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Courses: Fall 2009
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Office Phone: (303) 492-6593
Email: jafisher@colorado.edu
Office: Hellems 286 Office Hours: by appointment only
Dog: Scooter
Professor Fisher has done research in philosophy of language, epistemology, philosophy of mind, animal mentality, aesthetics and philosophy of music.
Area of Current Interest: Aesthetics, Philosophy of Mind.
Current Research Projects: The aesthetics of nature (environmental aesthetics), the definition of music, the nature of songs, language and aesthetic qualities, a theory of entertainment and the ontology of performance.
Link to Selected & On-Line Publications
He is also married to a terrific painter, Virginia Maitland. Here is a link to her web site. And here is her painting, "Finding the Perfect Partner"
“The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.” -Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Fall 2008-- Spring 2009: On Sabbatical
(but I will be on campus and working in my office much of the time)
Recommended reference works in philosophy.
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. (constantly evolving, ever interesting)
A more elementary but also more complete source is The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
A wonderful and fairly complete source at the intermediate level is the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. This is only available to those within the CU system. If you are within CU's network (on campus or off using a VPN), then this is a link to the Routledge encyclopedia through Chinook
Writing guides specifically focused on philosophy.
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