Josh Wilburn
Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
313-577-6103
5057 Woodward Ave., 12th Floor, Room 12002.2
Josh Wilburn
Research
Ancient Greek Philosophy
Education – Degrees, Licenses, Certifications
- B.A., Philosophy and Religious Studies, The University of Texas at Austin (2005)
- Ph.D., Classical Philosophy, Princeton University (2011)
Selected Publications
- “Gorgias of Leontini,” Oxford Classical Dictionary. Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.2869
- “Plato's Protagoras the Hedonist," Classical Philology 111.3 (2016): 224-44.
- “The Problem of Alcibiades: Plato on Moral Education and the Many,” Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy 49 (2015): 1-38.
- “Courage and the Spirited Part of the Soul in Plato's Republic,” Philosopher's Imprint 15.26 (2015): 1-21.
- “Akrasia and the Rule of Appetite in Plato's Protagoras and Republic,” Journal of Ancient Philosophy 8.2 (2014): 57-91.
- “Is Appetite Ever 'Persuaded'?: An Alternative Reading of Republic 554c-d,” History of Philosophy Quarterly 31.3 (2014): 95-208.
- “The Spirited Part of the Soul in Plato’s Timaeus,” Journal of the History of Philosophy 52.4 (2014): 627-54.
- “Moral Education and the Spirited Part of the Soul in Plato’s Laws,” Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy 45 (2013): 63-102.
- “Tripartition and the Causes of Criminal Behavior in Laws ix,” Ancient Philosophy 33 (2012): 111-134.
- “Akrasia and Self-Rule in Plato’s Laws,” Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy 43 (2012): 25-53.
Courses taught
- PHI 5400: The Presocratics and Sophists
- PHI 5410: Plato
- PHI 5420: Aristotle
- PHI 2100: Ancient Greek Philosophy
- PHI 1010: Introduction to Philosophy
- PHI 1050: Critical Thinking