Dr. Jack Simmons

Associate Professor of Philosophy and
Advisor to the Philosophy Program
Gamble Hall 206
912.344.2653
Jack.Simmons@armstrong.edu




Education
Ph.D., Tulane University 

M.A., Louisiana State University         
B.A., Louisiana State University
 
Teaching Interests 
Postmodernism, Philosophy of Film, 20^th Century Philosophy, Medieval Philosophy 
           
Recent Publications
“The Afterbirth of the Clinic: A Foucauldian Perspective on ‘House M.D.’and American Medicine in the 21^st Century,” Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 51:2, (Spring, 2008).  Co-authored with Leigh Rich, David Adams, Michael Mink, and Scott Thorpe.
           
“Why Greeks Tolerate Violent Student Protest,” International Journal of Decision Ethics:  on Global Conflicts, Higher Education, Business and Economics, Oxford University, Global Scholarly Publications, Volume III:I (Fall, 2006).
                         
“What is a Liberal Education?”  Immortal Longings 8 (2003).
                                   
“Educational Technology and Academic Freedom,” Techné: Journal of the Society for Philosophy and Technology, 5:3 (Spring 2001), http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/SPT/
                                   
“The Future of Academic Freedom: Educational Technology and Academic Freedom,” Distance Education Online Symposium News, 10:3, (2000). http://www.ed.psu.edu/acsde/deos/deosnews/deosnews10_3.asp         
                       
“Distance Learning: Education or Economics,” The International Journal of Value-Based Management, 14, 2001.  Rpt.  New Wine in Old Bottles: Business Education and Training, a Value-Laden Process, 7 (2000).
 
“Truth and Method (Gadamer, Hans-Georg),” World Philosophy, Rev. Ed., Salem Press, 2000.