| special recognition by the College in 1998. He has taught the entire Humanities core numerous times, as well as the capstone courses, Integrative Studies 5 and 6. Shiner has served in a number of administrative positions at Shimer and is currently in his fifth stint as Director of the Shimer-in-Oxford (England) Program.
“Shimer students are, for the most part, unusually gifted and inquisitive, and that makes them ideal intellectual partners. That’s why I came to Shimer, and that’s why I’ve stayed here.”—David Shiner
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Philosophy, Pacific Western University, 1983
B.A., Philosophy, Temple University, cum laude, 1973
RECENT ELECTIVES AND TUTORIALS TAUGHT
American Labor History
Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason
Plato's Republic
Symbolic Logic
AREAS OF INTEREST/SPECIALIZATION
Confirmation/Corroboration Theory
Epistemology in the Works of Gregory Bateson
Paradox
Philosophy of the French Enlightenment
Platonic Philosophy
Twentieth-Century American Culture
Shiner is also an actor, musician, chess player, and sports enthusiast. He has published numerous sports articles and a book about baseball, Baseball's Greatest Players: The Saga Continues.
PUBLICATIONS AND COLLOQUIA
"Gregory Bateson and the Map-Territory Relationship," Continuing the Conversation, Winter 1985-1986
"A Second Look," Continuing the Conversation, Fall 1986
"Happiness and the Economic Order," Business Ethics Quarterly, Winter 1996
NEH Seminar participant, "The Moral Force of the Passions,” conducted by Dr. Amelie Rorty, 1982
NEH Institute participant, "The Literature of the French Enlightenment," conducted by Dr. Renee Waldinger, 1989
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