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December, 2007

 

Curriculum Vitae

Jeffrey Grupp

 

 

ADDRESS: Department of English and Philosophy, Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, IN, 46323

 

EDUCATION: 

Purdue University, Ph.D., Philosophy (not completed, postponed midway through third year)

Planned PhD Dissertation: Quantum Deleuze (postponed)

 

Western Michigan University, M.A., Philosophy, 2003

MA Thesis: Some Questions about the Interconnectedness and Interrelatedness of Entities (Click to read)

MA Thesis Committee Chair: Quentin Smith.

MA Thesis Committee Members: William Vallicella, John Dilworth

 

University of New Mexico, B.A., Anthropology (Behavioral Ecology) (Minor in Philosophy), 1999

 

Note: I also have taken many classes in mathematics and physics (mathematics through calculus III, and physics through analytic/intermediate mechanics)

 

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AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:  

Buddhism and Quantum Mechanics

Buddhist Philosophy in India (100 C.E. - 900 C.E.),  

Metaphysics

 

AREAS OF COMPETENCE:

Atomism

Eastern Philosophy

Philosophy of Physics, Space, and Time

Anthropological and Economic Philosophical Issues

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BOOK:

Corporatism. 2007. Joshua Tree: Banned  Books (Imprint of Progressive Press)

 

BOOK MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS:

4. The Telescreen

3. Quantum Physics and Analytic Buddhist Philosophy

2. Deleuze, Vitalism, Subjectivity, and Quantum Reality (this is associated with my proposed dissertation)

1. Atoms and Experiences: An Introduction to Philosophy

 

ARTICLES IN REFEREED PHILOSOPHY JOURNALS:

12. "Buddhist Compassion and the Moral Nihilism of Quantum Non-matter," forthcoming (will appear in an edited volume to be published in India  titled Rethinking Religion, which will be published by Sage Publications).

 

11. "Mereological Nihilism: Quantum Atomism and the Impossibility of Material Constitution," Axiomathes: An International Journal in Ontology and Cognitive Systems, Vol. 16, No. 3, 2006, pp. 245-386.

 

10. "Blob Theory: N-adic Properties Do Not Exist," Sorites, Vol. 17, 2006, pp. 104-131.

 

9. "God's Spatial Unlocatedness Prevents Him From Being the Creator of the Universe. A New Argument for the Nonexistence of God," Sophia: International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Metaphysical Theology and Ethics, Vol. 45, No. 1, 2006, pp. 5-23. 

 

8. "Western Analytic Metaphysics Reduces to a Philosophy of Brahman," [Part 2], Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research (JICPR), 2005, Vol. XXI, No. 3, 2004, pp. 1-41.

 

7. "The R-Theory of Time, or Replacement Presentism: The Buddhist Philosophy of Time," The Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies (IIJBS), No. 6, 2005, pp. 51-122.   

 

6. "Western Analytic Metaphysics Reduces to a Philosophy of Brahman," [Part 1], Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research (JICPR), 2005, Vol. XXI, No.2, 2004, pp. 1-51.

 

5. "The Impossibility of Temporal Relations Between Non-Identical Times: New Arguments for Presentism," Disputatio: International Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 1, No. 18, May 2005, pp. 91-125.

 

4. "The Impossibility of Relations Between Non-Collocated Spatial Objects and Non-Identical Topological Spaces," Axiomathes: An International Journal in Ontology and Cognitive Systems, Vol. 15, No. 1, March 2005, pp. 85-141(57).

3. "Compresence is a Bundle: A Problem for the Bundle Theory of Objects," Metaphysica: The International Journal for Ontology and Metaphysics, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2004, pp. 63-72.

 

2. "Problems with the Platonist Exemplification Tie Between Located Entities and an Unlocated Entity," Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review, Vol. XLIII, 2004, pp. 491-498.

1. "The Impossibility of an Exemplification Tie Between Particulars and Universals," Metaphysica: The International Journal for Ontology and Metaphysics, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2003, pp. 27-38.

 

 

ARTICLE IN REFEREED PHYSICS JOURNAL:   (Paper available soon)

"Grünbaum Did Not Solve Zeno’s Measure Paradox," The Proceedings of the Natural Philosophy Alliance (NPA), Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 44-49.  

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ARTICLES IN NON-REFEREED JOURNALS:  (Click on paper title to read)

"Some Questions about the Exemplification Tie Between Universals and Particulars," Proceedings of the Heraclitean Society, Vol. 21, 2002-2003.

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CONFERENCE PAPERS PRESENTED: (Click on paper title to read)

"The Impossibility of God," Midsouth Philosophy Conference, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, February 24-25, 2006.

 

 

PRESENTED COMMENTARIES: (Click on paper title to read)

2. "There are no Causal Relations or Causal Processes: A Response to Devlin’s Criticism of Salmon," invited commentary, Mountain-Plains Philosophy Conference, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado, October 2005.

 

1. "David Schenk's 'New Referential Version of the Date Theory of Time'," invited commentary, Mountain-Plains Philosophy Conference, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, September 2003.

 

 

DEPARTMENTAL COLLOQUIA OR TALKS: (Papers available soon)

 2. "A New Argument Against Extended Philosophical Atoms," Illinois Institute of Technology, Lewis Department of Humanities, Colloquium Series, May 5, 2006.

 

1. "Atomic Buddhism: Quantum Energy and the Nonexistence of Matter," April 19, 2006. UCLA, Digital Media Arts Building, 11000 Kinross Avenue, Los Angeles, California.

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AWARDS:

2. All-University Research & Creative Scholar Award, Western Michigan University, 2003.

 

1. Heraclitean Society Essay Prize, 2003, for "Some Questions about the Exemplification Tie Between Universals and Particulars." Amount awarded: $200. Published in  Proceedings of the Heraclitean Society, Vol. 21, 2002-2003. (Click on paper title to read)

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POSITIONS:

Adjunct Faculty in Philosophy, Purdue University, North Central (August  2007 -)

Current Courses:

Religions of the East

Introduction to Ethics

 

Adjunct Faculty in Philosophy, Purdue University, Calumet (January  2007 -)

Current Courses:

Introduction to Ethics

Introduction to Philosophy

Ethics for the Professions

 

Adjunct Faculty in Philosophy, Indiana University Northwest (August  2004 - June 2007)

            Courses:

Philosophy P100, Introduction to

Philosophy

Philosophy P105 / P150, Elementary

Logic

Philosophy P140, Introduction to Ethics

Philosophy P310, Topics in Metaphysics

Philosophy P334, Buddhist Philosophy

Philosophy P393, Biomedical Ethics

 

Adjunct Faculty in Philosophy, Grand Valley State University (August  2004 - May 2005)

            Courses:

Philosophy 101, Introduction to Philosophy

 

Instructor, Western Michigan University, Dept. of Comparative Religion (August  2004 - August 2005)

            Courses:

Religion 100, World Religions

 

Instructor of Philosophy, Jackson Community College (May 2004 - August 2005)

            Courses:

PHL 231: Introduction to Philosophy

 

Adjunct Faculty in Philosophy, Indiana University South Bend (January 2004 - May 2004)

            Courses:

Philosophy P105/P150, Elementary Logic

Philosophy P140, Introduction to Ethics

 

Adjunct Faculty in Philosophy, Western Michigan University (January 2004 - May 2004)

            Courses:

Philosophy 350, The Modern Worldview

 

Instructor of Philosophy, Western Michigan University (January 2002 - December 2003)

            Courses:

Philosophy 255, Science, Technology and Values

Philosophy 220, Critical Thinking and Introduction to Logic

 

Instructor of Philosophy, Kalamazoo Valley Community College (August 2002 - December 2003)

            Courses:

Philosophy 203, Introduction to Logic

 

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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

4. Referee for Dialectica and Sophia: International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Metaphysical Theology and Ethics

3. Guest Editor for "Theories of Simples.". Special Issue for Philo: Journal of Philosophy, 2006

2. Associate Editor: Philo: Journal of Philosophy, June 2004 to March 2006

1. Member of the Editorial Board of Philo: Journal of Philosophy, June 2003 to June 2004

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STUDENT RESEARCH SUPERVISION:

Supervised an independent study on the philosophy of time for Joshua Upson of Western Michigan University in 2004. (Upson was later awarded Presidential Scholar Award at Western Michigan University, 2005.)

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