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Samuel C. Wheeler III

Professor of Philosophy
Department of Philosophy, U-54
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269-2054
Office: 234 Manchester Hall

Phone: 486-3592

Email: samuel.wheeler@uconn.edu

Research Interests:

Sam Wheeler writes in metaphysics, ethics, deconstruction, and ancient philosophy. Recent publications include "Davidsonian Rationality and Ethical Disagreement between Cultures," in Davidson's Philosophy and Chinese Philosophy: Constructive Engagement, edited by Bo Mou, Brill, 2006;"Davidson as Derridan: Analytic Philosophy as Deconstruction," Cardozo Law Review, Volume 27, Number 2, November 2005, pp. 567-585; "Wittgenstein mit Davidson uber Metaphem," in Wittgenstein und Die Metaphor, ed. Arnswald, Kertscher, Kross, Parerga Verlag, Berlin, 2004; and "Davidson on Language and Literature," in Donald Davidson, Cambridge UP, 2003, pp. 183-206. His book Deconstruction as Analytic Philosophy, was published in 2000 by Stanford University Press.

COURSE INFORMATION for PHILOSOPHY 104, Sections 02-12:


2008 spring 104syl revised	overhead mar 17 hobbes revised
overhead jan 30 Plato 1	overhead 3 19 prisoner hobbes
overhead intro 1 23 08 104	overhead 03 24-03-26 strat 1 and 2 revised
overhead 2 4 08 Plato 2	overhead coop 3 31
lecture rev 2 06 08 plato 3	overhead government 4 02
overhead rev 2 06 08 plato 3	lecture locke 1 4 7 08
overhead 2 11 08 plato 4	lecture locke 2 4 09 08
lecture 2 11 08 plato 4	overhead locke 2 4 09 08
overhead 2 13 08 plato 5	overhead locke 3 4 14 08
handout 2 20 kant principles	overhead locke 4 4 16
handout 2 25 util conseq.doc	lecture locke 3 revised april 14 2008
handout 2 27 care partiality and induction	lecture april 16 08 locke 4 revised
handout 3 3 universalism and relativism	overhead mill 1 april 21 08
sample essay questions for midterm	overhead mill 2 april 23 08
handout mar 17 hobbes	overhead mill 3 april 28 08
	final samples 08

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Online Papers:

Davidson as Derrida	Davidsonian Rationality and Chinese Ethics

Notes on a Line in the Sand	Reparations Reconstructed

Wittgenstein as Davidson on Metaphor	Truth Metaphor Determinability