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James
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22 Fillmore Place Brooklyn NY 11211 (917) 705-2264 jamesdig@gmail.com |
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Education
B.A. in Religion,
M.A. in Philosophy, Stony Brook University, 1996.
Ph.D. in Philosophy, Stony Brook University, Jan
2002.
Thesis: Ethics
and Aesthetics of Self-Creation.
Areas of specialization:
Philosophy of Art, Ethics/Virtue Theory, Personal
Identity/Metaphysics of Self
Areas of concentration
Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind/Consciousness, History
of Philosophy, Critical Thinking
Conferences and Publications
Publications:
¥ “Identity, Memory and Continuity” in Watchmen and Philosophy, Blackwell Books, forthcoming, Summer 2009
¥ “Is It Right to Make a Robin?” in Batman and Philosophy, ed. Mark D. White, Blackwell Books, 2008
¥ “Worldmaking as Art Form” in International Journal of the Arts in Society, Summer 2007
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“Fossil
Fueled Fine Art,”
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“Promises,
Promises: The Promise Keepers Movement and Protest”,
¥ “Losing Your Voice on the Internet,” in High Noon on the Electronic Frontier, ed. P. Ludlow, M.I.T. press, 1996
Papers given:
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“Understanding: The Epistemic Good,” forthcoming
at Epistemic Good,
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“Technological Enhancement and Self Improvement:
Ethics and Aesthetics of Neural Interface Technologies,” April 21, 2008,
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“Worldmaking As Art Form” at International
Symposium on the Arts in Society,
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“The Human
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“Starship
Troopers as a Philosophical Film” at
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“On David Allison’s Reading the New Nietzsche” at
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“Self-Creation as Philosophical History: Pico
through Descartes” at Stony Brook University, Philosophy Colloquium Series,
1997
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“Renaissance Perspective as Philosophical
Perspectivism: On Alberti, Crivelli, Brunelleschi and Nietzsche” at
Journalism
Chief Film Critic
1998-Present, Tucson Weekly,
including weekly feature-length film reviews, film reporting and interviews
with studio and independent film artists.
Fiction/Theater
“The Same Results Every Time”
Play; received second place award
in playwriting competition, performed at Urban Stages, New York, NY, for a
two-week run in October of 2008
“When God Came Back I Became Alone,” forthcoming in A Gathering of Tribes, issue 12, Spring 2009
“Your Girlfriend
Sporkpress, 10/24/2006
“Cool”
Sporkpress, 6/28/2006
“The Secret Cool”
Sporkpress, 5/18/2006
“900 Foot Jesus Plus Death Rays”
Sporkpress, 4/18/2006
“Sole Survivor”
The Safehouse Quarterly, Summer 2004
“The Exam”
Blue Moon Review, Spring,
1999
“Wired” and “Hook”
20 X 18, edited and selected by Walter
Abish, hardcover, Cooper Union Press, 1995
Film and Video
“Kant Attack Ad” This top-rated YouTube video has been featured on The Atlantic’s blogs, Crooked Timber, and on Tucker Carlson’ show on MSNBC, as well as hundred of other magazines and on-line forums.
“Four Short Films About Robots” In the DVD Magazine Capricious, December, 2007
“Forked World” Feature
film, completed August 2004, shown in NY,
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Visual Art/Performance
“Nobody is Famous in
4 short video pieces in
group show at Capricious Gallery,
“Swelt”
2 Pieces in group show,
Kodak Gallery,
“Robot Art”
Solo show of watercolor
paintings, Heathers,
“Lissajous Go Figure”
Live
performance/installation at
“Rank and Fur”
Solo show of constructivist art, Bentley’s Gallery,
Teaching Experience:
Substitute Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, September 2007-present
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Courses
Taught: Introduction to Philosophy, Critical Thinking, Ethics, Philosophy
of Law, Logic
Adjunct Lecturer, Stony Brook Masters Program in Philosophy of Art, 2005-2007
¥ Courses Taught: (The following are all graduate courses open to Masters and PhD students): The Problem of Beauty; Ethics and Aesthetics of Self, The Problem of Style, History of Aesthetic Theory
Adjunct Professor
of Philosophy,
¥ Courses Taught: Ethics and Law, Introduction to Philosophy, Critical Thinking
Adjunct Lecturer,
State
¥ Courses Taught: Metaphysics, Critical Thinking
Instructor,
¥ Courses Taught: Ancient Philosophy, 19th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Existentialism, Introduction to Philosophy
Teaching Assistant,
Awards
2007
2006
2004
2004
2003
Morris Cohen Teaching
Award, for excellence in
teaching in the field of Philosophy.
Stony Brook University, May, 2001
Award for Excellence in
Teaching, a university-wide award granted on the basis of student and peer
review to 6 teachers from a field of 300.
Stony Brook University, 1995
Trench Award for
Outstanding Work in the History of
Abstract of the Dissertation
Ethics and Aesthetics of
Self-Creation
Ethics
and Aesthetics of Self-Creation is both a historical examination of the idea
that humans can create their own identities and a conceptual analysis of that
notion. Beginning in renaissance
Committee Members
Director:
David
Allison, philosophy
Chair: Edward S. Casey,
philosophy
Readers:
C.
Lee Miller, philosophy; Mary Rawlinson, philosophy
Outside
Reader: Thomas
J.J. Altizer, theology
Student Government Positions
President, Philosophy Graduate
Student Body, Stony Brook University, 1993-94
Other Positions
Pop Culture Editor
Amazon.com, April 1996-August 1998.
Wrote monthly articles and interviews on American, European and Japanese
popular culture and oversaw selections for pop culture book lists.
Pop Culture Commentator
for ABC Radio (
August, 1997-August 1998
Weekly fifteen minute commentaries on American and Japanese pop culture
heard on over fifty stations in every part of
Assistant Editor
Marvel Comics,
Supervised production of a variety of comic books and magazines. Edited
text and artwork. Liaison between artists and editors and between licensors and
writers. Helped design characters, costumes, vehicles and locations. Oversaw
plot direction.
Professional Affiliations
APA, American Society for Aesthetics
Languages
French, reading knowledge of Spanish and Ancient
Greek
References
Edward S. Casey, Leading Professor of Philosophy
Stony Brook University, Stony
tel: (631) 632 7570
email: Edward.casey@sunysb.edu
David Allison, Professor of Philosophy
Stony Brook University, Stony
tel: (631) 632 7570
email: nosillad@suffolk.lib.ny.us
Enrique Chávez-Arvizo, Chair of the Art, Music and Philosophy Dept.
tel: (212) 237-8347
email: echavezarvizo@jjay.cuny.edu
Peter Ludlow, Professor of Linguistics & Professor of Philosophy
Dept. of Philosophy
office phone: 905-569-4541
e-mail: peter.ludlow@utoronto.ca