Associate Professor and Chair of Philosophy
Office: Sutton Hall 439
E-mail: mmacleod@iup.edu
Education
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.A., Dalhousie University
B.A., University of King’s College/Dalhousie University
Courses
PHIL 120 Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 221 Symbolic Logic
PHIL 222 Ethics
PHIL 325 Modern Philosophy
PHIL 330 Philosophy of Science
Professional Interests
Kant, Early Modern Western Philosophy (i.e. European philosophy between 1600–1800)
Current Projects
Defending an interpretation of Kant’s mature moral philosophy that connects his views on ethics with his views on mathematics in novel ways. Also writing an elementary formal logic text.
Select Publications
“You Don’t Need Space,” The Grateful Dead and Philosophy, Popular Culture and Philosophy Series, Open Court Press, 2007.
“Universals” (with Eric Rubenstein), Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2006.
“Some Aspects of the Modal Logic of Henry Bradford Smith” (with Peter Schotch), Journal of Philosophical Logic, Volume 29 No. 6, December 2000.
Select Presentations
“Morality and Temporality in Kant’s Philosophy,” American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, March 2006.
“Kant’s Theory of Synthesis and the Problem of Universals,” American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, December 2005.
