Ronald Hustwit
Frank Halliday Ferris Professor of Philosophy
Phone: 330-263-2485
Office: Scovel 101
Degrees
- B.A. Westminster 1964
- M.A. Nebraska 1965
- Ph.D. Texas 1970
Hustwit joined the faculty in 1967. His teaching, while generally aimed at liberal arts undergraduates, focuses on philosophical issues in language and mind as raised by the important figures in the history of philosophy. His teaching reflects the influences of Wittgenstein and O.K. Bouwsma. He continues to expand a lengthy 鈥淐ommentary on Wittgenstein鈥檚聽Philosophical Investigations.鈥 He has edited and published the papers of Bouwsma as well as prepared supplementary scholarly aids to his work.
Ancient Philosophy, Logic, Philosophy of Language, Education, and Religion, and Existentialism.
Hustwit is the author of聽O.K. Bouwsma: A Philosophers Journey,听Something About O.K. Bouwsma,听An Annotated Bibliography of Bouwsma鈥檚 works, and an聽Index of The Bouwsma Collection聽at The Humanities Research Center, The University of Texas.聽 He has edited five works of O.K. Bouwsma鈥檚 papers:聽Toward a New Sensibility,听Without Proof or Evidence,听Wittgenstein Conversations,听Bouwsma鈥檚 Notes on Wittgenstein鈥檚 Philosophy听补苍诲听Bouwsma鈥檚 Commonplace Book. More recently he edited and introduced a book on Alburey Castell鈥檚 writings on education, titled,聽Who Needs a Liberal Arts Education. He continually adds to commentary on Wittgenstein鈥檚聽Philosophical Investigations, which is currently published from his desktop. He also has articles and papers on Kierkegaard, Wittgenstein, and Cardinal Newman.
Hustwit is a member of the American Philosophical Association, Ohio Philosophical Association, Austrian Wittgenstein Society, Soren Kierkegaard Society, American Chesterton Society, The Newman Society of America, and The International Society for Military Ethics.