Helen L. Daly

(formerly Helen L. Habermann)

The University of Arizona

Philosophy Department

I’m a fifth-year philosophy graduate student at the University of Arizona. I earned B.A. degrees in philosophy and English (with an emphasis on linguistics) at the University of Akron, in Akron, Ohio (incidentally, the same city from which philosophers W.V.O. Quine and Joseph Tolliver hail).

My areas of specialization are metaphysics and the philosophy of language; in particular, I like to think about vagueness. Apart from my specialization, I’m also deeply interested in virtue ethics, in large part because I’m convinced that professor Julia Annas is one of the most admirable people I’ve met, and so I think her arguments about how to live well warrant serious consideration. Other particular philosophical issues that keep me awake at night include what the numbers are (and what they aren’t, of course) and how to make sense of causation. I also find myself fascinated by whatever Terry Horgan is working on, since he’s up to something new and brilliant every time I talk to him.

When not working, I play outside in the gorgeous Tucson sunshine, sing old sea shanties, and mix drinks for friends.

Teaching Information

Current : Fall 2007 - TRAD 104 - GTA for Shaughan Lavine

Future: Spring 2008 - ?

Past: Fall 2003 - TRAD 104 - GTA for J. Christopher Maloney;

Spring 2004 - INDV 102, Personal Morality - GTA for Michael Gill

Summer I 2004 - PHIL 321 - Medical Ethics Instructor;

Fall 2004 - INDV 101, Philosophical Perspectives on the Individual - GTA for Terry Horgan

Spring 2005 - INDV 101, Philosophical Perspectives on the Individual - GTA for Marga Reimer

Summer Presession 2005 - PHIL 322 - Business Ethics Instructor;

Fall 2005 - PHIL 111 - Introduction to Philosophy, Instructor;

Spring 2006 - PHIL 323 - Environmental Ethics, Instructor;

Summer Presession 2006 - PHIL 110 - Logic and Critical Thinking, Instructor

Fall 2006 - PHIL 233 - Philosophy of Religion, Instructor

Spring 2007 - INDV 101, Philosophical Perspectives on the Individual - GTA for L.A. Paul

Summer Presession 2007 - PHIL 110 - Logic and Critical Thinking, Instructor

Office Hours: TBD

Contact Info: hdaly@email.arizona.edu

Last updated: July, 2007