Dr. Frank Grabowski

Dr. Frank Grabowski is a Professor in the Department of English and Humanities at Rogers State University.

Education

Ph.D.
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Dissertation: Why Plato Is Not a Platonist
M.A.
Thesis: Ionian Natural Philosophy: Science or Proto-Science?

B.A., Philosophy
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Teaching Experience

2018-Present, Professor
2012-2018, Associate Professor 
2006-2012, Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Rogers State University, Claremore, OK
Courses taught: Logic*, Introduction to Philosophy*, and Values and Ethics*

2005-2006, Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy 
Albion College, Albion, MI
Courses taught: Ancient Philosophy, Contemporary Analytic Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, and Introduction to Philosophy*

1997-2004, Graduate Teaching Assistant 
2004-2005, Adjunct Faculty
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Courses taught: Philosophy of Religion, Introduction to Ethics, Introduction to Philosophical Systems*, Introduction to Philosophical Problems*, and Critical Thinking*

2001-2005, Adjunct Faculty 
Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI
Courses taught: Religion and Science, Foundations of the American Experience*, Development of the American Experience*, and Aesthetics

200-2005, Adjunct Faculty 
Schoolcraft College, Livonia, MI

2005, Adjunct Faculty 
Oakland University, Pontiac, MI

* denotes multiple sections

Area of Specialization

• Ancient Philosophy (esp. Plato and the Presocratics)

Areas of Competence

• History of Philosophy (esp. Medieval and Contemporary Analytic)
• Philosophy of Religion
• Metaphysics
• Ethics
• Symbolic Logic
• Critical Thinking

Scholarship

Book:

• Plato, Metaphysics and the Forms (New York: Continuum Books, 2008)

Journal Articles:

• “Issues Surrounding Logos in Heraclitus, Frag. B56,” Michigan Academician 32:4 (2000): 267–87

Refereed and Invited Papers:

• “What Anselm Should Have Said to Gaunilo,” Tulsa Philosophical Society (5 March 2008)
• “Russell’s Odd Appeal to Instinct and Its Promising Implications for Theism,” Dallas Socratic Society (9 April 2007)
• “Anslem’s Ontological Argument and Platonic Realism,” American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Group Meeting (25 March 2004)

Popular Lectures:

• “Richard Dawkins’s The God Delusion: A Critical Review,” Stratton Taylor Library, Rogers State University (14 March 2008)
• “The Problem of Evil and Theodicy in the Early Church,” St. Cecilia Catholic Church, Claremore, OK (13, 20 and 27 February 2008)

Book Reviews:

• Review of Eli Maor’s The Pythagorean Theorem: A 4,000-Year History, European Legacy 13:6 (2008)
• Review of Konrad Kinzl’s A Companion to the Classical Greek World, European Legacy 13:1 (2008)
• Review of John Rist’s Real Ethics, Philosophia Christi 6:2 (2004)

Honors & Awards

• Faculty Senate’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship, School of Liberal Arts, 2008

University Service

• Curriculum Committee, Department of English and Humanities, 2007/08
• Capstone Committee, Department of English and Humanities, 2007/08
• Ad Hoc Committee to Reform the Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts, Department of English and Humanities, 2007/08
• Hiring Committee, Department of English and Humanities, Spring 2008
• Faculty Senate, elected Senator from Department of English and Humanities, 2007/08
• Christian Apologetics Club, Advisor, since Fall 2006
• Philosophy Club, Advisor, since Spring 2007

Professional Organizations

• American Philosophical Association, member since Fall 1999
• Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, member since Fall 2006

Foreign Languages

• Ancient Greek and Latin (reading)