Department of Philosophy
Faculty
J. Piers Rawling
Professor & Chair (University of California-Berkeley)
151 Dodd Hall
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306-1500
Office: 152 Dodd Hall
Phone: (850) 644-0222
Fax: (850) 644-3832
Email: prawling@fsu.edu
Office Hours: TR 11:25-12:25, 2:00-2:30 (Fall 2008)
I have wide-ranging philosophical interests, from ethics, rationality and reasons to the philosophy of language to quantum computing. Insofar as there is a theme to my research, it is the application of logic and decision theory.
I greatly enjoy collaboration. My work in ethics is a collaborative enterprise with my colleague David McNaughton. We are currently working on a book defending our particularist brand of deontology. I have also collaborated with an applied mathematician, Steve Selesnick, in work on quantum logic and computing. And my colleague Al Mele and I recently co-edited The Oxford Handbook of Rationality (Oxford University Press 2004).
I am something of a fitness 'nut', so much of my free time is spent cycling, rowing, running, or excoriating those around me who insist on smoking.