Department of Philosophy
Howard Ponzer
Visiting Assistant Professor
E-mail: hponzer2@washcoll.edu
Phone: (800) 422-1782, ext.7265
Office: William Smith Hall 116
Education
- Fall 2004, Ph. D., Philosophy, The New School for Social Research, Graduate Faculty
- Fall 1996, Master of Arts, Philosophy, The New School for Social Research, Graduate Faculty
- May 1990, Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy, Washington College
Area of Specialization
Kant, Hegel and 19th century European philosophy with a concentration on analytic and dialectical logic as well as the emergence of the dialectical tradition in the Ancient Greeks.
Dissertation
December 2004, The New School for Social Research, Graduate Faculty, 'The Law of Non-Contradiction in Hegel's Dialectic: An Examination of Hegel's Dialectic as a Logic of Antinomies against the Backdrop of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason'
Conferences and Publications
- 'Hegel's Analytic Logic,' Conference, Long Island Philosophical Society, St. John's University, Queens, New York, October 21, 2006
- 'Fichte's Theory of Gender Relations in his Foundations of Natural Right,' Translation Publication from German of an essay by Dr. Bärbel Frischmann, Universität Bremen, published in a book of collected essays entitled, Rights, Bodies and Recognition: New Essays on Fichte's Foundations of Natural Right (Ashgate, 2006), p. 152-165
- 'The Place of the Analytic in Hegel's Dialectic,' Seminar, International Hegel Workshop, Cologne, Germany, July 8-9, 2006
- 'Reconciliation in Hegel's Speculative Idealism,' Conference, The Nature of Philosophy and its Relevance, 13th Annual Meeting, Western Carolina University, North Carolina, July 22-27, 2006
- 'Hegel's Speculative Idealism: A Return to Realism,' Conference, New Jersey Region Philosophical Association & Long Island Philosophical Society, Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus, April 8, 2006
- 'The Law of Non-Contradiction in Kant's Copernican Revolution,' Conference, Long Island Philosophical Society, Adelphi University, October 22, 2005
- 'Monism and Dualism in Plato's Doctrine of Principles,' Translation publication from German, The Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal, Vol. 23, No.2, by Prof. Dr. Jens Halfwassen, Universität Heidelberg, Fall 2002
- 'Platon und Hegel: Die Bestimmungen der Reflexion,' Philosophie Colloquium, Universität Bremen, Tagung, Universität Bremen, Germany, January 2000
- 'On Aristotle's Notion of Primary Ousia, Individual and Universal,' Conference, Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, Binghamton University, October 1997
Works in Progress
- "The Place of the Analytic in Hegel's Dialectic"
- "Hegel's Speculative Idealism: A Return to Realism"
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