CHARLES W. HARVEY
Professor and Chair
Office Address:
Department of Philosophy and Religion
University of Central Arkansas
201 Donaghey Ave.
Conway, AR 72035
(501) 450-5591 Email address: charlesh@uca.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Philosophy, 1983 - Florida State University
B.A., Philosophy, 1978 - Florida State University
FIELDS AND SUBSTANTIVE INTERESTS
Areas of Specialization:
Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy 19th Century Philosophy
Social Theories of the Self
Areas of Competence:
History of Philosophy Philosophy in/of Literature
Philosophy of Art 20th Century Continental Philosophy
PUBLICATIONS
Books:
Conundrums: A Book of Philosophical Questions (University Press of America, 1995).
Husserl's Phenomenology and The Foundations of Natural Science (Ohio University Press, 1989). Series in Continental Thought, edited by J. N. Mohanty.
Articles:
“Narcissism, Fundamentalism and Cosmological Ingratitude,” Philosophy in the Contemporary World (forthcoming).
“Generalized Love: A Problem of Limited Resources,” The Pluralist (Vol. 1, No. 3) 2006.
“Comments on Nicholas Georgalis’ “First-Person Methodologies,” Southern Journal of Philosophy, Spindel Conference: The First Person Perspective in Philosophical Inquiry, (Vol. XLV) Supplement 2006.
“Reflectivity and Reflexivity: A Phenomenological Supplement to Postmodern Sociology,” Philosophy in the Contemporary World (Winter 2005).
“Phenomenology, Film and Religious Belief: Babette’s Feast as an Exemplary Instance,” Glimpse: Proceedings of the Society for Phenomenology and Media, Vol 6 (2004).
AShrinking Selves and Synthetic Sites: On Personhood in a Walt Disney World@ (coauthored with Carol Zibell), Ethics and Information Technology, V. 2, No. 1 (2000) 19-25.
AIntroduction: Philosophy Through Personal Narrative,@ Philosophy in the Contemporary World, V. 6, No. 2 (Summer 1999) 1-3.
AThe Ghosts Within Us, The Others Without: My Father, My Self. Reflections on Intersubjectivity, Intimacy and Selfhood.” Philosophy in the Contemporary World, V. 6, No. 2 (Summer 1999) 15-23.
ATranscendental Philosophy, Plurality, and Respect for the Real,@ Analecta Husserliana, LIX (1999) 131-143.
AA Modest Constructionism: Response to Joe Frank Jones, III,@ Philosophy in the Contemporary World, Vol. 5, No. 1-2 (1998) 27-31.
AAuthority, Autonomy, Authenticity: An Etiological Understanding,@ Philosophy in the Contemporary World, Vol. 4. (1997) 10-15.
AThe Malice of Inanimates,@ solicited for inclusion in Philosophy and Everyday Life: A Narrative Introduction (under review by University of Kansas Press), ed. by Laura Duhan Kaplan.
"Liberal Indoctrination and the Problem of Community," Synthese 111 (1997) 115-130.
"The Malice of Inanimates," Phenomenological Inquiry 19 (1995).
"Natural Science is Human Science, Human Science is Natural Science: Never the Twain Shall Meet," Continental and Postmodern Perspectives in Philosophy of Science, ed. B. Babich, D. Bergoffen and S. V. Glynn (Avebury Press: Hampshire, England, 1995).
"Paradise Well Lost: Communitarian Nostalgia and the Lonely Logic of the Liberal Self," Philosophy in the Contemporary World, Vol.1, No.1 (Spring, 1994).
"Husserl's Phenomenology and the Ontology of the Natural Sciences" (coauthored with Jim Shelton), ed. L. Hardy and L. Embree, in Phenomenology of Natural Science (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992).
"First Philosophy," contained in Falling in Love with Wisdom, ed. by David Karnos and Robert G. Shoemaker (Oxford University Press, 1992).
"Modalization and Modalities" (coauthored with Jaakko Hintikka), contained in Phenomenology and the Formal Sciences, ed. by T. Seebohm, D. Follesdal, and J. N. Mohanty (Kluwer Publishers, 1991) 59-77.
"The Self and Social Criticism," The Southern Journal of Philosophy v. 29 (1991) 215-226.
"Husserl's Phenomenology as Critique of Epistemic Ideology," International Philosophical Quarterly (March, 1990) 33-42.
"Husserl's Complex Concept of the Self and the Possibility of Social Criticism," Crises in Continental Philosophy (SUNY Press, 1990).
"Epistemology, ergo Politics: Critique of a Correlation," Social Theory and Practice (Spring, 1990) 43-59.
"Nietzsche on Knowledge and Interpretation," Dialogos 49 (1987) 65-76.
"Husserl and the Problem of Theoretical Entities," Synthese 66 (1986) 291-309.
"A Note on The Existential Foundations of Phenomenological Reduction," Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology, 17 (1986) 193-197.
"Husserl's Phenomenology and Possible Worlds Semantics: A Reexamination," Husserl Studies III.3 (1986) 191-207.
"Hegel's Theory of Punishment Reconsidered," Dialogos (April, 1984) 71-80.
"On The Experience of Historical Objects," International Journal of Applied Philosophy (Fall, 1984) 73-79.
Reviews and Commentaries:
Review of Fred Kersten=s Galileo and the Invention of Opera (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998) Husserl Studies, 17: 155-164 (2001).
Review of Ulrich Beck, Anthony Giddens, and Scott Lash, Reflexive Modernity: Politics, Tradition and Aesthetics in the Modern Social Order, Phenomenology in the Human Sciences (Fall 1997).
Review of Existentialism: Basic Writings, ed. By Charles Guignon & Derek Pereboom, Teaching Philosophy, 20:2 (June 1997) 196-98.
Notice of Joseph J. Kockelmans, Ideas for a Hermeneutic Phenomenology of the Natural Sciences, Review of Metaphysics (June 1995).
"Reflections on Charles S. Brown's 'Husserl, Intentionality, and Cognitive Architecture': Prelinguistic Meaning, Language, and the Embodied Subject," Southwest Philosophy Review 6 (July 1990) 119-122.
Review of James M. Edie's Edmund Husserl's Phenomenology: A Critical Commentary, Husserl Studies VI. 3 (1989) 235-242.
Review of Harry Reeder's The Theory and Practice of Husserl's Phenomenology, Husserl Studies 5 (1988) 257-260.
Review of Theodor Adorno's Against Epistemology, Synthese 77 (1988) 415-425.
"Husserl, Intentionality, and Phenomenology: A Critical Notice of David W. Smith and Ronald McIntyre, Husserl and Intentionality" (coauthored with Jaakko Hintikka), Husserl Studies I.2 (1984) 201-212.
Editor
APhilosophy Through Personal Narrative,@ Philosophy in the Contemporary World, Vol. 6, No. 2 (1999).
COURSES TAUGHT
Introduction to Philosophy Nineteenth Century Philosophy Contemporary Moral Problems Contemporary Continental
Reasoning and Critical Thinking Ancient Philosophy
Husserl and Derrida Sartre
Twentieth Century Social Thought Philosophy of Literature
Heidegger Philosophy of Art
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, Chair, Department of Philosophy University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas 72035;1983-present.
Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306; 1984-85.
Instructor and Participant, Arkansas' Governor's School, Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas 72032; Summers 1984, 1987, 1988.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
“Reflectivity and Reflexivity: A Phenomenological Supplement to Postmodern Sociology” Society for Phenomenology and the Human Sciences, Memphis, October 2004.
“Phenomenology, Film and Religious Belief: Babette’s Feast as an Exemplary Instance,” Society for Phenomenology and Media Studies, Provo, UT, May 2004.
“Generalized Eros: A Problem of Limited Resources,” Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, NM, July 2002.
AEpoche, Entertainment and the Hyperreality of Everyday Life,@ University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, October 29-30, 1999. The Katholique Universität, Louvain, Belgium, November 4, 1999. The Department of Information Systems at the London School of Economics, November 9, 1999.
AShrinking Selves and Synthetic Sites: On Personhood in a Walt Disney World@ (in conjunction with Carol Zibell) Society for Philosophy of Technology and Society for Philosophy of Geography, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, July 18, 1999. Department of Information Systems at the London School of Economics, November 11, 1999.
AThe Ghosts within Us, the Others without: My Father, My Self. Reflections on Intersubjectivity, Intimacy, and Selfhood,@ Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World, Estes Park, CO, 8-13-98.
Comments on Donn Welton=s AHusserl=s Departure from Kantianism,@ Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, 10-17-97.
AAuthority, Autonomy, Authenticity: An Etiological Understanding,@ Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World, Estes Park, CO, 8-16-97.
AShrinking the Self: Why We Like It,@ National Collegiate Honors Council, San Francisco, CA, 11-2-96.
"The Malice of Inanimates," International Society for Phenomenology and Literature, Cambridge, MA, 4-5-95.
"Transcendental Philosophy, Plurality, and Respect for the Real," Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World, Estes Park, CO, 8-20-94.
"Liberal Indoctrination and the Problem of Community," Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World, Estes Park, CO, 8-22-93.
"Paradise Well Lost: Communitarian Nostalgia and the Lonely Logic of the Liberal Self," 1992, Heidegger Conference, University of North Texas, 2-8-92.
"The Self and Social Criticism," Arkansas Philosophical Association, Fayetteville, AR, 12-1-90.
"Old Problems, New Contexts: Prelinguistic Meaning, Language, and the Embodied Subject," Southwestern Philosophical Society, Memphis, TN, 11-17-89.
"Husserl's Phenomenology and the Ontology of the Natural Sciences," Arkansas Philosophical Association, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, 3-31-89.
"Epistemology, Ergo Politics: A Critique of a Correlation," Mid-South Philosophy Conference at Memphis State University, 3-3-89.
"Husserl's Complex Concept of the Self and the Possibility of Social Criticism," Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, Northwestern University, 10-14-88.
"Husserl's Phenomenology as Critique of Epistemic Ideology," Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, Notre Dame University, Fall 1987.
"Epistemic Assumptions and the Diminution of Student Questioning: Toward a Postmodern Teaching Theory," Arkansas Philosophical Association, Fall 1986.
"Husserl's Phenomenology and Possible Worlds Semantics: A Reexamination," The Husserl Circle, DePaul University, Chicago, May 1986.
"Modalization and Modalities," Phenomenology and the Formal Sciences: An International Conference, supported by a grant from the NEH, University of Pittsburgh/Duquesne University, 9-27-85.
"Nietzsche on Knowledge and Interpretation," Florida Philosophical Association, University of Tampa, Fall 1984.
"Husserl and the Problem of Theoretical Entities," The Husserl Circle, University of Toronto, 5-29-84.
"Epoche, Reduction and Constitution," Mid-South Philosophy Conference, Memphis State University, Spring 1984.
"On the Experience of Historical Objects," Fourth Annual Heidegger Conference at the North Texas State University, December 1983.
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
President and Director, Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World (1998-2001). Executive Committee,(1995-98). Member (1993-present).
Book Selection Committee for the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (2000-02) (to determine the books in classical phenomenology to be featured in the AContemporary Scholarship@ session of the annual meeting).
Editorial Review Board, Philosophy in the Contemporary World.
Society for the Study of Husserl's Philosophy, Central Division of the American Philosophical Association (1992-present).
Article referee for various journals.
President of the Arkansas Philosophical Association (1989-1990).
The American Philosophical Association (1982-present).
Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (1983-present).
Grants and Honors
Grant Recipient from the “East-West Institute,” University of Hawaii for a seminar on “Infusing Asian Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum,” Honolulu, HI July 19 – August 11, 2004.
Grant Recipient from the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar on AThe Enlightenment Invention of the Modern Self.@ Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Directed by Dr. Leo Damrosch. June 10-August 1, 1997.
Grant recipient from the Faculty Development Fund at UCA to attend the National Academy on Critical Thinking: Training for in-service Trainers, July 23-27, 1995.
Grant recipient from the Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst for study at the Goethe Institute, Iserlohn, West Germany, July-August, 1989.
Research grants awarded from UCA, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989.
Grant recipient, Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst for study at the Goethe Institute in Berlin, Germany, Fall, 1992.
Grant recipient from the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar on "Friedrich Nietzsche: Problems in Contemporary Philosophy and Criticism." University of California, Riverside. June 24 - August 16, 1985. Director: Bernd Magnus.
UNIVERSITY SERVICES
University Committees:
Undergraduate Curriculum Council, 2002-06.
President=s Performance and Compensation Task Force, 1997-98
North Central Accreditation Association Task Force on Academic Affairs, 1997-99.
Coordinator of Academic Divisions for the North Central Accreditation Association Report, Spring and Summer 1999.
Academic Misconduct Appeals Committee, 1998
Chair, Writing Program Task Force, 1995
General Education Committee, 1994-96
Chair, Arts and Letters Dean Search Committee, 1993
Undergraduate Council, 1993-95
Curriculum Guidelines Task Force, 1993-95
Southern Autobiography Conference Committee, 1993-97
President, Faculty Senate, 1990-91
Search Committee, Graduate Dean/Director of Sponsored Research, 1989-90
President-Elect, Faculty Senate, 1989-90
Chair, University Committee on Committees, 1989-90
Chair, Faculty Handbook Review Committee, 1989-91
President's Planning Council, 1990-91
Member, Budget Advisory Committee, 1989-91
University Research Council, 1987-89
University Press Board, 1986-89; 1989-92
North Central Self-Study Reaccreditation Task Force; subcommittee on Missions and Purposes, and University Governance, 1988-89
UCA Research Institute Committee, 1989-91
College Committees:
Chair, Search Committee for a Chair of the Geography Department, 2004
Chair, Search Committee for a Chair of the English Department, 2003
College Curriculum Committee, 1998-2001
College Promotion Committee, 1998-2001
Search Committee for Chair of the Foreign Languages Department, 2000
Chair, College Tenure Committee, 1997-2000
College Research Committee, 1985-87
Chair, College Research Committee, 1987-89
All Departmental Search Committees
Chair, Department of Philosophy and Religion, 2001-present
Director, Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World, 1999-01
Chair, College Tenure Committee, 1997-2000
Coordinator of Academic Divisions, North Central Accreditation Association Task Force on Academic Affairs, 1997-99
Chair, Writing Program Task Force, 1995
Interim Chair, Philosophy Department, Spring & Summer, 1994
Chair, Arts and Letters Dean Search Committee, 1993
President, Faculty Senate, 1990-91
Vice-president, UCA Faculty Senate, 1989-90
Chair, University Committee on Committees, 1989-90
Chair, Faculty Handbook Review Committee, 1989-91
Chair, College Research Committee, 1987-89