Yvonne Raley, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Philosophy Department

Office: Kirby Hall 409

Office Phone: (201) 559-6162

Email: raleyy@felician.edu

Personal Homepage

 

Degrees

B.A., Philosophy and Liberal Studies, Humanities: William Paterson University of New Jersey (1993)

M.A., Philosophy: New York University (1995)

Ph.D., Philosophy: Graduate Center, City University of New York (2004)

 

Dr. Raley’s main research areas are in metaphysics and applied ethics.    

 

Publications (for additional pdf downloads, please go to my personal homepage – click the link above)

Metaphysics

1.  “Science and Ontology.” Proceedings of the Istanbul World Congress of Philosophy.  Vol. 11. 2008.

2.  “Jobless Objects: On the Unemployment Crisis of Mathematical Posits”. Forthcoming in Protosociology, Vol. 25, 2008.

3.  “The Facticity of Explanation and its Consequences.”  International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 21, no. 2, 2007.

4.  “Theory-Ladenness”.  Encyclopedia of American Philosophy (Routledge) forthcoming 2007.

5.  “Ontological Commitment”.  Encyclopedia of American Philosophy (Routledge) forthcoming 2007.

6.  “Best Explanation and Scientific Realism.” Vol. 38, no. 2, Philosophical Forum, 2007.

7.  “Ontology, Commitment, and Quine’s Criterion.”  Vol. 15, No. 3. Philosophica Mathematica, 2007.

8.  “Ontological Naturalism.” Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 86, no. 2, 2005. 

 

Ethics

1. Living in a Global World: New Essays in the Philosophy of Education. Routledge. Forthcoming 2009.

2. Applied Ethical Reasoning: A Case-Study Approach to Ethics (Working Title). Textbook with Richard Burnor.  Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2008.

3.  “Food Advertising, Education, and the Erosion of Autonomy”.  International Journal of Applied Philosophy, Vol. 20, no. 1, 2006.

 

Popular

1. “Character Attacks”  Scientific American Mind, forthcoming spring 2008.

2. “Getting Duped” Scientific American Mind, January/February 2008.

3. “Why We Quit” Scientific American Mind, August/September 2007.

4. “Getting Good Advice” Scientific American Mind, June/July 2007.

5.  “Wie Tot ist Tot?” (popular article on the ethics of brain death). Gehirn und Geist, December 2006.

6.  “Electric Thoughts?”  Scientific American Mind, April/May 2006.

 

Teaching

At Felician College, Dr. Raley teaches Applied Ethical Reasoning (CORE 250), both in class and online, to traditional as well as non-traditional students.  She also teaches Metaphysics, Critical Reasoning, Introduction to Philosophy and Family Ethics, among others.  Furthermore, Dr. Raley regularly teaches Philosophy of Literature in the college’s Honor’s Program.  For the past two years, Dr. Raley has been nominated for Who’s Who in American Teachers.  Dr. Raley loves Philosophy.  To see why you should love it, too, click here.

 

Teaching Resources

Smart Ways of Using Sources

 

The Women’s Studies Minor at Felician

Dr. Raley advises the Women’s Studies Minor at Felician.  Please see the Felician Catalog and/or Dr. Raley for more information.

 

The Socratic Discussion Series

Once or twice a semester, the philosophy department sponsors a guest lecture or discussion.  See Dr. Donald Casey (caseyd@felician.edu) for further information.

 

Ethics Conference – The Next Felician College Ethics Conference will take place on May 3^rd, 2008.  The plenary speaker is Robert Talisse.  The program is available here: 2^nd Annual Felician Ethics Conference.  Please contact George Abaunza (abaunzag@felician.edu) for any questions.