Phone: 626-815-6000 ext 5242
Email: dwoodruff@apu.edu
Office Location: Duke 235
Office Hours: Fall 2008: MW 3:15-4:15 pm; R 11:00-12 noon
David Woodruff, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Department of Theology and Philosophy, Division of Religion and Philosophy
School of Theology
Education
Ph.D. Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, August 1996
Dissertation: A Non-Physicalist Ontology of Art Objects, Advisor: Catherine Lord
M.A. in Philosophy, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, August 1995
B.A. in Philosophy, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA, May 1985
Dissertation: A Non-Physicalist Ontology of Art Objects, Advisor: Catherine Lord
M.A. in Philosophy, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, August 1995
B.A. in Philosophy, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA, May 1985
Professional/Scholarly Presentations
Presentations
2008 Virtues and Principles in a Liberal Arts Setting for the faculty of Azusa Pacific University, February 26.
2008 The Time Travel and the Present as a Relation for the Indiana State University, March 28.
2008 The Metaphysics of the Relational Present for Open and Relational Theology Engaging Science (conference) April 10-12. Funded by a grand from the Templeton foundation.
2007 Finding Missing Persons: A Reply to Naylor’s Discussion of Personal Identity commentator for Indiana Philosophical Association, March.
2007 Being and Doing in the Concept of God at the America Philosophical Association Pacific Division Meeting, April 5.
Publications
Spring 2008, Examining Problems and Assumptions: An Update on Criticisms of Open Theism, Dialog
December 2007, Being and Doing in the Concept of God, Philosophia, Vol.35 No. 3-4 pp. 313-320.
Fall-Winter 2005, What Probability Arguments Show: A Look at Rowe's Analogy Philo: The Journal of the Society of Humanist Philosophers, Philo 8.2 pp. 63-83
Spring 2002, On Behalf of the Barbarian: Fending Off the Onslaught of Those Who Include Historical Properties as Constituents of Artworks, Journal of Aesthetic Education, Vol. 36, No.1, pp. 111-115.
2001, God and Time: Essays on the Nature of God, Oxford University Press. Co-edited with Gregory E. Ganssle
View All Professional/Scholarly Presentations
2008 Virtues and Principles in a Liberal Arts Setting for the faculty of Azusa Pacific University, February 26.
2008 The Time Travel and the Present as a Relation for the Indiana State University, March 28.
2008 The Metaphysics of the Relational Present for Open and Relational Theology Engaging Science (conference) April 10-12. Funded by a grand from the Templeton foundation.
2007 Finding Missing Persons: A Reply to Naylor’s Discussion of Personal Identity commentator for Indiana Philosophical Association, March.
2007 Being and Doing in the Concept of God at the America Philosophical Association Pacific Division Meeting, April 5.
Publications
Spring 2008, Examining Problems and Assumptions: An Update on Criticisms of Open Theism, Dialog
December 2007, Being and Doing in the Concept of God, Philosophia, Vol.35 No. 3-4 pp. 313-320.
Fall-Winter 2005, What Probability Arguments Show: A Look at Rowe's Analogy Philo: The Journal of the Society of Humanist Philosophers, Philo 8.2 pp. 63-83
Spring 2002, On Behalf of the Barbarian: Fending Off the Onslaught of Those Who Include Historical Properties as Constituents of Artworks, Journal of Aesthetic Education, Vol. 36, No.1, pp. 111-115.
2001, God and Time: Essays on the Nature of God, Oxford University Press. Co-edited with Gregory E. Ganssle
View All Professional/Scholarly Presentations
Professional Involvement and Accomplishments
Honors, Awards, Recognition
June 17–July 6, 2007 Templeton Foundation Summer Research Conference: Open Theology and Science.
1999 Pew Fellowship Grant: Summer Seminar “God and Evil” led by Peter van Inwagen.
1997-1998 Certificate of Recognition, given for outstanding contribution and commitment to teaching students with diverse learning styles.
1996 Certificate in University Teaching, Syracuse University
1993 Summer Research Grant, Syracuse University
Associations, Boards, Committees
Memberships:
American Philosophical Association
Society of Christian Philosophers
American Society of Aesthetics
Philosophy of Time Society
June 17–July 6, 2007 Templeton Foundation Summer Research Conference: Open Theology and Science.
1999 Pew Fellowship Grant: Summer Seminar “God and Evil” led by Peter van Inwagen.
1997-1998 Certificate of Recognition, given for outstanding contribution and commitment to teaching students with diverse learning styles.
1996 Certificate in University Teaching, Syracuse University
1993 Summer Research Grant, Syracuse University
Associations, Boards, Committees
Memberships:
American Philosophical Association
Society of Christian Philosophers
American Society of Aesthetics
Philosophy of Time Society
Special Interests and Activities
Metaphysics, Aesthetics, Philosophy of Religion, Epistemology, Philosophy of Language, Logic, Philosophical Theology and World Religions, History of Philosophy: Ancient and Medieval, Modern, and 20th Century, Ethics, Applied Ethics
Courses Taught
Note: This information is current for the 2008-09 academic year. For additional information, please contact the appropriate office.
