University of Maryland - Philosophy
Instructor of Philosophy & Religion, Department of Philosophy & Religion, Mississippi State University
Education Management
William
Kallfelz
Mississippi State, Mississippi
From my homepage ( http://sites.google.com/site/williamkallfelz/ )
I am a Ph.D. (graduation date: May 23, 2008) in the CPaS (Committee for Philosophy and the Sciences ) program, in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Maryland, in which I enrolled for graduate studies in September, 2003. My areas of specialization are in the philosophy of science, as well as in the philosophy of physics. My other areas of specialization include mathematical physics, and mathematics. My areas of competence include philosophy of language, applied ethics, and process philosophy. In the philosophy of science, my research interests include inter-theoretic reduction, scientific explanation, ontic structural realism (OSR) and topics in modality (both epistemological and metaphysical). In the philosophy of physics, my research focuses on the application of Clifford Algebra, with respect to the characterization of theories in certain branches of physics, both fundamental and applied. To the physicist and engineer, the appeal of Clifford algebras primarily stems from the means by which one may unify the geometric content of a theory's mathematical formalism. To the philosopher of physics, such instances of Clifford-algebraic geometric unification prove a compelling area of study, for cases in which a theory's ontological content becomes relatively more unified and simplified.
Visiting Assistant Professor
Courses taught:
Fall Semester, 2009: PHIL101G The Art of Wondering, 3 semester hours, 90 students total. PHIL 223G, Ethics, 3 semester hours, 30 students total. PHIL 301, Business Ethics, 3 semester hours, 10 students total.
Spring Semester, 2010: PHIL 223G, Ethics, 3 semester hours, 30 students total. PHIL 350, Philosophy of Science, 3 semester hours,
10 students total.
Current Research:
• Fetzer-Franklin Fund, quantum praxiology research fund ($190,000) awarded March 24, 2008. “Logical Causality in Quantum Mechanics.” Research team: Dr. Michael Epperson (Philosophy of Science Specialist and Team Leader and Principal Investigator), Dr. Timothy Eastman (Space Physicist and Project Manager and Principal Co-Investigator), Dr. David R. Finkelstein (Senior Quantum Physicist), Dr., Henry Stapp (Senior Quantum Physicist). Consultants: Dr. Efstraitios Manousakis (Physicist), Dr. Jorge Nobo (Philosopher), Dr. George W. Shields (Philosopher), Dr. Mohsen-Shiri Garakani (Mathematical Physicist), William Kallfelz (Physics and Philosophy of Science). Research team homepage:
http://www.c-p-n-s.org/research.html
Lecturer Deparment of Philosophy
Courses Taught:
Fall Quarter, 2008: PHIL115 The Meaning of Life (2 sections = 10 total quarter hours, 80 total students.) PHIL 210 Current Ethical Issues (1 section = 5 quarter hours, 30 students total).
Winter Quarter, 2009: PHIL201 Introduction ot Logic (2 sections = 10 total quarter hours, 100 total students.) PHIL 210 Current Ethical Issues (1 section = 5 quarter hours, 30 students total).
Spring Quarter, 2009: PHIL115 The Meaning of Life (1 sections = 5 total quarter hours, 30 total students.) PHIL 201 Introduction to Logic(2 sections = 10 quarter hours, 100 students total).
Instructor
Instructor of Philosophy & Religion, Department of Philosophy and Religion:
(for more information, please visit my homepage (http://sites.google.com/site/williamkallfelz/ ), "Courses Taught and Presently Teaching"
Spring 2014 Teaching
PHI 3013-Business Ethics (1 section)
PHI 3313-Environmental Ethics (1 section)
REL1103-Introduction to Religion (2 sections)
Fall 2013 Teaching
PHI3013 (2 sections)
REL1103 (2 sections)
Summer 2013 Teaching:
PHI113-Introduction to Logic (1 section, ~30 students)
REL1103-Introduction to Religion (1 section, ~30 students)
Spring 2013 Teaching:
PHI1103-Introduction to Philosophy (1 sections total, ~40 students)
PHI 3013-Business Ethics (1 section total, ~40 students)
REL 1103-Introduction to Religion (2 section2 total, ~80 students)
Fall 2012 Teaching:
PHI2123-Medical Ethics (1 section total, 40 students)
PHI3313-Environmental Ethics (1 section total, 40 students)
MA110-Intermediate Algebra (at Bevill State Community College, Fayette, AL)
PHL 206-Ethics and Society (at Bevill State Community College, Fayette, AL)
Summer 2012 Teaching:
PHI1103-Introduction to Logic (~25 students)
Spring 2012 Teaching:
PHI1113-Intoduction to Logic (1 sections total, 40 students)
MA 3163-Introduction to Modern Abstract Algebra (1 section total, ~30 students)
MA 3463-Foundations of Geometry (1 section total, ~30 students)
MA2733-Calculus III (1 sections total, 40 students)
Fall 2011 Teaching:
PHI2123-Medical Ethics (2 sections total, 40 students ~80 students total)
MA2733-Calculus III (2 sections total, 40 students, ~80 students total)
PHL 206-Ethics and Society (at Bevill State Community College, Fayette, AL--25 students total)
Summer 2011 Teaching:
PHI1103-Introduction to Logic (~25 students)
Spring 2011 Teaching:
PHI3313-Environmental Ethics (35 students)
PHI1123-Introduction to Ethics (2 sections total, 1 split-level, honors, ~90 students total)
PHL 206-Ethics and Society (at Bevill State Community College, Fayette, AL--25 students total)
Conference participant
William worked at International Nanotechnology Conference as a Conference participant
Instructor
Teaching (on-line, "hybrid," i.e., 50% on-line, 50% face-to-face, distance telelearning) evening courses (PHL206-Ethics and Society) Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013
(MA 110-Intermediate Algebra, Fall 2012)
Ph.D.
Philosophy of Physics, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Language
• Clifford Algebra: A Case for Geometric and Ontological Unification. (publ. June 24, 2009) ISBN: 978-3-639-16423-7. Saarbruecken: VDM Verlagsservicegesellschaft mbH.
• Kallfelz, William M. Quantum Time and Structural Realism Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, February 28, 2014.
• Kallfelz, William M. Ontic Structural Realism and Natural Necessity , presented at the Forum Scientarium International Summer School Tuebingen University,Germany, August 5-9, 2013
• "Ontic Structural Realism , Information, and Natural Necessity...,” June 4, 2013 http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/9814/
• "Modal Rationalism and Constructive Realism: Models and Their Modality,” July 27, 2010 http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/archive/00005489/
• "A Response to G.B. Bagci's 'Ghirardi-Rimini-Collapse Theory and Whiteheadean Process Philosophy',” Process Studies, vol. 38 n.2, 2009, 394-411.
• “Physical Emergence and Process Ontology,” World Futures,vol. 65 n1, 2009, 42-60.
Master of Theological Studies
Theological Studies
Master of Science (MS)
Applied Mathematics
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