Brad Elliott Stone, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Philosophy
Loyola Marymount University

University Hall 3637
(310) 338-5807 [Office Phone]
(310) 338-5997 [Department Fax]
bstone@lmu.edu

Office Hours for Summer II: MT 10:30-12:30

Updated June 30, 2008

Courses -- Writings

I.          ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

Loyola Marymount University (2003 to the present)
            Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track (2003 to the present)

II.         AREA OF SPECIALIZATION

20th Century Continental Metaphysics (German, French, and Spanish)

III.        AREAS OF COMPETENCE

Ethical Theory
American Philosophy
Philosophy of Religion
Race and Gender Theory
Symbolic Logic (including Metalogic and Modal Logics)

IV.        EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Memphis, 2003
                        Dissertation: “Dominions and Domains: Machination, Discipline, and Power
                                                in Heidegger and Foucault”
                        Committee: Robert Bernasconi, Leonard Lawlor, Tom Nenon, John Tienson

Master of Arts, The University of Memphis, 2001

            William J. Fulbright Scholar, Universidad de Salamanca, 1998-1999
                        Topic: “The Philosophy and Life of Miguel de Unamuno, 1864-1936”

Bachelor of Arts, Georgetown College, 1998
                        Magna cum laude in Philosophy and Modern Language Studies
                        Honors Thesis: “Religious Subjectivity in Kierkegaard and Unamuno”
                        Committee: Norman Wirzba, Robert Kruschwitz, Gail González

V.         LANGUAGES

            English (native speaker)
            Spanish (advanced)
            German (intermediate-high, Zertifikat Deutsch als Fremdsprache)
            French (intermediate)
            Chinese (beginning)

VI.        ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS

  1. “Zubiri and the Very Problem of the Problem of Evil,” forthcoming in Theoforum.
  2. “Xavier Zubiri, 1898-1983,” forthcoming in Theoforum.
  3. “La crítica de la ciencia moderna en Zubiri y Heidegger,” Historia, ética y ciencia: El impulso crítico de la filosofía de Zubiri, eds. Juan A. Nicolás y Héctor Samour (Granada: Comares, 2007): 611-621.
  4. “Curiosity as the Thief of Wonder: An Essay on Heidegger’s Critique of the Ordinary Conception of Time,” Kronoscope 6.2 (2006): 205-229.
  5. “On the Very Problem of the Problem of God in Zubiri and Unamuno,” The Xavier Zubiri Review 6 (2004): 73-88.
  6. “Making Religious Practices Intelligible: A Prophetic Pragmatic Interpretation of Radical Orthodoxy,” Contemporary Pragmatism 1.2 (2004): 137-153.
  7. “Defending Society from the Abnormal: The Archaeology of Bio-Power,” Foucault Studies 1 (2004): 77-91.
  8. “Returning to the Desert,” Essays zur Jacques Derrida und Gianni Vattimo, Religion, ed. Ludwig Nagl (Vienna: Peter Lang, 2001): 131-143.

VII.       BOOK REVIEWS

  1. Review of Corominas and Vicens, Xavier Zubiri: La soledad Sonora, The Xavier Zubiri Review 8 (2006): 161-163.
  2. Review of John Stuhr, Pragmatism, Postmodernism, and the Future of Philosophy, Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy Newsletter 95 (2003): 59-62.

VIII.      PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

  1. “On the Sexuality of Racism: A Response to Feder,” Author Meets Critics Session on Ellen Feder’s Family Bonds: Genealogies of Race and Gender, Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, Pittsburgh, October 2008.
  2. “Raison and Être: Derrida and Heidegger on the Purpose of the Modern University,” Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, Chicago, October 2007.
  3. “Telling the Truth with Resoluteness: A Comment on Heidegger and Foucault,” Baylor University, March 2007.
  4. “A Foucauldian Defense of Kant’s ‘On the Supposed Right to Lie from Philanthropy,’” Baylor University, March 2007.
  5. “A Foucauldian Defense of Kant’s ‘On the Supposed Right to Lie from Philanthropy,’” Midsouth Philosophy Conference, The University of Memphis, February 2007.
  6. “The African-American Philosopher as Public Intellectual: Cornel West,” 2006 Meeting of the Baptist Association of Philosophy Teachers, Georgetown College, October 2006.
  7. “Dolor Sabroso: God, Love, and Suffering in Unamuno’s San Manuel Bueno, Mártir,” Penninsular Spanish Speaker Series, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Loyola Marymount University, November 2005.
  8. “La crítica de la ciencia moderna en Zubiri y Heidegger,” II Congreso Internacional de Filosofía Xavier Zubiri, Universidad de Centroamérica, El Salvador, June 2005.
  9. “Foucault, Heidegger, and the Metaphysics of Power,” International Association of Philosophy and Literature Conference, University of Helsinki, June 2005.
  10. “A Zubirian Guess at Peirce’s Riddle,” Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy Session, Central Division of the American Philosophical Association, Chicago, April 2005.
  11. “Curiosity as the Thief of Wonder,”  Time and Wonder Conference, Loyola Marymount University, March 2005.
  12. “Subjugated Knowledges in the Age of the World Picture: Foucault, Heidegger, and the Goal of Genealogy (from an Archaeological Point of View), 2005 Foucault Circle, Rollins College, March 2005.
  13. “Abnormals, Freaks, and Michael Jackson: Foucault, Baldwin, and the Truth of the Grotesque,” University of Memphis Ph.D. Alumni Conference, University of Memphis, May 2004.
  14. “Making Religious Practices Intelligible: A Prophetic Pragmatic Interpretation of Radical Orthodoxy,” Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy Session, Central Division of the American Philosophical Association, Chicago, April 2004.
  15. “Abnormals, Freaks, and Michael Jackson: Foucault, Baldwin, and the Truth of the Grotesque,” 2004 Foucault Circle, Wabash College, March 2004.
  16. “Heidegger’s ‘Foucauldian’ Account of Power,” Midsouth Philosophy Conference, University of Memphis, February 2003.
  17. “Heteronomy as Reason: Levinas and Rorty, Others, and the End of Relativism,” Second Annual Donald G. Wester Philosophy Conference, Oklahoma Baptist University, May 2002.
  18. “Madness and the Nothing in Heidegger and Foucault,” Midsouth Philosophy Conference, University of Memphis, February 2002.
  19. “Building Bridges to the Other: Levinas and Rorty on Heteronomy,” Fourth Annual Graduate Student Conference, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, November 2001.
  20. “Spinoza: Pantheist or Atheist?” Midsouth Philosophy Conference, University of Memphis, February 2001.
  21. “What the Liberal Ironist Is and Is Not,” Tennessee Philosophical Association, Vanderbilt University, November 2000.
  22. “A Return to the Desert: Unamuno and Caputo,” International Association for Philosophy and Literature Conference, State University of New York at Stony Brook, May 2000.
  23. “Violence, Cruelty, and Language in Levinas and Rorty,” Readdressing Levinas Conference, Emory University, October 1999.
  24. “Dios en la posmodernidad,” Seminario de profesores visitantes, Universidad de Salamanca, January 1999.
  25. “Rorty: su filosofía en contexto norteamericano,” Seminario de profesores visitantes, Universidad de Salamanca, January 1999.
  26. “Algunas notas sobre la globalización,” Symposium sobre la globalización, Universidad de Salamanca, October 1998.

IX.        INVITED RESPONSES

  1. Chad Engelland, “How Must We Be to Know What Is? Demystifying Heidegger’s Preliminary Question,” Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association, Baltimore, December 2007.
  2. Majid Amini, “Can Philosophy Be Regionalized? On the Very Idea of Carribean Philosophy,” Midsouth Philosophy Conference, University of Memphis, February 2007.
  3. Jacob Goodson, “Philosophical Theology and Prophetic Pragmatism: C. S. Peirce and Cornel West on Divine Action, Eschatology, and Truth,” Fifth Annual Donald G. Wester Conference, Oklahoma State University, April 2005.
  4. Shane Ralston, “John Dewey ‘On the Side of Angels’: A Critique of Kestenbaum’s Phenomenological Treatment of A Common Faith,” Fifth Annual Donald G. Wester Conference, Oklahoma State University, April 2005.
  5. Bruce Gordon, “Quantum Field Theory and Process Thought: An Unnecessary and Problematic Union,” Society for Christian Philosophers Session, Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association, San Francisco, March 2005.
  6. Mary Mahowald, “Classical Pragmatism and Feminist Standpoint Theory,” Midwest Pragmatism Study Group, Northwestern University, September 2004.
  7. Joanna Crosby, “Fitting the Description: Examining Connections Between Racial and Criminal Profiling,” Midsouth Philosophy Conference, University of Memphis, February 2003.
  8. Joe Callo, “Laing, Merleau-Ponty,and the Unconscious,” Midsouth Philosophy Conference, University of Memphis, February 2002.
  9. Eric Sean Nelson, “Being-With and Individuation in Heidegger,” Tennessee Philosophical Association, Vanderbilt University, November 2001.
  10. James Montmarquet, “Strawson and the Spinozist,” Midsouth Philosophy Conference, University of Memphis, February 2001.
  11. Robert Hood, “The Role of Cases in Moral Reasoning: What Environmental Ethics Can Learn from Medical Ethics,” Tennessee Philosophical Association, Vanderbilt University, November 1999.

X.         TEACHING

  1. Undergraduate Courses Taught or Directed
  1. Graduate Seminars Taught
  1. Independent Studies
  1. Senior Theses Directed