VITA
Bruce Worthing Hauptli
Department of Philosophy
Florida International University
Modesto Maidique Campus
Miami, Florida 33199
Department: 305-348-2185
Cell:
305-301-1355
E-Mail:
hauptli@.fiu.edu
Web Page: http://faculty.fiu.edu/~hauptli/
EDUCATION:
B.A. Lawrence University; Appleton, Wisconsin; 1970
M.A. Washington University; St. Louis, Missouri; 1973
Ph.D. Washington University; St. Louis, Missouri; 1974
AWARDS:
N.D.E.A. Fellowship at Washington University, 1970-1973
Sabbatical Leave Awards: Fall & Spring 2010-2011, Spring 1984
Summer Research Grant, 1989
University Service Award, 1989
Gregory Wolfe Award from Student Government Association, 1995—for contributions to
development and promotion of student welfare at Florida International University.
Outstanding Honors Fellow Award, 2004
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2015-Present: Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Florida International University.
2010-2015: Professor of Philosophy, Florida International University (appointed as
Assistant Professor in 1976, promoted to Associate Professor and awarded tenure in
1982, promoted to Professor in 1994).
2008-2010: Faculty Fellow in Academic Affairs.
2000-2005 Fellow in the Honors College (part of a team teaching the two-semester
Sophomore Honors course as well as courses for the Philosophy Department).
1995-1998 Chairperson of the Department of Philosophy.
1990-1995: Chairperson of the Department of Philosophy and Religion.—in the fall of
1995, separate departments of Philosophy and of Religious Studies were instituted.
1975-1976 Assistant Professor of Philosophy (Visiting) Drake University, Des Moines,
Iowa.
1974-1975 High School Mathematics Teacher, Ellisville, Missouri.
PUBLICATIONS:
Book:
The Reasonableness of Reason: Explaining Rationality Naturalistically (Chicago:
Open Court, 1995).
Articles:
“A Dilemma for W.W. Bartley’s Pancritical Rationalism,” Philosophy of the Social
Sciences, v. 21 (1991), pp. 86-89.
“Kekes on Problem-Solving and Rationality,” Philosophy of the Social Sciences, v. 14
(1984), pp. 191-194.
“Frankfurt on Descartes: Consistency or Validation of Reason?” International Studies
in Philosophy, v. 15 (1983), pp. 59-70.
“Quine’s Theorizing About Theories,” Synthese, v. 57 (1983), pp. 21-33.
“Doubting ‘Descartes’s Self-Doubt’,” Philosophy Research Archives, v. 6 (1980), pp.
1-23.
“Quinean Relativism: Beyond Metaphysical Realism and Idealism,” The Southern
Journal of Philosophy, v. 18 (1980), pp. 393-410.
“Inscrutability and Correspondence,” The Southern Journal of Philosophy, v. 17
(1979), pp. 199-212.
Critical Notes and Review Essays:
“Rescher’s Unsuccessful Evolutionary Argument” a review of Nicholas Rescher's A
Useful Inheritance, in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, v. 45 (1994),
pp. 295-301.
“Unfathomed Knowledge, Unmeasured Growth?” a review of W.W. Bartley's
Unfathomed Knowledge, Unmeasured Wealth: On Universities and the Wealth of
Nations, in Philosophy of the Social Sciences, v. 23 (1993), pp. 97-102.
PAPERS READ:
“Quine’s Theorizing About Theories” read at the Florida Philosophical Association
Meeting; November 7, 1981.
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“Rationality, Coherence, and Problem-Solving” read at the Florida Philosophical
Association Meeting; October 30, 1980.
“Frankfurt on Descartes: Consistency or Validation of Reason?” read at the Florida
Philosophical Association Meeting; November 5, 1979.
“Ascriptions, Prosentences, and Truth” read at the Florida Philosophical Association
Meeting; October 27, 1978.
“Doubting ‘Descartes’s Self-Doubt’” read at the University of Miami Philosophy
Colloquium; Miami, Florida; November 17, 1978.
UNIVERSITY SERVICE AT FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY:
2014-2015: Departmental Committees: MALS Oversight Committee, UCC Outcomes
Committee, Departmental representative for the “Ignite” Capital Campaign.
2013-2014: Departmental Committees: MALS Admissions, Third Year Review, UCC
Review for PHH 2063 and PHI 2600, Departmental representative for the “Ignite”
Capital Campaign.
2012-2013 Departmental Committees: Personnel Committee; Instructor Promotion
Committee, Chair of Promotion and Tenure Committee, Departmental representative for
the “Ignite” Capital Campaign.
2011-2012 Departmental Committees: Personnel Committee, Third-Year Review
Committee, Departmental representative for the “Ignite” Capital Campaign.
2010-2011 Departmental Committees: Philosophy Search Committee, MALS
Admissions Committee.
2008-2010 Faculty Fellow in Academic Affairs—a significant specific assignment was
overseeing the faculty credentialing process for our SACS Reaffirmation of Accreditation
(here I helped develop policies and procedures to regularize credentialing as an on-going
activity in the units and Academic Affairs). I also reviewed and suggested revisions to
many policies in Academic Affairs, and advised the Provost and members of the
Academic Affairs team on numerous matters involving the impact of policies and
decisions on the faculty and students. In addition significant effort was devoted to
“textbook affordability” (spearheading the development of FIU's policy mandated by
legislation and BOT regulation, and coordinating efforts to fulfill our responsibilities in
this area); troubleshooting an number of problems and issues related to registration; and
staffing and facilitating the Strategic Planning Committee for the Arts.
2004-2008 Chairperson of the Faculty Senate, Member of the FIU Board of Trustees,
member of the Board of Directors of the FIU Alumni Association, Member of the
Advisory Council of Faculty Senates for the State University System—advisory group of
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representatives from the nine Faculty Senates in Florida's State University System, CoChairperson of University United-Way Campaign.
2005-2006 M.A. Thesis Committee for Master of Liberal Arts Student [Adria Carey].
2003-2004 Faculty Senator, Chairperson of the Faculty Senate’s University Core
Curriculum Oversight Committee; Philosophy Department: Outcomes Assessment
Committee and Personnel Committee; Honors College: Admissions, Recruitment, and
Curriculum Revision Committees; reviewer for American Philosophical Quarterly,
Florida Philosophical Review, and for Longman and Thompson textbook publishers.
2002-2003 Faculty Senator; Chairperson of Ad Hoc Faculty Senate Committee on
Revision of Core, General Education, and Exit Requirements; member of the Editorial
Board to the Journal of the Academy for the Art of Teaching; Undergraduate Education
Cross-Functional Planning Team, Philosophy Department: Outcomes Assessment
Committee; Honors College: Curriculum Revision Committee. Reviewer for Longeman
publishers.
2001-2002 Arts and Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee; Faculty Senator;
Chairperson of Ad Hoc Faculty Senate Committee on Revision of Core, General
Education, and Exit Requirements; member of the Editorial Board to the Journal of the
Academy for the Art of Teaching; Philosophy Department: Outcomes Assessment
Committee; School of Architecture: TIP Award Committee.
2000-2001 Arts and Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee; Faculty Senator;
Honorary Degrees and Awards Committee; Chairperson of Ad Hoc Faculty Senate
Committee on Revision of Core, General Education, and Exit Requirements; member of
the Advisory Board to the Academy for the Art of Teaching, and of the Editorial Board
for its Journal; Academic Affairs; Retention Steering Committee; Philosophy
Department: Personnel Committee; Honors College: Evaluation Task Force.
1999-2000 Faculty Senator; Honorary Degrees and Awards Committee; member of the
Advisory Board to the Academy for the Art of Teaching, and of the Editorial Board for
its Journal; Philosophy Department: Personnel Committee, and Outcomes Assessment
Committee.
1998-1999 Faculty Senator; member of the Advisory Board to the Academy for the Art
of Teaching, and of the Editorial Board for its Journal.
1997-1998 Departmental Chairperson; Faculty Senator; member of Ad Hoc Faculty
Senate Committee for Development of Collegial Governance Model Document for Units;
member of the Advisory Board to the Academy for the Art of Teaching; Faculty
Development Task Force.
1996-1997 Departmental Chairperson; Faculty Senator; member of the Advisory Board
to the Academy for the Art of Teaching; member of the Vice President for Student
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Affairs' “Emerging Student Leadership” Task Force, M.A. Thesis Committee for
International Relations Student [Harry Gould].
1995-1996 Departmental Chairperson; Faculty Senator; member of the Advisory Board
to the Academy for the Art of Teaching; University Coordinator for 10 Year Program
Review in Philosophy and Religion; co-chair of the State-Wide Committee for Revision
of Philosophy and Religious Studies Degree Prerequisites and for Course Leveling in
Philosophy and Religious Studies; Dean's Committee on Faculty Assignments.
1994-1995 Departmental Chairperson; member of the Advisory Board to the Academy
for the Art of Teaching; University Sabbatical Leave Committee; Faculty Senator; Dean's
Committee on Faculty Assignments and Evaluation; B.A./M.B.A. Committee; member of
Ad Hoc Faculty Senate Committee to Rewrite Procedures on Investigation of Research
Misconduct.
1993-1994 Departmental Chairperson; Faculty Senator (Parliamentarian and Steering
Committee); Faculty Advisor to Phi Sigma Tau (the national honorary society in
philosophy); member of the Advisory Board to the Academy for the Art of Teaching;
University Sabbatical Leave Committee.
1992-1993 Departmental Chairperson; Faculty Senator (Parliamentarian and Steering
Committee); Arts and Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee; Arts and Sciences
Procedural Committee; Co-Chairperson of Dean's North Miami Campus Committee;
appointed to Faculty Senate's Undergraduate Council to assist with revision of lower
division core requirements; Faculty Advisor to Phi Sigma Tau (the national honorary
society in philosophy).
1991-1992 Departmental Chairperson; Faculty Senator; Arts and Sciences Tenure and
Promotion Committee; Presidential Hearing Officer (Student Academic Misconduct
Appeals); Faculty Advisor to Phi Sigma Tau (the national honorary society in
philosophy).
1990-1991 Departmental Chairperson; Faculty Senator; Faculty Advisor to students who
established a chapter of Phi Sigma Tau (the national honorary society in philosophy).
1989-1990 Faculty Senator; Arts and Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee;
Freshman Advisor; Co-Chairperson of FIU Reaccreditation Focus Group on
Undergraduate Education; FIU Re-accreditation Policy and Planning Committee.
1988-1989 Faculty Senator; Chairperson of Provost's Committee on Revision of
Tenure/Promotion Policies, Procedures, and Criteria; Secretary of University Park
Faculty Club; Co-Chairperson of FIU Re-accreditation Focus Group on Undergraduate
Education; Chairperson of Florida Faculty Forum.
1987-1988 Chairperson of the Faculty Senate; Publisher's reviewer for logic text (Holt,
Rinehart and Winston); SACS Review Team (10 year re-accreditation review of Miami
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Southridge Senior High School); Chair for Modern Philosophy Sessions of the Florida
Philosophical Association, and of the Southern Society of Philosophy and Psychology;
Secretary of University Park Faculty Club (member of committee which established
club); representative to Florida Faculty Forum—advisory group of representatives from
the nine Faculty Senates in Florida's State University System.
1986-1987 Chairperson of the Faculty Senate; University Sick Leave Pool Committee,
representative to Florida Faculty Forum—advisory group of representatives from the nine
Faculty Senates in Florida's State University System.
1985-1986 Vice Chair of the Faculty Senate and Chair of its Academic Policies
Committee; University Sick Leave Pool Committee; Registrar's Task Force; Advisor to
College Bowl Team.
1984-1985 Faculty Senator; Chair of Academic Policies Committee (Faculty Senate);
Freshman Advisor; University Sick Leave Pool Committee (member of committee which
established the sick leave pool).
1983-1984 Faculty Senator; Academic Policies Committee (Faculty Senate); Freshman
Advisor; University Information Technology Task Force; Reader for Graduate Student
Paper Awards for the Florida Philosophical Association.
1982-1983 Member of Certificate Program in Western Social and Political Thought;
Budget Committee (Arts and Sciences); Word-Processing Committee (Arts and
Sciences).
1981-1982 Member of Certificate Program in Western Social and Political Thought;
Reader for Graduate Student Paper Awards for the Florida Philosophical Association.
1980-1981 Vice Chairperson Budget Committee (Arts and Sciences); Member of the
Executive Committee (elected) Florida Philosophical Association; Member of Certificate
Program in Western Social and Political Thought.
1979-1980 Chairperson Budget Committee (Arts and Sciences); Faculty Senator;
Member of Certificate Program in Western Social and Political Thought.
1978-1979 Arts and Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee; Budget Committee
(Arts and Sciences).
1977-1978 Budget Committee (Arts and Sciences); Advisor to the Philosophy and
Religion Student Association; Publisher's reviewer for logic text (Holt, Rinehart and
Winston).
1976-1977 Advisor to Philosophy and Religion Student Association.
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OTHER SERVICE ACTIVITIES:
SERVICE TO THE UNITED FACULTY OF FLORIDA:
2001-2002, co-Chairperson of Political Action Committee; UFF Senator (the Senate is
the State-wide legislative body of the union).
1994-December 1995 (18 months), UFF-FIU Grievance Chairperson.
1993-1994 UFF Steering Committee (At Large Member), Chairperson of UFF-FIU
Summer Task Force.
1991-1993 UFF Vice President (State University System Bargaining Council); UFF
Steering Committee, Chairperson of UFF-FIU Summer Task Force.
1988-1993 UFF Lobbyist (Florida Legislature).
1988-1990 (18 months) UFF-FIU Grievance Chairperson.
1986-1996 UFF Senator.
1982-1988 UFF-FIU Steward for Philosophy/Religion.
COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES:
2004-2012: Volunteer and Volunteer Leader for Hands-on-Miami.
1996-2012: Volunteer for WLRN radio.
1991-1994 President, Miami Palmetto High School Girls Soccer Association.
1990-1992 Treasurer, Southwood Middle School PTSA.
1989-1990 Recording Secretary, Southwood Middle School PTSA.
1988-1989 First Vice President, R.R. Moton Elementary School PTA.
1987-1988 President, R.R. Moton Elementary School PTA.
1986-1987 President, R.R. Moton Elementary School PTA.
1984-1985 President, Perrine Elementary School PTA; Vice Chairperson, Dade County
Public Schools South Region I Citizen's Advisory Board.
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1983-1984 Steering Committee for South Region I Dade County Public Schools Citizen's
Advisory Board; School Board Member's Appointee to Dade County Public Schools
District Wide Citizen's Advisory Board.
1982-1983 Ways and Means Chairperson, Perrine Elementary School PTA; Steering
Committee for South Region I Dade County Public Schools Citizens' Advisory Board.
1980-1981 Co-President of Rainbow Cooperative Preschool.
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