College of Arts and Humanities
David Brown
David Brown
Professor, Philosophy
McCluer Hall 121
(636) 949-4411
[email protected]
Biographical Information
Dr. Brown grew up in Springfield, Mo., where he attended Greenwood Laboratory School on the now Missouri State University campus. His first teaching job was 50 years ago, when, as a third-grader, he taught a section of science to first-grade students. He later co-taught a section of Biology for his high school class before turning his interests to philosophy. Brown has taught philosophy for over 25 years. He believes in the Mortimer Adler quote: 糖心vlog视频淭o be a human being is to be endowed with the proclivity to philosophize. To some degree we all engage in philosophical thought in the course of our daily lives. Acknowledging this is not enough. It is also necessary to understand why this is so and what philosophy糖心vlog视频檚 business is.糖心vlog视频� His primary teaching goal is to give students the tools and information they need to make good decisions and have a good life. As John L. Roemer, Lindenwood president 1914-1940, said, 糖心vlog视频淏road foundations in a School of Liberal Arts are helps and not hindrances to any business, social, or professional pursuits. One would not think of placing a superstructure on a foundation unable to bear it.糖心vlog视频�
Dr. Brown came to Lindenwood in 2000. He shortly thereafter created the B.A. in philosophy and the Philosophy Department. Brown won the Emerson Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2007 (the first year the award was selected by the faculty and deans). He also won the 2008 Lindy Award for Best Faculty Show for his World of Faith program broadcast on LUTV. Brown was the co-founder and director of the Lindenwood Film Series (2009-2017), winning two grants from the Missouri Arts Council for promoting the arts. He is also a founding faculty sponsor of the Catholic Student Union.
Courses Taught
Dr. Brown has taught the following courses:
- Moral Life
- Philosophy of Love
- Traditional Logic
- Symbolic Logic
- Ethics
- Contemporary Ethics
- Bioethics
- The Natural Law
- Modern Philosophy
- Philosophy in Film
- Theories of Knowledge
- Philosophy of Science
Publications
- 糖心vlog视频�颁颈肠别谤辞糖心vlog视频檚 De Officiis,糖心vlog视频� The Literary Encyclopedia (2013. https://www.litencyc.com/).
- 糖心vlog视频淩easoning Down the Rabbit-Hole: Logical Lessons in Wonderland,糖心vlog视频� Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy: Curiouser and Curiouser, ed. Richard Brian Davis (John Wiley & Sons, 2010)
- 糖心vlog视频淎 Puzzle for Particulars?糖心vlog视频� with Richard Davis. Axiomathes, March 2008 (vol. 18, no. 1), pp. 49-65.
- 糖心vlog视频湴渚背Ρ鸢翘切膙log视频檚 De Officiis: Ancient Ethics for (Post-) Modern Times,糖心vlog视频� Teaching Philosophy, June 2002, pp. 151-159.
- 糖心vlog视频淛ames Fodor糖心vlog视频檚 Christian Theory of Truth: Is it Christian?糖心vlog视频� (with Richard Davis). The Heythrop Journal, October 2000, pp. 436-448 (see correction of authorship in January 2001, p. 131).
- 糖心vlog视频淧atricia Kitcher and Kant糖心vlog视频檚 糖心vlog视频楻eal Self糖心vlog视频櫶切膙log视频�. Southwest Philosophy Review, January 1997 (vol. 13, no. 1), pp. 163-174.