David Levy

Professor & Chair Of Philosophy

Welles 107B

585-245-5217

levy@geneseo.edu

David Levy has been a full-time member of the Geneseo faculty since 2005 (though he started teaching on a part-time basis in 1997). He is a former co-Director of the Edgar Fellows (Honors) Program. He received the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service in 2020, the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2015, and the President’s Award for Excellence in Academic Advisement in 2010.

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Office Hours

Monday & Wednesday 10:00-11:00 Tuesday & Thursday 9:00-10:00

Curriculum Vitae

Education

B.A., State University of New York at Geneseo (1994)

M.A., Ph.D., University of Rochester (2005)

Affiliations

American Philosophical Association

Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy

International Plato Society

International Society for Socratic Studies

Public Philosophy Network

PLATO: Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization

Society for Business Ethics

Phi Beta Kappa

Publications

“Diagnosis, Incurability, and Techne in Plato’s Gorgias,” in Jahrbuch Literatur und Medizin XIV: Words of Illness, Words of Healing in Graeco-Roman Antiquity, eds. Vincenzo Damiani and Florian Steger, Universitätsverlag WINTER, Heidelberg (2023), 89-109.

“Socrates vs. Callicles: Examination and Ridicule in Plato’s Gorgias,” Plato 13 (2013), 27-36.

“Techne and the Problem of Socratic Philosophy in the Gorgias,” Apeiron 38, 4 (December 2005), 185-227.

“Accounting Ethics Education: Where Do We Go From Here?” (co-authored with Mark Mitschow), Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics in Accounting 13 (2008), 134-154.

“‘I Paid for This Microphone!’ The Importance of Shareholder Theory in (Teaching) Business Ethics” (co-authored with Mark Mitschow), Libertarian Papers 1, 25 (2009).

Interests

Ancient Greek Philosophy
Business Ethics
Contemporary Analytic Epistemology

Research Interests

Dr. Levy’s primary research interest is in Ancient Greek Philosophy, with a particular focus on Plato’s understanding of proper philosophical method and its relation to moral development.

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