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Marcia Eaton

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Specialties

  • philosophy of literary language
  • literary interpretation
  • aesthetics
  • visual arts
  • landscape assessment
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Publications

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Activities

Professional

  • Member, McKnight Advisory Board 1994 - 1995
  • Member, Philosophy Department Search Committee 1994 - 1995
  • Vice President, American Philosophical Society 1993 - 1995
  • Board of Editors, American Philosophical Quarterly 1991 - 1994
  • Chair, University of Minnesota Scientific and Scholarly Advisory Board 1994 - 1995
  • Chair, Department of Philosophy, University of Minnesota 1995 - 1998
  • Member, College Board/Getty Center for Education in the Arts Advisory Committee on the Arts 1994 - none
  • Selected by American Council of Learned Societies to direct Minneapolis Public Schools/University of Minnesota pilot project on improving teaching of humanities K-12 1992 - 1993
  • President, American Society for Aesthetics 1995 - 1997
  • Member, University Senate Committee on Committees 1994 - 1995
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Awards

  • University Distiguished Women Scholars' Award, 2003 - none
  • CLA Dean's Medal, 2002 - none
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Courses

  • Hum 1001 - Man in the Modern World: 18th Century
  • Hum 5030 - Proseminar: Philosophy and Literature
  • Phil 3302 - Moral Problems in Contemporary Society
  • Phil 3502W - Introduction to Aesthetics
  • Phil 4501W - Principles of Aesthetics
  • Phil 5003 - American Philosophy
  • Phil 5502 - Principles of Aesthetics
  • Phil 5512 - Philosophy of Criticism
  • Phil 5770 - Topics: Art and Language
  • Phil 8510 - Graduate Seminar in Aesthetics
  • Phil1002 - Introduction to Philosophy
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