Tadd Ruetenik

Education

Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.
Philosophy and Literature
Doctor of Philosophy, 2003

University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio
Philosophy
Master of Arts, 1999

Eastern Michigan University
Philosophy
Bachelor of Arts, 1995

 

Courses Taught

Philosophy of Religion
History of American Philosophy
Existentialism
Philosophy of Art
Comprehensive Pro-Life Ethics
Philosophies of Life
Logic

 

Professional Memberships

Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy (1998-present): Member of Program
Committee, 2008-2009
William James Society (2004-present)
Iowa Philosophical Society (2007-present): Host of the 2011 Meeting at St. Ambrose.

 

Committees

Advisory Board for the Center for Teaching Excellence (2009-present)
Advisory Board for the Baecke Humanities Fund (2008-2010)
Educational Policies Committee (Fall 2008, replacement position)

 

Recent Publications

"Last Call for William James: Pragmatism, Piper, and the Fruits of Psychical Research." The Pluralist. 7:1 (forthcoming 2012).

"The Moral Equivalent of Meat: A Vegetarian Challenge to the American Omnivore." Contemporary Pragmatism. 8:2 (2011).

"The First Church of Christ, Pragmatist: Christian Science and Responsible Optimism." Journal of Religion and Health. 50:3 (2011).

"Another View of Arthur Dimmesdale: A Profound Lesson in Scapegoating from The Scarlet Letter." Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis, and Culture. Vol. 18 (2011).

 

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