Robert Frodeman | |
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| Born | Robert Lee Frodeman 1958 (age 65–66) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Penn State University |
| Thesis | Heidegger and Proper Place of Thought (1988) |
| Doctoral advisor | Alphonso Lingis |
| Other advisors | Stanley Rosen |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Philosophy |
| School or tradition | Continental philosophy |
| Institutions | |
| Main interests | |
Robert Frodeman is former Professor and former Chair, Dept of Philosophy and Religion, University of North Texas, previously at the University of Colorado, and Director of UNT's Center for the Study of Interdisciplinarity. He publishes in the philosophy of geology, the philosophy of interdisciplinarity, and practical philosophy. Frodeman is now a writer and consultant living in Hoback, Wyoming.
Education
Frodeman attended St. Louis University, where he gained degrees in History and Philosophy (1981), Pennsylvania State University, where he obtained a Ph.D. in Philosophy (1988), studying with Stanley Rosen and Alphonso Lingis, and the University of Colorado, where he was awarded a M.S. degree while studying at INSTAAR.[1]
From 1993 to 2001 Frodeman consulted for the US Geological Survey on questions of science policy, giving lectures to USGS field offices around the country.[2] In 2001-2002, he was the Hennebach Professor of the Humanities at the Colorado School of Mines; in 2005 he was the ESRC Fellow at Lancaster University in England.[3] In 2016 Frodeman served as a member on an Expert Committee on Altmetrics for the European Commission.[4] Since retiring he has written on environmental questions in the American West.[5][6]
Bibliography
- Frodeman, R. (2000). Earth Matters: The Earth Sciences, Philosophy, And The Claims Of Community. Upper Saddle River, NJ.: Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0-13-011996-4.
- Frodeman, R. (2003). Geo-Logic: Breaking Ground Between Philosophy And The Earth Sciences. Albany: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-5601-9.
- Foltz, B.V.; Frodeman, R. (2004). Rethinking Nature: Essays In Environmental Philosophy. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34440-3.
- Callicott, B.; Frodeman, R. (2008). Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy. Detroit, MI.: Cengage. ISBN 978-0-02-866137-7.
- Frodeman, R.; et al., eds. (2010). Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarity Sustainable Knowledge. Oxford University Press.
- Frodeman, R. (2014). Sustainable Knowledge: a theory of interdisciplinarity. Palgrave MacMillan.
- Frodeman, R.; Briggle, A. (2016). Socrates Tenured: the institutions of 21st Century Philosophy. Rowman & Littlefield.
- Frodeman, R. (2019). Transhumanism, Nature, and the Ends of Science. Routledge.
- Brister, E.; Frodeman, R. (2020). A Guide to Field Philosophy. Routledge.
- Frodeman, R. (2021). Interdisciplinarity and the Dilemmas of Knowledge', in : Bridging Research Disciplines to Advance Animal Welfare Science: A practical guide. CABI Publishing.
References
- ↑ "Bio".
- ↑ "Ogmius Newsletter :: Center for Science and Technology Policy Research".
- ↑ "Dr. Robert Frodeman - Distinguished Speaker Series | i3.cybershare.utep.edu".
- ↑ Wilsdon, James & Bar-Ilan, Judit & Frodeman, Robert & Lex, Elisabeth & Peters, Isabella & Wouters, Paul. (2017)
- ↑ "We're shooting mountain goats in a national park. Do we know why?".
- ↑ "Park challenges keep growing steeper".
- Monaghan, Peter (2003-04-18). "Earth Sciences Through the Lens of Humanities, Arts, and Theology". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 2007-11-06.
- Briggle, Frodeman (2014-07-16). "Wanted: a future for philosophy". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
- Frodeman, Briggle (2016-01-11). "When Philosophy Lost its Way". New York Times. Retrieved 2021-04-09.