Curriculum Vitae

Antony Aumann

Education

Indiana University, Ph.D., Philosophy, expected June 2008

Indiana University, M.A., Philosophy, October 2007

Calvin College, B.A., Philosophy, May 2001

 

Dissertation

Kierkegaard and the Need for Indirect Communication

What attracts many people to Kierkegaard’s writings is his inexhaustible literary creativity. Unlike many philosophers, he does not present his theses in staid academic prose. He delivers them under pseudonyms, through narratives, with irony, and by way of deception. But what makes Kierkegaard’s style of philosophical interest is the radical claim he makes about it. He insists he could not achieve his existential and pedagogical goals without proceeding in such an “indirect” manner. The purpose of my dissertation is to determine whether this “indirect communication” is as important as Kierkegaard says. Against the grain of recent scholarship, I conclude that it is.

Committee: Paul Vincent Spade (director), Paul Eisenberg, Adam Leite, James Hart, C. Stephen Evans 

 

Areas of Specialization

Nineteenth Century Continental Philosophy

Areas of Competence

Philosophy of Religion, Twentieth Century Continental Philosophy, Mediaeval Philosophy, Philosophy of/in Literature

 

Fellowships and Awards

Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship, 2005-2008

College of Arts and Sciences Travel Grant, Indiana University, 2008

Research Excellence Travel Grant, Dept. of Philosophy, Indiana University, 2008

Graduate Award for Academic Excellence, Dept. of Philosophy, Indiana University, 2005

Betty Neal Hamilton Award for Scholarly Excellence, Dept. of Philosophy, Indiana University, 2003

Oscar R. Ewing Essay Prize, Department of Philosophy, Indiana University, 2002

Summer Kierkegaard Fellowship, Hong Kierkegaard Library at St. Olaf College, 2002, 2006, 2007

College of Arts and Sciences Fellowship, Dept. of Philosophy, Indiana University 2001-2002

Presidential Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Calvin College, 1997-2001

 

Publication

“Sartre’s View of Kierkegaard as Transhistorical Man,” Journal of Philosophical Research 31 (2006) 361-372.

 

Papers and Presentations

 “Kierkegaard’s Case for the Irrelevance of Philosophy”

Søren Kierkegaard Society Group

Central Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association (APA)

17-20 April 2008, Chicago, IL

“Kierkegaard’s Case for the Irrelevance of Philosophy”

Midsouth Philosophy Conference

22-23 February, 2008, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN

“Kierkegaard’s Case for the Irrelevance of Philosophy”

      Philosophy Department Colloquium

      2 November 2007, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

 “The Indispensability of Indirect Communication”

      5^th International Kierkegaard Conference

11-15 June 2005, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN

 

Guest Lectures

“Kierkegaard and the Need for Indirect Communication”

      Guest lecture for P535, Phenomenology and Existentialism (P.V. Spade)

8 October 2007, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

“Is the Choice between Life-Views Criterionless?”

      Guest lecture for P135, Introduction to Existentialism (P.V. Spade)

      1 October 2007, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

“Descartes’ Argument for the Existence of God in Meditation III”

      Guest lecture for P100, Introduction to Philosophy (T. O’Connor)

      11 September 2007, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

 

Work in Progress

“Kierkegaard on Removing Self-Deception”

“Kierkegaard’s Defense of ‘Like is only Known by Like’”

 

Languages

Danish (reading, translation), German (reading), Spanish (reading, limited speaking)

 

Teaching Experience

Full Responsibility

P100 Introduction to Philosophy (Spring 2004)

P105 Thinking and Reasoning (Spring 2005)

Teaching Assistant (leading discussion sections and grading)

E103 God, Evidence, and Evil (Fall 2002 - T. O’Connor)

P100 Introduction to Philosophy (Spring 2003 - J. Jacobs)

P335 Phenomenology and Existentialism (Fall 2003 - P.V. Spade)

P105 Thinking and Reasoning (Fall 2004 - L. Savion)

 

Courses I Can Teach ( * = with advanced notice)