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Curriculum Vitae Leonardo Augusto Zaibert
Phone: Office: (262) 595-3236 E-mail: zaibert@uwp.edu
Education 1997: Ph. D., Philosophy. State University of New York, Buffalo. Highest Honors. (Winner of the “Perry Dissertation Award”, see below, under “Awards”.)
1989: LL. B. (Abogado). Universidad Santa María, Caracas, Venezuela.
Areas of Specialization Philosophy of (Criminal) Law, Ethics, Philosophy of Mind and Action, Social and Political Philosophy.
Employment Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin, Parkside, Department of Philosophy, Spring 2004 – present. (Chair, June 2006 - present)
Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, University of Leipzig/University of Saarland, May 2004-August 2005. Again from May 2006 - August 2006.
Assistant Professor (tenure-track), University of Wisconsin, Parkside, Department of Philosophy. Fall 2000 – Spring 2004.
Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Department of Philosophy. Fall 1999 – Spring 2000.
Visiting Lecturer in Law, State University of New York at Buffalo, Law School. Spring 1999.
Assistant Professor (Profesor Agregado) (tenure-track), Universidad Simón Bolívar (Caracas, Venezuela), Departamento de Filosofía. January 1998 – January 1999.
Visiting Assistant Professor, State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Philosophy. Fall 1997.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, State University of New York, College at Fredonia, Department of Philosophy. Fall 1995.
Other Positions Held Adjunct Assistant Professor, State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Philosophy. January 1999 - August 2001 (honorary position, non-salaried).
PublicationsBooks
[50] Punishment and Retribution, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006, 236 pp.
[49] Five Ways Patricia can Kill her Husband: A Theory of Intentionality and Blame, Chicago: Open Court, 2005, 275 pp.
Books (Edited)
[48] Forgiveness, Special Issue of The Monist, La Salle: The Hegeler Institute, forthcoming.
Articles and Chapters in Books (Refereed)
[47] "The Fitting, the Deserving, and the Beautiful", Journal of Moral Philosophy 3(3), forthcoming Fall 2006, ca. 26 pp.
[46] "Beyond Conventional Normativity", Proceedings of the 28th Wittgenstein Symposium of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society, Christian Kanzian, Georg Gasser, and Edmund Runggaldier (eds.), Kirchberg am Wechsel: Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society, forthcoming, Fall 2006, ca. 15 pp.
[45] “Punishment and Revenge”, Law and Philosophy 25(1): 81-118.
[44] “Prolegomenon to a Theory of Punishment”, Law, Culture and the Humanities 1(2): 221-246.
[43] “A Minimalist Ontology of Action” in Pre-Proceedings of the 27th Wittgenstein Symposium of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society, Johann Christian Marek and Maria Elisabeth Reicher (ed.) Kirchberg am Wechsel: Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society, (2004): 419-421.
[42] “Punishment, Institutions, and Justifications” in Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Special issue on Punishment Theory (edited by Austin Sarat), 2003, Vol. 30: 51-83.
[41] “Collective Intentions and Collective Intentionality”, American Journal of Sociology and Economics, 60.1 (2003): 209-232. [41a] REPRINTED (whole issue) in Lawrence Moss and David Koepsell (eds.) Searle and the Institutions of Social Reality, Oxford: Blackwell, 2003: 209-232.
[40] “The Analytic Disdain for Ethics: Rules and Normativity”, (in Spanish), Proceedings of the “First Ibero-American Congress on Ethics and Political Philosophy” Forthcoming (digital format, i.e., forthcoming in a CD-ROM, ca. 16 pp.), Fall 2003.
[39] “Punishment and Morality” (in Spanish), Proceedings of the “First Ibero-American Congress on Ethics and Political Philosophy” Forthcoming (digital format, ca. 17 pp.), Fall 2003. [39a] REPRINTED: in Problemas Filosóficos, Sociológicos e Históricos del Derecho Penal, Percy Garcia Caveri and Luis Reyna Alfaro (eds.) Lima: Universidad Garcilaso de la Vega, Forthcoming, Spring 2007.
[38] “Land, Property, and the Ontological Foundations of Capitalism” (co-authored with Barry Smith), The Ontology and Modeling of Real Estate Transactions, Heiner Stuckenschmidt, Erik Stubkjaer and Christoph Schlieder (eds.) Aldershot.: Ashgate 2003.
[37] “Toward Meta-Politics”, Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics 7.4 (2004): 113-128
[36] “Analytic Philosophy in Latin America” (co-authored with Elizabeth Millán-Zaibert, in Spanish), Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos, 627, 2002: 27-34.
[35] “Intentionality and Wickedness”, in Philosophical Perspectives on Evil and Wickedness, Dan Haybron (ed.), The Hague: Rodopi, 2001: 33-51.
[34] “The Metaphysics of Real Estate”, (co-authored with Barry Smith) Topoi, Special Issue: The Philosophy of Geography, Achille Varzi (guest editor): 20 (2), 2001: 161-172.
[33] “Rationality in Action: A Symposium”, (co-authored with John R. Searle, Barry Smith, and Josef Moural); Philosophical Explorations, 4(2) Spring 2001: 66-94.
[32] “Philosophical Analysis and the Criminal Law”, Buffalo Criminal Law Review, 4(1) (Special Issue: Reforming the Model Penal Code). 4(1) Spring 2001: 100-139. [32a] TRANSLATED (by Luis Reyna Alfaro) AND REPRINTED: in Problemas Filosóficos, Sociológicos e Históricos del Derecho Penal, Percy Garcia Caveri and Luis Reyna Alfaro (eds.) Lima: Universidad Garcilaso de la Vega, Forthcoming, Spring 2007.
[31] “Real Estate as an Institutional Fact: A Philosophy of Everyday Objects”, American Journal of Sociology and Economics, 58.2 (1999): 273-284.
[30] “Intentionality, Voluntariness, and Criminal Liability: A Historical-Philosophical Analysis”, Buffalo Criminal Law Review 1(2) 1998, 459-500. (Special Issue: New Voices in Criminal Law Theory.) [26a] REPRINTED in James Bernard Murphy and Richard O. Brooks. (eds.) Aristotle and Modern Law, London: Ashgate/Dartmouth, 2003: 263-304.
[29] “On Deference and the Spirit of the Laws”, Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie, 82 (1996): 460-471.
[28] “Process Teleology: John Dewey’s Reconstructed Virtue Ethics” (in Spanish), Revista Venezolana de Filosofía 32 (1995): 143-163.
[27] “Normative Insufficiency of Alan Gewirth’s Principle of Generic Consistency” (in Spanish), Apuntes Filosóficos 4 (1994): 195-210.
Articles (Invited)
[26] "The Varieties of Normativity: AnEssay on Social Ontology"(coauthored with Barry Smith), in SavasL. Tsohatzidis (ed.)Intentional Acts and Institutional Facts: Essays on JohnSearle’s Social Ontology, Dordrecht: Springer, 2006. [25] “On the Criminal Law of the Enemy”, in Manuel Cancio Meliá and Carlos Gómez-Jara Díez (eds.) Derecho Penal del Enemigo (in Spanish), Madrid: Reus, ca. 30 pp., forthcoming 2006.
[24] “Intentions, Promises, and Obligations”, in John Searle: Contemporary Philosophy in Focus (Barry Smith, ed.), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003: 53-84.
[23] “Universalism, Particularism, and Group Rights”, (co-authored with Elizabeth Millán-Zaibert), in Jorge J.E. Gracia and Pablo DeGreiff (eds.) Ethnic Identity, Race, and Group Rights: Hispanics/Latinos in the United States, New York/London: Routledge (2000): 167-180.
[22] “Prolegomena to a Metaphysics of Real Estate” (co-authored with Barry Smith) in Shadows and Socio-Economic Units: Foundations of Formal Geography, Roberto Casati (ed.), Vienna: Geo-Info/TU Vienna (1996): 151-156.
Book Reviews and Varia
[21] Review of R. A. Duff's and Stuart P. Green's (eds.) "Defining Crimes: Essays on the Special Part of the Criminal Law", Buffalo Criminal Law Review, forthcoming, Fall 2006, ca. 20 pp.
[20] “La Costituzione Ontologica” (in Italian) coauthored with Barry Smith and Maurizio Ferraris, Il Sole 24 Ore, June 27 2004.
[19] “Philosophy” in Encyclopedia Latina, Ilan Stavans, (ed.), New York: Grolier, coauthored with Jorge J.E. Gracia, ca. 4. pp. Forthcoming Spring 2006.
[18] “Punishment, Liberalism, and Communitarianism: A Critical Analysis of R. A. Duff’s Punishment, Communication and Community”, Buffalo Criminal Law Review, 2003 (6.1): 673-690.
[17] Review of Javier Corrales’ “Presidents without Partiers: The Political Crises in Venezuela and Argentina in the XX Century”, Philadelphia: The Pennsylvania State University Press. The Times Literary Supplement. Spring 2003, 1 p.
[16] Review of Markus Dirk Dubber’s “Victims in the War on Crime” New York: New York University Press. The Times Literary Supplement. Spring 2003, 1 p.
[15] Review of John F. Dulles’ “Sobral Pinto: The Conscience of Brazil” Austin: The University of Texas Press. The Times Literary Supplement, December 13 2002, 1 p.
[14] Review of Steven E. Aschheim’s (ed.) “Hannah Arendt in Jerusalem” (University of California Press, 2001), in Philosophical Essays 3.2, 2002, (digital format, ca. 10 pp.).
[13] Review of Beatriz Sarlo’s Scenes from a Postmodern Life, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2001, in The Times Literary Supplement. April 2002.
[12] “Nostalgia for Caracas”: Review of Iván Jaksic’s “Andrés Bello: Scholarship and Nation- Building in Nineteenth-Century Latin America, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, in the The Times Literary Supplement. 5133 (Jan 4, 2002): p. 29.
[11] “Hugo Chávez and Worcester Sauce” in The Times Literary Supplement, 5137, September 14, 2001 (Lead letter to the editor).
[10] “Do They Drink the Oil?”, The London Review of Books 22 (11), June 1 2000. (Letter to the editor, commenting on Richard Gott’s “Robinson Footprints”, The London Review of Books, February 17, 2000.)
[9] “Philosophy of Law in Latin America” (co-authored with Jorge J. E. Gracia) in Christopher B. Gray, (ed.), The Philosophy of Law: An Encyclopedia, New York: Garland (1999): Vol. II, 483-486.
[8] Review of Harry G. Frankfurt’s “Necessity, Volition, and Love”, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1999, Philosophy in Review (XIX) No. 6 (1999): 414-416.
[7] “John R. Searle on Social Reality”, Grazer Philosophische Studien. 54 (1998) 230-233.
[6] Review of “Mente-Cuerpo”, José Luis Diaz and Enrique Villanueva (eds.), UNAM: Coordinación de Humanidades-Centro de Neurobiología, Revista Venezolana de Filosofía 1998: (36-37): 217-223.
[5] “What is Ambiguity?: Commentaries on Catherine Atherton’s The Stoics on Ambiguity”, Journal of the Hellenic Diaspora 21.2 (1995): 150-154.
Translations
[4] Spanish translation of George P. Fletcher’s Loyalty: A Study on the Morality of Relationships. 2001, Valencia, Spain: Tirant Lo Blanch, 287 pp.
[3] Spanish translation of Paul Eisenberg’s “Philosophy and its History by Jorge J. E. Gracia”, Revista Latinoamericana de Filosofia 22 (1996): 111-121.
[2] Spanish translation of Kenneth Schmitz’s “The Actual Nature of Philosophy Dissolved in its History”, Revista Latinoamericana de Filosofía 22 (1996): 97-109.
[1] Spanish translation of Jorge J. E. Gracia’s “Scholasticism: A Bridge Between the Ancients and Colonial Latin American Thought”, Apuntes Filosóficos 4 (1994): 7-53.
Papers Presented at Professional Meetings, Conferences, and Workshops
[60] FORTHCOMING: Invited Participant (fully finded) of the "Law and Philosophy Institutes Conclave", March 30-31 2007, Guadalupe River Ranch, Texas.
[59] FORTHCOMING: "Social Ontology and the Problem of Normativity", Workshop on Social Objects, Department of Philosophy (Center for Theoretical and Applied Ontology) , University of Turin, January, 2007. Invited speaker.
[58] FORTHCOMING: "Beyond Conventional Normativity", at the 28th Wittgenstein Symposium of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society, Kirchberg am Wechsel: Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society, August 6-12 2006, and as part of the panel on social ontology, together with Maurizio Ferraris and Barry Smith. Invited speaker (as a keynote speaker).
[57] "On Forgiving", Institute of Formal Ontology and Medical Information Science, Saarland University, June 6 2006.
[56] "On Punishment", Committee on Research and Creative Activity's Faculty Showcase, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, April 21 2006.
[55] "The Aesthetic Element in the Justification of Punishment", at the 2006 Conference of the Association for the Study of Law Culture and the Humanities, University of Syracuse, March 17 2006. (Part of a panel entitled "The Aesthetics of Punishment and Adjudication", co-organized with Anna Kaladiouk.)
[54] "The Fitting, the Deserving, and the Beautiful", Department of Philosophy, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, December 2, 2005.
[53] "On Punishment", University of Turin, Italy, Department of Philosophy, June 20 2005.
[52] “Punishment and Revenge”, Tel Aviv University, Israel, Department of Philosophy, April 13 2005.
[51] “Comments on David Whyte’s Criminalizing Corporations” Workshop on Criminalization, University of Stirling, Scotland, April 2 2005.
[50] “Toward and European Unified Criminal Law”, University of the Saarland, Germany, January 18, 2005.
[49] “A Minimalist Ontology of Action”, The 27th International Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg, Austria, August 13, 2004.
[49] Chaired Session at the International Workshop on Holistic Epistemology and Action Theory”, Institute for Philosophy, Univeristy of Leipzig, Germany, June 26 2004. Participants included: Margaret Gilbert, Ingvar Johansson, Ruth Millikan, Barry Smith, Pirmin Stekeler-Weithofer, Michael Thompson, and Raimo Tuomela.
[48] “On Punishment”, Leipziger Philosophisches Kolloquium, Department of Philosophy, University of Leipzig, Germany, July 21, 2004.
[47] “Responsibility” (commentator on talk given by Aaron Snyder), Parkside Philosophical Society, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, April 27, 2004.
[46] “On Blaming”, Special Conference on “Values, Rational Choice, and the Will, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, April 2004. (Paper accepted, but could not attend conference.)
[45] Invited Participant (partially funded) to the workshop on “The Theory of the Criminal Law’s Special Part”, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, March 5-6, 2004. Commentator on Stephen Shute’s “Murder: The Worst Crime?”.
[44] “On Blame and Punishment”, Law Culture and Humanities Annual Conference, University of Connecticut Law School, March 13, 2004.
[43] “On Blaming”, Parkside Philosophical Society, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, November 19, 2003.
[42] “Robust Normativity”, (with Barry Smith) University of Leipzig, Germany, Institute for Formal Ontology and Medical Information Science, July 18, 2003.
[41] “The Naturalistic Fallacy Fallacy Fallacy”, Workshop on the Philosophy of John R. Searle, Charles University, Prague, The Czech Republic, June 1, 2003.
[40] “The Value of Studying Philosophy”, Latinos Unidos, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, April 30, 2003.
[39] Funded participant at the NSF-sponsored conference “The Construction of Social Reality: The Case of Land”, John Searle and Hernando de Soto, keynote speakers, State University of New York at Buffalo, April 11-13, 2003.
[38] “The So-Called Mixed Theories of Punishment”, at the Law Culture and Humanities Annual Conference, Cardozo Law School and New York University, New York City, March 8, 2003.
[37] “Punishment and its Justifications Revisited”, at the NEH-sponsored conference on punishment, Department of Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought, Amherst College, Amherst MA, February 28, 2003.
[36] “Immigration and Criminal Justice: Deportation and Expatriation”, Latinos Unidos Annual Conference, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, February 22, 2003.
[35] “On Punishment”, in Morris Firebaugh and Wayne Johnson’s Forum Series “Perspectives on Religious Issues”, University of Wisconsin, Parkside, February 3, 2003.
[34] Invited Participant, I Midwest Law & Society Association Retreat, University of Wisconsin, Madison, September 27-29 2002.
[33] “The Morality of Punishment”, (in Spanish) I Congreso Iberoamericano de Etica y Filosofía Política, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain, 19 September 2002.
[32] “Rules and Normativity”, (in Spanish) I Congreso Iberoamericano de Etica y Filosofía Política, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain, 18 September 2002.
[31] “Punishment and its Justifications”, at the NEH-sponsored Summer Seminar, “Punishment, Politics, and Culture”, Department of Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought, Amherst College, Amherst MA, July 3, 2002.
[30] “Rules and Normativity”, University of Wisconsin, Parkside, Parkside Philosophical Society, March 26, 2002.
[29] “Hannah Arendt and Legal Theory” at the multidisciplinary conference “Forty Years After Eichmann in Jerusalem”, Department of Political Science and Department of Philosojphy, DePaul University, May 12, 2001.
[28] “On Punishment”, DePaul University, DePaul Philosophical Society, March 17, 2001.
[27] “On Punishment” University of Wisconsin, Parkside, Parkside Philosophical Society, November 17, 2000.
[26] Commentator (with Josef Moural and Barry Smith) on John Searle’s keynote address, “Rationality in Action” at the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society, Plenary Session, Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria, Rationality and Irrationality. August 15, 2000.
[25] “On Blaming”, DePaul University, Parkside Philosophical Society. April 27, 2000.
[24] “Naturalized Wickedness”, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University, United Kingdom, Philosophical Perspectives on Evil and Human Wickedness. March 19, 2000.
[23] “Intentionality and Blame”, University of Wisconsin, Parkside; Three Lectures in Ethics Series. February 27, 2000.
[22] “Biculturalism: The Jewish Diaspora in Latin America”, DePaul University, Department of Latin American Studies. February 25, 2000.
[21] “Acting Without Thinking”, Grand Valley State University, Department of Philosophy, Faculty Symposium. November 19, 1999.
[20] “Conceptual Schemes and Criminal Law Legislation”, State University of New York, School of Law, Buffalo Criminal Law Center’s International Conference on the Reform of the Model Penal Code. October 30, 1999.
[19] “A Hundred Years of Solitude and Gabriel García Márquez’s Politics”, Chicago Humanities Festival and De Paul University Humanities Center, October 23, 1999.
[18] “Comparative Culpability”, University of Baltimore, Division of Legal, Ethical and Historical Studies. February 19, 1999.
[17] Remarks on John Ladd’s Ethnic Identity, commentator, Samuel H. Capen Conference on Cultural Identity and Group Rights, SUNY at Buffalo. October 18, 1998.
[16] “Real Estate as Institutional Fact”, Marvin Farber International Conference on Applied Ontology (with John Searle as the keynote speaker), State University of New York at Buffalo. April 25, 1998.
[15] “Remarks on Michael Hodges’ The Ontological Project Reconsidered: The Displacement of Theoretical Unity by Practical Unity”, commentator, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Venezuela. February 23, 1998.
[14] “Is There an Innate Human Blaming Apparatus?” at the workshop Law, Philosophy, and Psychology, sponsored by the Baldy Center of Human Rights of SUNY at Buffalo. December 8, 1997.
[13] “Property and Sovereignty” (with Barry Smith) at the workshop The Origins of Property, organized by SUNY at Buffalo’s Department of Philosophy. October 21, 1997.
[12] “The State as a Work of Art: Theories of Space in Baroque Philosophy” (with Barry Smith), at the workshop The History of the Concepts of Space, sponsored by the Center for Cognitive Science, the Department of Philosophy of SUNY at Buffalo, and by the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis. April 18-19, 1997.
[11] “Libertarianism, Democracy, and Aesthetics” (with Barry Smith), Department of Philosophy, Rochester Institute of Technology. March 6, 1997.
[10] “Ancient Philosophical Origins of Criminal Liability”, Workshop in Law and Humanities, Law School, SUNY at Buffalo. January 8, 1997.
[9] “Landed Property and the Ontology of Cultural Objects”, Center for Cognitive Science, State University of New York at Buffalo. December 12, 1996.
[8] Invited Participant (fully funded) at the workshop on Boundaries, Cadastral Registration, and Land Policy, sponsored by the Department of Geo-Information, Vienna Technical University in cooperation with the Center for Cognitive Science, State University of New York at Buffalo, Vienna, Austria. November 23-26, 1996.
[7] “Democracy, Property Rights, and the Division of Powers”, Palacky University, Olomouc, The Czech Republic. November 27, 1996.
[6] Invited Participant (fully funded) at the workshop on Formal Representations of Common-Sense Worlds, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, South West Texas University, San Antonio, Texas. October 29-November 3, 1996.
[5] Chaired session, “Deontology and Rule-Utilitarianism”, at the Tri-State Philosophical Association Conference, Mercyhurst College, Erie, Pennsylvania. April 13, 1996.
[4] “The Tension Between Normativity and Description in the Definition of Intentional Action”, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. March 1, 1996.
[3] “What is a Hispanic?”, State University of New York at Buffalo Conference on American Pluralism. January 18, 1996.
[2] “On the Distinction Between Intentional and Unintentional Action”, State University of New York, College at Fredonia Faculty Symposium, Fredonia, New York. November 6, 1995.
[1] “On Deference and the Spirit of the Laws”, Tri-State Philosophical Association Conference, Mercyhurst College, Erie, Pennsylvania. October 28, 1995.
Awards, Grants, and Scholarships
[20] University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Committee on Research and Creative Activity Research Award, given to the best researcher on campus, August 2007 ($2000).
[19] Humboldt Foundation Research Fellowship, for work on punishment and forgiveness, May 2006-August 2006 (ca. $10000).
[18] Travel Award, for participation on the 2006 Law and Humanities Conference, University of Syracuse Law School, March 18 2006, Dean's Office and Department of Philosophy ($500).
[17] Travel Award, for participation in the conference on Punishment, University of Newcastle, December 2-3 2005, Committee on Research and Creative Activities, University of Wisconsin, Parkside ($800).
[16] Travel Award, for participation in the 2004 Law and Humanities Conference, and on the Workshop on the Criminal Law’s Special Part, Committee on Research and Creative Activities, University of Wisconsin, Parkside, (ca. $840).
[15] Research Award from The Provost’s Fund, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, for the Summer of 2004, (ca. $3660).
[14] Humboldt Foundation Research Fellowship, for work on the ontology of legal institutions, July 2004-August 2005, (ca. $43,000.00).
[13] University of Leipzig, Germany. Research Fellowship, for work on intentionality and punishment. Summer 2003, (ca. $10,000.00).
[12] National Endowment for the Humanities, travel award, for participation in “Punishment and its Justifications Revisited”, at the NEH-sponsored conference on punishment, Department of Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought, Amherst College, Amherst, Ma., February 28, 2003, (ca. $600).
[11] University of Wisconsin-Parkside Diversity Monitoring and Assessment Committee, Summer research grant for work on the issues of intentionality and punishment. January 25 2003 ($3,000.00).
[10] Travel Award, for participation in the “First Ibero-American Congress of Ethics and Political Philosophy” in Madrid, Spain, Committee on Research and Creative Activities, University of Wisconsin, Parkside, October 2002 ($750.00).
[9] Travel Award, for participation in the “First Ibero-American Congress of Ethics and Political Philosophy” in Madrid, Spain, Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, Parkside, September 2002 ($700.00).
[8] National Endowment for the Humanities, for participation in the Summer Seminar “Punishment, Politics and Culture”, directed by Austin Sarat, Chair of the Department of Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought. Amherst College, Amherst, MA, June 23-August 2, 2002 ($3,700.00).
[7] Perry Dissertation Award, Prize sporadically given by the Department of Philosophy of the State University of New York at Buffalo to outstanding doctoral dissertations, October 1997 ($1,000.00).
[6] Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Post-Doctoral Fellowship for the 1998-1999 academic year. Due to other obligations, I was forced to turn down this prestigious grant (perhaps the most prestigious in Latin America) (ca. $15,000).
[5] National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, grant for research on the project “The Geography of Property Rights”. June 1997-August 1997 (ca. $10,000).
[4] University at Buffalo Multi-Disciplinary Research Program, grant for research (with Barry Smith and David Mark) on the project, “Economic Development and Property Rights: An Investigation in Comparative Legal Ontology”. May 1996-May 1997 (ca. $15,000.00).
[3] Teaching Assistantship, Department of Philosophy, State University of New York at Buffalo. August 1993-May 1996 (ca. $8,000.00 per year, ca. $24,000.00 total).
[2] Full Tuition Scholarship, Department of Philosophy State University of New York at Buffalo. August 1993-May 1997 (ca. $14,000.00 per year, ca. $56,000.00 total).
[1] Research Assistant, Baldy Center for Human Rights, at the State University of New York at Buffalo, for work on the project, “Human Rights Violations and Ideology in the Third World”, directed by Newton Garver and Pablo De Greiff. May 1993-May 1994 ($1,600.00).
Service to the Profession
Member of the Editorial Board (and referee) for New Criminal Law Review (June 2006 - present)
Member of the Editorial Board (and referee) for Criminal Law and Philosophy (September 2005-present).
Referee for Journal of Social Philosophy, July 2007.
Referee for Pearson Longman Publishers, June 2006.
Referee for Roxbury Publishing Company, June 2005.
Referee for The Monist, June 2005 - present.
Member of the Editorial Board for Revista Venezolana de Filosofía Práctica y Ciencias Sociales, (accepted the invitation in December of 2003).
Referee for Open Court, September 2003.
Referee for Law, Politics and Society, March 2003 - present
Referee for Buffalo Criminal Law Review, June 2002 - present.
Referee for Philosophical Explorations, August 2002 - present.
Referee for Philosophy Today, July 2002-present.
Reviewer for The Times Literary Supplement, September 2001-present.
Referee for Argos, a journal of philosophy published by Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela. January 1998 - present.
President of the Jury in Omar Astorga’s Ph.D. dissertation defense, “The Intersections of Hobbes’ Political Thought and his Philosophy of Mind”, (other members of the Jury: Luis Castro Leiva, Ezra Heymann, and Dinu Garber) Universidad Simón Bolívar, Venezuela. February 21, 1998.
Member of the Editorial Board of Logoi, a journal of philosophy published by Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Caracas, Venezuela. January 1998 - present.
Chair of the Organizing Committee of the Third Annual Graduate Student Philosophy Conference of the State University of New York at Buffalo, John Kekes (SUNY Albany) keynote speaker. September 1994-May 1995.
Teaching Experience
University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Contemporary Moral Problems, advanced seminar (300-level course) (2003, 2006).
Introduction to Philosophy (100-level course) (2006, 2003 twice, 2002 twice, 2001 twice, 2000 twice).
Introduction to Ethics (200-level course) (2005, 2004, 2003, 2001).
Introduction to Human Values (100-level course) (2004)
Thinking and Doing: The Philosophy of Mind and Action (300-level course) (2003).
Retributive Justice (300-level course) (2002).
Criminal Justice Ethics (300-level course) (2006, 2005, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000).
Philosophy of Law: Hart and Dworkin (300-level course) (2002).
Multiculturalism: Kymlicka and Barry (200-level course) (2002).
Contemporary Theories of Justice: Rawls and Nozick (300-level course) (2001).
Punishment: Retributivism and Consequentialism (300-level course) (2001).
Punishment Theory (300-level course) (2004).
The Ethical and the Aesthetic: G. E. Moore (300-level course) (2005).
Groups and Individuals (200-level course) (2006).
Liberalism (300-level course) (2006).
Libertarianism (300-level course) (2006).
Grand Valley State University
Introduction to Philosophy (100-level course) (2000 twice, 1999 twice)
Introduction to Ethics (100-level course) (1999).
Social and Political Philosophy: John Rawls (300-level course) (2000).
State University of New York at Buffalo, Law School
Comparative Criminal Law (400-level seminar) (1999).
Universidad Simón Bolívar
Meta-ethics: Moral Realism (graduate seminar) (1998, twice).
Logic (graduate seminar but at the level of a 200-level course in the United States) (1998).
Logic (graduate seminar) (1998).
Introduction to Logic (graduate seminar but at the level of 200-level course in the United States) (1998).
Philosophy of Mind: Physicalism and its Discontents (graduate seminar) (1998).
State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Philosophy
Law and Ontology (graduate seminar) (1997), (team-taught with Barry Smith and David Koepsell).
Social and Ethical Values in Medicine (300-level course) (1997 twice).
Happiness (300-level course) (1995).
Critical Thinking (100-level course) (1995).
Introduction to Philosophy (100-level course) (1996, 1994, 1993).
Introduction to Ethics (100-level course) (1997, 1994).
Languages
Spanish: Native proficiency, English: near-native proficiency. Passive proficiency in French, German and Italian; non-professional active proficiency in German.
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