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| Donald Morrison | | Professor | | Professor of Philosophy | | | | e-mail:donaldm@rice.edu | | | - B.A. Summa cum laude Philosophy (1977) Carleton COllege
- Ph.D. Philosophy (Program in Classical Philosophy) (1983) Princeton University
| | | | Primary Department | | Department of Philosophy | |  |
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| Department Affiliations |
| | Ancient Mediterranean CivilizationsDepartment of Classical StudiesMedieval Studies |
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| Research Areas |
| | Ancient philosophy,political philosophy. |
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| Conceptions of Perfectionism in Recent Moral Philosophy. |
| | In the thirty years since Rawls introduced the term "perfectionism" into recent moral and political philosophy, the term's use and meaning has evolved remarkably. I trace this evolution, against the background of its earlier roots in e.g. ancient and 19th century philosophy. |
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| Editing the Cambridge Companion to Socrates. |
| | Editing a comprehensive guide to Socrates and his philosophy. |
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| Conceptions of Perfectionism in Recent Moral Philosophy. |
| | In the thirty years since Rawls introduced the term "perfectionism" into modern moral and political philosophy, its use and meaning have evolved remarkably. I trace this evolution, against the background of its roots in ancient and 19th century philosophy |
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| "Conceptions of Analytic Method in Late Greek Philosophy" |
| | A study of conceptions of "analysis" as a philosophical method or methods, roughly from Alexander of Aphrodesis through Philoponus. Certain related methods of arriving at first principles are included in the study, esp. a method called "tekmeriodic proof". The project is aimed at historians of science, as well as at philosophers and historians of philosophy. One way of describing the topic is as "the ancient antecedents of Zabarella's and Galileo's resolutive-compositive method." |
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| "The Good of the City in Classical Greek Political Philosophy" |
| | A study of the concept of the "good of the city", or the "happiness" or "well-being" of the polis, in Plato, Xenophon, and Aristotle. |
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| Conceptions of Analytic Method in Late Greek Philosophy |
| | A study of conceptions of "analysis" as a philosophical method or methods, roughly from Alexander of Aphrodesias through Philoponus. Certain related methods of arriving at first principles are included in the study, esp. a method called "tekmeriodic proof".The project is aimed at historians of science, as well as at philosophers and historians of philosophy. One way of describing the topic is as "the ancient antecedents of Zabarella's and Galileo's resolutive-compositive method." |
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| The Good of the City in Classical Greek Political Philosophy |
| | A study of the concept of the "good of the city", or the "happiness" or "well-being" of the polis, in Plato, Xenophon, and Aristotle. |
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| Conceptions of Analytic Method in Late Greek Philosophy |
| | A study of conceptions of "analysis" as a philosophical method or methods, roughly from Alexander of Aphrodesias through Philoponus. Certain related methods of arriving at first principles are included in the study, esp. a method called "tekmeriodic proof".The project is aimed at historians of science, as well as at philosophers and historians of philosophy. One way of describing the topic is as "the ancient antecedents of Zabarella's and Galileo's resolutive-compositive method." |
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| The Good of the City in Classical Greek Political Philosophy |
| | A study of the concept of the "good of the city", or the "happiness" or "well-being" of the polis, in Plato, Xenophon, and Aristotle. |
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| The Good of the City in Classical Greek Political Philosophy |
| | A study of the concept of the "good of the city", or the "happiness" or "well-being" of the polis, in Plato, Xenophon, and Aristotle. |
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| Conceptions of Analytic Method in Late Greek Philosophy |
| | A study of conceptions of "analysis" as a philosophical method or methods, roughly from Alexander of Aphrodesias through Philoponus. Certain related methods of arriving at first principles are included in the study, esp. a method called "tekmeriodic proof".The project is aimed at historians of science, as well as at philosophers and historians of philosophy. One way of describing the topic is as "the ancient antecedents of Zabarella's and Galileo's resolutive-compositive method." |
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| The Good of the City in Classical Greek Political Philosophy |
| | A study of the concept of the "good of the city", or the "happiness" or "well-being" of the polis, in Plato, Xenophon, and Aristotle. |
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| Conceptions of Analytic Method in Late Greek Philosophy |
| | A study of conceptions of "analysis" as a philosophical method or methods, roughly from Alexander of Aphrodesias through Philoponus. Certain related methods of arriving at first principles are included in the study, esp. a method called "tekmeriodic proof".The project is aimed at historians of science, as well as at philosophers and historians of philosophy. One way of describing the topic is as "the ancient antecedents of Zabarella's and Galileo's resolutive-compositive method." |
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| The Good of the City in Classical Greek Political Philosophy |
| | A study of the concept of the "good of the city", or the "happiness" or "well-being" of the polis, in Plato, Xenophon, and Aristotle. |
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| Conceptions of Analytic Method in Late Greek Philosophy |
| | A study of conceptions of "analysis" as a philosophical method or methods, roughly from Alexander of Aphrodesias through Philoponus. Certain related methods of arriving at first principles are included in the study, esp. a method called "tekmeriodic proof".The project is aimed at historians of science, as well as at philosophers and historians of philosophy. One way of describing the topic is as "the ancient antecedents of Zabarella's and Galileo's resolutive-compositive method." |
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| Teaching Areas |
| | Ancient philosophy, medieval philosophy, political philosophy, history of political philosophy. |
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| Selected Publications |
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| | Donald Morrison "Remarques sur la psychologie morale de Xenophon." Xenophon et Socrate (2008) : 11-28. |
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| | Donald Morrison "La psychologie morale de Socrate chez Xenophon." Xenophon et SocrateIn Press |
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| | Donald Morrison ""Socrates"." Blackwell Companion to Ancient Philosophy (2006) |
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| | Donald Morrison "Analysis and Synthesis in Galen." Act Philosophica FennicaIn Revision |
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| | Donald Morrison "Tyrannie et royaute selon le Socrate de Xenophon." Les Etudes Philosophiques (2004/May) : 177-192. |
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| | Morrison, D. ""Xenophon's Socrates and moral psychology"." In Revision |
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| | Morrison, D. ""Xenophon's Socrates on Kingship and Tyranny"." ¿tudes PhilosophiquesIn Press |
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| | Morrison, D. "Xenophon's Socrates on Kingship and Tyranny." Etudes PhilosophiquesIn Press |
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| | Morrison, D. "Review of Julia Annas,Platonic Ethics." Ethics, vol. 21 (2001) : pp. 617-619. |
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| | Book chapters |
| | Donald Morrison "The Utopian Character of Plato's Ideal City." Cambridge Companion to Plato's Republic (2007) : 232-255. |
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| | Donald Morrison "Is Plato's Republic a Utopian Work?." Cambridge Companion to Plato's RepublicIn Press |
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| | Donald Morrison ""On the Alleged Historical Reliability of Plato's Apology." Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito: Critical Essays (2005) : 97-126. |
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| | Morrison, D. ""Happiness, Rationality, and Egoism in Plato's Socrates"." Rationality and Happiness: From the Ancients to the Early Medievals (2003) : 17-34. |
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| | Morrison, D. ""Socrates"." The Blackwell Companion to Ancient PhilosophyIn Press |
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| | Morrison, D. "Socrates." The Blackwell Companion to Ancient Philosophy, ed. Gill and PellegrinIn Revision |
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| | Other |
| | Donald Morrison "On the alleged historical reliability of Plato's Apology." Archiv fur Geschichte der Philosophie, 82 (2000) : 235-265 (Refereed). |
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| | Donald Morrison "Politics as a Vocation according to Aristotle." History of Political Thought, XXII, 2 (Summer 2001) : 221-241 (Refereed). |
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| | Donald Morrison "The Happiness of the City and the Happiness of the Individual in Plato's Republic." Ancient Philosophy, 21 (Spring 2001) : 1-25 (Refereed). |
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| | Donald Morrison "On the alleged historical reliability of Plato's Apology ." Archiv fuer Geschichte der Philosophie, 82 Heft 3 (2000) |
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| | Donald Morrison "Review of Julia Annas, "Platonic Ethics, Old and New"." Ethics |
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| | Donald Morrison "The Happiness of the City and the Happiness of the Individual in Plato's Republic." Ancient Philosophy |
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| | Donald Morrison "Aristotle's Definition of Citizenship: A Problem and some Solutions." History of Philosophy Quarterly (1999) |
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| | Donald Morrison "Philoponus and Simplicius on Tekmeriodic Proof." Method and Order in Renaissance Philosophy of Nature., Ashgate (1998) : 1-22. |
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| | Refereed Articles |
| | Morrison, D. "Foundations of Socratic Political Theory." Polis, 18 (2001) : 27-40. |
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| | Morrison, D. "Happiness, Rationality, and Egoism in Plato's Socrates." Rationality and Happiness: from the ancients to the Early Medievals (2003) In Press |
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| Presentations |
| | Invited Papers |
| | Author. "Aristotle on the Eudaimonia of the City and the Common Good." L'excellence politique chez Aristote, Bordeaux, France. (June 11-14, 2008) |
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| | Author. "Xenophon's Socrates on Sophia." Northeastern Political Science Association, Boston, MA. (Nov. 14, 2008) |
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| | Author. "Xenophon's Socrates on Wisdom and the Virtues." Socratica 2008, Naples, Italy. (December 13, 2009) |
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| | ""Analysis and Synthesis in Galen"." Analysis and Synthesis in Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Thought, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies. (Jan 26-28, 2006) |
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| | "Analysis and Synthesis as Philosophical Methods ca. 100 AD." Notre Dame Philosophy Dept. Colloquium Series, Notre Dame University. (Nov. 10, 2006) |
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| | "Analysis in Galen." International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science, Paris, France. (14-18 June, 2006) |
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| | "Proclus on Analysis and Synthesis." Midwest PhilMath Workshop, Notre Dame University. (November 11-12) |
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| | ""Conceptions of Analysis as a philosophical method in the School of Ammonius"." Aristotelian Natural Philosophy in Later Greek Antiquity, Rice University. (April 2005) |
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| | "Moral Psychology in Xenophon." 10th Annual Arizona Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, University of Arizona. (February 2005) |
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| | ""Is Plato's Republic a utopian work?." Plato's Republic: Problems and Prospects, University of California-Berkeley. (September 2004) |
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| | "Galen on Analysis." Histoire des sciences de l'Antiquite a l'Age classique, Centre d?Histoire des Sciences et des Philosophies Arabes et Medievales, UMR 7062, CNRS, Paris. (March 2004) |
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| | "Xenophon's Socrates on Moral Psychology." International Socrates Symposium, Fort Worth, Texas. (April 2004) |
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| | ""Galen on Analytic Method and its Renaissance Reception"." Hellenistic Schools and their Influence . . ., University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. (28-29 November 2003) |
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| | ""Xenophon's Socrates and Moral Psychology." X¿nophon et Socrate, Aix-en-Provence, France. (6-9 November 2003) |
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| | "The Statesman and the Demiurge, Egoism and Altruism." The Seventh Annual Arizona Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy: Plato, Myth, and Religion, University of Arizona. (February 15-17, 2002) |
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| | Invited Talks |
| | "Alcinous on Analysis." Collaborative Program in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, University of Toronto. (January 28, 2008) |
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| | "Conceptions of Analysis as a Philosophical Method in Later Greek Philosophy." Philosophy Department, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota. (November 16, 1007) |
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| | "Egoism and Altruism in Plato’s Timaeus." Philosophy Department, University of St. Thomas, Houston. (October 25, 2007) |
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| | "Analysis in Galen." Philosophy Dept. Colloquium Series, University of St. Thomas. (Feb. 3, 2006) |
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| | "The Utopianism of Plato's Republic." Philosophy Department, University of Ottawa. (January 2005) |
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| | ""Is Plato's Republic a utopian work?." Philosophy Department, University of St. Thomas, Houston. (October 2004) |
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| | "Aristotle on Citizenship." Philosophy Department, Leiden University. (May 2002) |
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| | Lectures |
| | "Ammonius on Analysis." The Classical Model of Science, Amsterdam. (January 10-13, 2007) |
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| | Other |
| | Commentator. "Comments on Eric Brown, "Socrates the Stoic?"." Arizona Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, University of Arizona. (February 2004) |
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| | "Alcinous on Methods of Analysis in Philosophy." CSC Fellows Lecture, Rice University. (Fall 2001) |
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| | "Aristotle." Rice Continuing Studies Course on the History of Philosophy , Rice University. (February 2001) |
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| | "Is Plato's Socrates and Egoist?." Socrates Conference, University of Aarhus, Denmark. (May 18-19, 2001) |
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| | "Socrates." Rice Continuing Studies Course on the History of Philosophy, Rice University. (Feb 2001) |
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| | "The Fundamental of Socratic Political Philosophy." at the Six Annual Azirona Conference in Ancient Philosophy, University of Arizona. (Feb. 16-18, 2001) |
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| | ""Alcinous on Analytical Methods in Philosophy"." Pacific Division, Americal Philosophical Association, Albuquerque. (April 2000) |
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| | ""Highlights of the History of Aristotle Portraits"." Ancient Mediterranean Studies, Rice University, (November 2000) |
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| | "Comments on George Rudebusch, "Socratic Perfectionism"." Arizona Conference on Classical Philosophy, University of Arizona. (Feb. 2000) |
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| | "Is Socrates an Egoist?." Rationality and Happiness from the Ancients to the Early Medievals, SUNY Binghamton. (Sept. 2000) |
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| | "Commentary on Chris Bobonich, Plato and the Birth of Classical Political Philosophy"." Arizona Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, (February 1998) |
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| | Panelist |
| | Commentator/Panelist. "Invited Symposium: Xenophon's Socrates." Pacific Division Meeting, American Philosophical Association, Pasadena, CA. (March 22, 2008) |
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| Supervised Theses & Dissertations |
| | Brian Prince, Ph.D. Motion and Soul in Plato. (Thesis or Dissertation Director)
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| | Harry Adams, Ph.D. Autonomy. (Committee Member)
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| | Harry Adams, Ph.D. Autonomy. (Committee Member)
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| | Harry Adams, Ph.D. Autonomy. (Committee Member)
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| Positions Held |
| | Professeur Invité (invited visiting professor), Philosophy Dept., University of Paris I (Sorbonne-Panthéon). (May 1 - May 31)
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