
Tim Mosteller, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy
Office Phone: (951) 343-4770 E-mail: tmostell@calbaptist.edu Office Location: Eugene and Billie Yeager Center B211 Office Hours: Fall 2018 Semester Open: MWF 1:00 - 2:30 pm; Appointment: MW 3:30-5:00 pm
Degree | Major Emphasis | Institution | Year |
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Ph.D. | Philosophy | University of Miami | 2002 |
M.A. | Philosophy of Religion and Ethics | Biola University | 1997 |
B.A. | Philosophy, International Relations | University of Southern California | 1993 |
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Additional Education
Academic Year Abroad, American University in Cairo and Tel-Aviv University.
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Courses Taught
20th Century Epistemology
Applied Ethics
Basic Reasoning
Comparative Religion
Epistemology
Goodness, Truth and Beauty
Introduction to Philosophy
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Religion
Symbolic Logic -
Academic Areas & Scholarly Interests
Epistemology (theories of truth)
Metaphysics (theories of existence)
Ethics (bioethics) -
Teaching Experience at Institutions Other than CBU
Biola University
California State University, San Marcos
University of Miami
University of San Diego
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Research, Presentations, & Publications
Books
2017. Contemporary Perspectives on C.S. Lewis' Abolition of Man (Co-Editor with Gayne Anacker), Bloomsbury Press.
2014. Theories of Truth: An Introduction, Bloomsbury Press.
2008. Relativism: A Guide for the Perplexed, Continuum Press.
2006. Relativism in Contemporary American Philosophy, Continuum Press.
Articles and Book Chapters
2018. “The Incompatibility of a Thomistic View of Existence and Natural Existence Monism”, Acta Philosophica.
2015. “Fallacies and Phronesis,” Proceedings of the European Conference on Argumentation, Academic Press.
2013. “Religious Diversity, Truth and Tolerance,” Civility and Education in a World of Religious Diversity, Routledge Press.
2012. “George MacDonald’s Philosophy and C.S. Lewis,” Persona and Paradox: Issues of Identity for C.S. Lewis, His Friends and Associates, Cambridge Scholars Press.
2011. “Teleology and Human Embryonic Personhood,” Ethics and Medicine.
2010. “Platonism and Recent Correspondence Theories of Truth,” Southwest Philosophy Review.
2008. “On the Epistemic Possibility of Blasphemy, Heresy and Free Speech,” Florida Philosophical Review
2006. “Religious Epistemic Relativism and the Possibility of Religious Knowledge,” Philosophia Christi.
2005. “Aristotle and Headless Clones,” Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics.
2005. “The Tao of Narnia,” Narnia and Philosophy, Open Court Press.
Recent Paper Presentations
2018. “Metaphysics, Markets and Mondragon,” Keynote Lecture Edith Stein Institute Summer School, Granada, Spain.
2018. “Philosophical Realism and Free Markets,” Invited Lectures at the European University of Tirana, and Qiriazi University, Albania.
2018. “Realist Metaphysics and Free Markets,” Evangelical Philosophical Society Western Meeting, Grand Canyon University.
2017. “Ontology and Genetic Germ Line Enhancement,” European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Healthcare, University of Belgrade.
2017. “Ontology, Theology and Politics,” International Academy of Philosophy, Granada, Spain.
2017. “Three Problems for Existence Monism,” Evangelical Philosophy Society Western Meeting.
2017. “Nature and Existence Monism: Essence, Identity and Quantification,” Universita della Santa Croce, Rome, Italy.
2016. “Vallicella’s Regress Objection to Moreland’s Account of Existence: A Rejoinder,” Evangelical Philosophy Society National Meeting.
2016. “Two Thomistic Routes to Existence: Klubertanz and Stein,” Evangelical Philosophy Society Western Meeting, Gateway Seminary.
2015. “Josef Seifert’s Ontological Realism,” International Congress on Realist Phenomenology, International Academy of Philosophy, Granada, Spain.
2015. Fallacies and Phronesis, European Conference on Argumentation, Universidad Nova, Lisbon Portugal.
2015. “Who’s Afraid of Relativism? No One Who Rejects Relativism!” Society of Christian Philosophers, Western Division Meeting, Azusa Pacific University.
2014. “Towards a Phenomenological Correspondence Theory of Emotions,” European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions, Universidad Nova, Lisbon, Portugal.
2014. “A Reply to Nate Jackson's ‘The Vagueness of Theistic Interpretations of William James’ Pluralism', American Philosophical Association, Western Division Meeting. -
Church Membership & Activities
Daybreak Church, Carlsbad, CA
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Community Service & Involvement
Member, American Philosophical Association
Member, Evangelical Philosophical Society -
Interests & Hobbies
Surfing
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Personal Philosophy
"My purpose is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely in Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge." (Paul to the Church at Colosse)