Steven Goldman, Ph.D. / stevenbrutus@gmail.com / stevenbrutus.blogspot.com
Something about me: I am from Chicago where I attended public schools. I am an honors graduate of St. John's College (the "Great Books" program) and a graduate and CGU Fellow of The Claremont Graduate University (Philosophy, 1981). I also did graduate work at Paris-Sorbonne and at The Ruprecht-Karls Universität in Heidelberg.
I have been teaching since 1981, mainly in Philosophy, but also Comparative Religion, History, Mathematics, Greek, Latin, and various seminar courses. Colleges and universities where I have taught or lectured include Claremont Graduate School, The University of California/Irvine, the Venice Community Adult School, the Business Ethics Forum/Los Angeles, West Coast University, Woodbury University, Bassist College, The Art Institute of Portland, UCLA, Cal State Northridge, Cal State Los Angeles, Pomona College, Pacific Northwest College of Art, The University of Montana, George Fox University and, since 2013, Portland State University.
I am an associate faculty member at the Existential Psychoanalytic Institute (EPIS worldwide).
In addition to teaching, I have also worked as a construction worker, editor, academic counselor, academic department chair, dean, ombudsman, corporate vice-president and accreditation liaison officer; I have been a precinct worker and precinct chair for several political campaigns; I helped found an art college and served as its president for 15 years.
Some of my writings:
Important Nonsense: Essays in Philosophy
Lines of Thinking in Aesthetics
Religion, Culture, History: A Philosophical Study of Religion
Orientation in World Philosophy: A Companion for the Examined Life
"Aspasia of Miletus" (2014)
"Criticism and Healing" (2015)
"Mindware Upgrade" (2017)
"Morals and Machines" (2019)
"Toolkit Ethics" (2019)
"The Dangerous Perhaps" (2020)
"The Storyteller's Art" (2021)
Some presentations:
The Public Role of an Art and Design College, Pacific Northwest College of Art, February 2012
The Homeric DSM; Ancient and Modern Ideas of Mental Health and Illness, U. of Montana, August 2013
Important Nonsense: Ramsey and Wittgenstein on Philosophical Criticism, PSU, October 2013
The Future of Humanism, Humanists of Greater Portland, January 2014
Foucault on Ancient History, Existential Psychoanalytic Institute of Seattle, March 2014
Atheism and Transcendence, Dawkins Foundation / FFRF / Portland, April 2014
Environmental Ethics, Oregon Academy of Sciences / University of Portland, February 2015
Theism and Atheism, George Fox University, March 2015
The History of Atheism, Portland State University, October 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Creating a Philosophy for the Future, University of Macao, Macao, China November 2017
Session Chair, West Coast Plato Workshop, Lewis & Clark College, May 2018, September 2020
Foucault's Psychology and Mental Illness, Existential Psychoanalytic Institute, September 2021
Some media:
A YouTube video of a lecture of mine is at www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5PXiWnXom4
A Blogpost radio interview: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/epis-radio/2013/01/26/historical-roots-of-eros-and-ancient-greece