Hannibal Jackson

Adjunct Professor


Department

Philosophy

Additional Title

Doctor

Contact Information

Courses Taught

Temple College
Introduction to Philosophy 2018 - Present

I am teaching the topics of Free Will vs. Determinism, Philosophy of Religion, Ethics, External World Skepticism, Personal Identity, and Epistemology. The philosophers I am covering include Descartes, Hume, Mill, Kant, Plato, Aristotle, Locke, and Hobbes. I am responsible for designing the tests, administering and grading tests, resolving grade disputes, and helping students inside and outside of class to understand the material. In addition, I am tasked with restoring the instruction of philosophy at Temple College after years of philosophy not being offered.

University of Iowa


Philosophy & Just Society/Human Nature, Ethics, Meaning of Life 2009-2010, 2012-2013,2016


I taught Plato, especially the Republic, Hobbes, Rousseau, and Mills, specifically on Utilitarianism. In Philosophy and Human Nature I taught about personal identity, particularly the views of Descartes, Locke, and philosophers who support the body criterion, including Shoemaker. I ran discussion sections, administered and graded tests, helped students with term papers, and evaluated and graded term papers. I discussed test results with students and attempted to resolve disputes over grading – one of my duties was to determine which disputes I could resolve on my own and which disputes needed to be referred to my supervisor.


Logic (Principles of Reasoning) 2010-2011,2014-2015


I taught the difference between deductive and inductive arguments, as well as how to detect a fallacy in an argument, symbolic logic, truth tables, and probability. I taught class three times a week, administered and graded tests, put together tests, helped students with term papers, and evaluated and graded term papers.

Introduction to Philosophy 2011,2014


I taught a wide range of subjects, including personal identity, real world skepticism, philosophy of religion, ethics, and the relationship between mind and body.

Education

University of Iowa
PhD in Philosophy 2016

Dissertation: Super Necessitarianism: A New Interpretation of Spinoza’s Metaphysics


AOS: Early Modern
AOC: Ethics


GPA: 3.8


University of Texas at Austin


BA in Philosophy and Religious Studies 2006


Honors Thesis: The Problem of Evil
Majors: Philosophy and Religious Studies


GPA: 3.8

Teaching Experience


Temple College
Adjunct Professor – Introduction to Philosophy 2018 - Present

I am teaching the topics of Free Will vs. Determinism, Philosophy of Religion, Ethics, External World Skepticism, Personal Identity, and Epistemology. The philosophers I am covering include Descartes, Hume, Mill, Kant, Plato, Aristotle, Locke, and Hobbes. I am responsible for designing the tests, administering and grading tests, resolving grade disputes, and helping students inside and outside of class to understand the material. In addition, I am tasked with restoring the instruction of philosophy at Temple College after years of philosophy not being offered. 

University of Iowa


Teaching Assistant – Philosophy & Just Society/Human Nature, Ethics, Meaning of Life 2009-2010, 2012-2013,2016


I taught Plato, especially the Republic, Hobbes, Rousseau, and Mills, specifically on Utilitarianism. In Philosophy and Human Nature I taught about personal identity, particularly the views of Descartes, Locke, and philosophers who support the body criterion, including Shoemaker. I ran discussion sections, administered and graded tests, helped students with term papers, and evaluated and graded term papers. I discussed test results with students and attempted to resolve disputes over grading – one of my duties was to determine which disputes I could resolve on my own and which disputes needed to be referred to my supervisor.


Teaching Assistant – Logic (Principles of Reasoning) 2010-2011,2014-2015


I taught the difference between deductive and inductive arguments, as well as how to detect a fallacy in an argument, symbolic logic, truth tables, and probability. I taught class three times a week, administered and graded tests, put together tests, helped students with term papers, and evaluated and graded term papers. 

Teaching Assistant – Introduction to Philosophy 2011,2014


I taught a wide range of subjects, including personal identity, real world skepticism, philosophy of religion, ethics, and the relationship between mind and body. 

Professional Experience

Temple College
Adjunct Professor  2018 - Present

Professional Publications

• Eternal and Expansive Super Necessitarianism: A New Interpretation of Spinoza’s Metaphysics
University of Iowa, 2016

Research Interests

Early Modern Philosophy, especially Spinoza

Philosophy of Religion

Ethics

Free Will

Meaning of Life