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David
Roochnik
Professor of Philosophy
Office: STH 511
E-mail: roochnik@bu.edu
Education: Ph.D., Pennsylvania
State University
Interests: Ancient Philosophy,
Greek Literature |
Prior to coming to Boston University, David Roochnik
was Associate Professor of Philosophy and Classical
Studies at the Iowa State University, and during
the 1992/93 year Visiting Associate Professor at
Williams College. He joined Boston University in
the fall of 1995. In 1996, he was awarded the Excellence
in Teaching Award by the Undergraduate Philosophy
Club. In 1997, Dr. Roochnik was awarded both the
Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching at the
College of Arts and Sciences and the Outstanding
Teaching Award by the Honors Program in the College
of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Roochnik is also winner
of Boston University's 1999 Metcalf Award for Excellence
in Teaching. Recipients of this award are chosen
after a university-wide competition and assessment.
Most recently Dr. Roochnik won the John Donovan
Best Paper Award, New England Political Science
Association. May, 2004 (for a paper given in May,
2003: "Plato's Defense
Of Diversity.")
Dr. Roochnik is the author of thirty-five articles
on Greek philosophy, Greek literature, rhetoric
ancient and modern, post-modernism, and the nature
of philosophy. He is the recipient of grants and
fellowships from the NEH and the Earhart Foundation.
He is also invited to give the inaugeral lecture
of the Ancient Philosophy Society in Eugene, Oregon,
October 7, 1999.
Books:
Retrieving the Ancients: An Introduction to
Greek Philosophy. Oxford: Blackwell, 2004.
Beautiful City: The Dialectical Character of
Plato's Republic. Ithaca: Cornell University Press,
2003.
Art and Wisdom: Plato's Understanding of Techne
(Pennsylvania State UP 1996); paperback edition
1998.
The Tragedy of Reason: Toward a Platonic Conception
of Logos (Routledge 1991).
Recent publications include:
"Aristotle's Account of the Vicious: A Forgivable Inconsistency," History of Philosophy
Quarterly; 24(2007), pp. 207-220.
"The Deathbed Dream of Reason: Socrates'
Dream in the Phaedo," Arethusa,
34(2001), 239-258.
"Socrates' Pedagogical Flexibility: Two
Case Studies," Teaching Philosophy,
24(2001), 29-45.
"Self-Recognition in Plato's Theaetetus,"
Ancient Philosophy, 22(2002), 37-50.
"Residual Ambiguity in Plato's Statesman,"
Journal of the International Plato Society (www.nd.edu/~plato/).
Plato 5. On-line: March, 2005.
"Theory in/of Landscape Architecture,"
Landforum 5(2000), p.33.
"Socrates' Pedagogical Flexibility: Two
Case Studies," Teaching Philosophy, 24(2001),
29-45.
A review of "The Beginning of Philosophy,"
Hans-Georg Gadamer, in Ancient Philosophy
19(1999) 399-403.
A review of "Form and Good in Plato's Eleatic
Dialogues," Kenneth Dorter, in International
Journal of the Classical Tradition 5:1 (1998).
"Irony and Accessibility," Political
Theory 25 (1997): 869-885. (Review essay
of books on Plato by P. Ahrensdorf, L. Craig,
and J. Cropsey.)
"Socratic Ignorance as Complex Irony: A
Critique of Gregory Vlastos," Arethusa
(1995): 39-52.
"Stanley Fish and the Old Quarrel Between
Philosophy and Rhetoric," Critical Review
5 (1992): 225-246.
"The Serious Play of Plato's Euthydemus,"
Interpretation 18 (1991): 211-232.
"Homeric Speech Acts," Classical
Journal 85 (1990): 289-299.
"Can the Relativist Avoid Refuting Herself?"
Philosophy and Literature 14 (1990):
92-98.
"Terence Irwin's Reading of Plato,"
in Platonic Readings, Platonic Writings, ed.
Charles Griswold (Routledge, 1988): 183-193.
"The Tragic Philosopher: A Critique of Martha
Nussbaum," Ancient Philosophy 8 (1988):
285-295.
"Plato's Critique of Postmodernism,"
Philosophy and Literature 11 (1987):
282-291.
"The Erotics of Philosophical Discourse,"
History of Philosophy Quarterly 4 (1987):
117-129.
"Iliad XXIII: The Tragicomedy of Athletics,"
Arete 3 (1986): 159-168.
"Socrates' Use of the Techne-Analogy,"
The Journal of the History of Philosophy 24
(1986): 295-310.
"The Impossibility of Philosophical Dialogue,"
Philosophy and Rhetoric 19 (1986): 147-165.
"The First Philosopher (and the Poet),"
Classical and Modern Literature 6 (1985):
39-54.
"The Riddle of Plato's Cleitophon,"
Ancient Philosophy 4 (1984): 132-145.
Reprinted articles include:
"Socrates' Use of the Techne-Analogy,"
in Essays on the Philosophy of Socrates,
ed. Hugh Benson (Oxford, 1992): 185-197.
"The Riddle of the Cleitophon," in
Plato's Cleitophon: On Socrates and the Modern
Mind, ed. M. Kremer (Rowman & Littlefield,
2004).
Chapters in Anthologies:
"Metaphorical Immortality: Some Platonic Reflections," If I Should Die, Ed. Leroy S Rouner (Notre Dame: 2001), pp. 155-170.
"Metaphysics and Pronouns in Plato's Phaedo," Plato's Forms: Varieties of Interpretation, edited by W. Welton (Lexington Books: 2002), pp. 137-151.
"Aristotle's Commonsense Cosmology," Logos and Eros: Essays Honoring Stanley Rosen, ed. Nalin Ranasinghe (St. Augustine's Press, 2006), pp. 134-146.
"Responsible Fictions," Responsibility, Ed. by Barbara Darling-Smith (Lexington Books, 2007), pp. 15-26.
Lectures:
"The Wonder of Self-Identity in Plato's
Theaetetus," Society of Phenomenology and
Existential Philosophy, Eugene, Oregon, October,
1999 (Inaugural address of the Ancient Philosophy
Society).
"Socrates as Teacher," University of
Ottawa, March 23, 2001.
"The Role of Stories in Republic 8 &
9," Ancient Philosophy Society, Villanova
University, April 7, 2001.
"The Role of Stories in Plato's Republic,"
Michigan State University, Nov. 14, 2002.
"Plato's Defense of Diversity," University
of Michigan, Nov. 15, 2002.
"Aristotle's Commonsense Cosmology,"
Trinity College, March 6, 2003.
"Practical Reasons in Plato's Republic,"
Department of Philosophy, Catholic University,
November 7, 2003.
"The Practice of Metaphysics: Aristotle's Politics VII," The Metaphysical Society of American, Athens, Georgia, March 2004.
"Eros and Form in Plato's Republic,"
Department of Philosophy, University of Pisa,
May 12, 2004
"Residual Ambiguity in Plato's Statesman,"
Notre Dame Ancient Philosophy Workshop, Sept.
18, 2004.
"The Tripartite Soul of Plato's Republic," Tulsa University, September, 2004.
"Platonic Forms," Peiking University, December, 2005.
"The Midwife's Rhetoric: Reflections on the Theaetetus," The Arizona Plato Colloquium,
Tuscon, February, 2006.
"Aristophanes' Speech in Plato's Symposium," Skidmore College, April, 2006.
"Philosophy versus Poetry: Stories in Plato's Republic," Vassar College, Nov. 8, 2006.
Unpublished novels:
Health Cares
Sweet Dreams: A Tale of Woe
Dr. Roochnik teaches regularly both in the Department
of Philosophy and in the Core Curriculum of the
College of Arts and Sciences.
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