James Petrik
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy
Ohio University
Ellis Hall, Room 220E
Athens , Ohio 45701
(740)593-4593 office
(740)593-4597  fax
petrik@ohio.edu

Education

Ph.D. Marquette University 1990
B.S. Bellarmine College 1983

Areas of Specialization or Competence

Modern Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy, Medieval Philosophy, Ethics, Logic, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Science

Recent Publications
Books

Evil Beyond Belief (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2000).

Descartes' Theory of the Will, (Durango, CO: Hollowbrook Publishing, 1992).

Portions or Chapters of Books

"Pornography," in Ready Reference: Censorship ( Pasadena , CA : Salem Press) 1997.

"Rene Descartes," in Ready Reference: Censorship, ( Pasadena , CA : Salem Press) 1997.

"Consistency," in Magill's Ready Reference Ethics, (Pasadena, CA: Salem Publishing, 1994).

"Divine Command Theory," in Magill's Ready Reference Ethics (Pasadena, CA: Salem Publishing, 1994).

"Golden Rule," in Magill's Ready Reference Ethics, (Pasadena, CA: Salem Publishing, 1994).

"Self-Preservation," in Magill's Ready Reference Ethics, (Pasadena, CA: Salem Publishing, 1994).

"Will," in Magill's Ready Reference Ethics, (Pasadena, CA: Salem Publishing, 1994).

Articles

"Descartes on Divine Indifference and the Transworld Validity of the Eternal Truths," in The Southern Journal of Philosophy, XXXVI (1998): 417-432.

"In Defense of C.S. Lewis's Analysis of God's Goodness," in International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, XXXVI (1994): 45-56.

"Incontinence and Desire in Plato's Tripartite Psychology," in Dialogos, XXVII, #60 (July, 1992): 43-57.

"What's a God to Do?" in Sophia, XXX, Numbers 2-3 (1992): 31-33.

"Every Dogma Must Have Its Day," in Communication and Cognition, XXIV, #2 (1991): 137-148.

"Freedom as Self-determination in the Summa Theologiae," in The Southern Journal of Philosophy, XXVII, #1, (Spring 1989): 87-100.

"What's Really Wrong With Informal Fallacies?" in Scholar and Educator, XII, #2 (Spring 1989): 32-38.

"Two Faces Have ‘I'," in Grazer Philosophische Studien, Vol. 35 (1989): 55-65.

"The Clock Paradox and the Logic of Time-Dilation," in Philosophy of the Natural Sciences: Proceedings of the 13th International Wittgenstein-Symposium (Vienna: Holder-Pichler-Tempsky, 1988): 214-219.

"The Metaphysical Self and Solipsism in the Tractatus," in Philosophy of Law, Politics, and Society: Proceedings of the 12th International Wittgenstein-Symposium (Vienna: Holder-Pichler-Tempsky, 1988):321-323.