Michael Strawser, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

strawser@mail.ucf.edu
407-823-2799
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:50 to 4:20 pm and by appointment
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Michael Strawser is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Central Florida, where he was awarded the Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award (2007) and Teaching Incentive Program Award (2007). He received his Ph.D. in philosophy in 1993 from the Florida State University, his M.A. in philosophy from FSU, and his B.A. magna cum laude from Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida, where he also received an award for Academic Excellence in philosophy/religion in 1985-86 and was a member of the Alpha Chi National Honor Society. Dr. Strawser also taught for a decade at Folkuniversitetet in Helsingborg, Sweden. Dr. Strawser's research interests are Spinoza, Kierkegaard, Continental Philosophy (both modern and contemporary), Ethics, and the Philosophy of Love. He is the author of the book Both/And: Reading Kierkegaard from Irony to Edification (New York: Fordham University Press, 1997) and the book chapter "Looking for the Common Watermark: Loving Others in Kierkegaard and Levinas" in Despite Oneself: The Secret of Subjectivity in Kierkegaard and Levinas (London: Turnshare, 2007). His journal articles have appeared in Philosophy Today, Soundings, The International Journal of Philosophical Studies, The Journal of the History of Philosophy, Teaching Philosophy, Philosophia, Topicos, and Konsthistorisk Tidskrift. He has also published book reviews in Philosophy in Review/Comptes rendus philosophiques, The Søren Kierkegaard Newsletter, Religion & Literature, and Kierkegaardiana. He is co-editor of the online journal Florida Philosophical Review.

Education

Ph.D. in Philosophy from The Florida State University (1993)
M.A. in Philosophy from The Florida State University (1990)
B.A. in Philosophy & Religion and Social Sciences from Flagler College (1986)

Research Interests

Spinoza, Kierkegaard, Continental Philosophy (both modern and contemporary), Ethics, Philosophy of Religion

Selected Publications

Books

Both/And: Reading Kierkegaard from Irony to Edification. New York: Fordham University Press, 1997.

Articles/Essays

“A Place for Forgiveness? A Derridean Response to Terrorism.” Politics and Religion in the New Century: Philosophical Perspectives. Eds. Philip Quadrio and Carrol Besseling. Sydney University Press, forthcoming.
“Looking for a Common Watermark: Loving Others in Kierkegaard and Levinas.” Despite Oneself: Subjectivity and Its Secret in Kierkegaard and Levinas. Eds. Claudia Welz and Karl Verstrynge. London: Turnshare, 2008. 127-140.
“A Panegyric on Spinoza and Derrida: Saintly Jewish Heretics Striving Towards a ‘Pure Religion’.” Florida Philosophical Review VIII.1 (2008): 108-124.
“The Ethics of Love in Spinoza and Kierkegaard and the Teleological Suspension of the Theological.” Philosophy Today 51.4 (Winter 2007): 438-446.
“Gifts of Silence from Kierkegaard to Derrida.” Soundings 89:1-2 (Spring/Summer 2006): 55-72.
“Creating Philosophy: Using a Cooperative Learning Approach in the Classroom.” Teaching Philosophy 28:2 (June 2005): 115-134.

Book Reviews

David Reisman's Sartre’s Phenomenology, Philosophy in Review/Comptes rendus philosophiques, forthcoming.
Sherry Deveaux’s The Role of God in Spinoza’s Metaphysics. Philosophy in Review/Comptes rendus philosophiques XXVII, no.5 (October 2007): 331-333.
Amy Laura Hall’s Kierkegaard and the Treachery of Love and Joel D.S. Rasmussen’s Between Irony and Witness: Kierkegaard’s Poetics of Faith, Hope, and Love. Religion and Literature 39.1 (Spring 2007): 132-136.
Rick Anthony Furtak’s Wisdom in Love: Kierkegaard and the Ancient Quest for Emotional Integrity. Søren Kierkegaard Newsletter 50 (August 2006).

Awards

Flagler College Alumni Professional Achievement Award, 2008.

UCF Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2007.

UCF Teaching Incentive Program Award, 2007.

Spring 2010 Courses

Course Number	Course	Title	Mode	Date and Time
21761	PHM3020	PHILOSOPHY OF LOVE	Face2Face	Tu,Th 12:00PM - 1:15PM
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