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Biography
Manuel Vargas
Director: St. Ignatius Institute
Associate Professor: Latin American Studies | Honors Program in the Humanities | Philosophy
Manuel Vargas received his Joint-Ph.D. in Philosophy and Humanities from Stanford University in 2001. His primary areas of philosophical interest are ethics (including the history of ethics), philosophy of action, and Latin American philosophy (especially political and social philosophy in Mexico). Publications include articles on moral responsibility, practical reason, and various topics in Latin American philosophy. Along with John Martin Fischer, Robert Kane, and Derk Pereboom, he is the author of Four Views on Free Will: A Debate (Blackwell, 2007).
Courses he has taught in the past few years include: Ethics; Evil; Metaethics; Freedom and Responsibility; Mind & Metaphysics; Mind, Freedom, Knowledge; Latin American Philosophy; Topics in Latin American Philosophy; The Human Person; Nietzsche; The Moral Significance of Race; The Philosophical and Scientific Foundations of Free Will; Evil and Moral Agency; and Ancient Greek and Roman Literature and Culture. In 2006-2007, Vargas will be teaching a Freshman Seminar and a seminar in the Honors Program in the Humanities. Vargas is also the director of the St. Ignatius Institute, a Great Books program.
Vargas was the 2005-2006 NEH Chair in the Humanities at the University of San Francisco. Previously, he was an Acting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University (2001-2002), a Visiting Assistant Professor at the California Institute of Technology (2003-2004), and a Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley (2005-2006). Before pursuing philosophy full time, he worked as a baker and as a professional video game tester.
Links to his homepage, publications, and courses can be found below.
Contact Info:
University of San Francisco
Philosophy Department
2130 Fulton Street
San Francisco, CA 94117-1080
Phone: (415) 422-6174
Fax: (415) 422-2423
E-mail: mrvargas@usfca.edu
Office: University Center, 311
Office Hours:
By appointment.
Other Info:
Curriculum Vitae
Manuel's Homepage
Publications
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