Faculty Profile

		Thomas Gardner, Ph.D. Visiting Assistant Professor E-mail: tgardner@cmc.edu Phone: (909) 607-9895 Campus Address: Center Court E7 Departments: Philosophy
		Office Hours Monday 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Monday 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Current Course Schedule Phil 198 MW- 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM  RHN 103 Phil 30 MW- 8:10 PM - 9:25 PM  RHN 105 Phil 30 MW- 12:00 PM - 1:10 PM  Hum 102

Educational Background

Ph.D., Philosophy, Purdue University M.A., Philosophy, State University of New York at Albany B.A., Religion and Philosophy, Roberts Wesleyan College

Teaching Interests

• Philosophy of Mind
• Epistemology
• Modern Philosophy
• Formal Logic

Research Interests

• Problem of Consciousness
• Representationalism

Selected Research and Publications

• “Supervenience Physicalism: Meeting the Demands of Determination and Explanation,” Philosophical Papers 34 (2): 189-208 (July 2005).
• “Socrates and Plato on the Possibility of Akrasia”, Southern Journal of Philosophy 40 (2): 191-210 (Summer 2002).
• “The Subject Matter of Dewey’s Metaphysics”, Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society 36 (3): 393-405 (Summer 2000).
• “Quasi-Realism and Truth as Coherence”, American Philosophical Association, Central Division Meeting, Society for Realist-Antirealist Discussion, April 2007
• “Proper Functionalism and the Problem of Accidental Reliability”, Midsouth Philosophy Conference, University of Memphis, February 2007
• “Against Tye’s Arguments for Strong Representationalism,” Midsouth Philosophy Conference, University of Memphis, February 2006
• “Consciousness and First-Order Representationalism,” Invited Talk, Ashland University, April 2005
• “Representationalism and the Problem of Phenomenal Consciousness,” Invited Talk, Indiana State University, March 2004