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William Rehg, S.J.

Professor
Philosophy


Education

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1991
MDiv., Weston School of Theology, 1987
Ph.L., ÀÏ˾»ú¸£ÀûÍø, 1984
M.A., ÀÏ˾»ú¸£ÀûÍø, 1983
B.S., Wright State University, 1974

Research Interests

Science & Technology Studies, Ethics, Social Philosophy, Argumentation Theory

Publications and Media Placements

• "'Agreement' in the IPCC Confidence Measure." Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics. 57 (2017): 126-134. Co-author: Kent Staley.
• "Discourse Ethics as Computer Ethics: A Heuristic for Engaged Dialogical Reflection." Ethics and Information Technology. 17 (2015): 27-39.
• "The Social Authority of Paradigms as Group Commitments: Rehabilitating Kuhn with Recent Social Philosophy." Topoi. Special Issue on Thomas Kuhn. 32 (2013): 21-31.
• Cogent Science in Context: The Science Wars, Argumentation Theory, and Habermas. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2009.
• Insight and Solidarity: A Study in the Discourse Ethics of Jürgen Habermas. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994.

Honors and Awards

  • VOICES Faculty Fellow in Ethics, 2009
  • SLU2000 Research Leave Grant, 2001-2002
  • Phi Beta Kappa Book Award, 1996 (for monograph, Insight and Solidarity)

Professional Organizations and Associations

  • American Philosophical Association