黑洞社区

CURRICULUM VITAE

DEBORAH HANSEN SOLES

Department of Philosophy
黑洞社区
Wichita, KS 67260-0074
(316) 978-3125, (316) 978-7886
e-mail:deborah.soles@wichita.edu
FAX: (316) 978-3036

Education:
Ph.D. 1975 The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Dissertation: Epistemological Accounts of Predication; advisor: Robert Cummins.
M.A. 1973 The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
B.A. with highest honors (Philosophy), 1969 The George Washington University, Washington, DC

Specialization: Philosophy of language and related areas in epistemology and logic

Employment:
1973-4, 1975-present, Department of Philosophy, 黑洞社区
1973-74 Instructor
1975-78 Assistant Professor, part-time joint appointment
1978-83 Assistant Professor, probationary; tenured 1982
1983-99 Associate Professor
1999- Professor
Administrative Experience:
1977-78 Kellogg Foundation Administrative Intern, served in the Office of the
President, 黑洞社区
1984-90 Chair, Department of Philosophy

Grants:
2000 University Summer Research Grant for work on book manuscript on Davidson, $3000.
1994 NEH Summer Seminar, 鈥淩eference: Language and Reality鈥�, CUNY Graduate Center, New York City, $3600.
1992 University Summer Research Grant for preliminary research on article on Davidson, $3075.
1988 University Summer Research Grant for work on book manuscript on Hobbes, $3000.
1981-2 University sponsored research grant ( 1980-1 University sponsored research grant (
Awards and Recognition:
University Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2008
McNair Mentor, 2001
J. R. Barrier Distinguished Teaching Award, 1999
Emory Lindquist Honors Mentor 1990, 1996, 1998, 1999
President鈥檚 Award for Distinguished Service, 1998
Core Course Instructor, Kansas Regents Honors Academy, 1991

Publications:
Book:
Strong Wits and Spider Webs: A Study in Hobbes鈥檚 Philosophy of Language, Aldershot, U.K.: Avebury/Ashgate, 1996.

Articles:

鈥淓谤谤辞谤鈥�, Southwest Philosophy Review, 20.1 (2004), 1-24.

鈥淎nti-Cartesian Epistemology: Davidson鈥檚 Naturalism鈥�, Southwest Philosophy Review, 19.1 (2003),
1-22.

鈥淩einflating Truth as an Explanatory Concept鈥�, (co-authored with Jeffrey Hershfield), Pacific Phil. Quarterly, 84:1 (2003), 32-42.

鈥淒avidson鈥檚 鈥楶roblem鈥� of Explanatory Force?鈥�, (co-authored with Jeffrey Hershfield), Southwest
Philosophy Review, 16.1 (2000), 91-100.

鈥淧refers True: Archimedean Point or Achilles Heel?鈥�, The Philosophy of Donald Davidson, ed. Lewis Hahn, Library of Living Philosophers Series, Open Court (1999), 311-329.

鈥淔ish Traps and Rabbit Snares: Zhuangzi on Judgment, Truth and Knowledge鈥�, (co-authored with David E. Soles), Asian Philosophy, 8 (1998), 149-164.

鈥淯nderstanding Music as Wittgenstein Does鈥�, Southwest Philosophy Review, 14.2 (1998) 97-114.

鈥淲ill the Real Description Theory of Names Please Stand Up鈥�, Southwest Philosophy Review,
12.1 (1996), 151-160.

鈥淥n the Indeterminacy of Action鈥�, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 14 (1984), 475-488.

鈥淪ome Ways of Going Wrong: On Mistakes in On Certainty鈥�, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 42.4 (1982), 555-571.

鈥淗ume, Language and God鈥�, Philosophical Topics, 12.3 (1981), 109-119.

鈥淩ussell鈥檚 Causal Theory of Meaning鈥�, Russell, New Series 1.1 (1981), 27-37.

鈥淢anufacturing and Merchandising: The New Pedagogy鈥�, Journal of Thought, (1980), 3-7.

Work in Progress:
Donald Davidson鈥檚 Epistemological Program (Book-length manuscript on Davidson鈥檚 epistemology and its relationships to the theory of interpretation).

鈥淥bservation in History and Science鈥� co-authored with David Soles, in process.

鈥淩eliabilism and the Principle of Induction鈥� co-authored with David Soles, in process.

Presentations at Professional Meetings:

鈥淐omments on Searle on Rules鈥�, Kansas Philosophy Society, Manhattan, KS. February, 2004.

鈥淓谤谤辞谤鈥�, Presidential Address, Southwestern Philosophy Society, Memphis, TN, November, 2003.

鈥淜ripke鈥檚 Mistake and Soames鈥� Mistake鈥�, American Philosophical Association, Cleveland, OH April, 2003.

鈥淒avidson鈥檚 Epistemological Naturalism鈥�, Presidential Address, Southwestern Philosophy Society, Kansas City, MO, November, 2002.

鈥淓scaping Charybdis: Truth as an Explanatory Concept鈥�, (co-authored with Jeffrey Hershfield),
Third Annual Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference, Moscow, ID and Pullman, WA, March, 2000.

鈥淒avidson鈥檚 鈥楶roblem鈥� of Explanatory Force?鈥�, (co-authored with Jeffrey Hershfield), Central States Philosophical Association, Norman, OK, October, 1999.
Also, Southwestern Philosophy Society, Houston, TX, November, 1999.
Also, American Philosophical Association, Albuquerque, NM, April, 2000.

鈥溾�楤ut Why Do We Need Semantic Facts?鈥� Auntie Asks鈥�, Southwestern Philosophy Society, Memphis, TN, October, 1997.

鈥淯nderstanding 鈥榃ittgenstein鈥檚 Musical Understanding鈥欌��, Southwestern Philosophy Society, Kansas City, MO, November, 1996.

鈥淲ill the Real Description Theory of Names Please Stand Up鈥�, Southwestern Philosophy Society,
Austin, TX, November, 1995.

鈥淓thics Naturalized: Comments on Campbell鈥�, Central States Philosophical Association, Nashville, TN, October, 1994.

鈥淩eality without Reference, Communication without Meaning鈥�, NEH Seminar, CUNY Graduate Center, NY, NY, July, 1994.

鈥淎n Allegory on the Banks of the Kaw鈥�, Central States Philosophical Association, Lawrence, KS,
October, 1992.

鈥淐omments on 鈥楤asic Beliefs鈥欌��, Mountain-Plains Philosophy Conference, Edmond, OK, September, 1990.

鈥淗obbes鈥� Causal Theory of Names鈥�, Kansas Philosophy Society, Emporia, KS, February, 1989.

鈥淐omments on 鈥楢 Defense of Unlearned Language鈥欌��, Kansas Philosophy Society, Manhattan, KS,
February, 1986.

鈥淐omments on 鈥業ndividuation of Propositional Attitudes鈥欌��, Southwestern Philosophy Society, Baton Rouge, LA, November, 1982.

鈥淲hat is a Feminist Theory?鈥�, Southwestern Philosophy Society, San Marcos, TX, November, 1981.

鈥淩ussell鈥檚 Causal Theory of Meaning鈥�, Central States Philosophical Association, Kansas City, MO, October, 1980.

鈥淟anguage and God: Part III of Hume鈥檚 Dialogues鈥�, American Philosophical Association, San Diego, CA, March, 1979.

鈥淐omments on 鈥楴otions of Contrariety in Greek Logic鈥�, Tri-University Colloquium, Lawrence, KS, February, 1977.

Courses Taught:
Introductory Logic

Introduction to Contemporary Philosophy
Logic for Test-Takers (workshop)

Philosophical Classics
Contemporary British-American Phil.

The Meaning of Philosophy
Language and Philosophy

Moral Issues
Philosophy of Logic

Metaphysics
Theory of Knowledge

Ethical Theory
Seminar on Wittgenstein

Philosophy of Social Science
Philosophy of Feminism

Quine (team-taught)
Seminar on Davidson

Coop ed. course supervision
Analytic Philosophy

Ethics and Psychology (for psych. PhD students)
Numerous directed readings courses phil. of lang. and epistemology
Occasional outside reader for MA鈥檚, MFA鈥檚 and MS鈥檚 (Psych., Poli. Sci., Eng., and Comp.Sci.) and for PhD in Psych.

Dept. major advisor, pre-law advisor; honors thesis director; McNair program faculty mentor and McNair annual presenter on publishing.

Other Professional Activity:
American Philosophical Association:
Member, Central Division Nominating Committee, 1990-91.
Member, APA鈥檚 Committee on the Status of Women, 1991-94.

Southwestern Philosophy Society:
President, 2002-3; Acting President June - November 2002.
Vice-President, 2001-2; Program Chair for 2002 meeting
Secretary-Treasurer, 1998 - 2000.
Ex-officio member of Executive Committee 1998-2000, 2001-present.
Member-at-Large, Executive Committee, 1983-84, 1995-96, 1997-98.
Referee, 1983 - present.

Mountain-Plains Philosophy Conference:
Program Chair, 1991.
Member, Executive Committee, 1988-89, 1990-91.
Referee, 1988 - present.
Central States Philosophy Society:
Referee, 1989 - present (intermittent).
University Press of Kansas Editorial Board:
Alternate member, 1986-87.
Full member, 1987-90.

Kansas Philosophy Society:
Program chair and local arrangements chair, 2006.
Member of editorial board and referee, Southwest Philosophy Review, 1988-94, 2009 - ongoing.
Referee, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 1998-99, 2002, 2005, 2007
Referee, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 2005.
Referee, Kansas Philosophical Society, continuing through present.
Editor, Southwestern Society for Women in Philosophy Newsletter, 1979-82.
Occasional reviewer for commercial and academic presses considering manuscripts.

Major Committee Assignments:
Faculty Senate, President, 2009-2010 and At-Large Seantor, 2009-2011; Humanities Senator, 2008-09; President- Elect, 2008-09; Chair, Faculty Senate Rules Committee, 2008-09; member, Faculty Senate Executive Committee, 2008-11; member and Chair (2009-2010) Faculty Senate Planning and Budget Committee, 2008-11.
University committee, member, Regents鈥� Program Review, 2007-08, 2009-2010.
University Grievance Committee member, 2006-07.
LAS College Council, 1998-2000, 2001-4, 2007-10; Chair 1998-99, 2002-03, 2003-04; Executive Committee member 1998-99, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2007-08; Chair, Administrative Review Committee 2001-2, 2007 -09; Budget Committee member 1999-2000. LAS Elections commissioner, 2007-2010.
LAS Faculty Support and Fellowship Awards Committee, 2002-2008; Chair, 2004-08.
Graduate School Bylaws Committee, 2001-2.
LAS Barrier Teaching Award committee, 1999-present.
University Tenure and Promotion Committee, member, 1993-94, 1995-98, Chair: 1997-98.
LAS Tenure and Promotion Committee, member, 1985-86, 1991-1994, 1995-1998.
Secretary: 1993-94; Chair: 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98.
Advisor to Women鈥檚 Studies Department, 1995-96.
Graduate Council, member, 1995-97, 1982-83, 2005-06; member of Grad. Council Review Team of Master鈥檚 degree in Nursing, 1982-83.
LAS Dean鈥檚 Search Committee, member, 1992-93.
Vice-President, 黑洞社区 chapter, AAUP, 1992-94.
University General Education Program Implementation Committee, member, 1991-92 (includes time during sabbatical sp 92).
LAS Assessment Review Committee, member, 1990-91.
Faculty Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Faculty Evaluation (response to Regents鈥� position), member, 1990.
Nursing Chair Search Committee, member, 1989-90.
Commission on the Future of LAS, member and sometime acting chair, and chair of literature review team, 1987-88.
Faculty Senate, Humanities Senator, 1987-88, 1989-90.
Convenor, Humanities Chairs, 1985-89.
University Enrollment Task Force, member, 1985-87.
LAS Positions Allocation Committee, member, 1985-86.
LAS Dean鈥檚 Search Committee, member, 1984-85.
University Contracts Committee, member, 1984.
University Senate Rules Committee, member, 1982-88.
Ad Hoc Committees to Inquire into the Fitness of a Faculty Member, chair, 1981; member, 1985.
Grievance Committee, member, 1980 (the first grievance filed under the university鈥檚 policy).
University Senate, Humanities Senator, 1978-84; Senate Secretary 1979-80; member of Agenda
(executive) Committee 1979-80.