CURRICULUM VITAE

SHANE DREFCINSKI

Associate Professor

Department of Humanities–Philosophy

339 Gardner Hall

University of Wisconsin–Platteville

(608) 342-1828

drefcins@uwplatt.edu

Education

1996 Ph. D. University of Minnesota Philosophy

1992 M.A. University of Minnesota Philosophy

1989 B.A. College of St. Thomas Philosophy

Professional Experience

2003-present Associate Professor University of Wisconsin–Platteville Platteville, WI

1997-2003 Assistant Professor

1990-1997 Instructor University of St. Thomas St. Paul, MN

1990-1992 Teaching Assistant University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN

Professional Activity

Publications:

“A Different Solution to an Alleged Contradiction in Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics,” Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, (Summer 2006), 201-210.

“David Hume,” The Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics, (Macmillan, 2004).

“Is Hypocrisy Always a Vice?” Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, Vol. 6:1, Spring 2003.

“Aristotle and the Characteristic Desire for Justice,” Apeiron (June 2000), 109-123.

“Can Continent People Have Practical Wisdom?” Ancient Philosophy 20 (Spring 2000), 109-118.

A Philosophy Reader (edited along with C. Ellsworth Hood), (Boston: Pearson Custom Publishing, 2000).

“Is There Any Insight In John Dewey’s Instrumentalism?” Annual Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 73, (1999), 275-288.

“Aristotle’s Fallible Phronimos,” Ancient Philosophy, 16 (1996). 139-54.

Selected Professional Participation in Meetings, Conferences, Workshops, Seminars, Etc.:

“A Different Solution to an Alleged Contradiction in Aristotle’s Ethics,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Society of Ancient Philosophy, May 2005.

“Why Socrates Rejects Glaucon’s Version of the Social Contract,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Wisconsin Philosophical Association, April, 2004.

Reviewed James Arieti’s Philosophy in the Ancient World for Rowan & Littlefield Publishing, March 2004.

Reviewed Marshall Missner’s edition of Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan for Pearson/ Longman Publishing, October, 2004.

“Why Socrates Rejects Glaucon’s Version of the Social Contract,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Society of Ancient Philosophy, April 2003.

Refereed a paper, “How Good People do Bad Things: Aristotle on the Sins of the Virtuous,” for Ancient Philosophy (Fall 2002).

Commented on a proposed logic textbook, Basically Logic, for McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. (Fall 2002).

“Is Hypocrisy Always a Vice?,” presented at the Southwest Wisconsin Medieval and Renaissance Conference, UW-Platteville, September, 2001. This paper was also presented at the Annual Meeting of the Iowa Philosophical Society, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, October, 2001.

Refereed a paper, “Are Continence and Prudence Related,” for Ancient Philosophy (Fall 1999).

“Is There Any Insight In John Dewey’s Instrumentalism?”, Seventy-third Annual Meeting of the American Catholic Philosophical Association, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota, November 6, 1999.

“A Very Short Primer on St. Thomas Aquinas’ Account of the Various Virtues”, Imagining the Past: The Southwest Wisconsin Medieval and Renaissance Conference, Platteville, WI, September 22, 1999. I also presented this paper to the Knights of Columbus Council #1386 meeting on September 13, 1999.

“Comments on John Laumakis’ “Eunoia: An Inconsistency in Aristotle’s Account of Friendship,” Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Philosophical Society, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota, October 1998.

“How Does Aristotle Distinguish the Various Moral Virtues?,” Annual Meeting of the Wisconsin Philosophical Association, Concordia College, Mequon, Wisconsin, May 1998. I also delivered this paper at the Fifth Annual Minnesota Conference on Ancient Philosophy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 1998.

“Can One Have Practical Wisdom Without Moral Virtue?,” Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Philosophical Society, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, October 1997.

“Comments on Norman Dahl’s ‘Practical Wisdom as an Intellectual and Practical Virtue,’” Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Society of Ancient Philosophy, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota, April 1997.

“Why Justice is an Aristotelian Virtue,” Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Society of Ancient Philosophy, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 1996. Also presented at the Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Philosophical Society, Bethel College, St. Paul, Minnesota, October 1996.

“Aristotle’s Fallible Phronimos,” Society of Ancient Greek Philosophy Conference, Binghamton University SUNY, Binghamton, New York, October 1995.

“Are Aristotle’s Large-Scale Virtues Distinct from Their Small-Scale Counterparts?,” Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Philosophical Society, College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minnesota, October 1994.

“Comments on Mel Stewart’s ‘Aristotle’s Practical Syllogism and His Notion of Akrasia,” Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Society of Ancient Philosophy, College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minnesota, May 1994.

“Exploring the Grand End View in Aristotle’s Ethics,” Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Society of Ancient Philosophy, College of St. Catherine, St. Paul , Minnesota, November 1993. Also presented at the Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Philosophical Society, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota, October 1993.

“A Defense of the Unity of the Virtues Doctrine in Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics,” University of St. Thomas Philosophy Department Colloquium, December 1992.

“Do the Moral Virtues Require Phronēsis?,” Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Philosophical Society, Macalaster College, St. Paul, Minnesota, October 1992.

Courses Taught at UW-Platteville

PHIL 1130 Introduction to Philosophy

PHIL 2330 Origins of Western Philosophy

PHIL 2430 Philosophy in the Modern World

PHIL 2530 Ethics

PHIL 2540 Science, Technology, and Ethics

PHIL 2630 Logic

PHIL 3330 Ontology and Ethics

PHIL 4430 Senior Seminar–Theories of Justice

PHIL 4920 Independent Study–Epistemology

PHIL 4920 Independent Study–John Locke

PHIL 4920 Independent Study–Logic

PHIL 4920 Independent Study–Aristotle

PHIL 4920 Independent Study–Kierkegaard

PHIL/TCHG 7010 Philosophical Foundations of Education

HON 3090 Classics in Autobiography–taught a section on Augustine’s Confessions

College & University Service

· Director of General Education and Assessment (2004- )

· Assessment Oversight Committee (2004-)

· University Undergraduate Curriculum Commission (2004-)

· Academic Standards Committee (2004-)

· Strategy for Access to General Education (2005-)

· Higher Learning Commission Steering Committee (2004-2007)

· Philosophy Search and Screen Committees (1999-2000, 2002, 2003-2004, 2005-2006)

· Ethics Committee (1998-2003, 2004-; chair, 2001-2003, 2004-)

· Search & Screen Committee for Associate Vice Chancellor for Information Services (2005)

· Humanities Department Review Board (2003-2006; chair 2004-2006)

· Humanities Department Assessment Committee (2001-2002, 2005-)

· Editor, Humanities Department newsletter (1999, 2000)

· University Senate (2002-2005)

· Academic Planning Council (2000-2003)

· LA&E Curriculum Committee (1999-2000)

· Campus Planning Commission (1999-2002)

· Student Discipline Committee (1998-2002)

· Registration Committee (2000-2001)

· ACES Search & Screen Committee (2000)

· Commencement Committee (1998-2001)

Professional Associations

· American Philosophical Association

· American Catholic Philosophical Association

· Wisconsin Philosophical Society

· Minnesota Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy

· The Association of University of Wisconsin Professionals (TAUWP)