Allan Silverman

Professor
Philosophy
220C Mershon Center
614.247.6617
silverman.3@osu.edu

Education
B.A., Classics, The Ohio State University, (1978)
M.A., Greek, University of California, Berkeley (1980)
Ph.D., Classical Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley (1985)

Teaching/Research
Dr. Silverman's areas of expertise include ancient philosophy, metaphysics, ethics, and late Wittgenstein.

Selected Publications
"The Unity of Logos," forthcoming in Plato and the Post- Modern, ed. C. Cunningham, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming)

"Contemplating Divine Mind," in Ancient Models of the Mind (Cambridge University Press, 2009)

"Ascent and Descent: The Philosopher's Regret" (Social Philosophy and Policy, 2007)

"Plato's Republic as a Vocation" (Journal of Philosophical Inquiry, special issue festschrift for David Keyt, 2007)

"Plato's Middle Period Metaphysics and Epistemology" (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2003)

The Dialectic of Essence (Princeton University Press, 2003)

"Flux and Language in the Theaetetus" (Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, 2000)

"Plato's Cratylus: The Nature of Naming and the Naming of Nature" (Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, 1992)

"Timaean Particulars" (Classical Quarterly, 1992)

Honors, Awards, and Service
Barnett Bank and Trust Distinguished Visitor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2008-09)

Chair, Faculty Council, The Ohio State University (2005-)

Distinguished Visiting Research Fellowship, Monash University (2005)

Founding Coordinator, Honors Collegium, The Ohio State University (2001-02)

National Endowment for the Humanities, Senior Fellowship for University Teachers (1995-96)

Distinguished Teaching Award, Colleges of the Arts and Sciences, The Ohio State University (1989-90)

Junior Fellow, Center for Hellenic Studies (1988-89)

Allan Silverman
Professor of Philosophy
The Ohio State University