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Home » Troy Polidori

Troy Polidori

Troy Polidori

November 5, 2023 by Troy Polidori

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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

Department of Philosophy

College of Arts and Sciences

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Knoxville TN 37996-0480

Phone: 865-974-3255

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Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
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