Dr. David Louzecky

Professor, Philosophy

MA 3104
 

One University Drive
Sheboygan, WI 53081-4789

Email: dlouzeck@uwc.edu

Courses

• Introduction to Philosophy 101 syllabus

• Social and Political Philosophy 102 syllabus

• Philosophy of Love, Sex, and Friendship 205 syllabus
  Elementary Logic 211 syllabus

• Technology, Values, and Society 237 syllabus

Education

• Ph.D.  University of Wisconsin-Madison
  M.A.  University of Wisconsin-Madison

• B.S.  University of Wisconsin-Madison

Teaching Awards

• Carnegie Foundation Wisconsin Professor of the Year  2000

• Arthur M. Kaplan Fellow for Innovative Teaching  1996

• Special Merit for Teaching Excellence  1991

Selected Publications

Articles

     "William James's Pragmatic Theory of Rational Belief Explained and Refuted."  The Philosophers' Notebook  2001: 21-32.  link

     "Mill and Taylor on Equality and Marriage." The Philosophers' Notebook  1998: 15-24, coauthor Lynn Gordon.  link

     Cyberspace Law, The Communications Decency Act: The Continuing Saga."  New Tech News May, 1997: 2-4, coauthor Tamara McNulty.  link

     "Internet Ethics."  1996  coauthor Thomas Zillner  link

     "The Telecommunications Decency Act: A First Amendment Analysis."  New Tech News  Nov. 1995: 10-11, coauthor Tamara McNulty.  link

     "Reasons and Other Minds."  Philosophical Inquiry  III, Nos. 3-4 (1981): 140-156, coauthor Hans Morsink.

     "Plato's Third Man Argument." Phronesis  XVII, No. 1 (1972): 80-94, coauthor Henry Teloh.

Book

     The Good Life: Personal and Public Choices.  Atascardero, CA: Ridgeview, 1989, coauthor Richard Flannery.

Selected Presentations

     "Democracy and the Demise of Libraries in the Networked Age," WILSWorld '95, Madison, WI, 13-14 June 1995, coauthor Lynn Gordon

     "Can Virtue Be Taught (and if so Should It Be Taught?)," 23rd Conference on Value Inquiry, Felician College, Lodi, NJ, 6-8 April 1995, delivered by coauthor Roger Rigterink  link

     "How to do Internet Ethics: A Plea for Rights," WILSWorld '94, Madison, WI, 16-17 June 1994  link

     "Pragmatism and the End of Ideology," Ratner Colloquium, UW-Marinette, Marinette, WI, 28-29 May 1992

     "AIDS: The Democracy Test," UW-Sheboygan, St. Nicholas Hospital, and Memorial Medical Center's AIDS Conference, Sheboygan, WI, 17 October 1987

     "The Family: The Way We Were, the Way We Are," Wisconsin Library Association, Sheboygan, WI, 13 November 1986

     "Working: Making a Living, Making a Life," National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association, Sheboygan, WI, 5 December 1985 

Memberships

• American Association of University Professors  link

• American Philosophical Association  link

• The Association of University of Wisconsin Professionals  link

• Wisconsin Philosophical Association

For philosophy links, articles, and songs check out the Colleges Philosophy Department award winning homepage.

For courses, faculty, and library research check out the Sheboygan Campus homepage.