Dr. Jeff Mitchell
PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY
EDUCATION HISTORY
- BA-Whitman College
- MA-Vanderbilt University
- PHD-Vanderbilt University
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Professor Mitchell's research interests include critical thinking, moral psychology, and libertarianism. In his free time, he pursues his late-born hobby, mathematics.
“On a Common Misconception of Ruth Benedict’s Moral Relativism” in Teaching Philosophy, Vol. 35, No. 1, March 2012, 29-40.
Individualism and Moral Character: Karen Horney’s Depth Psychology, New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers, 2014.
On the Decline of the Genteel Virtues: From Gentility to Technocracy, Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave MacMillan, 2019.
“John Dewey’s Rival Versions of Virtue” in Education & Culture: The Journal of the John Dewey Society, Vol. 35, No. 2, Winter 2019, 47-58.
Recently Taught Courses
- PHIL 2003 - INTRO TO PHILOSOPHY
- PHIL 2013 - RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD
- PHIL 2043 - HONORS INTRO TO PHILOSOPHY
- PHIL 2053 - INTRO TO CRITICAL THINKING
- PHIL 2253 - SURV WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT
- PHIL 3103 - LOGIC
- PHIL 4993 - SPEC PROB/PHIL
- POLS 2253 - SURV WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT
