Troy Polidori
Troy Polidori
Graduate Teaching Associate
I’m a sixth-year graduate student in Philosophy at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. My dissertation is on the nature of tragedy and its relation to morality.
Education
2019 – Present (expected 2025) PhD, Philosophy
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
2017 – 2019 MA, Philosophy
California State University, Los Angeles
2008 – 2009 MTh, Theology and Religious Studies
University of Aberdeen
2004 – 2008 BA, Biblical Studies
The Master’s College
Research
Areas of Specialization: Normative Ethics, Value Theory, Social and Political Philosophy
Areas of Competence: Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Action, Analytic/Continental Divide, Post-Kantian Philosophy
Publications
“Tragedy and Moral Theory” (in preparation)
“Tragedy as an Independent Real-World Phenomenon,” The Interdisciplinary Journal of Human and Social Studies Vol. 2.3 (2023), 15-25.
“Persistent Beliefs,” Philosophy in Practice Vol. 12 (2018), 1-15.
Presentations
“The Domains of Tragedy”
Delivered at the UTK Epistemology/Ethics Writing Group (2024)
“Tragedy as an Independent Real-World Phenomenon”
Delivered at the Tennessee Philosophical Association Conference (2023)
Delivered at the UTK Epistemology/Ethics Writing Group (2023)
Commentary on Brian Ribeiro, “A Sorites Paradox for Personal Identity”
Delivered at the annual Tennessee Philosophical Association Conference (2023)
Teaching
University of Tennessee
2022-2024 Instructor
Contemporary Moral Problems
2021-2022 Graduate Teaching Assistant
Professional Responsibility (Ryan Windeknecht)
2021 Instructor
Intro to Philosophy
2019-2020 Graduate Teaching Assistant
Intro to Philosophy (Kristina Gehrman)
Contemporary Moral Problems (Adam Cureton)
Antelope Valley College
2016-2018 Instructor
Intro to Philosophy
World Religions
Philosophy of Religion
College of the Canyons
2013-2018 Instructor
Intro to Philosophy
Critical Reasoning