Douglas E Lewis

Contact Me

lewis002@umn.edu

Affiliations

• Philosophy

Educational Background & Specialties

Specialties

• 17th- and 18th- century European philosophy
• Descartes
• developments and critiques of early modern philosophy in the 20th century
• Hume
• metaphysics
• Spinoza
• toleration
• women philosophers of the early modern period

Courses Taught

• Phil 8085 - Seminar: History of Philosophy - Modern Philosophers
• Phil 3005W - General History of Western Philosophy - Modern Period
• Phil 1006W - Philosophy and Cultural Diversity

Research & Professional Activities

Professional Activities

• Member: American Philosophical Association
• Chair: Department of Philosophy, University of Minnesota , 1998 -
• Member: Minnesota Philosophical Society

Publications

• Marie de Gournay and the Engendering of Equality: Lewis, Douglas, Teaching Philosophy, 22 , 1999.
• On the Aims and the Method of Spinoza's Philosophy: Lewis, Douglas, The Southwestern Journal of Philosophy, 8 , 1977.
• Basic Nature of Ethical Problems Experienced by Persons with AIDS: Lewis, Douglas, Cameron & Crisham, Journal of Professional Nursing, 9 , 1993.
• The Existence of Substances and Locke's Way of Ideas: Lewis, Douglas, Theoria, 35 , 1969.
• Locke and the Problem of Slavery: Lewis, Douglas, Teaching Philosophy, 26 , 2003.

Awards

• John Tate Award for Excellence in Academic Advising, University of Minnesota, 1993
• Arthur "Red" Motley Exemplary Teaching Award, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, 1997
• Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 2004