Richard Wiebe
Philosophy Program Director
McDonald Hall, Room 209
Telephone: 559-453-2017
Fax: 559-453-5558
Email: rwiebe@fresno.edu
Education
- B.A., Fresno Pacific College
- M.A., University of Chicago
Scholarly interests
- My current research is a comparison of Zen Buddhist, Navajo and Anabaptist ethical traditions.
Publications
- Research, papers and publications are on Navajo philosophy and ethics and American wilderness philosophers.
Current professional and service experiences
- I have taught for over 30 years at Fresno Pacific University. My emphasis in philosophy is the period since 1800. Philosophers emphasized in my courses are Socrates, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, James, Wittgenstein, Rorty and Nussbaum.
- Every May I reside in Flagstaff, Arizona, and do research on Navajo ethics and philosophy in the library and anthropological archives at the Museum of Northern Arizona where I am a research associate.
- I am active in Yosemite National Park policy decisions serving on the Yosemite Committee of the Sierra Club, as an appointment of the National Park Service to the Yosemite Regional Area Transportation System, and serving on the LeConte Memorial Lodge committee, the Sierra Club’s education center in Yosemite Valley.
Recommended resources
Other information
- I am a movie buff, hike in the wilderness and the deserts of the southwest, and enjoy white water rafting.
