Daniel Silvermintz
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| 🎓 Alma mater | University of Dallas (Ph.D.), St. John's College- Annapolis (M.A.), University of Massachusetts-Amherst, (M.A.), Vassar College (B.A.) |
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| Notable work | Protagoras: Ancients in Action: London: Bloomsbury Academic (2016) |
| 🏅 Awards | Association for General and Liberal Studies Jerry G. Gaff Faculty Award (2009), UHCL President's Distinguished Teaching Award (2017), UHCL University Faculty Fellow (2018) |
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Daniel Silvermintz (born 1968) is an American philosopher and academic. He is currently Associate Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at the University of Houston-Clear Lake. His work focuses on ancient Greek political and ethical thought.
Education and career
Silvermintz grew up in Lynbrook, New York. He earned a BA in Sociology from Vassar College, a MA in Sociology from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, a MA in Liberal Arts from St. John's College Annapolis, and a MA and Ph.D. in Political Thought and Philosophy from the University of Dallas. Since 2004, Silvermintz has taught at the University of Houston-Clear Lake.[1] Silvermintz has held research positions as a Visiting Scholar at the University of California-Irvine and the Institute of Classical Studies[2] Silvermintz’s work focuses on ancient Greek ethics with particular focus on Socrates’ engagement with the sophists. His study of Protagoras is one of the few book-length works on the founder of the sophistic movement.[3] Silvermintz argues that Protagoras’ relationship with the Athenian general Pericles may have been crucial in influencing the aristocratic statesman’s political turnabout in support of democratic causes.[4] Terry Walsh notes in his review of Silvermintz’s book for Classics for All, “Pericles' political volte-face, as he has it, in 462 BC can be laid at Protagoras' door ... an attractive thesis, supported by a fair and reasoned description of the development of democracy"[5]
Honors
In 2009, Silvermintz received the Jerry G. Gaff Faculty Award from the Association of General and Liberal Studies.[6] In 2017, he received the UHCL President’s Distinguished Teaching award and was recognized as the 2017-2018 UHCL Outstanding Professor.[7]
Selected bibliography
- Protagoras: Ancients in Action. (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016).
- “Socrates’ Critique of 21st Century Neuroscience.” Scientific American (July 2019).
- “Cheaters Win When They Make the Rules: Sophistic Ethics in Protagoras’ Prometheus Myth.” Electra 4 (2018): 153-174.
- “Plato and Food.” In Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics, edited by Paul B. Thompson and David M. Kaplan. Dordrecht: Springer Reference, first published 2014, second edition 2019. 1496–1502.
- “Plato’s Supposed Defense of the Division of Labor: A Re-examination of Job Specialization in Plato’s Republic.” History of Political Economy 42.4 (2010): 747–772
- “Unravelling the Shroud for Laertes and Weaving the Fabric of the City: Kingship and Politics in Homer’s Odyssey.” Polis: The Journal of the Society for Greek Political Thought 21 (2004): 26–42.
References
- ↑ Professor Silvermintz's UHCL Faculty Profile
- ↑ Visiting Scholars at the Institute of Classical Studies
- ↑ UHCL Professor Pens Book on Protagoras
- ↑ See Chapter 2 "Protagoras and Pericles" in Protagoras: Ancients in Action
- ↑ Protagoras (Ancients in Action)
- ↑ Association for General and Liberal Studies Jerry G. Gaff Faculty Award
- ↑ Distinguished alumni, outstanding professor lauded at UHCL celebration
External Links
- Jerry. G. Gaff Faculty Award, Association for General and Liberal Studies
- Daniel Silvermintz’s page on PhilPeople
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