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Department of History and Philosophy
Lander University
Greenwood, SC 29646
Email: larchie@philosophy.lander.edu
Telephone: +1.864.396.8272
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Work Experience

2012-present History & Philosophy
Lander University
Greenwood, SC

Professor Emeritus
Courses Taught:
Introduction to Philosophy; Logic Publications: Books, papers, book reviews

1978-2012
History and Philosophy:
Humanities Division
Lander University
Greenwood, SC

Professor of Philosophy
Courses Taught: Introduction to Philosophy, Logic, Scientific Reasoning, Ethics, Existentialism, Oriental Philosophy, DIS: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Language; Seminar
Publications: Books, papers, reviews
Positions: 1987-Present: Book Reviewer: Choice: Scholarly Reviews
1977-1990: Book Reviewer: American Scientist 1974-1988: Council of Advisors: Institute for Advanced Philosophic Research

1970-1978
Department of Philosophy
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR


Instructor 1977-1978
Teaching Assistantship 1970-1977
Courses Taught: Reflective Thinking, Logic, Introduction to Philosophy, Modern Philosophy, Western Civilization, and Contemporary Moral Issues
Organized Public Lectures: Univ. of Ark. Series of Papers in Philosophy
President of Graduate Hall
Publications: papers and book reviews

1967-1969
Chemical Specialist, U.S. Army
Department of Nuclear Medicine
Walter Reed Institute of Research
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Washington D.C.

Designed, performed, and published experiments in neutron activation analysis, atomic absorption spectrophotometry, and analytical methods
Atomic Support Agency’s Nuclear Emergency Team Courses For the Disarmament of Nuclear Weapons, Sandia Base, NM
Institute of Research: Health Physics (Radiation Safety and Protection) Courses
U.S. Army National Nuclear Emergency Search Team 1968-1969

1965-1966
Milchem Corporation
3920 Essex Lane
Houston, TX
Laboratory chemist: electrophoresis, column chromatography, and standard analytical methods

Education

Ph.D. (Philosophy)
1977
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR
Dissertation: Hume, Kant, and the Contemporary Analyses of Causation.
The classical theories of causality are used to explicate the contemporary causal analyses in the physical sciences.

M.A. (Philosophy)
1973
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas

Thesis: The Philosophical Argument in Berkeley’s Essay.
The reasons for the still influential analysis of vision are analyzed.

Post-Baccalaureate Course Work
University of Houston, Houston, TX
American University, Washington, DC
University of Maryland, College Park, MD

B.A. (Chemistry)
1967
Austin College
Sherman, TX

President Chemistry Club, Student Assistant to Dean of Men, Residence Advisor, Student Counselor, Student Senate, Newspaper Column

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