Daniel A. Kaufman, Associate Professor
Fields: Aesthetics, Philosophy of Literature, Philosophy of Mind
Research Interests: Epistemology, Metaphysics, Aesthetics, Social-Political Philosophy
E-Mail: DanielKaufman@MissouriState.edu
Office: STRO 233
Phone: 417-836-4295
Office Hours: Tuesday/Thursday 9:30--10:30 a.m., and 3:30-5:00 p.m.
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Publications
"Family Resemblances, Relationalism, and the Meaning of 'Art'," British Journal of Aesthetics, Vol. 47, July 2007.
"Knowledge, Wisdom, and the Philosopher," Philosophy, Vol. 81, No. 1 (January 2006).
"Between Reason and Common Sense," Philosophical Investigations, Vol. 28, No. 2 (April 2005).
"Critical Justification and Critical Laws," British Journal of Aesthetics, Vol. 43, No. 4 (October 2003).
"Reality in Common Sense: Reflections on Realism and Anti-Realism from a 'Common Sense Naturalist' Perspective" Philosophical Investigations, Vol. 25, No. 4, October, 2002
"Composite Objects and the Abstract/Concrete Distinction" Journal of Philosophical Research, Vol. 27, 2002
"Normative Criticism and the Objective Value of Artworks," The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Vol. 60, No. 2 (Spring 2002).
"Rationalism, Naturalism, and Conservatism" The Journal of The Southwestern Philosophical Society, Vol. 17, No. 1, January, 2000
Conference Papers
“Hume, Reid, and the Epistemology of Modesty,” delivered at the annual meeting of the Center for the Study of Scottish Philosophy, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ, September 9, 2007.
“Interpretation and Identity in the Arts,” delivered at the annual meeting of the British Society of Aesthetics, St. Edmund Hall, Oxford University, Oxford, UK, September 9, 2006.
"Self-made Men" presented at the "Past Watchful Dragons: Fantasy and Faith in the Work of CS Lewis," Belmont University, Nashville, TN, Friday, November 4, 2005.
"Three Constraints on the Philosophy of Art," annual meeting of the British Society of Aesthetics, St. Edmund Hall, Oxford University, September 13 2004.
"Getting You to See What the Critic Sees: On retiring a bad idea in the philosophy of criticism," annual meeting of the British Society of Aesthetics, St. Edmund Hall, Oxford University, September 12, 2003.