Jonathan Scott Miller
Curriculum Vitae Department of Philosophy 308 Shatzel Hall Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH 43403 Office: 419-372-2118 Cell: 419-494-1142 Email: jonathm@bgsu.edu Areas of Specialization Religion and science Areas of Competence Asian philosophy, ethics, political philosophy Education PhD, Philosophy, Bowling Green State University, 2007 Dissertation: “Mystical Experiences, Neuroscience, and the Nature of Reality” BA, Philosophy, Humboldt State University, 2001 Teaching Positions Instructor, Bowling Green State University, 2007 to present Adjunct Professor, Bowling Green State University, 2006 to 2007 Graduate Assistant, Bowling Green State University, 2001 to 2006 Independent Teaching Experience Aesthetics Ancient Philosophy Ethical Theory Ethics Indian and Chinese Philosophy Introduction to Philosophy Life, Death, Law, and Morality Survey of World Religions Fall 2007 Fall 2005 Fall 2007 Spring 2007 Spring 2008 Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Spring 2008 Spring 2008 Spring 2006
Teaching Assistant Experience Ancient Philosophy (graduate) Ethics Ethics Introduction to Philosophy Introduction to Philosophy Logic Other Experience Research Assistant, Social Philosophy & Policy Center, Fall 2003-Fall 2004 Research Assistant, Michael Bradie, Summer 2002 and Summer 2005 Publications (Under Review) “Are Mystical Experiences Evidence for the Existence of a Transcendent Reality? Evaluating Eugene d’Aquili and Andrew Newberg’s Arguments for Absolute Unitary Being,” under review for Florida Philosophical Review. “Scientism and Spirituality,” under review for Politics, Pluralism, and Religion (Cambridge Scholars Press). Presentations “Scientism and Spirituality,” April 13, 2007 (Religion, Politics, and Pluralism conference, Minnesota State University, Mankato) “Are Mystical Experiences Evidence for a Transcendent Reality?”, March 23, 2007 (Southeast Graduate Student Philosophy Conference, University of Florida, Gainesville) “Naturally Fallacious: Robert Richards’ Evolutionary Ethics,” paper to be presented April 12, 2008 (Ohio Philosophical Association Annual Meeting, Denison University) “The Relation between Anattā and the Ātman of the Upanishads,” paper to be presented January 7, 2009 (Self, Identity, and Culture conference, Kolkata, India) Grants and Fellowships Earhart Fellowship, 2003-2004 Katzner and University Bookstore Fund for Graduate Student Research and Professional Development, 2007 TA for Fred Miller TA for Ian Young TA for Donald Scherer TA for Loren Lomasky TA for Loren Lomasky TA for Sara Worley Fall 2004 Spring 2005 Fall 2002 Spring 2003 Fall 2001 Spring 2002
Professional Organizations American Philosophical Association Society of Indian Philosophy and Religion Summary of Graduate Coursework Phil 533 Phil 580 Phil 600 Phil 603 Phil 611 Phil 612 Phil 621 Phil 650 Phil 680 Phil 680 Phil 680 Phil 680 Phil 684 Phil 780 Phil 780 Phil 780 Phil 780 Germ 600 References Marvin Belzer (Committee Chair) Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, Ohio 43403 419-372-7216 mbelzer@bgsu.edu Michael Bradie (Committee Member; Teaching Reference) Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, Ohio 43403 419-372-8372 mbradie@bgsu.edu Sara Worley (Committee Member) Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, Ohio 43403 419-372-2899 sworley@bgsu.edu Philosophy and Physics of Space and Time Contemporary Analytic Philosophy Pro Seminar Logic and Analysis History of Ancient Philosophy History of Modern Philosophy History of Moral Philosophy Seminar Teaching Applied Philosophy The Moral Limits of Law Rawls Seminar Sentamentalist Ethics Topics in Utilitarianism and Medical Ethics Anarcho-Capitalism Personal Identity Philosophy of Biology Political Philosophy Terrorism and Globalization German for Grad Students Michael Bradie Michael Bradie David Sobel Michael Bradie Fred Miller Lon Becker Michael Robins Michael Bradie Marina Oshana Loren Lomasky Daniel Jacobson Ray Frey Loren Lomasky Marvin Belzer Michael Bradie Stephen Wall Jim Child Jim Gray