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Dr. Aristotelis Santas

Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies

Departmental Area: Philosophy

Research Areas: Philosophy of Education; Environmental Philosophy; American Pragmatism

Contact Information:

Phone: 229-333-7433

Address: Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies; 1500 N. Patterson Street; Valdosta State University; Valdosta, GA 31698-0050

Office: Ashley Hall 216

Email: asantas@valdosta.edu

Office Hours:  M-F 11:00 - 12:00

Curriculum Vitae: http://www.valdosta.edu/~asantas/VITA.doc

Website: http://www.valdosta.edu/~asantas

Background

B.A. – Florida State University (Philosophy)

M.A. -- Florida State University (Philosophy)

Ph.D. -- Florida State University (Philosophy)

Aristotelis (Ari) Santas was born in Lefkas, Greece.  He spent most of his early childhood in Athens until he arrived in the United States when he was five years old.  He lived in Chicago, IL for five years, where his father was finishing graduate work in American Literature.  When he was ten his family moved to St. Augustine, Florida, where his father taught in and chaired the Department of English at Flagler College.  Ari received his undergraduate education at Flagler College (St. Augustine), University of Florida (Gainesville), and Florida State University (Tallahassee), where he received a B.A. in Philosophy in 1983.  His initial interests were science, mathematics and engineering, but soon became enamored of philosophy, mostly because of the teachings of Douglas Taylor at Flagler College.  After receiving his B.A., Ari remained at Florida State for his graduate education and received an M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy in 1989, under the direction of Eugene F. Kaelin, who had been the teacher and mentor of Doug Taylor.  Ari spent his first two years of graduate school focusing on Analytic Philosophy and Philosophy of Mathematics, but later found his deepest interests in American Pragmatism.  His dissertation was entitled “Reason, Reasons, and Rationality: A Pragmatic Evaluation.”  In 1990 Ari moved to Valdosta, GA to teach in the Department of Philosophy at Valdosta State University.  He is married and has three children.  He has been an active participant in the Valdosta area public school system, local community and environmental organizations, and anti-racist and civil rights groups.

Research Interests

• Body/Mind dualism and Embodiment
• Philosophy of Education and Training
• Environmental Philosophy

Selected Publications

• “The Eyes Know It? Training the Eyes: A Theory of Visual Literacy” (with Lisa Eaker), Journal of Visual Literacy, Vol. 28, No. 2 (2009)
• “Tempering Tenacity: Peirce, Belief, Education and Growth,” co-authored with Lisa Eaker, in International Journal of Applied Philosophy, 21,1 (Spring 2007)
• “Taking Care of Things: Substance, Machine, and Organism in Early Modern Thought,” in Philosophical Inquiry International Quarterly, XXVII, No.3-4 (Summer-Fall 2005)
• Symposium on Racism and Education (guest editor) Studies in Philosophy and Education. 19, 4 (July 2000)
•  “Subject/Object Dualism and Environmental Degradation,” in Philosophical Inquiry International Quarterly, XXI, 3-4, (1999)

Selected Conference Presentations

• “The Eyes Know It? Training the Eyes: A Theory of Visual Literacy” (with Lisa Eaker) presentation to International Visual Literacy Association Meeting, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, October 17th, 2008
• “Tempering Tenacity: Teaching by Virtue of Growth” (with Lisa Eaker), presented to the Southeast Philosophy of Education Society meeting in Orlando FL Feb. 4th and 5th, 2005
• “Taking Care of Things: Substance, Machine, and Organism in Early Modern Thought,” presented at the North American Interdisciplinary Wilderness Conference, Feb. 2004
• “Teaching Anti-Racism,” read at the Southeastern Philosophy of Education Society meeting, Atlanta, GA, February 5th, 1999

Current Research Projects

• Body-Mind continuity as it relates to traditional perceiving/thinking/acting dichotomies and the relationship between myo-fascial and psycho-moral dysfunction
• Historical movements in Environmental Philosophy and the emergence of 4th Wave Environmentalism

Teaching Specializations

• Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
• History of Philosophy (Ancient and Early Modern)
• American Philosophy

Dr. Santas’ Recent Courses

Summer 2011

• 50232 PHIL 2010 A 3.00 Fundamentals of Philosophy

Fall 2011

• 80535 PHIL 2010 A 3.00 Fundamentals of Philosophy
• 80536 PHIL 2010 B 3.00 Fundamentals of Philosophy
• 80546 PHIL 3080 A 3.00 History Early Modern Philosophy
• 80552 PHIL 3640 A 3.00 Environmental Philosophy

June 17, 2011