation
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Time-extended objects
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Analysis of the concept of causality
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Anti/realism with respect to the concept of object
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Teaching antirealism at the introductory level
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Pedagogy outside the classroom
Courses I
Teach at Winthrop
- HMXP 102 - The Human Experience
- PHIL 201 - Basic
Issues in
Philosophy
- PHIL 301 - History of Philosophy - Ancient Period
- PHIL 310 - Theories of Knowledge
- PHIL 312 - Metaphysics
- PHIL 350 - Special Topics
- PHIL 495 - Methods and Research Seminar in Philosophy
- PHIL 550 - Special Topics
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