Dan Crawford

Dan Crawford

Present Status:

• Senior Lecturer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department Classics & Religious Studies

• Religious Thought, Theory of Knowledge, American Philosophy

• Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Religion, History of Philosophy (Ancient, Modern American), Issues in Religion & Science, Cognitive Science/Artificial Intelligence

• Ph.D., Univerisity of Pittsburgh (Philosophy), 1972
• M.A., Ph.D. exams, Princeton University (Religion) 1966
• B.A. Haverford College (Philosophy) 1962

• 1997-present, Senior Lecturer of Philosopy and Religious Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• 1978-1997, Professor & Chair of Philosophy Department, Albright College, Reading, PA.
• 1974-1978, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA.
• 1973-1974, Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh, PA
• 1970-1973, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA

• Forthcoming: "The Idea of Militancy in American Fundamentalism," in Fundamentalism: Perspectives on a Contested History, eds. Simon A. Wood & David H. Watt (University of South Carolina Press).
• Book: A Thirst for Souls: the Life of Evangelist Percy B. Crawford (1902-1960). (Susquehanna University Press, 2010). An objective account of my father's pioneering role in the use of radio and television for the cause of evangelism in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s.
• "Does Evolutionary Science Rule Out the Theistic God? The Johnson-Penncok Debate" in Philosophia Christi, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2003, pp. 167-184
• "Ultra-Strong Internalism and the Reliabilist Insight," in Journal of Philosophical Reasearch:, Vol. 27, 2002, pp. 311-328
• "Pragmatism, Internalism, and the Authority of Claims," in Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 78:1, 1997, pp. 63-77
• "On Having Reasons for Perceptual Beliefs: A Sellarsian Perspective" in Journal of Philosophical Research, XVI, 1991, pp. 107-123
• "Intellect and Will in Augustine's Confessions" in Religious Studies, 24, 1988, pp. 291-302
• "Are There Mental Inferences in Direct Perceptions?" in American Philosophical Quarterly, January, 1982, pp. 83-91
• "The Cosmological Argument, Sufficient Reason, and Why-Questions" in International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Vol. 11, no. 2, 1980, pp. 111-122
• "Propositional and Nonpropositional Perceiving" in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, December, 1974, pp. 201-210
• "Bergmann on Perceiving, Sensing, and Appearing" in American Philosophical Quarterly, April, 1974, pp. 103-112

• Debating Design: From Darwin to DNA, eds. William Dembski & Michael Ruse, in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (on-line journal) (March, 2005)
• Pathways to Knowledge: Private and Public, Alvin Goldman, in Philosophical Books, Vol. 45, No. 3, July, 2004, pp. 250-254
• A Middle Way to God, Garth Hallett, in Philosophical Books, Vol. 44, No. 1, January 2003, pp. 89-91
• God and Contemporary Science, Philip Clayton, in Faith and Philosophy, 17:3, July, 2000, pp. 401-407
• Rationality and Religion, Roger Trigg, in Philosophical Books, 41:1, Jan. 2000, pp. 69-71
• Rethinking Religion: Connecting Cognition and Culture, Robert McCauley & E. Thomas Lawson, in Philosophical Psychology, Vol. 6, no. 4, 1993, pp. 476-483
• The Hunger of the Heart: Reflections on the Confessions of Augustine, eds. D. Capps & J. Dittes, Journal of Church and State, summer 1993, p. 638
• "Minds, Brains, and Programs: the Artificial Intelligence Debate" in Albright Magazine, Vol. II, no. 2., 1989, pp. 3-8

• "The Influence of Evangelist Percy Crawford on Fundamentalism in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s," American Academy of Religion session: "Fathers and Sons: The Influence of Evangelists Walter Maier, Percy Crawford, Merv Rosell, Jack Wyrtzen, and Charles Woodbridge on Fundamentalism in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s," Chicago, Nov 3, 2008
• "Is Evolution Compatible with Monotheism?" Department of Classics & Religious Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, February 2009
• "Is Evolution Compatible with Monotheistic Religion?" Nebraska Citizens for Science, March, 2006
• "Fishing for Men: the Influence of Reuben Torrey on Evangelist Percy Crawford" at conference "R. A. Torrey (1856-1928): Radical Evangelicalism in the Early 20th Century," Biola University, La Mirada, CA, Oct 2003
• "Does Evolutionary Theory Rule Out the Theistic God?" at Talbot School of Theology (Biola University), La Mirada, CA, April 2002
• "A Philosopher Looks at a Creationist's Attack on Evolution," Classics Colloquium, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nov., 2000
• "Ultra-Strong Internalism and the Reliabilist Insight," Symposium paper, American Philosophical Ass., Pacific Division meetings, Berkeley, CA., April 1990; commentators: Richard Feldman and William Talbott
• Is Evolutionary Theory Another Creation Myth?" at Nebraska Wesleyan University, March 1999
• "What the Subject Has to Know to Know," at conference "Reasons to Believe," Elizabethtown College, Pa., July, 1997
• "What the Subject Has to Know to Know," at conference "The Epistemic Subject," University of Dayton, April, 1997
• "Pragmatism, Internalism, and the Authority of Claims," at APA Western Division meetings, San Francisco, CA., April, 1995; commentator: Mark Lance
• "Is Artificial Intelligence Real Intelligence?" at St. Andrews College, Laurinburg, NC., October, 1992
• "Is Artificial Intelligence Real Intelligence?" at Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR., November, 1991
• "On Having Reasons for Perceptual Beliefs: A Sellarsian Perspective," at Philosophy Faculty Colloquium, Lehigh University, spring, 1989
• "On Having Reasons for Perceptual Beliefs: A Sellarsian Perspective," at Eastern Pennsylvania Philosophical Ass. meetings, Bloomsburg University, PA., March, 1987
• "Perception and Justification," for Philosophical Society, University of Kent, Canterbury, England, February, 1986
• "Perception and Justification," at University of Edinburgh, Scotland, May, 1986
• "Perception and Justification," at University of Exeter, England, June 1986
• "Intellect and Will in Augustine's Confessions," at Society of Christian Philosophers Meeting, Western Kentucky University, 1985
• "Are There Mental Inferences in Direct Perceptions?" at Eastern Pennsylvania Philosophical Association meeting, Bloomsburg, PA., 1980
• "The Cosmological Argument, Sufficient Reason, and Why-Questions," at Eastern Pennsylvania Philosophical Association meeting, Lycoming College, PA., 1978
• "Rethinking Sensations," Psychology Club, Bucknell University, Oct., 1972

Selected Courses Taught: "Wisdom in the Ancient World," "American Philosophy," "Science and Religion," "Philosophy of Religion," "Great Ideas in Religious Thought: from God to Nothingness," "Science and Objectivity," "The Metaphysics of the Mind," "Minds, Brains, and Programs," "Science and Human Nature," "Plato," "Greek and Medieval Philosophy," "Rationalists and Empiricists," "Moralists and Existentialists," "Ethical Perspectives on War," "Medical Ethics," "St. Augustine: Knowledge, Faith and Will," "Study Tours of Greece and Turkey (Leader)"

• for Philosophical Psychology, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, and Nous

• United Methodist Exemplary Teacher Award, Albright College, 1994
  Certificate of Recognition for Contributions to Students, University of Nebraska- Lincoln, January, 2001, 2003

• Membership: American Philosophical Association; American Academy of Religion
• Visiting Fellow, Department of Religion, Princeton University, spring semester, 2005
• National Endowment for the Humanities, summer seminar for college teachers, "Problems of Consciousness," director, William G. Lycan, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1995
• Senior Associate Member, American School of Classical Studies, Athens, spring, 1993
• NEH summer seminar, "Knowledge, Realism, and Reflection," Examining the New Skepics, director, Michael Williams, Northwestern University, 1992
• NEH summer seminar, "Reasons, Justification and Rationality," director, Robert Audi, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1987
• Visiting Scholar, Philosophy Department, University of Kent, Canterbury, England, 1985-86
• Workshop in the epistemology of Religious Experience,director, William Alston, Syracuse University, summer 1985
• Institute in Psychology and Philosophy of Mind, director, Jerry Fodor, University of Washington, summer 1981
• Council for Philosophic Studies, Institute in Philosophy of Religion, director, Alvin Plantinga, summer 1973