Ted Guleserian
Emeritus Professor,
School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies
Other ASU affiliations
Emeritus College
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Phone: 480-727-8627
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Long Bio
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy,
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Bio
Ted Guleserian researches the conflict between divine foreknowledge and human freedom, counterfactuals of freedom, the Frankfurt-style counterexamples to classical Libertarianism (the principle of alternative possibilities), Jaegwon Kim’s and Ernest Sosa’s arguments against substance dualism.
Publications
- Theodore Guleserian. Ontological Determination. Faith and Philosophy (2008).
- Theodore Guleserian. Ontological Determination and the Grounding Objection to Counterfactuals of Freedom. Faith and Philosophy (2008).
- Theodore Guleserian. Can God be Trusted?. Philosophical Studies (2001).
- Theodore Guleserian. Divine Freedom and the Problem of Evil. Faith and Philosophy (2000).
Presentations
- Theodore Guleserian. Frankfurt's Counterexample and the Libertarians. Philosophy Colloquium series (Nov 2009).
- Theodore Guleserian. The Failure of Frankfurt-style Counterfactuals to the Principle of Alternative Possibilities: A New Angle. 63rd Annual Mountain-Plains Philosophy Conference (Oct 2009).
- Guleserian, Theodore. Ontological Determination and the Counterfactuals of Freedom: the Failure of Plantinga's Free Will Defense. Colloquium Speaker, Deparment of Philosophy, ASU Tempe (Apr 2005).
Service
- Spirit of the Senses, the salons, presenter (2006 - Present)
- The Philosophy Club, ASU, Speaker, paper presented, "Can God Be Trusted?" (2004 - Present)
- Conference on Jewish Philosophy, ASU, Chair, Session on two Jewish Philosophers, speakers are Carl Feit and Norbert Samuelson (2004 - Present)
- Philosophical Studies, referee (1994 - Present)
- University Hearing Board, member (1990 - Present)
- CLAS Senate, Senator (2009 - 2012)
- University Senate, Senator (2009 - 2012)
- Student Awards Committee, member (2009 - 2011)
- Philosophy Faculty Search Committee, member (2010 - 2011)
- Curriculum Committee, member (2009 - 2009)
- Personnel Committee, member (2009 - 2009)
- Student Awards Committee, member (2009 - 2009)
- CLAS Academic Senate, Senator (2001 - 2009)
- University Academic Senate, Senator (2001 - 2009)
- Philosophical Studies, Referee (2000 - 2009)
- CLAS Senate, Faculty Senator (2000 - 2009)
- University Academic Senate, Faculty Senator (2000 - 2009)
- American Philosophical Society, Writer of Obituary for Gregory W. Fitch (former Dept. member) (2008 - 2008)
- Center for Religion and Conflict (ASU, Tempe), Participant in on-going seminar on Transhumanism (2007 - 2008)
- Kerr Cultural Center, Invited Lecturer (2008 - 2008)
- The Humanist Society of Greater Phoenix, Invited Lecturer (2008 - 2008)
- Dept members composing the Metaphysics & Epistemology faculty, "leader" (2007 - 2007)
- Department of Integrative Studies, ASU West, Speaker (one of two) (2007)
- Search Committee for New Faculty, Chair (2005 - 2006)
- Department Curriculum Committee, Chair (2000 - 2006)
- APA Pacific Division Meeting, Chair, colloquium on "On Being a Morally Responsible Stage" (2006 - 2006)
- Hollins University, Written evaluation of research regarding a candidate for tenure (2005 - 2005)
- International Conference Program, ASU : Kant and Maimonides, Chair, Session 6, speakers Hassan Hanafi and Heidi Ravven (2004 - 2004)
- Faculty Senate Personnel Committee, Member (2001 - 2004)
- Philosophy Department Chair Search Committee, Chair (2004 - 2004)
- University Faculty Ombudsperson (1997 - 2000)