Dr. Robert Fudge

    Assistant Professor of Philosophy

    Weber State University

    Office:  SS 262

    (801) 626-7046

    robertfudge@weber.edu

          Education

            Ph.D. in Philosophy, Syracuse University, 2001

            M.A. in Philosophy, Colorado State University, 1994

            B.A. in Philosophy, Colorado State University, 1991

 
          Academic Interests

            Ethics, Aesthetics

Publications

“Value Incommensurability and the Challenges of Civic Engagement,” forthcoming.

“On the Beauty and Sublimity of Golf” (with Joe Ulatowski), forthcoming.

“Whisper Things into My Brain:  Metallica, Emotion, and Morality,” Metallica and Philosophy:  A Crash Course in Brain Surgery, ed. William T. Irwin (Blackwell, 2007), pp. 5-15.
 

“A Vindication of Strong Aesthetic Supervenience,” Philosophical Papers, 34 (2005): 149-171.

“Problems with Contextualizing Aesthetic Properties,” The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 61 (2003): 67-70 (with response by Marcia Eaton).
 

 “Imagination and the Science-Based Aesthetic Appreciation of Unscenic Nature,” The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 59 (2001): 275-285.

“On Harwood’s Plural Voting System” (with Carol Quinn), Journal of Social Philosophy 32 (2001): 500-504.

“A Dialogic Approach to Introducing Informal Fallacies,” Teaching Philosophy 24 (2001): 371-377.

“Motivating Employees to Act Ethically: An Expectancy Theory Approach” (with John Schlacter), Journal of Business Ethics 18 (1999): 295-304.