Justin C. Clark
Department of Philosophy
206 Gregory Hall
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Phone: 319-400-0137
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.justincclark.com
Employment
Visiting Lecturer, University of Illinois, Department of Philosophy (2013-2015)
Education
Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of California, Santa Barbara (2013)
Dissertation: Virtue as Knowledge and Unity in Early Plato
Committee Members: Voula Tsouna (director), Thomas Holden,
Matthew Hanser, Aaron Zimmerman
M.A. in Philosophy, Western Michigan University (2007)
B.A. in Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of Iowa (2003)
Areas of Specialization
Ancient Philosophy and Ethics
Areas of Competence
Metaphysics, History of Medieval and Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion,
Logic and Critical Thinking
Publications
“The Strength of Knowledge in Plato’s Protagoras,” Ancient Philosophy 32(2),
237-255 (Fall 2012)
Justin C. Clark
Submissions
“Intellectualism and the Incurable Soul in Plato’s Gorgias” (under review)
“Socrates, the Primary Question, and the Unity of Virtue” (under review)
“Eudaimonistic Virtue Ethics and Self-Effacement” (under review)
“The ‘What is F?’ Question in Early Plato” (in progress)
Teaching Experience
Course Instructor
Value Theory—University of Illinois (Spring 2015)**
Contemporary Virtue Ethics—University of Illinois (Fall 2015)**
Ethical Theory—University of Illinois (Spring 2014, Spring 2015) **
Conceptions of Human Nature—University of Illinois (Spring 2014)
Recent Developments in Ethics—University of Illinois (Fall 2013) **
Introduction to Ethics—University of Illinois (Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014)
History of Virtue Ethics—University of California, Santa Barbara (Winter 2013) *
Introductory Logic—University of California, Santa Barbara (Spring 2012)
Ancient Philosophy— University of California, Santa Barbara (Fall 2010)
Introduction to Philosophy—University of California, Santa Barbara (Spring 2010)
Engineering Ethics—Western Michigan University (Summer I and II 2007)
Guest Lecturer
Plato— University of California, Santa Barbara (Fall 2011, November 15) **
Aristotle— University of California, Santa Barbara (Fall 2010, November 2 – 6) **
Teaching Assistantships
Ethics (advanced) — University of California, Santa Barbara (Fall 2012, 2009) *
Moral Psychology (advanced)—University of California, Santa Barbara (2010) *
Critical Thinking—University of California, Santa Barbara (Fall 2011)
Introductory Logic— University of California, Santa Barbara (Spring 2011)
Medieval Philosophy— University of California, Santa Barbara (Winter 2011)
Modern Philosophy—University of California, Santa Barbara (Spring 2009)
Engineering Ethics— Western Michigan University (Fall 2006)
*upper division course
** available to graduates
Justin C. Clark
Committee Member
Dissertation Preliminary Committee for Clayton Alsup, University of Illinois (2014)
Selected Honors and Awards
Teaching Awards
Listed among Teachers Ranked as Excellent Spring Semester—university-wide
recognition for teaching excellence, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (2014)
Nominated for the Graduate Student Association Excellence in Teaching Award 2013
university-wide award, University of California Santa Barbara (2013)
Recipient of the 32nd annual Paul Wienpahl Award for Excellence in Teaching 2012
University of California Santa Barbara (2012)
Nominated for the Graduate Student Association Excellence in Teaching Award 2012
university-wide award, University of California Santa Barbara (2012)
CCUT: Certificate in College and University Teaching (UCSB) — a program
designed by the University of California to demonstrate advanced teaching
competence at the university level (partially completed 2011-2013)
Research Awards
Graduate Seminar, Research Assistantship (Winter 2011)— awarded funding for
research on Plato’s Charmides under Voula Tsouna
R.W. Church Scholarship 2011-2012 (UCSB) — awarded $ 5534.28 for scholarly
research (winter quarter 2012)
Graduate Dean’s Advancement Fellowship (UCSB)—awarded for considerable
graduate progress (2011)
Charlotte Stough Memorial Prize in Philosophy (UCSB )— awarded annually for best
paper by graduate student in the area of Ethics:
(2010) “Understanding Plato’s Gorgias”
Charlotte Stough Memorial Prize in Philosophy (UCSB )— awarded annually for best
paper by graduate student in the area of Ethics:
(2008) “Plato and the Unity of the Virtues”
Justin C. Clark
Presentations
“The ‘What-is-F?’ Question in Early Plato” Fall Colloquium Series, University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, November 24th, 2014
“Socrates, the Primary Question, and the Unity of Virtue,” 39th Conference on Value
Inquiry: Virtue, Vice, and Character, Western Kentucky University, April 11-13, 2013
“Socrates, Rhetoric, and the Art of Imparting Virtue,” 13th Annual Boston College
Graduate Student Conference, March 30-31, 2012
“Understanding Plato’s Gorgias,” University of California, Santa Barbara Graduate
Student Colloquium, June 8th, 2011
“Plato and the Unity of the Virtues,” University of California, Santa Barbara Graduate
Student Colloquium, May 18, 2009
Academic Services
Referee for Ancient Philosophy
Languages
Ancient Greek (reading)
Professional Organizations
American Philosophical Association
Dissertation:
Virtue as Knowledge and Unity in Plato’s Early Dialogues
ABSTRACT: My dissertation explores the theory of virtue in early Plato, where Socrates
makes two important claims about virtue. His intellectualist thesis states that virtue is a
kind of knowledge, and his unity thesis states that the many virtues form a unity. I argue
that the primary question of the early dialogues (what is x?) serves to introduce two
distinct searches. According to one search, Socrates aims to clarify the concept of virtue.
According to the other, he aims to describe the psychological state of being virtuous. My
interpretation resolves the major conflict among commentators concerning the unity
thesis, clears up a puzzle about aporia, and yields an original account of moral
knowledge.
Justin C. Clark
References
Voula Tsouna
Department of Philosophy
UC Santa Barbara, CA 93106
[email protected]
Ph: (805) 893-3990
Thomas Holden
Department of Philosophy
UC Santa Barbara, CA 93106
[email protected]
Ph: (323) 828-1047
Matthew Hanser
Department of Philosophy
UC Santa Barbara, CA 93106
[email protected]
Ph: (805) 893-3165
Aaron Zimmerman
Department of Philosophy
UC Santa Barbara, CA 93106
[email protected]
Ph: (805) 893-2632
Daniel Korman
Department of Philosophy
University of Illinois
[email protected]
Ph: (217) 722-1563
Kirk Sanders
Classics and Philosophy
University of Illinois
[email protected]
Ph: (217) 722-8497
Justin C. Clark
Graduate Coursework
Moral Psychology Seminar
Moral Psychology
Normative Ethics
Ethics Seminar
Metaethics
Practical Ethics
Aesthetics Seminar
UCSB (Fall 2011)*
UCSB (Fall 2009)
UCSB (Spring 2008)
UCSB (Spring 2008)
WMU (Spring 2007)
WMU (Winter 2007)
WMU (Winter 2007)
Aaron Zimmerman
Aaron Zimmerman
Matthew Hanser
Matthew Hanser
Joseph Ellin
Michael Pritchard
John Dilworth
Plato’s Charmides Seminar
Aristotle
Stoic Philosophy Seminar
Late Plato Seminar
Middle Plato Seminar
Locke
Early Plato Seminar
Leibniz
Plato
Hellenistic Philosophy
Thomas Reid Seminar
Ancient Philosophy Seminar
UCSB (Spring 2011)*
UCSB (Fall 2011)
UCSB (Fall 2009)
UCSB (Spring 2009)
UCSB (Winter 2009)
UCSB (Fall 2008)
UCSB (Winter 2008)
UCSB (Winter 2008)
UCSB (Fall 2007)
UCSB (Fall 2007)
WMU (Summer 2006)
WMU (Fall 2005)
Voula Tsoua
Voula Tsouna
Voula Tsouna
Voula Tsouna
Voula Tsouna
Thomas Holden
Voula Tsouna
Thomas Holden
Voula Tsouna
Voula Tsouna
Michael Pritchard
Miriam Byrd
Peer Disagreement Seminar
Modal Logic
A priori Seminar
Symbolic Logic
Applications of Logic
Probability Seminar
UCSB (Winter 2012)*
UCSB (Spring 2009)
UCSB (Fall 2008)
UCSB (Winter 2008)
WMU (Spring 2007)
WMU (Fall 2006)
Anthony Brueckner
Anthony Anderson
Aaron Zimmerman
Nathan Salmon
Timothy McGrew
Timothy McGrew
Philosophy of Religion 2
Philosophy of Religion
Personal Identity
Action and Perception Seminar
Philosophy of Religion Seminar
Philosophy of Mind Seminar
Metaphysics of Feeling
UCSB (Winter 2009)
UCSB (Spring 2008)
UCSB (Fall 2007)
WMU (Fall 2006)
WMU (Summer 2006)
WMU (Winter 2006)
WMU (Fall 2006)
William Forgie
Anthony Anderson
Anthony Brueckner
Arthur Falk
Joseph Ellin
John Dilworth
Quentin Smith
Greek: Aristotle’s Physics
Advanced Greek
Intermediate Greek
Greek Prose
Beginning Greek
UCSB (Spring 2012)
UCSB (Spring 2010)*
UCSB (Winter 2010)
UCSB (Spring 2009)*
UCSB (Fall 2008)
Glen Patten
*audited courses