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​ Professor of Philosophy Central Michigan University Department of Philosophy & Religion

Curriculum Vitae

Campus Address: Anspach 122
Email: steck1r@cmich.edu
Telephone: (989) 774-7103

Degree:

Ph.D., MIT, 1975

Teaching:

Introduction to Philosophy, Moral Problems, Philosophy In Literature, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of the Arts

Research Interests:

Aesthetics, Philosophy of Literature, Philosophy of Language, Ethics, History of Modern Philosophy

Current Research Projects:

The interaction of ethical and aesthetic value

Select Publications:

Books:
Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art (Roman & Littlefield, 2005); Interpretation and Construction: Art Speech and the Law (Blackwell 2003); Artworks: Definition, Meaning, Value (Pennsylvania, 1997); A new edition of Hume’s Treatise of Human Nature, co edited with J. Wright and G. Fuller (London, 2003); John Locke: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding in Focus, co edited with J. Wright and G. Fuller (Routledge, 2000)

Articles:
“Aesthetic Experience and Aesthetic Value” ( Philosophy Compass, 2006); “Philosophy of Literature” and “Ontology of Art” ( Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Macmillan, 2006). “Aesthetics and Culture,” ( Concepts of Culture, University of Calgary Press, 2005); “Interpretation and the Problem of the Relevant Intention,” ( Contemporary Debates in Aesthetics, Blackwell, 2005); “The Interaction of Aesthetic and Ethical Value” ( British Journal of Aesthetics, 2005); “The Ontology of Art Interpretation,” ( Art and Essence, Greenwood Press, 2003); “Definition of Art” and “Value in Art” ( Oxford Handbook of Aesthetics, Oxford, 2003)

Awards:

CMU President’s Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Activity, 1998; CMU Research Professor, 1999; Michigan Association of Governing Boards Distinguished Faculty Award, 2000

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