Iakovos Vasiliou

1987-93, University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D. in Philosophy, August 1993.

1983-7, Cornell University; B.A. in Philosophy and Classics, 1987;
Magna Cum Laude; With Distinction in All Subjects.

PRIMARY PUBLICATIONS

Books:

- Aiming at Virtue in Plato, forthcoming from Cambridge University Press.

Articles:

"Virtue and Argument in Aristotle's Ethics" forthcoming in S. Tenenbaum
(ed.), New Trends in Philosophy: Moral Psychology (Rodopi).

- "Reality, What Matters, and The Matrix" in C. Grau (ed.), Philosophers
Explore the Matrix (Oxford University Press, 2005), 98-114.


- "Disputing Socratic Principles: Character and Argument in the
'Polus Episode' of the Gorgias" in Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie 84.3 (2002), 245-272.

- "Socrates' Reverse Irony", The Classical Quarterly 52.1 (2002), 220-30.

- "Wittgenstein, Religious Belief, and On Certainty" in R. Arrington and
M. Addis (eds.), Wittgenstein and Philosophy of Religion (Routledge,
2001), 29-50.

- "Conditional Irony in the Socratic Dialogues", The Classical Quarterly
49.2 (Dec, 1999),
456-472.

- "Socratic Principles, Socratic Knowledge", Philosophical Inquiry 21
(1999), 43-60.

- "Perception, Knowledge, and the Sceptic in Aristotle", Oxford Studies
in Ancient Philosophy 14 (1996), 83-131.

- "The Role of Good Upbringing in Aristotle's Ethics", Philosophy and
Phenomenological Research 56 (1996), 771-797.

Comments:

- "Commentary on Marcelo Boeri's 'Socrates, Aristotle, and the
Stoics on the Apparent And Real Good'" forthcoming in Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy.

Reviews:

- Review of Gabriel Richardson Lear's Happy Lives and the Highest Good forthcoming in Journal of Philosophy.

- Review of Anthony Long's Epictetus: A Stoic and Socratic Guide to
Life forthcoming in The Philosophical Review.

- Review of Gareth Matthews' Socratic Perplexity and the Nature of
Philosophy in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 00.08.12, 9 Aug 2000.

- Review of Stephen Everson's Aristotle on Perception in
The Philosophical Review 108 (1999), 282-285.

- Review of Julia Annas' The Morality of Happiness in Archiv für
Geschichte der Philosophie 79 (1997), 97-100.

- Review of Sarah Broadie's Ethics With Aristotle in The European Legacy
I.7 (1996), 2125-2127.

WORK IN PROGRESS

- "Habituation and the Tripartite Soul in Plato"
- "Motivations, Acting from the Motive of Duty, and the Supremacy of Virtue"
- "Euthyphro's Fanatical Reasoning" (with Jonathan Adler)
- "Dualism in Plato's Phaedo"
- "Erotic Frustration in Plato's Symposium"

RECENT PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Apr 2005 "Comments on Jonathan Lear's 'Socratic Method and Psychoanalysis'", Plato
And the Divided Self, University of Toronto.

Oct 2004 "Socratic Deliberation", Historical Studies Seminar Series, University of Toronto at Mississauga.

May 2004 "Aiming at Virtue in the Apology and Crito", Classics
Colloquium Series, The Graduate Center, City University of New York.

Apr 2004 "Aiming at Virtue in the Republic", Philosophy Colloquium
Series, Franklin and Marshall College.

Mar 2004 "Aiming at Virtue", Philosophy Colloquium Series, The
Graduate Center, City University of New York.

Sep 2003 Commentator on Marcelo Boeri's "Socrates, Aristotle, and the
Stoics on the Apparent And Real Good" at the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, Boston College.

Nov 2002 Speaker on Plato's Symposium for the Literature Humanities
Faculty Meeting, Columbia University, New York.

Oct 2002 "Socrates' Decisions in the Here and Now"; State University
of New York, Albany.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

- Secretary, New York Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy (2003-)
- Book Review Editor, Philosophical Inquiry (2003-)
- Director of Graduate Studies (2000-2001), Georgia State University.
- Article Referee for: American Journal of Philology, American
Philosophical Quarterly, Ancient Philosophy,Classical World, Journal of the History of Philosophy, and Phoenix.

FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS

2002-3 PSC-CUNY Research Award
2002-3 Wolfe Institute Faculty Fellowship in the Humanities, Brooklyn
College
1998 Research Initiation Grant, Georgia State University
1993 Cornell University Society of the Humanities Mellon Postdoctoral
Fellowship