VITA
Bruce Worthing Hauptli
Department of
Philosophy Office:
305-348-3350
DM 341 D
Fax:
305-348-1799
Florida
International University
Home:
305-233-3970
Modesto Maidique
Campus
Cell:
305-301-1355
Miami, Florida 33199 E-Mail: hauptli@.fiu.edu
Web Page: http://www.fiu.edu/~hauptli
Married to Laurie
Vaile Hauptli
Children:
Meghan Vaile Hauptli (B.A. Colby
College, 1998; M.A. Florida International University, 2001)
Ian Douglas Hauptli (B.A. Washington University, 1999; J.D. University of
Missouri 2004)
EDUCATION:
B.A.
M.A.
AWARDS:
N.D.E.A.
Fellowship at Washington University, 1970-1973
Sabbatical Leave
Awards: Spring 1984,
Summer Research
Grant, 1989
University Service
Award, 1989
Gregory Wolfe Award from Student Government
Association, 1995—for contributions to development and promotion of student
welfare at
Outstanding Honors Fellow Award, 2004
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2010-Present:
Professor of Philosophy, Florida International University (appointed as
Assistant Professor in 1976, promoted to Associate Professor and awarded tenure
in 1982, promoted to Professor in 1994).
2008-2010: Faculty
Fellow in Academic Affairs.
2000-2005 Fellow in the Honors College (part of a team teaching the two-semester Sophomore Honors course as well as courses for the Philosophy Department).
1995-1998
Chairperson of the Department of Philosophy.
1990-1995: Chairperson of the Department of Philosophy and Religion—in the fall of 1995, separate departments of Philosophy and of Religious Studies were instituted.
1975-1976
Assistant Professor of Philosophy (Visiting)
1974-1975 High
School Mathematics Teacher,
PUBLICATIONS:
Book:
The Reasonableness of Reason: Explaining Rationality Naturalistically
(Chicago: Open Court, 1995).
Articles:
“A Dilemma for W.W. Bartley’s
Pancritical Rationalism,” Philosophy of
the Social Sciences, v. 21 (1991), pp. 86-89.
“Kekes on Problem-Solving and
Rationality,” Philosophy of the Social
Sciences, v. 14 (1984), pp. 191-194.
“Frankfurt on Descartes: Consistency or
Validation of Reason?” International
Studies in Philosophy, v. 15 (1983), pp. 59-70.
“Quine’s Theorizing About Theories,”
Synthese, v. 57 (1983), pp. 21-33.
“Doubting ‘Descartes’s Self-Doubt’,”
Philosophy Research Archives, v. 6
(1980), pp. 1-23.
“Quinean Relativism: Beyond
Metaphysical Realism and Idealism,” The
Southern Journal of Philosophy, v. 18 (1980), pp. 393-410.
“Inscrutability and Correspondence,”
The Southern Journal of Philosophy,
v. 17 (1979), pp. 199-212.
Critical Notes
and Review Essays:
“Rescher’s Unsuccessful Evolutionary
Argument” a review of Nicholas Rescher's
A Useful Inheritance, in The British
Journal for the Philosophy of Science, v. 45 (1994), pp. 295-301.
“Unfathomed Knowledge, Unmeasured
Growth?” a review of W.W. Bartley's
Unfathomed Knowledge, Unmeasured Wealth: On Universities and the Wealth of
Nations, in Philosophy of the Social
Sciences, v. 23 (1993), pp. 97-102.
PAPERS READ:
“Quine’s Theorizing About Theories”
read at the Florida Philosophical Association Meeting; November 7, 1981.
“Rationality, Coherence, and
Problem-Solving” read at the Florida Philosophical Association Meeting; October
30, 1980.
“Frankfurt on Descartes: Consistency or
Validation of Reason?” read at the Florida Philosophical Association Meeting;
“Ascriptions, Prosentences, and Truth”
read at the Florida Philosophical Association Meeting; October 27, 1978.
“Doubting ‘Descartes’s Self-Doubt’”
read at the University of Miami Philosophy Colloquium; Miami, Florida; November
17, 1978.
UNIVERSITY SERVICE AT
2010-2011 MALS Admissions Committee, reviewer for The Review of Philosophy and Psychology and for a book proposal for Routledge Press. .
2008-2010 Faculty Fellow in Academic Affairs—a significant specific assignment was overseeing the faculty credentialing process for our SACS Reaffirmation of Accreditation (here I helped develop policies and procedures to regularize credentialing as an on-going activity in the units and Academic Affairs). I also reviewed and suggested revisions to many policies in Academic Affairs, and advised the Provost and members of the Academic Affairs team on numerous matters involving the impact of policies and decisions on the faculty and students. In addition significant effort was devoted to “textbook affordability” (spearheading the development of FIU's policy mandated by legislation and BOT regulation, and coordinating efforts to fulfill our responsibilities in this area); troubleshooting an number of problems and issues related to registration; and staffing and facilitating the Strategic Planning Committee for the Arts. I also reviewed book proposals for Oxford and Routledge presses.
2007-2008
Chairperson of the Faculty Senate, Member of the FIU Board of Trustees, member
of the Board of Directors of the FIU Alumni Association, Member of the Advisory
Council of Faculty Senates for the State University System—advisory group of
representatives from the nine Faculty Senates in Florida's State University
System, Co-Chairperson of University United-Way Campaign.
2006-2007
Chairperson of the Faculty Senate, Member of the FIU Board of Trustees, member
of the Board of Directors of the FIU Alumni Association, Member of the Advisory
Council of Faculty Senates for the State University System.
2005-2006
Chairperson of the Faculty Senate, Member of the FIU Board of Trustees, member
of the Board of Directors of the FIU Alumni Association, Member of the Advisory
Council of Faculty Senates for the State University System, M.A. Thesis
Committee for Master of Liberal Arts Student [Adria Carey], reviewer of book
proposal for Oxford Press. .
2004-2005
Chairperson of the Faculty Senate, Member of the FIU Board of Trustees, member
of the Board of Directors of the FIU Alumni Association, Member of the Advisory
Council of Faculty Senates for the State University System, reviewer of book
proposal for Thompson publishers.
2003-2004 Faculty
Senate, Chairperson of the Faculty Senate’s University Core Curriculum Oversight
Committee; Philosophy Department: Outcomes Assessment Committee and Personnel
Committee; Honors College: Admissions, Recruitment, and Curriculum Revision
Committees; reviewer for American
Philosophical Quarterly, Florida Philosophical Review, and for Longman and
Thompson textbook publishers.
2002-2003 Faculty
Senate; Chairperson of Ad Hoc Faculty
Senate Committee on Revision of Core, General Education, and Exit Requirements;
member of the Editorial Board to the Journal of the Academy for the Art of
Teaching; Undergraduate Education Cross-Functional Planning Team, Philosophy
Department: Outcomes Assessment Committee; Honors College: Curriculum Revision
Committee. Reviewer for Longeman
publishers.
2001-2002 Arts and
Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee; Faculty Senate; Chairperson of
Ad Hoc Faculty Senate Committee on
Revision of Core, General Education, and Exit Requirements; member of the
Editorial Board to the Journal of the Academy for the Art of Teaching;
Philosophy Department: Outcomes Assessment Committee; School of Architecture:
TIP Award Committee.
2000-2001 Arts and
Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee; Faculty Senate; Honorary Degrees and
Awards Committee; Chairperson of Ad Hoc
Faculty Senate Committee on Revision of Core, General Education, and Exit
Requirements; member of the Advisory Board to the Academy for the Art of
Teaching, and of the Editorial Board for its Journal; Academic Affairs;
Retention Steering Committee; Philosophy Department: Personnel Committee; Honors
College: Evaluation Task Force.
1999-2000 Faculty
Senate; Honorary Degrees and Awards Committee; member of the Advisory Board to
the Academy for the Art of Teaching, and of the Editorial Board for its Journal;
Philosophy Department: Personnel Committee, and Outcomes Assessment Committee.
1998-1999 Faculty
Senate; member of the Advisory Board to the Academy for the Art of Teaching, and
of the Editorial Board for its Journal.
1997-1998
Departmental Chairperson; Faculty Senate; member of Ad Hoc Faculty Senate
Committee for Development of Collegial Governance Model Document for Units;
member of the Advisory Board to the Academy for the Art of Teaching; Faculty
Development Task Force.
1996-1997
Departmental Chairperson; Faculty Senate; member of the Advisory Board to the
Academy for the Art of Teaching; member of the Vice President for Student
Affairs' “Emerging Student Leadership” Task Force, M.A. Thesis Committee for
International Relations Student [Harry Gould].
1995-1996
Departmental Chairperson; Faculty Senate; member of the Advisory Board to the
Academy for the Art of Teaching; University Coordinator for 10 Year Program
Review in Philosophy and Religion; co-chair of the State-Wide Committee for
Revision of Philosophy and Religious Studies Degree Prerequisites and for Course
Leveling in Philosophy and Religious Studies; Dean's Committee on Faculty
Assignments.
1994-1995
Departmental Chairperson; member of the Advisory Board to the Academy for the
Art of Teaching; University Sabbatical Leave Committee; Faculty Senate; Dean's
Committee on Faculty Assignments and Evaluation; B.A./M.B.A. Committee; member
of Ad Hoc Faculty Senate Committee to Rewrite Procedures on Investigation of
Research Misconduct.
1993-1994
Departmental Chairperson; Faculty Senate (Parliamentarian and Steering
Committee); Faculty Advisor to Phi Sigma Tau (the national honorary society in
philosophy); member of the Advisory Board to the Academy for the Art of
Teaching; University Sabbatical Leave Committee.
1992-1993
Departmental Chairperson; Faculty Senate (Parliamentarian and Steering
Committee); Arts and Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee; Arts and Sciences
Procedural Committee; Co-Chairperson of Dean's North Miami Campus Committee;
appointed to Faculty Senate's Undergraduate Council to assist with revision of
lower division core requirements; Faculty Advisor to Phi Sigma Tau (the national
honorary society in philosophy).
1991-1992
Departmental Chairperson; Faculty Senate; Arts and Sciences Tenure and Promotion
Committee; Presidential Hearing Officer (Student Academic Misconduct Appeals);
Faculty Advisor to Phi Sigma Tau (the national honorary society in philosophy).
1990-1991
Departmental Chairperson; Faculty Senate; Faculty Advisor to students who
established a chapter of Phi Sigma Tau (the national honorary society in
philosophy).
1989-1990 Faculty
Senate; Arts and Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee; Freshman Advisor;
Co-Chairperson of FIU Reaccreditation Focus Group on Undergraduate Education;
FIU Re-accreditation Policy and Planning Committee.
1988-1989 Faculty
Senate; Chairperson of Provost's Committee on Revision of Tenure/Promotion
Policies, Procedures, and Criteria; Secretary of University Park Faculty Club;
Co-Chairperson of FIU Re-accreditation Focus Group on Undergraduate Education;
Chairperson of Florida Faculty Forum.
1987-1988
Chairperson of the Faculty Senate; Publisher's reviewer for logic text (Holt,
Rinehart and Winston); SACS Review Team (10 year re-accreditation review of
Miami Southridge Senior High School); Chair for Modern Philosophy Sessions of
the Florida Philosophical Association, and of the Southern Society of Philosophy
and Psychology; Secretary of University Park Faculty Club (member of committee
which established club);
representative to Florida Faculty Forum—advisory group of representatives from
the nine Faculty Senates in Florida's State University System.
1986-1987
Chairperson of the Faculty Senate; University Sick Leave Pool Committee,
representative to Florida Faculty Forum—advisory group of representatives from
the nine Faculty Senates in Florida's State University System.
1985-1986 Vice
Chair of the Faculty Senate and Chair of its Academic Policies Committee;
University Sick Leave Pool Committee; Registrar's Task Force; Advisor to College
Bowl Team.
1984-1985 Faculty
Senate; Chair of Academic Policies Committee (Faculty Senate); Freshman Advisor;
University Sick Leave Pool Committee (member of committee which established the
sick leave pool).
1983-1984 Faculty
Senate; Academic Policies Committee (Faculty Senate); Freshman Advisor;
University Information Technology Task Force; Reader for Graduate Student Paper
Awards for the
1982-1983 Member
of Certificate Program in Western Social and Political Thought; Budget Committee
(Arts and Sciences); Word-Processing Committee (Arts and Sciences).
1981-1982 Member
of Certificate Program in Western Social and Political Thought; Reader for
Graduate Student Paper Awards for the
1980-1981 Vice
Chairperson Budget Committee (Arts and Sciences); Member of the Executive
Committee (elected) Florida Philosophical Association; Member of Certificate
Program in Western Social and Political Thought.
1979-1980
Chairperson Budget Committee (Arts and Sciences); Faculty Senate; Member of
Certificate Program in Western Social and Political Thought.
1978-1979 Arts and
Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee; Budget Committee (Arts and Sciences).
1977-1978 Budget
Committee (Arts and Sciences); Advisor to the Philosophy and Religion Student
Association; Publisher's reviewer for logic text (Holt, Rinehart and Winston).
1976-1977 Advisor
to Philosophy and Religion Student Association.
OTHER SERVICE ACTIVITIES:
SERVICE TO THE
UNITED FACULTY OF
2001-2002,
co-Chairperson of Political Action Committee; UFF Senator (the Senate is the
State-wide legislative body of the union).
1994-December 1995
(18 months), UFF-FIU Grievance Chairperson.
1993-1994 UFF
Steering Committee (At Large Member), Chairperson of UFF-FIU Summer Task Force.
1991-1993 UFF Vice
President (
1988-1993 UFF
Lobbyist (
1988-1990 (18
months) UFF-FIU Grievance Chairperson.
1986-1996 UFF
Senator.
1982-1988 UFF-FIU
Steward for Philosophy/Religion.
COMMUNITY
SERVICE ACTIVITIES:
2004-2010: Volunteer and Volunteer Leader for Hands-on-Miami.
1986-present:
Admissions volunteer for
1996-present:
Volunteer for WLRN radio.
1998-present:
Admissions volunteer for
1991-1994
President,
1990-1992
Treasurer, Southwood Middle School PTSA.
1989-1990
Recording Secretary, Southwood Middle School PTSA.
1988-1989 First
Vice President, R.R. Moton Elementary School PTA.
1987-1988
President, R.R. Moton Elementary School PTA.
1986-1987
President, R.R. Moton Elementary School PTA.
1984-1985
President,
1983-1984 Steering
Committee for South Region I Dade County Public Schools Citizen's Advisory
Board; School Board Member's Appointee to Dade County Public Schools District
Wide Citizen's Advisory Board.
1982-1983 Ways and
Means Chairperson,
1980-1981 Co-President of Rainbow Cooperative Preschool.