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1240 Social Sciences and Humanities
University of California, Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: (530) 752-0607
Fax: (530) 752-8964
Professor Emeritus
Brief Curriculum Vitae
Office: 2291 Social Sciences and Humanities Building
Phone: (530) 554-9399
E-mail: mvwedin@ucdavis.edu
Ph.D.: University of Chicago, 1971
Dissertation: "Aristotle's Argument for the Necessity of Substance in the Light of his Theory of Predication," directed by Ian Mueller
Areas of Specialization: Greek philosophy, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind
Joined the UC Davis Philosophy Faculty: 1971
Retired: 2004
Recalled: 2005
2009-2010 Course Schedule
Fall
Not Teaching
Winter
Not Teaching
Spring
162 Aristotle
Other Courses
1 Introduction to Philosophy
21 History of Philosophy: Ancient
160 Presocratics
161 Plato
261 Plato Seminar
262 Aristotle Seminar
Recent Publications
"The Science and Axioms of Being," in A Companion to Aristotle (Blackwell, 2009)
"Animadversions on Burnyeat's Theaetetus: On the Logic of the Excellent Argument," Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Winter, 2005
Currently Supervising Dissertations
None