Thomas M. Tuozzo

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  • Professor

Contact Info

Wescoe Hall, Room 3080
1445 Jayhawk Blvd.
Lawrence, KS 66045

Biography —

Major Interests

 

Ancient moral psychology

Plato

Aristotle

Pre-Socratics

Ancient theories of causation

Moral psychology

 

Representative Publications

 

Plato's Charmides. Positive Elenchus in a "Socratic" Dialogue. Cambridge University Press: New York and Cambridge, 2011.

"Aristotle and the Discovery of the Efficient Cause," in T. Schmalz, ed., Efficient Causation. Oxford Philosophical Concepts. Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2014. Pp. 23-47.

"Aristotle's Theory of the Good and Its Causal Basis," Phronesis 40 (1995) 293-314.

Research —

Research interests:

  • PlatoAristotlePre-SocraticsAncient moral psychologyAncient theories of causation

Teaching —

Teaching interests:

  • ancient philosophy
  • Plato
  • Aristotle
  • Pre-Socratics
  • Hellenistic philosophy
  • History of Ethics