John Casey
John
P.
Casey
Ph.D.
Professor, Coordinator, Advisor
Philosophy
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5922
Expertise
History of Philosophy, Logic and Critical Thinking
Courses Taught
PHIL 101-Argument and Reasoning
PHIL 102-Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 201-Logic I
PHIL 300-History of Ancient Philosophy
PHIL 301-History of Medieval Philosophy
Phil 302-History of Modern Philosophy
PHIL 303-Logic II
PHIL 371-Theory of Knowledge
PHIL 384-Philosophy of Religion
PHIL 385-Philosophy of Mind
PHIL 396-Seminar in the History of Philosophy
PHIL 341-Metaphysics
Research Interests
Argumentation, History of Medieval Philosophy
Education

Ph.D., Philosophy, Loyola University Chicago (2002)

Selected Publications

Books

Straw Man Arguments: A Study in Fallacy Theory. (with Scott Aikin) 2022. Bloomsbury.

Read a review of Straw Man Arguments in the Times Literary Supplement.

REcent Articles and essays

“Knock Knock: Meta-Argumentative Humor, Who?” with Scott Aikin, Inquiry: Critical Thinking across the Disciplines. (forthcoming)

“What I fear about living most is wasting my time” Southwest Journal of Philosophy. 38 (2) July 2022. https://doi.org/10.5840/swphilreview202238229

“How to have better arguments” (with Scott Aikin). Psyche. 2022.

“Beliefs, commitments, and ad baculum arguments.” Languages 7: 107. https://doi.org/10.3390/languages7020107

“Argumentation and the Problem of Agreement” (with Scott Aikin). Synthese. 200 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-022-03680-4

“Bothsiderism” (with Scott Aikin). Argumentation. 36; 249–268 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10503-021-09563-1.

“Heroic Arguers and Glorious Arguments.” (with Dan Cohen) Proceedings of the European Conference on Argumentation. 2020.

"No place for compromise: Resisting the shift to negotiation." (with David Godden). Argumentation. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10503-020-09517-z

“Adversariality and Argumentation.” Informal Logic. 40 (1) 77-108. 2020 https://doi.org/10.22329/il.v40i1.5969.

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Northeastern Illinois University
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Chicago, IL 60625
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(773) 442-5922
Office Hours
Office Hours Fall 2022
Monday: 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Tuesday and Thursday: 10-10:50 a.m. and 1:30-2:10 p.m.
Other times by appointment.
Main Campus