Lesley Friedman, Ph.D.
Professor & Chair of Philosophy
Lynchburg College
Friedman@lynchburg.edu
Experience/ Background
Lynchburg College:
Professor: May 2006 - present
Associate Professor: 1993-May 2006, tenure awarded 1999
SUNY Buffalo: Instructor, Department of Philosophy, 1991-1993
Canisius College: Instructor, Department of Philosophy, 1990-1992
SUNY Albany: Instructor, Department of Philosophy and Department of Humanities, 1990
Degrees and Certifications
Ph.D. in Philosophy, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N. Y., September 1993.
M.A. in Philosophy, University at Albany, Albany, N.Y. May 1990.
B.A. in Philosophy and Modern Languages, Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., June 1988.
Université de Rennes, Rennes, France, Intensive Study in French Literature and Language, Fall 1987.
Professional/ Research Interests
Early Modern Philosophy
Epistemology
Metaphysics
Peirce
Information on Courses Taught
Analytic Philosophy, Classic American Philosophy, Introduction to Deductive Logic, Modern European philosophy, Symbolic Logic, Theory of Knowledge, Introduction to Philosophical Problems, Introduction to Ethics
Publications
Book:
Contributor, Pragmatism: An Annotated Bibliography 1898-1940, Value Inquiry Book Series, RODOPI, 1998. (One hundred entries on Peirce and on the French Pragmatists—including 75 French texts.)
Articles:
"Pragmatism: The Unformulated Method of Bishop Berkeley." Journal of the History of Philosophy XXXXI, 1 (January 2003): 81-96.
"The Method of Inquiry: Descartes & Peirce Revisited. Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society XXXV (Fall 1999): 724-746.
"Peirce's Reality & Berkeley's Blunders." Journal of the History of Philosophy XXXV, 2 (April, 1997): 253-268.
"C.S. Peirce's Transcendental and Immanent Realism." Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society 31, ( Spring, 1995): 374-392 .
"Another Look at Flage's Hume." Hume Studies XIX (April, 1993): 177-186.
"Remembrance of Darkness Past: A Rejoinder to Flage." Hume Studies XIX (April, 1993): 199-202.
Book Review:
Tiercelin, Claudine. Peirce et le Pragmatisme. Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society XXX (Fall 1994): 1028-1032.
Honors and Awards
Organizational Advisor of the Year, 2004 (Theoria—Philosophy Club)
Elsie Ervin Bock Award for Service, LC, 2003
APA Committee on Teaching Service Learning Grant, 2002
Phi Kappa Phi, Honorary Member, 2000 Mednick Memorial Fellowship, 2000
Lynchburg College Research Grants, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999
Lynchburg College Summer Research Grant, 1997
Lynchburg College Summer Research Grant, 1995
William T. Parry Prize for Outstanding Scholarship in Philosophy, 1992
Teaching and Research Assistant, SUNY Buffalo Philosophy Department, 1991-1993
Teaching and Research Assistant, SUNY Albany Philosophy Department, 1988-90
Professional Associations
Charles S. Peirce Society, Executive Board Member, 1996-98; Nominating Committee Member and Chair, 1995-2000American Philosophical Association
Modern Language Association
Hume Society
International Berkeley Society
CERISY La Salle (Centre Culturel International)