Rico Vitz

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

EDUCATION

EMPLOYMENT

PUBLICATIONS

• "Sympathy and Benevolence in Hume's Moral Psychology," The Journal of the History of Philosophy 42:3 (July 2004): 261-75.

• "Hume and the Limits of Benevolence," Hume Studies 28:2 (November 2002): 271-95.

• "Doxastic Voluntarism," The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, eds. James Fieser and Bradley Dowden, February 2008.

• Review of Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon, by Daniel Dennett, Faith and Philosophy, forthcoming.

• Review of The Riddle of Hume's Treatise: Skepticism, Naturalism, and Irreligion, by Paul Russell, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, July 2008.

PRESENTATIONS

• "Doxastic Virtues as Moral Virtues in Hume's Epistemology," 
• American Philosophical Association, March 2008.
• Florida Philosophical Association, November 2007.
• Hume Society Conference, Boston University, August 2007.

• "Descartes and the Question of Direct Doxastic Voluntarism," 
• American Philosophical Association, April 2007.
• Society of Christian Philosophers, February 2007.

• "Hume on the Moral Assessment of People for Their Beliefs," 
• Hume and His Critics: A Conference on the Scottish Enlightment, April 2005.
• Berkeley-Stanford-Davis Philosophy Conference, April 2004.

• "The Nature of Belief and the Varieties of Doxastic Voluntarism," 
• Society of Christian Philosophers, February 2004.

• "Is Hope Adequate for Christian Faith?" 
• Society of Christian Philosophers, December 2003.

• "Belief, Hope, and Salvation" (co-authored with Dan Speak), 
• Southern California Philosophy Conference, October 2003.

• "The Cartesian Meditator,"
• Berkeley-Stanford Philosophy Conference, May 2003.
• Southern California Philosophy Conference, October 2002.

• "What Mary Didn't Show: Reconsidering Jackson's Knowledge Argument," 
• Society of Christian Philosophers, February 1999.

• "Motivationally/Emotionally Biased Anti-Religious Belief," 
• Society of Orthodox Philosophy in America, February 2008.

• "Doxastic Virtues as Moral Virtues in Hume's Epistemology," 
• Scientia Workshop, UC-Irvine, February 2007.
• Society of Orthodox Philosophy in America, January 2007.

• "Meditation, Education, and Self-Deception," 
• Azusa Pacific University, May 2006.
• University of North Florida, March 2006.

• "Unmasking the Cartesian Meditator,"
• Fort Hays State University, February 2006.
• California State University - Fresno, February 2006.

• "The Cartesian Meditator," 
• University of Arkansas at Little Rock, January 2005.

• "Belief, Hope, and Salvation" (co-authored with Dan Speak), 
• Azusa Pacific University, May 2004.

• "Persons, Property, and the State: The Views of Locke, Rousseau, and Kant," Liberty Fund, February 2008.

• "F. A. Hayek’s The Constitution of Liberty," Liberty Fund, January 2008.

COURSES TAUGHT 

• Lies and Self-Deception

• Hume and Kant: Epistemology*

• Modern Philosophy

• Aristotle and Hume: Ethics*

• Lies and Self-Deception

• Theories of Tolerance

• Concepts of Human Nature

• Ethics

• Formal Logic

• Introduction to Philosophy

• Introduction to Philosophy - Honors

• Reasoning and Critical Thinking

• Introduction to Formal Logic

• Contemporary Moral Issues

PRINCIPAL HONORS AND AWARDS

• NEH Summer Stipend, 2008

• Mentor TA, TA Development Program, UCR, 2004-5

• Teaching Excellent Award, UCR, 2001-2

• Chancellor's Distinguished Fellowship, UCR, 2000-4

• Award for Graduate Student Teaching Excellence (nominee), Utah, 1999-2000

• Outstanding First-Year Teaching Assistant, Utah 1998-9

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

• American Philosophical Association

• Florida Philosophical Association

• Hume Society

• Society of Christian Philosophers

• Society of Orthodox Philosophy in America
  

REFERENCES

• Janet Broughton, University of California, Berkeley

• Don Garrett, New York University

• Peter Graham, University of California, Riverside

• Paul Hoffman, University of California, Riverside

• Gary Watson, University of California, Riverside