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"I have a class to teach in about five minutes, and I have to arrive early to glare disapprovingly at the stragglers."
My primary area of research and teaching is Late Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy. Much of my research to date has focused on issues
associated with questions about cognition in later medieval philosophy, for example, intentionality, sensation and knowledge of the singular.
I regularly teach undergraduate courses in
Logic, Political Philosophy (especially Marx), Ethics, and Human Nature. I have recently developed a course entitled "Philosophy and Popular Culture"
that explores several philosophical issues associated with popular culture. I am also interested in the pedagogical possibilities inherent in popular
culture. On the graduate level, I often teach the Plato course, as well as specialized courses in Late Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy such as "Franciscan
Philosophy" and "Humanism and Platonism in the Renaissance."
"Uh ... is this all research, or just some kind of stress test for the table?"
My current research interests involve questions concerning intentionality among sixteenth century philosophers, issues about the nature of
knowledge in the later Renaissance, and Thomas Aquinas's account of sensation. Work in progress includes an essay about Thomas on
sensation, a paper on Nicoletto Vernia's arguments for personal immortality, a long essay on intentionality in Zabarella and Suárez,
and (with John D. Jones) a translation of Albert the Great's Commentary on the Divine Names. I have also begun work on a book
length manuscript dealing with Suárez's account of human nature.
I will be attending the following conferences in the Spring of 2004:
The Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting Paper: "Zabarella, Averroes, and the Soul"
International Congress on Medieval Studies Session Organized: "Medieval Philosophical Texts in Translation"
The Slayage Conference on Buffy the Vampire Slayer Keynote paper: "The Philosophical Consistency of Season Seven"
"You know, inspirational music ... a montage, me sharpening my pencils, me reading, writing, falling asleep on a big pile of books with
my glasses all crooked, 'cause in my montage I have glasses."
I am the editor of the journal Philosophy and Theology
I am on the editorial board of Slayage:The International Online Journal of Buffy Studies
"I go online sometimes, but ... everyone's spelling is really bad, and it's ... depressing."
The Marquette Philosophy Department Web Site
Scholasticon: A web site devoted to later Scholastic Philosophy
The Renaissance Society of America
The Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
The Medieval Academy of America
Société Internationale pour l'Étude de la Philosophie Médiévale
Whedonesque: A web site dedicated to news about Joss Whedon's shows/movies
Derick A. Badman's Academic Buffy Bibliography
PopPolitics.com: A site that explores the intersections of pop culture and politics
Arts and Letters Daily: fairly self-explanatory
ArtsJournal: Again, fairly self-explanatory
And, for your Philosophy Gift-Giving needs:
The Unemployed Philosophers' Guild
"Yes, he's clearly a bad influence on himself."
Top Five Burt Bacharach Songs 5) One Less Bell to Answer |
Top Five DVDs Being Watched 5) Confessions of a Dangerous Mind |
Top Five CDs for a Milwaukee Winter 5) Henry Mancini-Combo! |
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Top Five Coen Brothers Movies 5) Fargo |
Top Five TV Shows I'm Watching 5) What Not to Wear (BBC version) |
Top Five British Comic Novels 5) Kingsley Amis-Lucky Jim |
Top Five Recent Purchases 5) Garner's Modern American Usage |
Top Five Comfort Foods
5) Vegetarian Chili |
Top Five Xena Episodes 5) The Ides of March |
"740? Verbal?! I'm... pathetic! Illiterate! I'm Cletus, the slack-jawed yokel."
James B. South
Department of Philosophy
Marquette University
PO Box 1881
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
E-mail:james.south@marquette.edu
Phone: (414) 288-3690
Fax: (414) 288-3010
The quotations are from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Last updated 12/30/03
