Robert Lane, Ph.D. Philosopher, philosophy, UWG, west georgia, ethics, logic, Peirce, pragmatism, epistemology

Robert Lane, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
UWG Philosophy Program

July 2008

Office: TLC 2247
Office Hours (July 7-29):
MTWRF: 8:45-9:45am; 1:45-2:45pm
and by appointment
Email: rlane "at" westga.edu
Office telephone: (678) 839-4745
Philosophy Program telephone: (678) 839-4848
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EDUCATION: Graduated from the University of Miami with the Ph.D. in Philosophy in June, 1998. Doctoral dissertation, Charles Sanders Peirce and the Principle of Bivalence, directed by Prof. Susan Haack. B.A. in philosophy from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. B.A. in psychology from Samford University.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS: "Peirce's Modal Shift: From Set Theory to Pragmaticism," Journal of the History of Philosophy 45:4, October 2007; "Peirception: Haack's Critical Common-Sensim about Perception," in Susan Haack: A Lady of Distinctions, ed. Cornelis de Waal, Prometheus Books, 2007, 109-22 (with a reply by Haack); (Associate Editor) Pragmatism, Old and New, ed. Susan Haack, Prometheus Books, 2006; "Synechistic Bioethics: A Peircean View of the Moral Status of Pre-Birth Humans," Contemporary Pragmatism 3:2, December 2006.

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Ethics (especially reproductive bioethics), American philosophy (especially the philosophy of Charles Peirce), and metaphysics. Works in progress include an article on the indeterminacy of identity, an article on Peirce's concption of personhood, and an article on the ethics of Survivor.

INTELLECTUAL HEROES: In alphabetical order... Susan Haack, Richard Mitchell, Charles Peirce, James Rachels, Jonathan Rauch, and David Stove.

MEMBERSHIPS: Secretary-treasurer of the Charles S. Peirce Society, and a member of the American Philosophical Association, the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, and the American Association of University Professors.

WEB SITES FOR PREVIOUSLY TAUGHT UWG CLASSES:

American Philosophy (PHIL 3120, Spring 2007)

Analytic Philosophy (PHIL 4150, Fall 2006)

Philosophy of Law (PHIL 4110, Spring 2007)

Political Philosophy (PHIL 4115, Spring 2003)

Professional Ethics (PHIL 4120, Fall 2007)

Senior Seminar (PHIL 4300, Fall 2007)

Symbolic Logic (PHIL 4160, Spring 2008)

Curriculum Vitae (updated March 2008)