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Andrew W. Arlig

Asst Professor   Department: Philosophy   Location: 3307 Boylan Hall   Phone: 718-951-5000 x6214   Fax: 718-951-4675   Email:

Professor Arlig has previously taught at Fordham University and Hunter College. He is on leave in spring 2010. Education: Ph.D., Ohio State University - 2005 (Philosophy) M.A., Ohio State University - 2002 (Philosophy) B.A., University of Chicago - 1994 (Philosophy) Areas of Expertise: Professor Arlig specializes in medieval philosophy, ancient philosophy and metaphysics. He is currently studying medieval theories of parts and wholes. He worries about the persistence of houses, puppies, and persons. He also has a more-than-passing interest in Islamic law, theology and political theory. Books and Publications "The Metaphysics of Individuals in the Opuscula Sacra." The Cambridge Companion to Boethius. Ed. John Marenbon. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 129-54. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2009 Book review of "Aristotle on Truth," by Paolo Crivelli. Philosophical Inquiry 30: 199-202. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2008 "Abelard's Assault on Everyday Objects." American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 81 (2): 209-27. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007 "Medieval Mereology." The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Ed. Edward N. Zalta. Summer. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2006 Awards, Honors and Fellowships Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation Fellowship for Outstanding Teaching in the Humanities, Brooklyn College. (Grants and Fellowships) 2009 Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums "Abelard on Material Constitution." Cornell Summer Colloquium in Medieval Philosophy. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, May. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009 "Abelard's Realism." The 27th Annual Joint Meeting of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy with the Society for the Study of Islamic Philosophy. Fordham University, New York, October. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009 "Aristotle's 'De Anima' I.5." Seminar leader. New York Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy. New York, April. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2009 Arlig, Andrew, Catherine Kemp and Justin Steinberg. "How to Write a Philosophy Paper." Philosophy Society, Brooklyn College, September 22. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009 Comments on Tiberiu Popa's "Aristotle on Pure Stuffs." The American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meeting. New York, December. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009 "Peter Abelard on Material Constitution." The Western Ontario Colloquium in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy (Metaphysics in the Aristotelian Tradition). University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, October. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008 Comments on Karen Zwier's "Aristotle's Syllogism on the Basis of a Hypothesis." The American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meeting. Philadelphia, December. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008 "Early Medieval Solutions to a Mereological Sorites: The Evidence from the De generibus et speciebus." Les Glosulae super Priscianum, Guillaume de Champeaux, Abélard: arts du langage et théologie aux confins des XIe-XIIe, les conditions et enjeux d'une mutation, CNRS. Paris, February. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007 "Is the Collection Theory of Universals Defensible?" Cornell Summer Colloquium in Medieval Philosophy. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, June. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007 "Is There a Medieval Mereology?" Aristotelian Logic East and West 500-1500: Methods and Methodologies. Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom, February. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007 "On a Mereological Sorites Argument." Fifth Annual Midwestern Conference in Medieval Philosophy. St Louis University, Missouri, October. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007 Professional Leadership Core coordinator, Department of Philosophy, Brooklyn College. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009 Faculty council representative, Department of Philosophy, Brooklyn College. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009 Review panel member, Philosophy Division of the University Committee on Research Awards, CUNY (to present). (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008 Counselor to majors (gives advice on applying to graduate school), Department of Philosophy, Brooklyn College (to present). (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007 Community Activities Member, Phi Beta Kappa, Brooklyn College Chapter (inducted 1994, University of Chicago). 2007 Other Professional Activities Collaborating editor of the Handbook of Mereology. Eds. Hans Burkhardt, Guido Imaguire and Johanna Seibt (to present). 2009 Roundtable participant, New Directions in Medieval Scholarship, CUNY Graduate Center, November 13. 2009