Michael Philips
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
Mailbox: Neuberger Hall 471
Phone: 503-725-3508
Email: philipsm@pdx.edu
Biography
Michael Philips, Professor, earned his Phd in philosophy at The
Johns Hopkins University (1972). He joined the philosophy department
at Portland State as an assistant professor in September 1969. He has
been a visiting professor at the University of Hawaii (1979-80), the
University of Miami (1982-84), and the University of British Columbia
(1988-90) and a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley (1984-85). In addition
to his work in philosophy, he is a fine art photographer, a
performance artist, and a writer of theater pieces. His op ed pieces
have appeared in the Portland Oregonian and the New York Times, and
for two years he did weekly radio commentaries on KOAP (Oregon's NPR
affiliate). Professor Philips specializes in ethics, but also
works in epistemology and the philosophy of mind. He has published 25
pieces in books and journals (including Mind, Philosophical Studies,
Nous, Ethics, Philosophical Quarterly, The American Philosophical
Quarterly, The Canadian Journal of Philosophy and the Australasian
Journal of Philosophy). His work has appeared in nine anthologies. He
has published two books (Between Universalism and Skepticism, Oxford
University Press, 1994, and Philosophy and Science Fiction, Prometheus
Books, 1980). And he has delivered papers at many philosophical
conferences and at many universities in the US, Canada and
Australia. He is currently a regular contributor to the English
bimonthly magazine Philosophy Now.
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