Matthew Weflen
Areas of Specialization: Ancient Philosophy (Plato, Pre-Socratic Philosophy, Ancient Ethics and Metaphysics).Education:· Loyola University Chicago, Philosophy, Master of Arts, to be awarded August 2009. M.A. Thesis: “The Anaxagoras of Plato” · St. Xavier University, Chicago IL, Bachelor of Arts, awarded December 2006. Major: Philosophy. Senior Thesis: “Replacing the Father: An Investigation of Plato’s Republic.” Presentations:· “These People, Who Will Not Be Us: The Great Problem of Greek Madness WithinFoucault’s Structural Critique,” presented paper (15 pp.) at the 14th Annual Villanova University Philosophy Conference, April 3, 2009. ·“Kierkegaard’s Pagan Exemplar,” presented paper (10 pp.) at Uehiro CrossCurrentsPhilosophy Conference, University of Hawaii at Manoa, March 19, 2009. · “Fellow Warriors: John Stuart Mill and Socrates as Advocates for a Utilitarian Moral Criterion,” presented paper (10 pp.) at First Interdisciplinary Research Symposium at Loyola University Chicago, April 12, 2008. · “Herman Melville’s The Confidence Man,” presented a lecture (90 minutes) for Scholars at Wright program, at Wilbur Wright College, October 22, 2002. Please see: http://scholarsatwright.org/confidence.html Languages:
· Greek and German: Reading competency.
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