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  Courses: Fall 2009

 

Useful Philosophy Links

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 Fisher's Brief Vitae

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.

•     Guidelines on Writing a Philosophy Paper   by James Pryor
•     How to get Better Grades on your Philosophy Papers , by Martin Young.
•     Plagiarism.   This is the Indiana University Writing Tutorials site, a good source for information on many basic writing issues including plagiarism and how to avoid it.