Department of Philosophy, IUPUI, 425 University Blvd., Indianapolis,
IN 46202-5140, USA.
Office: Cavanaugh 344A, Telephone and Voice Mail: (317)
274-4690, Fax: (317) 278-4579
E-mail:
rogersv@iupui.edu
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Research interests: Metaphysics, Philosophy
of Science.
Graduate education: Ph.D., Philosophy, University of
Southern California, 2004;
M.A., Philosophy, California State University Long Beach, 1999; Master of
Urban and Regional Planning, California State Polytechnic University Pomona,
1989.
Representative Research: "How to Think About Negative
Causation" presented at the Western Social Sciences Assoc., Las Vegas, 2003;
"Realism and the Aims of Science" at WSSA, Reno, 2001; "Scientific
Realism/Anti-Realism: A Continuum Model" at WSSA, San Diego, 2000;
"Scientific Explanation and Reductionism" at WSSA, Fort Worth, 1999.
Awards: Order of Troy: Award for
Scholarship, Leadership and Service, USC (2003-4); Flewelling Fellowship,
USC (2002); Outstanding Thesis Award, CSU Long Beach (1999)
Current Courses: Logic (P162)
Official description (from the course
bulletin): A study of the principles of logic. The course covers a variety of
traditional topics, selected for their practical value, within formal and informal logic.
Among the topics typically covered are fallacies, syllogisms, causal hypotheses, logic
diagrams, argument analysis, and truth-functional reasoning.
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