David Shiner, Professor of Humanities and the History of Ideas

“Shimer students are, for the most part, unusually gifted and inquisitive, and that makes them ideal intellectual partners. That’s why I came to Shimer, and that’s why I’ve stayed here.”

Shiner has been a member of the Shimer faculty since 1977 and a member of the staff since 1976. He has the unique distinction of having taught the entire core curriculum, for which he was awarded special recognition by the College in 1998.  Shiner has served in a number of administrative positions at Shimer, including three stints as Academic Dean.

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Philosophy
California Miramar University, 1983

B.A., Philosophy
Temple University, cum laude, 1973

PUBLICATIONS AND COLLOQUIA

"Gregory Bateson and the Map-Territory Relationship," Continuing the Conversation, Winter 1985-1986

"A Second Look," Continuing the Conversation, Fall 1986

"Happiness and the Economic Order," Business Ethics Quarterly, Winter 1996

NEH Seminar participant, "The Moral Force of the Passions,” conducted by Dr. Amelie Rorty, 1982

NEH Institute participant, "The Literature of the French Enlightenment," conducted by Dr. Renee Waldinger, 1989

Baseball's Greatest Players: The Saga Continues, 2001