Daniel Propson

Assistant Professor of Practice
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Degrees
BA, English, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
PhD, Philosophy, Wayne State University (Detroit, MI)

Research Areas
Ancient Philosophy, Plato, Classical Islamic Philosophy, Bioethics, Ethics of Engineering

Teaching Competencies
History of Philosophy, Ethics, Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Religion, Logic, Political Philosophy

Other Roles
Executive Director, Philosophy Camp, Oakland University
Executive Director, Philosophy For Everyone, Oakland University

Dissertation
"The Sophist in the Cave: Education Through Names in Plato's Republic", 2016.

Publications
2013. “Grasping at Normativity: Epistemic Justification in Hume’s Treatise,” History of Philosophy Quarterly 30(3): 215-232

2012. “‘You Ain’t a Person, and We’ll Keep It That Way’: A Reply to Berkich,” Dialogue 51 (4): 563-73

Presentations
“Middle Virtue: Accurate Poetry in Republic X”, colloquium paper, APA Eastern Division meeting. January 4, 2017.

“Forget Anamnesis,” Society for Ancient Philosophy Session at the APA Central Division Meeting. February 22, 2013.

“Autonomy, Virtue Consequentialism, and Human Rights,” at George Mason University Conference “Philosophy and the Science of Happiness”. April 14, 2012

Courses Taught
Ethics of Science and Engineering
Philosophy of Religion
Bioethics
Ancient Greek Philosophy
Introduction to Ethics
Critical Thinking
Introduction to Philosophy
Contemporary Moral Issues
Applied Ethics