Curriculum Vitae: Daniel D. Novotný I am a post-doctoral researcher in “analytical scholasticism” at the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice. Since 2010 I am editor-in-chief of Studia Neoaristotelica: A Journal of Analytical Scholasticism. I have co-edited two volumes in analytical metaphysics and authored a book in Baroque scholastic metaphysics. I have earned my PhD in Philosophy at SUNY Buffalo in 2008 under Jorge J. E. Gracia, Barry Smith, and John T. Krearns. At the moment (and in the foreseeable future) the primary focus of my research is scholasticism of the Baroque era, especially in so far as the issues that were discussed at that time may be related to issues discussed in contemporary philosophy. In addition I have been occasionally involved in various other areas, such as epistemology, semantics, informatics, education, philosophical practice, philosophy with children (P4C), interpretations of Laozi, applied ethics, etc.
Contacts Email: danieldnovotnyATgmail.com Skype: danieldnovotny Blog (occasional in Czech): http://poznamkypodcarou2012.blogspot.cz/ Address: Daniel D. Novotný, PhD, Department of Theology and Religious Sciences, Faculty of Theology, University of South Bohemia, Kněžská 8, 370 01 České Budějovice, Czech Republic Mobile: +420 608 606 411
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Formal Education Ph.D. SUNY at Buffalo (2001–2006). The dissertation: “Beings of Reason: a Study in Scholasticism of the Baroque Era” was defended in December 2008. My committee included Jorge J. E. Gracia (chair), Barry Smith, and John T. Kearns. BPhil Charles University of Prague and International Academy for Philosophy, Liechtenstein (1995–2000); majors: Philosophy and Latin. Grammar School in Kolín (1989–1993), Elementary School Žiželice n. C. (1981–1989), Kindergarten Žiželice n. C. (I forgot the years)
Research Interests AOS: metaphysics/ontology, history of philosophy (esp. scholasticism). AOC: logic, science, religion, anthropology, applied ethics, Chinese philosophy.
Selected Publications Books (incl. edited) (2014) Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives in Metaphysics. New York, NY: Routledge. [Co-edited with Lukáš Novák]. (2013) Ens rationis from Suárez to Caramuel: A Study in Scholasticism of the Baroque Era. New York, NY: Fordham University Press. (2012) Metaphysics: Aristotelian, Scholastic, Analytic. Heusenstamm (Germany): Ontos Verlag. [Co-edited with Lukáš Novák, Prokop Sousedík and David Svoboda]. Book Chapters (2014) “The Historical Non-Significance of Suárez’s Theory of Beings of Reason: A Lesson From Hurtado”. In Suárez's Metaphysics in its Systematic and Historical Context, ed Lukáš Novák, 183-207. Berlin: De Gruyter. (2013) “Twenty Years after Suárez: Francisco de Araújo on the Nature, Existence, and Causes of Entia rationis”. In Hircocervi & Other Metaphysical Wonders: Essays in Honor of John P. Doyle, ed. Victor M. Salas, 241–268. Milwaukee: Marquette University Press.
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(2012) “Teorie obecnin Sebastiana Izquierdo (1601-1681)” In Problematika univerzálií v první a druhé scholastice, eds. Daniel Heider, David Svoboda, Lukáš Novák. České Budějovice: University of South Bohemia [in Czech]. (2012) “Scholastic Debates about Beings of Reason and Contemporary Analytical Metaphysics”. In Metaphysics: Aristotelian, Scholastic, Analytic, eds. Lukáš Novák, Daniel D. Novotný, Prokop Sousedík, David Svoboda, 27–47. Frankfurt: Ontos Verlag. (2012) “Fundamentals in Suárez’s Metaphysics: Transcendentals and Categories,” [with Jorge Gracia] in: Schwartz, Daniel ed. Interpreting Suárez: A Collection of Critical Essays. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press. (2009) “Rubio and Suárez: A Comparative Study on the Nature of Entia Rationis,” in Čemusová, Petra, ed. Proceedings of the International Conference “Bohemia Jesuitica, Praha: Karolinum. (2008) “Ens rationis in Caramuel” in Dvořák, Petr, and Jacob Schmutz, eds. Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz: The Last Scholastic Polymath, Praha: Filosofia 2008, pp. 71-84. (2006) “Hume’s Metaphysics: Aristotle vs. Gracia,” in: Delfino, Robert, ed. What are We to Understand Gracia to Mean? New York, NY: Rodopi. Articles in Philosophical Journals (incl. Review Articles) (2011) „Problémy s Tomášovou materiální teorií individuace“, Aithér (Praha) 3 (6): 143–167 [in Czech]. (2011) „Suarezova teorie pomyslných jsoucen a její recepce", Filozofia (Bratislava) 66 (1): 35– 48 [in Czech]. (2011) „Metafyzika mezi Aristotelem a Analytikou: Zpráva s otazníkem“, Aithér (Praha) 3 (5): 303–329 [in Czech]. (2009) “In Defense of Baroque Scholasticism,” Studia Neoaristotelica 2 (VI), Praha: 209–233. (2008) “Forty-Two Years after Suárez: Mastri and Belluto’s Development of the “Classical” Theory of Entia Rationis,” Quaestio: The Yearbook of the History of Metaphysics 8. (2007) “Searle on the Unity of the World,” Axiomathes. Journal of Ontology and Cognitive Science 1 (17): 41–51. (2007) “How to Save Naturalism from Plantinga?” Organon F, vol. XIV(2007), No. 1, Bratislava: 32–48. (2006) “Prolegomena to a Study of Beings of Reason in Post-Suarezian Scholasticism, 1600– 1650,” Studia Neoaristotelica 2 (3), Praha: 117–141. 3
(2005) “Proper Names in Reference: Beyond Searle and Kripke,” Organon F 3, XII, Bratislava: 241–259. (2005) Review of Martin Cajthaml’s Analyse und Kritik des Relativismus, 2003. In: Studia Neoaristotelica 2, II, Praha: 254-259 [in Czech]. (2003) Review of Jorge Gracia’s Individuality: An Essay on the Foundations of Metaphysics, 1988. In: Organon F 4, X, Bratislava: 466-473 [in Czech]. (2000) Review of Tereza Saxlová’s and Stanislav Sousedík’s Rodrigo de Arriaga: Philosoph und Theologe, 1998. In: Acta Comeniana 14, XXXVIII, Praha: 239-243 [in German]. Articles in Other Journals (2013) “SNAP/SPAN in Basic Formal Ontology: An Aristotelian Suggestion”. ProInflow 19.04.2013. http://pro.inflow.cz/snapspan-basic-formal-ontology-aristoteliansuggestion>. (2009) “Současná křesťanská filosofie v USA a Velké Británii: Dojmy a postřehy” [coauthored with Vlastimil Vohánka], Salve (Praha) 19 (2): 53–71 [in Czech]. (2007) “What is Terrorism?” in: Linden, Edward V., ed. Focus on Terrorism 8, ch. 2, pp. 23-32. (ISBN: 1-60021-315-4). (2005) “An Ontology for Carcinoma Classification for Clinical Bioinformatics”, [with Anand Kumar, Y. Lina Yip, Barry Smith, Dirk Marwede] Medical Informatics Europe (MIE 2005), Stud Health Technol Inform; 116:635-40. (2004) “Biomedical Informatics and Granularity,” [with Anand Kumar and Barry Smith] Comparative and Functional Genomics 5: 501-508. Reports and Other Publications (2011) “Co měl Laozi v úmyslu říci? Chanova hermeneutická výzva”. Fragmenta Ioannea Collecta Supplementa 2011/3: 47-64. (2010) “Byl Laozi taoistou? Kirklandova výzva”. Fragmenta Ioannea Collecta Supplementa 2010/3: 231–242 [in Czech]. (2010) “Projekt Příroda, krajina a lidé pospolu zahajuje” . [Co-authored with Rostislav Fellner, Barbora Machovcová, Robert Bargel, and Olga Mokrejšová]. Fragmenta Ioannea Collecta Supplementa 2010/3: 195–202 [in Czech]. (2010) “Příroda jako kulturní problém: Poznámka k RVP”. Fragmenta Ioannea Collecta Supplementa 2010/3: 13–20 [in Czech]. 4
(2009) „Člověk a jeho hodnoty: Prolegomenon k ekologické výchově“. Fragmenta Ioannea Collecta: 11–17 [in Czech]. (2009) Report of the Rabbi Maharal Conference, Prague. Studia Neoaristotelica 2 (VI), Praha: 302–307. (2009) Report of the conference Suárez’s Metaphysics in its Historical and Systematical Context, Prague. Filosofický časopis 3 (LVII): 469–474 [in Czech]. (2008) “Zpráva z Konference „Schizma filozofie 20. století. Překonávání metafyziky?“ Reflexe 35: 137-142 [in Czech]. (2006) Report of the Caramuel Conference, Prague. Studia Neoaristotelica 2 (3), Praha: 191195. Awards, Honors, Fellowships Post-doctoral Fellowship in "Analytical Scholasticism", University of South Bohemia, 20122015 (Rozvoj postdoktorandských pozic na JU, CZ.1.07/2.3.00/30.0049) Thomas M. Perry Price for Outstanding Dissertation, University of Buffalo, 2010. Fellowship of John Hus Foundation, Masaryk University Brno, 2008–2009. College of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Fellowship, SUNY at Buffalo, 2007–2008. Institute for Formal Ontology and Medical Information Science [IFOMIS] Research Fellowship, Universität Leipzig (2004, one semester), Universität Saarland (2004– 2005, two semesters). Dean's Scholarship, SUNY at Buffalo (2001–2006, eight semesters); Research and Teaching Assistantships, SUNY at Buffalo (2001–2006, eight semesters); Hourani Scholarship, SUNY at Buffalo (2001–2006, eight semesters); Fürst Franz Josef Stipendium, IAP Liechtenstein (1999–2000, three semesters); Research Grants The Grant Agency of the University of South Bohemia (GA JU) “Tradice, proměny tradice, setkání tradic“, 112/2013/H, main applicant: Jaroslav Vokoun. Czech Science Foundation (Grantová agentura ČR), “Spory o irrealitu v poststředověké filosofii”, P401/11/P020. The Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, January 2008 – December 2010 (Project no. IAA 908280801: “Metafyzika v současné analytické
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filosofii a její souvislosti s metafyzikou novodobého aristotelismu,” main applicant: Prokop Sousedík. Mark Diamond Research Fund, SUNY at Buffalo, 2006 – 2007 (Project: Baroque Libraries of the Czech Republic). Education Grants Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic, March 2010 – August 2011 (Project CZ.1.07/1.1.00/08.0028 OP Vzdělání pro konkurenceschopnost: "Příroda, krajina a lidé v rámci vzdělávání pro udržitelný rozvoj", main applicant: Dr. Rostislav Fellner Czech-German Fund of the Future, September 2011 – September 2012 (Project: 8 11 2096 “Češi, Němci a Židé - setkávání na Vintířově stezce”, main applicant: Mgr. Václav Diviš. Teaching and Other Professional Experience University of South Bohemia (in Czech): Úvod do filosofického myšlení (ZS 2006/07), Filosofie náboženství (LS 2006/07), Četba antické filosofie (ZS 2011/12), Platónovo pojetí dialektiky (LS 2011/12), Platón a platonismus (LS 2011/12), Aristotelés (LS 2011/12), Antická filosofie jako životní cesta (ZS 2012/13), Antická filosofie (ZS 2012/13), Filosofie a společnost (ZS 2012/13), Filosofie a věda (ZS 2012/13), Aristotelés (LS 2012/13), Aristotelský filosofický systém (LS 2012/13), Jsoucno a nejsoucno v antické filosofii (ZS 2013/14), Seminář z antické filosofie (ZS 2013/14), Filosofie a společnost (ZS 2013/14), Filosofie a věda (ZS 2013/14), Zrod dialektiky v antické filosofii (LS 2013/14) University of Buffalo: PHI 101 Introduction to Philosophy (Fall 2002), PHI 107 Ethics (Spring 2004), PHI 108 Knowledge and Reality (Spring 2003), PHI 115 Critical Thinking (Fall 2003), PHI 215 Introduction to Deductive Logic (Fall 2005), PHI 337 Social and Medical Values in Medicine (Spring 2006). Trappist Monastery Nový Dvůr (accredited by Athaeneum in Rome) (in Czech): Readings in Aquinas (Summer/Fall 2007 and Spring 2008). Oslo and Akershus University College: History of Philosophy (as a part of the summerschool “Philosophy in Pre-school” organized by Beate Børresen and Bo Malmhester) (July 2012) 6
St. John’s College in Sv. Jan p. Skalou (Beroun): various introductory classes in philosophy and ethics with the focus on P4C (from 2007 to 2011) Besides working as a university teacher I was employed as a part-time guide in the museum Mountain Synagogue Hartmanice (from 2007 to 2012), which involved among other things organizing various cultural and educational activities. I wrote several referee reports for ACPQ, Filosofický časopis (Praha), Studia Neoaristotelica (before becoming the editor, of course), and Studia Theologica (Olomouc). I know fairly well Czech, English, German and Latin and I have some rudimentary knowledge of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Spanish, French, Russian, and Chinese.
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