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Dr. Mark Tanzer is on sabbatical for the Spring 2024 semester. Email (mark.tanzer@ucdenver.edu) if you need to reach out to him.
Expertise Areas: Existentialism, Heidegger, Kant, 20th Century Philosophy, Continental Philosophy
Education & Degrees
Ph.D., Philosophy, SUNY at Stony Brook, 1992.
M.A., Philosophy, Boston College, 1985.
B.A., Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1982.
Courses Taught
Couse Descriptions Can Be Found Here
PHIL 1012: Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 2441: Logic, Language and Scientific Reasoning
PHIL 4760/5830: Kant
PHIL 4833/5833: Existentialism
PHIL 4780/5780: Heidegger
PHIL 3002: Ancient Greek Philosophy
Dr. Mark Tanzer on Hume and Kant
Selected Publications
Books
Martin Heidegger: Basic Concepts of Aristotelian Philosophy. Co-translated with Robert Metcalf. Indiana University Press, 2009
On Existentialism. Wadsworth Publishing, 2007
Heidegger: Decisionism and Quietism. Humanity Books, 2002
**Note: if you are unable to find any of these books in the Auraria Library, please come to the Philosophy Department. We may have copies available.**
Articles
“Heidegger on Animality and Anthropocentrism,” in Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology vol. 47, 2016
“Heidegger on Kant’s Definition of Being,” in Journal of Philosophical Research vol. 40, 2015
"McDowell and Heidegger on Kant's Spontaneous Receptivity" in Philosophy Today vol. 49, 2005
“On the Viability of Dreyfus’s Heidegger,” in Studies in Practical Philosophy vol. 4, 2004
“Heidegger on Freedom and Practical Judgment,” in Journal of Philosophical Research vol. 26, 2001
“Heidegger on Humanism and Action,” in Southwest Philosophy Review vol. 16, 2000
"Heidegger on Realism and Idealism" in Journal of Philosophical Research vol. 23, 1998
"Heidegger's Critique of Realism," in Southwest Philosophy Review vol. 11, 1995