M. V. Dougherty

Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Division of Philosophy and Theology
Ohio Dominican University
1216 Sunbury Road
Columbus, OH 43219-2099
USA

email: dougherm[at]ohiodominican[dot]edu

website: www.mvdougherty.com

Education

            Ph.D.               Marquette University

            M.A.                The Catholic University of America

            B.A.                 The Thomas More College of Liberal Arts

Edited Book

• Pico della Mirandola: New Essays, ed. M. V. Dougherty (Cambridge University Press, 2008).

Journal Articles

• “Ghazâlî and Metaphorical Predication in the Third Discussion of the Tahâfut al-Falâsifa,” American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 82 (2008), 391–409.
• “Equivocation and the Socratic Elenchus: Another Look at Republic i,” Ancient Philosophy 27.1 (2007), 25–9.
• “Thomas Aquinas on the Manifold Senses of Self-Evidence,” The Review of Metaphysics 59.3 (2006), 601–30.
• “Aquinas and the Self-Evidence of the Articles of Faith,” The Heythrop Journal 46.2 (2005), 167–80.
• “Descartes’s Demonstration of the Impossibility of Error in the Apprehension of Simples,” History of Philosophy Quarterly 22.2 (2005), 129–42.
• “Aristotle’s Four Truth Values,” British Journal for the History of Philosophy 12.4 (2004), 585-609.
• “Moral Dilemmas and Moral Luck: Reckoning with the Thomistic Ethical Tradition,” American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 78 (Supplement, 2004), 233–46.
• “The Irrationality of the Irrationality Argument Against Suicide,” The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 4.3 (2004), 485–9.
• “The Comparative Set Fallacy,” Argumentation 18.2 (2004), 213–22.
• “The Problem of Humana Natura in the Consolatio Philosophiae of Boethius,” American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 78 (2004), 273–92.
• “On the Alleged Subalternate Character of Sacra Doctrina in Aquinas,” American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 77 (Supplement, 2003), 101-110.
• “Thomas Aquinas and Divine Command Theory,” American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 76 (Supplement, 2002), 153–64.
• “Two Possible Sources for Pico’s Oratio,” Vivarium 40.2 (2002): 219–41.
• “The Importance of Cartesian Triangles: A New Look at the Ontological Argument,” The International Journal of Philosophical Studies 10.1 (2002): 35–62.
• “Perplexity Simpliciter and Perplexity Secundum Quid: A Look at Some Contemporary Appeals to St. Thomas Aquinas,” International Philosophical Quarterly 41.4 (2001): 469–80.

Contributions to Books

• “Giovanni Pico della Mirandola,” in Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy, ed. Henrik Lagerlund (Dordrecht: Springer, 2009), forthcoming.

• “Three Precursors to Pico della Mirandola's Roman Disputation and the Question of Human Nature in the Oratio,” in Pico della Mirandola: New Essays, ed. M. V. Dougherty (Cambridge University Press, 2008), 114–51.

• “Introduction,” in Pico della Mirandola: New Essays, ed. M. V. Dougherty (Cambridge University Press, 2008), 1–12.

• “Bibliografia del XIX e XX Secolo,” reprinted in 2007 by Leo S. Olschski Editore with editorial attribution to L. Quaquarelli and M. V. Dougherty. Originally published without attribution in: Pichiana: Bibliografia delle edizioni e degli studi, ed. Leonardo Quaquarelli and Zita Zanardi (Florence: Leo S. Olschski, 2005), 335–410.

• “Introduction,” in The Consolation of Philosophy of Boethius (New York: Barnes & Noble Publishing, 2005).

Teaching Experience

• Assistant Professor, Ohio Dominican University, 2003-present
• Instructor, Marquette University, 1997–2000, 2002–2003

Philosophical Papers under Review

• Opining the Articuli Fidei: Thomas Aquinas on the Heretic’s Assent to the Articles of Faith

Memberships

• Alpha Sigma Nu – Jesuit National Honor Society
• American Philosophical Association
• American Catholic Philosophical Association
• International Society for Neoplatonic Studies
• Renaissance Society of America
• Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy

Book Reviews

• Review of: The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Philosophy, ed. James Hankins (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007), in Renaissance Quarterly 61 (2008), forthcoming.
• Review of: Pichiana: Bibliografia delle edizioni e degli studi, ed. Leonardo Quaquarelli and Zita Zanardi (Florence: Leo S. Olschski, 2005), in Renaissance Quarterly 60.3 (2007), 885–7.
• Review of: Crofton Black, Pico’s Heptaplus and Biblical Hermeneutics (Leiden and Boston: Brill Academic Publishers, 2006), in Renaissance Quarterly 60.2 (2007), 509–11.
• Review of: Imagination in the Later Middle Ages, eds. Lodi Nauta and Detlev Pätzold (Leuven: Peeters, 2004), in Renaissance Quarterly 59.2 (2006), 595–7.
• Review of: Alasdaire MacIntyre, ed. Mark C. Murphy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003), in The Review of Metaphysics 58.3 (2005), 678–80.
• Review of: Steven vanden Broecke, The Limits of Influence: Pico, Louvain, and the Crisis of Renaissance Astrology (Leiden and Boston: Brill Academic Publishers, 2003), in Renaissance Quarterly 58.1 (2005), 290–92.

Shorter Publications

• “Cajetan,” in Holy People of the World: An Encyclopedia, ed. Phyllis Jestice (Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio Publishers, 2004), 155.
• “Albertus Magnus,” in Holy People of the World: An Encyclopedia, ed. Phyllis Jestice (Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio Publishers, 2004), 31–2.
• “Augustine of Hippo,” in Holy People of the World: An Encyclopedia, ed. Phyllis Jestice (Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio Publishers, 2004), 81–3.
• “The Origins of Pragmatism,” The American Lawyer 23 (September 2001): 17–18.

Conference Presentations

• “Opining the Articuli Fidei: Thomas Aquinas on the Heretic’s Assent to the Articles of Faith,” International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, May 10-13, 2007.
• “Moral Dilemmas and Moral Luck: Reckoning with the Thomistic Ethical Tradition,” American Catholic Philosophical Association Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, November 5-7, 2004.
• “On the Alleged Subalternate Character of Sacra Doctrina in Aquinas,” American Catholic Philosophical Association Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, October 31-November 2, 2003.
• “On the Epistemic Foundation of Aquinas’s Doctrine of Self-Evident Propositions,” International Conference on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, May 3, 2003.
• “Thomas Aquinas and Divine Command Theory,” American Catholic Philosophical Association Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, November 1, 2002.
• “On the Alleged Self-Evidence of the Articles of Faith in Thomas Aquinas,” International Conference on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, May 3, 2002.
• “Thomas Aquinas and Divine Command Theory,” Society of Christian Philosophers, Central Division Meeting, Bethel College, St. Paul, MN, March 9, 2002.
• “Primary Texts, Secondary Texts, and Anthologies: Choosing Texts in Humanities Courses,” Preparing Future Faculty Teaching Philosophy Conference, Marquette University, WI, March 31, 2001.
• “Cartesian Triangles and Proving the Existence of God,” Society for Christian Philosophers, University of Dubuque, IA, March 17, 2001.

Research Fellowships/Grants

• Faculty Summer Research Grant, Ohio Dominican University, 2007
• John P. Raynor, S. J. Research Fellowship, 2001-2002
• Erasmus Institute Summer Seminar in Philosophy, Boston College, June 2–23, 2001  
• The Arthur J. Schmitt Research Fellowship, 2000-2001

Teaching

• Ancient Philosophy
• Medieval Philosophy
• Modern Philosophy
• Contemporary Philosophy
• Theory of Ethics
• Applied Ethics
• Business Ethics
• Issues in Philosophy
• Philosophy of the Person
• Philosophy of Human Nature
• Philosophy of History
• Philosophy in the Eternal City
• Philosophy of Art and Beauty
• Gods, Beasts, or in Between? Reflections on the Self
• Logic

External Referee   

• The Thomist (2007, 2008)
• The Catholic University of America Press (2008)

Websites

• Editor, Pico in English: A Bibliography of the Works of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494), with a List of Studies and Commentaries: www.mvdougherty.com/pico.htm
• Contributor, Pico della Mirandola: Conclusiones CM publice disputandae: http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/pico/latest.php

Updated August 2008