Jeffrey
Koperski
Curriculum Vitae
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Office: (989)
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http://www.svsu.edu/~koperski/ |
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Education
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Ph.D. |
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M.A. |
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Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Religion
Areas of Competence
Metaphysics, Ethics
Professor of
Philosophy, Saginaw Valley State University 2007-present
Associate Professor
of Philosophy, SVSU 2002-2007
Assistant
Professor of Philosophy, SVSU 1997-2002
Adjunct
Instructor,
Publications
“Metatheoretic
Shaping Principles: Where Science meets
Theology,” in William Hasker (ed.) Open Theism and the Challenge of Science
(Pickwick Press, forthcoming). Online version
“Two Bad Ways
to Attack Intelligent Design and Two Good Ones,” Zygon 43, no. 2 (2008): 433-449. Online version
“Models,” The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy,
http://www.iep.utm.edu/m/models.htm (2006).
“Creationism,”
in Science, Religion, and Society: An
Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Controversy, Gary Laderman
and Arri Eisen, eds.
Armonk, NY: Sharpe Reference (2006). Online version
“Should We Care
about Fine-Tuning?” British Journal for
the Philosophy of Science 56 (2005): 303-319. Online version
“Intelligent
Design and the End of Science,” American
Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 77:4 (2003): 567-588. Online version
“Has Chaos Been
Explained?” British Journal for the Philosophy
of Science 52 (2001): 683-700. Online version
“God, Chaos,
and the Quantum Dice,” Zygon 35,
no.
“Models,
Confirmation, and Chaos,” Philosophy of
Science 65 (1998): 624-648. Online version
Book Reviews
The Empirical
Stance by Bas C. Van Fraassen, Faith and Philosophy 21:2 (2004). Online version
The Design
Revolution by William A. Dembski, American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 78:4
(2004).
Hume’s Abject Failure by John Earman, Philosophia Christi 4:2 (2002).
In
Progress
God, Physics,
and the Philosophy of Science.
Presentations
“The Philosophy
of Science and Religion,” one-week seminar at Wuhan University, China, May
2010.
“Relativity,
Space-time, and Freewill,” national meeting of the Evangelical Philosophical
Society, 2009.
“Science,
Religion, and Shaping Principles,” Science,
Philosophy and Belief, Peking University, China, June 2009 (invited).
“Science,
Design, and the Intelligent Design Movement,” John Wesley Lecture Series, Northwest Nazarene University, November
2008 (invited).
“Metatheoretic Shaping Principles and Open
Theism,” Open Theology and Science,
Azusa Pacific University, 2008.
“Causal
Drainage and the Special Sciences: Some Lessons from Continuum Mechanics,”
Pacific Division meeting of the Society of Christian Philosophers, 2007.
“Two Bad Ways
to Attack Intelligent Design and Two Good Ones,” 3rd Annual
Contemporary Philosophy Research Conference, University of Toledo, 2006
(invited).
“Who Cares
about Fine-Tuning?” Eastern Division meeting of the Society of Christian
Philosophers, 2003.
“Special Problems in Professional and Research
Ethics,” Dow Chemical Company, Toxicology, Environmental Research, and
Consulting Group, 2003 (invited).
“An Overview of
Philosophical Ethics,” Dow Chemical Company, Toxicology, Environmental
Research, and Consulting Group, 2003 (invited).
“Scoring the
Intelligent Design Debate,” Eastern Division meeting of the Society of
Christian Philosophers, 2002.
“Has Peter
Smith Explained Chaos?” annual meeting of the British Society for the
Philosophy of Science, 2000.
“What’s a
Scholar Like You Doing in a Place Like This?” Michigan Academy of Science,
Arts, & Letters, 2000.
“God, Chaos,
and the Quantum Dice,” Religion and
Science: Tension, Accommodation and Engagement,
“God, Chaos,
and the Quantum Dice,” Theology and the
New Physics, Calvin College Conference in Christian Scholarship, 1999.
“Is NOA Compatible with Constructive
Empiricism?” Graduate Student Colloquium Series, Ohio State University, 1993.
Grants
SVSU Research
Grant 2008, 2007, 2001, 1999
The Emergence of Biological Complexity, Cambridge-Templeton Consortium 2006
http://www.cambridge-templeton-consortium.org/
SVSU Sabbatical
2003, 2010
“Open Theology and Science,” Eastern Nazarene
College. Sponsored by the John Templeton
Foundation, 2007 (invited).
“The Mathematics and Philosophy of Cosmic Fine-tuning,”
Department of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, 2003 (invited).
“Theology and the New Physics,” Faculty Summer Seminar
in Christian Scholarship, Calvin College. Sponsored by the Pew Charitable
Trusts, 1998.
“Creation, Evolution or Both? A Multiple Model Approach,” National Science
Foundation Chatauqua Course, 1998.
Other Professional Activities
Editorial Board
Member, Blackwell Philosophy Compass 2005-present
Referee for:
Cambridge
University Press 2009
Mind and Matter 2009
Blackwell
Philosophy Compass 2007-2008
Faith and
Philosophy 2008-2009
Synthese 2005-2006
British Journal
for the Philosophy of Science 2001, 2003
Longman Press 2000-2004
Oxford
University Press 2003
Broadview Press 2003
Philosophy of
Science 2000-2001
Zygon 2000-2001
Michigan
Academician 1998-1999
Executive
Committee Member, Christian Scholarship:
Tensions and Contributions,
Awards and Honors
Innovative Use of Technology in Teaching Award
(honorable mention), Saginaw Valley State University, 2000.
Phi Kappa Phi, Ohio State University, 1993.
Tau Beta Pi (engineering), University of Dayton, 1987.
Eta Kappa Nu
(electrical engineering), University of Dayton, 1986.
Courses Taught
Philosophy of
Science (introduction & special topics), Philosophy of Religion,
Engineering and Computer Ethics, Introduction to Logic, Introduction to
Philosophy, Philosophical Themes in Literature
Coordinator, Edwards
Lecture in Philosophy and Religion, 1998-present.
Honors Program
Advisory Committee, 2009-present.
Faculty
Advisor, CRU at SVSU, 2006-present.
Faculty
Advisor, ConnectingPoints at SVSU, 2008-present.
Dow Visiting
Scholars & Artists Advisory Committee, 2007-2009.
Faculty Search
Committee, 2004, 2008.
Honors Thesis
Advisor, 1998, 2008.
Chair, Faculty
Evaluation Team, 2005, 2006.
Chair, Internal
Review Team for the Department of Biology, 2002.
Faculty
Evaluation Team, 2001.
Honors Thesis
Committee, 1998.
General
Education Assessment Committee, 1998.
Student
Coordinator of the Logic, Language, and Science Colloquium Series, 1994-1995,
Ohio State University.
Graduate Student Ombudsman, 1992-1994,
Society of
Christian Philosophers
References
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John
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Drew
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Finkbeiner Endowed Chair of
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