TEXAS STATE VITA



TEXAS STATE VITA

I. Academic/Professional Background

A. Name: Glenn C. Joy Title: Professor

B. Educational Background

|Degree |Year |University |Major |Thesis/Dissertation |

|B.A. |1963 |Seattle Pacific University |Philosophy and English      |      |

|M.A. |1965 |The University of Texas, |Philosophy      |G. H. Mead on Language |

| | |Austin | | |

|Ph. D. |1970 |The University of Texas, |Philosophy |Pierre Duhem: Physical Theory, Experiment, and |

| | |Austin | |Conventionalism |

C. University Experience

|Position |University |Dates |

|Instructor |Texas State University-San Marcos |1965-70 |

|Assistant Professor |Texas State University-San Marcos |1970-74 |

|Associate Professor |Texas State University-San Marcos |1974-79 |

|Professor |Texas State University-San Marcos |1979-present |

D. Relevant Professional Experience

|Position |Entity |Dates |

|      |      |      |

II. TEACHING

A. Teaching Honors and Awards:

B. Courses Taught:

General Philosophy

Philosophical Issues

Critical Thinking

Elementary Logic

Symbolic Logic

Ethics

Philosophy of Science

The Search for Artificial Intelligence (Honors Program course)

Gödel, Escher, Bach (Honors Program course)

Science: War, Religion, Race (Honors Program course)

Science and Religion

Major Western Religious Systems of Thought

Logic Through the Works of Lewis Carroll (Honors Program)

Philosophy through the Looking-Glass: Philosophical Issues in the works of Lewis Carroll (Honors Program)

Gödel, Escher, Bach (Honors Program, team-taught with Dr. John Edgell, Jr. of the mathematics department)

Mechanical Puzzles (Honors Program)

C. Graduate Theses/Dissertations or Exit Committees (if supervisor, please indicate):

D. Courses Prepared and Curriculum Development:

Critical Thinking

Elementary Logic

Symbolic Logic

Ethics

Philosophy of Science

The Search for Artificial Intelligence (Honors Program course)

Gödel, Escher, Bach (Honors Program course)

Science: War, Religion, Race (Honors Program course)

Science and Religion

Major Western Religious Systems of Thought

Logic Through the Works of Lewis Carroll (Honors Program)

Philosophy through the Looking-Glass: Philosophical Issues in the works of Lewis Carroll (Honors Program)

Gödel, Escher, Bach (Honors Program, team-taught with Dr. John Edgell, Jr. of the mathematics department)

Mechanical Puzzles (Honors Program)

E. Funded External Teaching Grants and Contracts:

F. Submitted, but not Funded, External Teaching Grants and Contracts:

G. Funded Internal Teaching Grants and Contracts:

H. Submitted, but not Funded, Internal Teaching Grants and Contracts:

I. Other:

III. SCHOLARLY/CREATIVE

A. Works in Print

a. Scholarly Monographs:

b. Textbooks:

Study Guide to Logic: An Introduction, 2nd ed., St. Martin's Press, 1990. (With Peter Hutcheson.) .

Study Guide to Becoming Logical, St. Martin's Press, 1986, (With Peter Hutcheson.)

c. Edited Books:

d. Chapters in Books:

e. Creative Books:

2. Articles

a. Refereed Journal Articles:

“Humor, Logic, and Lewis Carroll” Southwest Philosophical Studies 25 (Spring) 31-40.

“Hutcheson on Swinburne’s Earlier Theodicy,” accepted for publication by Southwest Philosophical Studies.

“The Puzzles of Lewis Carroll,” accepted for publication by Southwest Philosophical Studies.

"Ballots in the Belfry: Lewis Carroll and Voting Fairness." Southwest Philosophical Studies 26 (Spring) 35-44.

“Squaring the Circles: Lewis Carroll's Diagrams vs. John Venn's Diagrams,” Southwest Philosophical Studies, Vol. 23, 30-40.

“Does J. S. Mill Appeal to Natural Law,” Vera Lex, Vol. XV, No. 1 and 2, 56-58.

"Gunderson and Searle: A Common Error about Artificial Intelligence," Southwest Philosophical Studies, Vol. 11 (Spring 1989), 28-34.

"Nineteen Eighty-Four," Southwest Philosophical Studies, IX, (Spring, 1985), 1-4.

"Pierre Duhem on the Testing of Hypotheses," Philosophy Research Archives, Vol. V, No. 1336 (1979), 24 pages.

"The Perfection of Perfection: On How Not to Improve the Ontological Argument," Journal of Thought, XIV, No. 1 (January, 1979), 42-44.

"Science and Metaphysics," Midwestern Journal of Philosophy, VI, No. 1 (Spring, 1978), 13-19.

"On the Origin of Grunbaum's Misinterpretation of Duhem," Southwest Philosophical Studies, III, (April, 1978), 98-104.

(With Donna Canuel Joy) "Mill and Arnold: Liberty Versus Control," Journal of Thought, XII, No. 3 (July, 1977), 174-178.

"Law, Theory, and Scientific Method: The Black Box," The Texas Science Teacher, IV, No. 4 (May, 1975), 12-13.

"Instrumentalism: A Duhemian Reply to Popper," The Modern Schoolman, LII, No. 2 (January, 1975), 194-199.

"Karl Popper's View of Simplicity," Journal of Thought, X, NO. 1 (January, 1975), 16-23.

"Egoism Revisited," Opinion, No. 57 (December, 1973), 4-5.

"On Liberty: A Note on Mill's Use of Logic," The Mill News Letter, VIII, No. 2 (Spring, 1973), 7-10.

"Can Science Give Us Truth?" Journal of Thought, VIII, No. 2 (April, 1973), 117-122.

"Purposes of Education," Proceedings of the Second Summer Conference for College Teachers of Academic Subjects, The University of Texas at Austin, July, 1968, 1-4.

b. Non-refereed Articles:

3. Abstracts:

"Can Machines Think?: A Look at Turing's Imitation Game," Southwest Philosophical Studies, Vol. 13 (Spring 1991), 136. (See B8)

4. Reports:

5. Book Reviews:

Review of The Mind's New Science: A History of the Cognitive Revolution by Howard Gardner. New York: Basic Books, 1987. Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, Vol. 40 (1988).

Review of The Dreams of Reason: The Computer and the Rise of the Sciences of Complexity by Heinz R. Pagels. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988. Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, Vol. 41, No. 3 (Sept., 1989), 179-80.

Review of Computers in Battle: Will They Work ed. by David Bellin and Gary Chapman. Boston: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987. Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, Vol. 41, No. 3 (Sept., 1989), 187-88.

Review of The Society of Mind by Marvin Minsky. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986. Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, Vol. 40, No. 4 (December, 1988), 242-43

Review of The Quest for Faith by C. Stephen Evans. Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 1986. Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, Vol. 40 (1988)

Review of A Dictionary of Philosophy by A. R. Lacey. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1976. Journal of Thought, XLL, No. 3 (July, 1977), 244-245.

Review of Christianity for the Tough Minded, edited with Introduction & Preliminary Essay on God's Existence by John Warwick Montgomery. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Bethany Fellowship, Inc., 1973. Journal of the American Scientific Affilitation, Vol. 27 #2 (June, 1975), 83.

Review of Freedom, Anarchy, and the Law: An Introduction to Political Philosophy by Richard Taylor. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1973. Journal of Thought, X, No. 1 (January, 1975), 74-76.

Review of Speculative Philosophy: A Study of Its Nature Types and Uses by Andrew J. Reck. Albuquerque: The University of New Mexico Press, 1972. Journal of Thought, VIII, No. 3 (July, 1973), 240-241.

6. Other:

B. Works not in Print

1. Papers Presented at Professional Meetings:

"A Comment on Don A. Merrell's 'Believing With All Your Might: A Closer Look at Doxastic Degrees.'" The New Mexico-West Texas Philosophical Society, Las Cruces, NM, March 2007.

"Science and Religion: Strangers, Friends, Enemies?" Philosophy Dialogue series, Texas State University-San Marcos, 3/07/05,

“Euthanasia and the Slippery Slope,” presented to the New Mexico/ West Texas Philosophical Society, April, 2005.

“Hutcheson on Swinburne’s Earlier Theodicy,” prestented to the New Mexico/ West Texas Philosophical Society, April 2004.

“The Puzzles of Lewis Carroll,” presented to the New Mexico/ West Texas Philosophical Society, April 2003.

“The Humor of Lewis Carroll,” presented to the New Mexico/ West Texas Philosophical Society, April 2002.

“Ballots in the Belfry: Lewis Carroll and Voting Fairness,” presenteed to the New Mexico/ West Texas Philosophical Association, April, 2001.

“Squaring the Circles: Lewis Carroll's Diagrams vs. John Venn's Diagrams” paper presented to the New Mexico/West Texas Philosophical Association, April 1, 2000.

"Alternative Sets of Rules for Testing Syllogisms." Paper read on the 1993 program of The New Mexico and West Texas Philosophical Society, Santa Fe, New Mexico, April, 1993.

(With Audrey McKinney) "On a Supposed Inconsistency in J. S. Mill's Utilitarianism." Paper read on the 1991 program of The New Mexico and West Texas Philosophical Society, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 13, 1991.

"Can Machines Think?: A Look at Turing's Imitation Game." Paper read on the 1990 program of The New Mexico and West Texas Philosophical Society, Santa Fe, New Mexico, April 7, 1990.

"Gunderson and Searle: A Common Error about Artificial Intelligence." Paper read on the 1988 program of The New Mexico and West Texas Philosophical Society, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 16, 1988.

"On the Possibility of the Impossible." A comment on Philip Bashor's "Process Philosophy of Education and Orwell's 1984," Mountain Plains Philosophy Conference, Topeka, Kansas, October 1984.

"Nineteen Eighty-Four." Presidential Address to The New Mexico and West Texas Philosophical Society, Abilene, Texas, April 14, 1984.

"Universality from a Behavioristic Point of View." Paper read to the North Texas Philosophical Association, Denton, Texas, April 24, 1982.

"On the Origin of Grunbaum's Misinterpretation of Duhem." Paper read on the 1978 Program of The New Mexico and West Texas Philosophical Society, El Paso, Texas, April 15, 1978.

“Pierre Duhem and the Structure of Scientific Inquiry." Paper read to the San Antonio Philosophy Forum, San Antonio, Texas, October 18, 1977.

"Pierre Duhem and the Structure of Scientific Inquiry." Paper read to the North Texas Philosophical Association, Denton, Texas, October 15, 1977.

2. Invited Talks, Lectures, Presentations:

“Science and Religion: from Medieval times to the 19th century.” Adult Lecture Class, University Presbyterian Church, Austin, TX.

“A simple response to the issue of Intelligent Design.” Adult Lecture Class, University Presbyterian Church, Austin, TX.

“A simple response to the issue of Intelligent Design.” Presentation to the Adult Lecture Class, University Presbyterian Church, Austin, Texas, February 12, 2006.

“Science and Religion: from Medieval times to the 19th century.” Presentation to the Adult Lecture Class, University Presbyterian Church, Austin, Texas, February 5, 2006.

(with Charles Hinkley and Rebekah Ross-Fountain) on the Terri Schiavo euthanasia debate to the Campus Christian Community's Wednesday's Voice meeting, Texas State University-San Marcos, April 6, 2005.

C. S. Lewis' The Abolition of Man to the Christian Faculty/Staff Fellowship, Texas State University-San Marcos, Feb. 9, 2005.

Presentation to University Presbyterian Church, Adult Lecture Class, “Evil: the Solution?” Feb 6, 2005.

(invited presentation) "Evil: the Solution?" Presentation to University Presbyterian Church, Austin, Texas, Adult Lecture Class, Feb 6, 2005.

Presentation to University Presbyterian Church, Adult Lecture Class, “Evil: the Problem?,” Jan 30, 2005.

(invited presentation) "Evil: the Problem?" Presentation to University Presbyterian Church, Austin, Texas, Adult Lecture Class, Jan 30, 2005.

"Why Science is Hard, if not Impossible." Lecture given May 7, 1976, Richland College, Dallas.

"Science is Child's Play." Lecture given May 7, 1976, Richland College, Dallas.

3. Consultancies:

4. Workshops:

Participant in "A Workshop in Logic" sponsored by the Texas Community College Philosopher's Consortium, Mountainview College, Dallas, May 8, 1976.

5. Other:

Philosophy Dialogue series, "The Battle Between Science and Religion," 2-23-06,

Philosophy Dialogue series, "Science and Religion: Strangers, Friends, Enemies?" March 7, 2005.

Philosophy Dialogue series, “The Logic and Psychology of Mechanical Puzzles, Spring 2003

Philosophy Dialogue Series, “The Humor of Lewis Carroll,” April 2002

Philosophy Dialogue Series, “Lewis Carroll’s Puzzles, Fall 1998.

C. Grants and Contracts

1. Funded External Grants and Contracts:

$5000 Templeton/American Scientific Affiliation grant to bring two speakers to campus during the 1997-98 year for public lectures on science and religion.

April 7, 1998, Dr Howard Van Till, “The Universe: No Place for a Small God.”

April 18, 1998, Dr. Ronald Numbers, “The Evolution of Scientific Creationism.”

My "Science and Religion" (Phil. 3317) course won a $10,000 award in the 1995-1996 Templeton Science-Religion Course Program, sponsored by The John M. Templeton Foundation. $5,000 of that award goes to Southwest Texas State University for support of the course.

2. Submitted, but not Funded, External Grants and Contracts:

3. Funded Internal Grants and Contracts:

Texas State University Library Research Grants for 1999 and 2000. Monies used to buy library materials about puzzles, logic, and philosophy of Lewis Carroll.

4. Submitted, but not Funded, Internal Grants and Contracts:

D. Fellowships, Awards, Honors:

I was selected to participate in the two-week workshop on “Teaching with Technology Workshop, ” summer 2004, Texas State University. This workshop was given by the Instructional Technologies Staff of Texas State (Dr. Liz Strand, Dr. Milt Nielsen, and Mr. Michael Farris), assisted by outside insturctors, Dr. Willi Savenye of Arizona State University and Dr. Michael Spector of Syracuse University.

As a 1996 Templeton Foundation Science and Religion Course Program winner, I attended an expenses-paid Science-Religion workshop at the Center for Theology and The Natural Sciences; Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California, June 7-11, 1996.

Recipient of a fellowship for the Second Summer Conference for College Teachers of Academic Subjects, The University of Texas at Austin, 1969.

IV. SERVICE

A. University:

Departmental Representative, Faculty Advisory Council, 2007 to present.

Departmental Representative, School Review Group, 2004-2007.

B. Departmental:

I was director of the Philosophy Department's Critical Thinking Lab for its first year.

Discussion leader, SWTSU Philosophy Club, April 7, 1988. Topic: “Did the universe begin? Will it end?”

Discussion Leader, SWTSU Philosophy Club, April 27, 1976. Topic: Induction.

C. Community:

Member of a "reaction panel" for the 1973 Robert F. Jones Lectures at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, given by Dr. Harry Smith of Yale University, January 30, 1973.

D. Professional:

Section Chair, Oklahoma-Texas section, American Scientific Affiliation.

Program paper evaluator for the Annual meeting of the New Mexico-West Texas Philosophical Society, 1983 to 2007.

Session Chair, Session on Moral and Ancient Greek Philosophy, Annual meeting of The New Mexico-West Texas Philosophical Society, March 2007.

Editor, Southwest Philosophical Studies. April 2005 to present.

Session Chair, Annual meeting of the New Mexico and West Texas Philosophical Society, April, 1990.

Elected Chair, Executive Committee, The Mountain-Plains Philosophy Conference, 1985.

Session Chair, The Mountain-Plains Philosophy Conference, October, 1985.

Session Chair, Annual meeting of the New Mexico and West Texas Philosophical Society, April, 1985.

Session Chair, First Annual Conference, Institute for Logic and Cognitive Studies, University of Houston-Clear Lake, July 13, 1984.

E. Organizations

1. Honorary:

     

2. Professional:

Elected Member, Executive Committee, The Mountain-Plains Philosophy Conference, 1984.

Elected President of the New Mexico and West Texas Philosophical Society, April 1983.

Incorporator of The Southwestern Philosophical Society, a nonprofit corporation of the state of Texas.

Elected Vice President of the New Mexico West Texas Philosophical Society, April, 1982.

F. Service Honors and Awards:

     

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