Vita
Bruce Worthing Hauptli Office Phone: 305-348-3350
Department of Philosophy Office Fax: 305-348-1799
Florida International University Cell Phone: 305-301-1355
(Miami’s Public Research University) Home Phone: 305-233-3970
Miami, Florida 33199 E-Mail: hauptli@.fiu.edu
Date of Birth: January 13, 1948
Married to Laurie Vaile Hauptli on December 7, 1968
Children:
Meghan Vaile Hauptli (B.A. Colby College, 1998; M.A. Florida International University, 2001)
Ian Douglas Hauptli (B.A. Washington University, 1999; J.D. University of Missouri 2004)EDUCATION:
B.A. Lawrence University; Appleton, Wisconsin; 1970
M.A. Washington University; St. Louis, Missouri; 1973
Ph.D. Washington University; St. Louis, Missouri; 1974AWARDS:
N.D.E.A. Fellowship at Washington University, 1970-1973
Sabbatical Leave Awards (Spring Semester 1984, Fall and Spring Semesters 2008-2009)
Summer Research Grant, 1989
University Service Award, 1989
Gregory Wolfe Award from Student Government Association, 1995--for contributions to development and promotion of student welfare at Florida International University.PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1994-Present: Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Florida International University (Miami’s Public Research University)
1982-1994: Associate Professor
1976-1982: Assistant Professor.1995-1998 Chairperson of the Department of Philosophy.
1990-1995: Chairperson of the Department of Philosophy and Religion. In the fall of 1995, separate departments of Philosophy and of Religious Studies were instituted.Courses in Epistemology, American Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy, Ethics, Analytic Philosophy, Logic,
Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Science, Introduction to Philosophy, and various seminars.1975-1976 Assistant Professor of Philosophy (Visiting) Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa.
1974-1975 High School Mathematics Teacher, Ellisville, Missouri.
PUBLICATIONS:
Book:
The Reasonableness of Reason: Explaining Rationality Naturalistically (Chicago: Open Court, 1995).
Articles:
"Inscrutability and Correspondence," The Southern Journal of Philosophy, v. 17 (1979), pp. 199-212.
"Quinean Relativism: Beyond Metaphysical Realism and Idealism," The Southern Journal of Philosophy, v. 18 (1980), pp. 393-410.
"Doubting `Descartes's Self-Doubt'," Philosophy Research Archives, v. 6 (1980), pp. 1-23.
"Quine's Theorizing About Theories," Synthese, v. 57 (1983), pp. 21-33.
"Frankfurt on Descartes: Consistency or Validation of Reason?," International Studies in Philosophy, v. 15 (1983), pp. 59-70.
"Kekes on Problem-Solving and Rationality," Philosophy of the Social Sciences, v. 14 (1984), pp. 191-194.
"A Dilemma for W.W. Bartley's Pancritical Rationalism," Philosophy of the Social Sciences, v. 21 (1991), pp. 86-89.
Critical Notes and Review Essays:
"Unfathomed Knowledge, Unmeasured Growth?" a review of W.W. Bartley's Unfathomed Knowledge, Unmeasured Wealth: On Universities and the Wealth of Nations, in Philosophy of the Social Sciences, v. 23 (1993), pp. 97-102.
"Rescher's Unsuccessful Evolutionary Argument" a review of Nicholas Rescher's A Useful Inheritance in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, v. 45 (1994), pp. 295-301.
PAPERS READ:
"Ascriptions, Prosentences, and Truth" read at the Florida Philosophical Association Meeting; October 27, 1978.
"Doubting `Descartes's Self-Doubt'" read at the University of Miami Philosophy Colloquium; Miami, Florida; November 17, 1978.
"Frankfurt on Descartes: Consistency or Validation of Reason?" read at the Florida Philosophical Association Meeting; November 5, 1979.
"Rationality, Coherence, and Problem-Solving" read at the Florida Philosophical Association Meeting; October 30, 1980.
"Quine's Theorizing About Theories" read at the Florida Philosophical Association Meeting; November 7, 1981.
UNIVERSITY SERVICE AT FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY:
1976-1977 Advisor to Philosophy and Religion Student Association.
1977-1978 Budget Committee (Arts and Sciences); Advisor to the Philosophy and Religion Student Association; Publisher's reviewer for logic text (Holt, Rinehart and Winston).
1978-1979 Arts and Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee; Budget Committee (Arts and Sciences).
1979-1980 Chairperson Budget Committee (Arts and Sciences); Faculty Senate; Member of Certificate Program in Western Social and Political Thought.
1980-1981 Vice Chairperson Budget Committee (Arts and Sciences); Member of the Executive Committee (elected) Florida Philosophical Association; Member of Certificate Program in Western Social and Political Thought.
1981-1982 Member of Certificate Program in Western Social and Political Thought; Reader for Graduate Student Paper Awards for the Florida Philosophical Association.
1982-1983 Member of Certificate Program in Western Social and Political Thought; Budget Committee (Arts and Sciences); Word Processing Committee (Arts and Sciences).
1983-1984 Faculty Senate; Academic Policies Committee (Faculty Senate); Freshman Advisor; University Information Technology Task Force; Reader for Graduate Student Paper Awards for the Florida Philosophical Association.
1984-1985 Faculty Senate; Chair of Academic Policies Committee (Faculty Senate); Freshman Advisor; University Sick Leave Pool Committee (member of committee which established the sick leave pool).
1985-1986 Vice Chair of the Faculty Senate and Chair of its Academic Policies Committee; University Sick Leave Pool Committee; Registrar's Task Force; Advisor to College Bowl Team.
1986-1987 Chairperson of the Faculty Senate; University Sick Leave Pool Committee, representative to Florida Faculty Forum--advisory group of representatives from the nine Faculty Senates in Florida's State University System.
1987-1988 Chairperson of the Faculty Senate; Publisher's reviewer for logic text (Holt, Rinehart and Winston); SACS Review Team (10 year reaccreditation review of Miami Southridge Senior High School); Chair for Modern Philosophy Sessions of the Florida Philosophical Association, and of the Southern Society of Philosophy and Psychology; Secretary of University Park Faculty Club (member of committee which established club); representative to Florida Faculty Forum--advisory group of representatives from the nine Faculty Senates in Florida's State University System.
1988-1989 Faculty Senate; Chairperson of Provost's Committee on Revision of Tenure/Promotion Policies, Procedures, and Criteria; Secretary of University Park Faculty Club; Co-Chairperson of FIU Reaccreditation Focus Group on Undergraduate Education; Chairperson of Florida Faculty Forum--advisory group of representatives from the nine Faculty Senates in Florida's State University System.
1989-1990 Faculty Senate; Arts and Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee; Freshman Advisor; Co-Chairperson of FIU Reaccreditation Focus Group on Undergraduate Education; FIU Reaccreditation Policy and Planning Committee.
1990-1991 Departmental Chairperson; Faculty Senate; Faculty Advisor to students who established a chapter of Phi Sigma Tau (the national honorary society in philosophy).
1991-1992 Departmental Chairperson; Faculty Senate; Arts and Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee; Presidential Hearing Officer (Student Academic Misconduct Appeals); Faculty Advisor to Phi Sigma Tau (the national honorary society in philosophy).
1992-1993 Departmental Chairperson; Faculty Senate (Parliamentarian and Steering Committee); Arts and Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee; Arts and Sciences Procedural Committee; Co-Chairperson of Dean's North Miami Campus Committee; appointed to Faculty Senate's Undergraduate Council to assist with revision of lower division core requirements; Faculty Advisor to Phi Sigma Tau (the national honorary society in philosophy).
1993-1994 Departmental Chairperson; Faculty Senate (Parliamentarian and Steering Committee); Faculty Advisor to Phi Sigma Tau (the national honorary society in philosophy); member of the Advisory Board to the Academy for the Art of Teaching; University Sabbatical Leave Committee.
1994-1995 Departmental Chairperson; member of the Advisory Board to the Academy for the Art of Teaching; University Sabbatical Leave Committee; Faculty Senate; Dean's Committee on Faculty Assignments and Evaluation; B.A./M.B.A. Committee; member of Ad Hoc Faculty Senate Committee to Rewrite Procedures on Investigation of Research Misconduct.
1995-1996 Departmental Chairperson; Faculty Senate; member of the Advisory Board to the Academy for the Art of Teaching; University Coordinator for 10 Year Program Review in Philosophy and Religion; co-chair of the State-Wide Committee for Revision of Philosophy and Religious Studies Degree Prerequisites and for Course Leveling in Philosophy and Religious Studies; Dean's Committee on Faculty Assignments.
1996-1997 Departmental Chairperson; Faculty Senate; member of the Advisory Board to the Academy for the Art of Teaching; member of the Vice President for Student Affairs' "Emerging Student Leadership" Task Force, M.A. Thesis Committee for International Relations Student [Harry Gould].
1997-1998 Departmental Chairperson; Faculty Senate; member of Ad Hoc Faculty Senate Committee for Development of Collegial Governance Model Document for Units; member of the Advisory Board to the Academy for the Art of Teaching; Faculty Development Task Force.
1998-1999 Faculty Senate; member of the Advisory Board to the Academy for the Art of Teaching, and of the Editorial Board for its Journal.
1999-2000 Faculty Senate; Honorary Degrees and Awards Committee; member of the Advisory Board to the Academy for the Art of Teaching, and of the Editorial Board for its Journal; Philosophy Department: Personnel Committee, and Outcomes Assessment Committee.
2000-2001 Arts and Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee; Faculty Senate; Honorary Degrees and Awards Committee; Chairperson of Ad Hoc Faculty Senate Committee on Revision of Core, General Education, and Exit Requirements; member of the Advisory Board to the Academy for the Art of Teaching, and of the Editorial Board for its Journal; Academic Affairs; Retention Steering Committee; Philosophy Department: Personnel Committee; Honors College: Evaluation Task Force.
2001-2002 Faculty Senate; Chairperson of Ad Hoc Faculty Senate Committee on Revision of Core, General Education, and Exit Requirements; member of the Editorial Board to the Journal of the Academy for the Art of Teaching; Academic Affairs; Retention Steering Committee; School of Architecture: TIP Award Committee.
2002-2003 Faculty Senate; Chairperson of Ad Hoc Faculty Senate Committee on Revision of Core, General Education, and Exit Requirements; member of the Editorial Board to the Journal of the Academy for the Art of Teaching; Undergraduate Education Cross-Functional Planning Team, Philosophy Department: Outcomes Assessment Committee; Honors College: Curriculum Revision Committee. Reviewer for Longeman publishers.
2003-2004 Faculty Senate, Faculty Senate’s University Core Curriculum Oversight Committee; Philosophy Department: Outcomes Assessment Committee and Personnel Committee; Honors College: Admissions, Recruitment, and Curriculum Revision Committees; reviewer for American Philosophical Quarterly, Florida Philosophical Review, and for Longman and Thompson textbook publishers.
2004-2005 Chairperson of the Faculty Senate, Member of the FIU Board of Trustees, member of the Board of Directors of the FIU Alumni Association, Member of the Advisory Council of Faculty Senates for the State University System.
2005-2006 Chairperson of the Faculty Senate, Member of the FIU Board of Trustees, member of the Board of Directors of the FIU Alumni Association, Member of the Advisory Council of Faculty Senates for the State University System, M.A. Thesis Committee for Master of Liberal Arts Student [Adria Carey].
2006-2007 Chairperson of the Faculty Senate, Member of the FIU Board of Trustees, member of the Board of Directors of the FIU Alumni Association, Member of the Advisory Council of Faculty Senates for the State University System.
2007-2008 Chairperson of the Faculty Senate, Member of the FIU Board of Trustees, member of the Board of Directors of the FIU Alumni Association, Member of the Advisory Council of Faculty Senates for the State University System, Co-Chairperson of University United-Way Campaign, M.A. Thesis Committee for Master of Liberal Arts Student [Henry Lares].
SERVICE TO THE UNITED FACULTY OF FLORIDA:
1982-1988 UFF-FIU Steward for Philosophy/Religion.
1986-1996 UFF Senator (the Senate is the State-wide legislative body of the union).
1988-1990 (18 months) UFF-FIU Grievance Chairperson.
1988-1993 UFF Lobbyist (Florida Legislature).
1991-1993 UFF Vice President (State University System Bargaining Council); UFF Steering Committee, Chairperson of UFF-FIU Summer Task Force.
1993-1994 UFF Steering Committee (At Large Member), Chairperson of UFF-FIU Summer Task Force.
1994-December 1995 (18 months), UFF-FIU Grievance Chairperson.
2001-2002 co-Chairperson of Political Action Committee; UFF Senator.
Community Service:
1980-1981 Co-President of Rainbow Cooperative Preschool.
1982-1983 Ways and Means Chairperson, Perrine Elementary School PTA; Steering Committee for South Region I Dade County Public Schools Citizens' Advisory Board.
1983-1984 Steering Committee for South Region I Dade County Public Schools Citizen's Advisory Board; School Board Member's Appointee to Dade County Public Schools District Wide Citizen's Advisory Board.
1984-1985 President, Perrine Elementary School PTA; Vice Chairperson, Dade County Public Schools South Region I Citizen's Advisory Board.
1986-1987 President, R.R. Moton Elementary School PTA.
1987-1988 President, R.R. Moton Elementary School PTA.
1988-1989 First Vice President, R.R. Moton Elementary School PTA; Recording Secretary, Southwood Middle School PTSA.
1989-1990 Recording Secretary, Southwood Middle School PTSA.
1990-1992 Treasurer, Southwood Middle School PTSA.
1991-1994 President, Miami Palmetto High School Girls Soccer Association.
1986- present: Admissions volunteer for Lawrence University.
1996-present: Volunteer for WLRN radio.
1998-present: Admissions volunteer for Washington University.
Revised 07/02/2008.