James Duerlinger
Department of Philosophy
The University of Iowa
266 English-Philosophy Building
Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1408
Phone: (319) 335-0025
Fax: (319) 353-2322
Education
B. A. University of Wisconsin, 1961, Philosophy, with Honors
M. A. University of Washington, 1963, Philosophy
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, 1966, Philosophy, with Classics Minor
Employment
Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin, 1966-1970
Visiting Professor, Fresno State College, 1970-1971
Associate Professor, University of Iowa, 1971-1988
Professor, University of Iowa, 1988-Present
Fellowships, Grants, and Awards
Ford Fellowship, University of Wisconsin, 1964
University Fellowship, University of Wisconsin, 1965
Summer Faculty Grant, University of Wisconsin, 1967
Summer Faculty Grant, University of Wisconsin, 1968
Summer Faculty Grant, University of Wisconsin, 1970
Grant from Council for Philosophical Studies, 1970
Developmental Assignment Grant, University of Iowa, 1976
Developmental Assignment Grant, University of Iowa, 1981
Developmental Assignment Grant, University of Iowa, 1986
Old Gold Summer Fellowship, University of Iowa, 1988
Senior Scholar Fulbright Fellowship for Research in India, 1992
Developmental Assignment Grant, University of Iowa, 1992
Developmental Assignment Grant, University of Iowa, 1999
SPAH Grant, University of Iowa, 1999
Summer Fellowship, University of Iowa, 2003
Developmental Assignment Grant, University of Iowa, 2004
American Institute of Indian Studies senior fellowship, 2006
AHI Summer Fellowship, 2006
Books
Indian Buddhist Theories of Persons: Vasubandhu's "Refutation of the Theory of a Self," in the series, A Critical Studies in Buddhism, from RoutledgeCurzon Press, 2003. (Paperback edition, 2006)
Plato’s Sophist: a Translation with a Detailed Account of its Theses and Arguments , in the series, “New Perspectives in Philosophical Scholarship: Texts and Issues,” Peter Lang Publishing, 2005.
Editor, Ultimate Reality and Spiritual Discipline, in the series, "God"
Paragon House Publishers, inc., paper and hardback, 1984
Articles
"Aristotle's Conception of the Syllogism," Mind, 77, 1968, 480-499
"Drawing Conclusions from Aristotelian Syllogisms," Monist, 52, 1968, 229-236
"Syllogismos and Syllogidsesthai in Aristotle's Organon," The American Journal of Philology, 90, 1969, 320-328
"Predication and Inherence in Aristotle's Categories," Phronēsis, 15, 1970, 179-202
"The Verbal Dispute in Hume's Dialogues," Archiv Für Geschichte Der Philosophie, 53, 1971, 22-34
"Vasubandhu on the Vātsiputriyas' Analogy to Fire and Fuel," Philosophy East and West, 32, 1982, 151-158
"Unspoken Connections in the Design Argument, "Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 42, 1982, 519-529
"Religion, its Disciplines, and their Relation to Ultimate Reality," in Ultimate Reality and Spiritual Discipline, 1984, 43-53
"Candrakirti's Denial of Self," in Philosophy East and West, 34, 1984, 261-272
"Ethics and the Divine Life in Plato's Philosophy," The Journal of Religious Ethics, 13, 1985, 312-331
"The Ontology of Plato's Sophist: the Problems of Falsehood, Non-Being, and Being," The Modern Schoolman, LXV, March, 1988, 151-169
"The Ontology of Plato's Sophist: the Solutions to the Problems of Falsehood, Non-Being, and Being," The Modern Schoolman, LXV, March, 1988, 170-184
"Vasubandhu's `Refutation of the Theory of Selfhood,'" Journal of Indian Philosophy, 17, 1989, 129-135
"A Translation of Vasubandhu's `Refutation of the Theory of Selfhood: A Resolution of Questions about Persons," Journal of Indian Philosophy, 17, 1989, 137-187
"Religious Diversity and the Possibility of a Single Transcendent Reality," Dialogue and Alliance, 5, 1991, 18-30
"Reductionist and Nonreductionist Theories of Persons in Indian Buddhist Philosophy," Journal of Indian Philosophy, 21, 1993, 79-101 (reprinted in Essays in Indian Philosophy, ed. by Roy Perrett, Duckworth, 2000)
"Vasubandhu's Theory of Persons and the Basic Problem of Self," in Indian Journal of Buddhist Studies, 5, 1993, 22-42
"Vasubandhu's Philosophical Critique of the Vātsiputriyas' Theory of Persons (I)," in Journal of Indian Philosophy, 25, 1997, 307-335
"Vasubandhu's Philosophical Critique of the Vātsiputriyas' Theory of Persons (II)," in Journal of Indian Philosophy, 26, 1998, 573-605
"Vasubandhu's Philosophical Critique of the Vātsiputriyas' Theory of Persons (III)," in Journal of Indian Philosophy, 28, 2000, 1-46
“Vasubandhu,” in Macmillan Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2005.
"Indian Buddhist Theories of Persons," in Handbook of Indian Psychology, forthcoming.
"Vasubandhu on the theories of persons of the Pudgalavadins," translation with introduction, in Reading Buddhist Philosophy, published by Oxford University Press, forthcoming.
"Candrakirti on the Theories of Persons of the Sammitiyas and Aryasammitiyas," Philosopohy East and West. forthcoming.
WORK IN PROGRESS
Candrakirti on the Selflessness of Persons. book manuscript
