David W. Felder, Professor of Philosophy, writer, public speaker, and peace activist.

DAVID W. FELDER

9601-30 Miccosukee Road

Tallahassee, Florida 32308

Home: (850) 878-6500

Work: (850) 561-2839

EDUCATION

N.E.H. Summer Seminar on The Enlightenment, Boston University, 1991

Advanced Dispute Resolution Course, William Lincoln, Harvard Negotiation Project, 1984.

A.P.A. Workshop On Teaching Philosophy, Williams College, summer, 1981

M.A. Instructional Systems, Florida State University, 1979.

Ph.D. Philosophy, Florida State University, 1978.

N.E.H. Summer Seminar on African Thought Systems, N.Y.U., summer, 1977.

M.A. Philosophy, Wayne State University, June 1969.

B. A. Philosophy, Boston University, 1967.

EXPERIENCE

1992 - present, Adjunct Professor in Peace Studies, Florida State University

1987 - present, Tenured Professor, Philosophy, Florida A & M University

81-87 Associate Professor, Philosophy,Florida A & M University

76-80 Assistant Professor, Philosophy, Florida A & M University

71-76 Instructor, Interdisciplinary Studies, Florida A & M University

70-71 University Fellow, Philosophy, Florida State University

67-69 Teaching Fellow, Philosophy, Wayne State University

PUBLICATIONS

How to Work for Peace (University Press of Florida, Fall 1991). This book contrasts the view that military superiority provides political benefits with the view that superior weapons cannot provide benefits in the nuclear age and that no nation can be secure unless all nations are secure.

From Conflict to Consensus is a logic text centered around the practical problem of helping people who disagree come to agreement or understand why they differ. This has been field tested in classes for five years and is currently being sent out to publishers.

Holistic Ethics: Ethics In Organized Society was written in collaboration with Dr. Herschel Elliott of the University of Florida. The basic premise is that today the really horrible things are done by organizations and not individuals, and there is a need to make ethics relevant to organizations. This manuscript is currently being submitted for publication.

Review of James Turner Johnson's Can Modern War Be Just? in the Journal of Social Philosophy, Vol. XVIII, No. 1, Winter 1987.

The Best Investment: Land In A Loving Community, (Tallahassee, Florida : Wellington Press, 1983). This is a book organizing an intentional community and living in harmony with nature.

Reviews of African Philosophy edited by Richard A Wright and A Black Philosophy Reader edited by Charles A Frye, Teaching Philosophy, July, 1982.

"Providing Incentives for Utilizing the Best Instructional Technologies", with Judith Platt Felder, Journal of Special Education Technology, Fall 1981, Vol. 4, No. 4.

"A Shortage of Vision Is Our Main Energy Problem," The Florida A & M University Research Bulletin, September , 1981.

Review of Logan Wilson's American Academics: Then and Now, Improving College and University Teaching, summer, 1980.

The Relationship of Fact, Value, and Obligation in Hobbes's Leviathan, dissertation written under the direction of Dr. Alan Mabe. Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume XXXIX, No. 6, 1978.

"African Conceptualization of Time: Clues From Black English," Western Journal of Black Studies, Fall, 1978.

"Command Theory and International Law," The Philosophy Forum, Volume 15, issue 3/4, 1977 (reprinted in Sociological Abstracts, 1977).

"Contradiction and Conflict," Poznan Studies in the Sciences and the Humanities, Volume 2, No. 4, 1976.

Zalonzenia Dialectyki, (Poznan, Poland: Poznan University Press, 1977). Leszek Nowak translated an article I wrote and listed me as the first author. This book, which I can't read, is in my name.

"Disanalogies in Plantinga's Argument Regarding the Rationality of Theism," Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Fall, 1971.

PRESENTATIONS

"Logical Models of Conflict," International Congress for the Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Moscow, August 18, 1987.

"Intentional Communities," Worldview 84 Conference of the World Future Society, Washington, D. C., June 14, 1984.

"Problems In Defining Peace," World Congress of Philosophy, Montreal, Canada, August 26, 1983.

"The Paradox of the Nation State," The First International Social Philosophy Conference, Montreal, August 20, 1983.

"Community Decision Making," Florida Philosophical Association, November 5, 1982.

"Planning for Peace," World Future Society, Tallahassee, January 21, 1982.

"Religion and the Future," World Religion Day, Panelist, Bahai Club, Tallahassee, January 17, 1982.

"The Simple Lifestyle Alternative: Acting On Alternative Values," New Age Conference, United Church of Gainesville, December 12, 1981.

"The Conventionalist Twist In Religion: The Ibo Thought System Confronts Christianity," The Florida Philosophical Association, November 6, 1981.

"Bridging the Gap Between Educational Theory and Practice," American Education Research Association, Boston, April 9, 1980.

"Public Subsidy of Community Arts Programs," Panelist, Florida A & M University, October 5, 1979.

"Is African Thought Communalistic?," Philosophy Department, University of the District of Columbia, March 29, 1979.

"African and Southern U.S. Folk Religion: Underlying Assumptions and Comparisons," Panelist, Southern Society of Africanists, Tallahassee, March 4, 1977.

"The Bible Through African Eyes," Hillel Society, Tallahassee, Florida, 1976.

"The Teaching of Philosophy, Panelist, Florida Philosophical Association, November 9, 1974

"Marx's Explanation of Human Conflict," Florida Philosophical Association, November 8, 1974.

"Understanding African Philosophy," Philosophy Department, Florida Atlantic University, 1973.

"Politics As Coercion," Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, Quincy, Florida, May 29, 1972.

"The Teaching of Philosophy," Panelist, Florida Philosophical Association, November 7, 1972.

"Who Enforces Law?," Florida Philosophical Association, November 6, 1971.

REVIEWS OF BOOKS BY DAVID FELDER AND FEATURE ARTICLES

Associated Press Feature "Scholar"s Games Show Alternative to Conflict, by Ingrid Eulin, Nov. 1, 1991.

Associated Press Feature "Living in Harmony with Nature,by Mary Ann Rhyne, July 14, 1985.

The Best Investment: Land In A Loving Community, reviewed in The Futurist, April, 1985.

Reviewed by Arnon Soffer of the University of Haifa, Israel, in Journal of Rural Cooperation, Vol. XIII, No. 2, 1985. Reviewed in The Friends Journal, July 15, 1984.

RADIO/TV TALK SHOW INTERVIEWS

Interviewed on the following radio stations after the publication of The Best Investment: Land In A Loving Community: KFUR (by Tom Shelton) in Columbus, December 28, 1984, WMRN (Mary Ann Michaels), Marion, December 21, WGY (Bob Cudmore), Schnectidy, November 26, KQV (Roger Williby Ray), Pittsburg, November 21, KOD (Larry Arens), Albuquerque, November 16, RKO (Tony Pepper and Janet Jagalian), Boston, June 4, WKGB (Gabriel Wisdom), San Diego, December 19, 1983.

HONORS AND ASSOCIATIONS

Co-Chair of Eastern Division Meeting, North American Society for Social Philosophy, 1994.

Competent Toastmaster Certificate (CTM), Toastmasters International, March 31, 1992

N.E.H. Fellow at Boston University, studied the Enlightment period, summer 1991

A.P.A. Summer Workshop On Teaching Philosophy, June 29 to July 24th, l981 at Williams College.

N.E.H. Fellow at New York University, studied African Thought Systems with noted anthropologist Thomas O. Beidelman, summer, l977.

Reviewer/ Panelist/ Evaluator, Division of Special Programs, National Endowment for the Humanities.

Member, COPRED, The American Philosophical Association, Florida Philosophical Association, Society for Business Ethics, Hobbes Society, North American Association for Social Philosophy, The Institute for Advanced Philosophical Research.

PERSONAL

Born April 25, 1945 and in excellent health. Interests include hiking and canoeing. Married to Judith Platt Felder, a clinical social worker.

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL

Copies of articles, books, and even taped radio interviews are available from the applicant on request.