| Wes DeMarco (PhD., Vanderbilt 1991) has engaged European and Asian traditions in a dozen articles and over forty national and international presentations. He is interested in rethinking first philosophy in light of the strongest critiques available and exploring its pertinence to everyday life, ethics, and the arts. He argues that dialectical philosophy should be transformed, through dialog with Post-Kantian and Asian traditions, into a ‘Neosocratic’ philosophy in which primitive varieties of questioning and qualification that exemplify basic dimensions of being are made basic to life and thought. Wes was awarded the Aristotle prize by the Metaphysical Society of America in 1997 for “Modality and Mental Illness.” He was awarded the Frank Thompson award for excellence in sleight of hand in 1977. Wes is a published poet and amateur composer. He lives in Leicester with his wife May and sons Aris and Ambrose. Selected publications: “Great Teacher and Great Soul: Ueshiba and Gandhi on Personal Violence” in Comparative Philosophy and Religion in Times of Terror. Ed. Allen, D. Lanham: Lexington, 2006. “The Generation and Destruction of Categories” in Categories: Historical and Systematic Essays. Ed. Gorman, M. and J. Sanford. Catholic University of America Press, 2004. “Knee Deep in Technique: The Ethics of Monopoly Capital.” Journal of Business Ethics 31 (2) 2001, 151 – 164. “On the Impossibility of Placebo Effects in Psychotherapy.” Philosophical Psychology 11 (2), 1998 pp. 207-227. “The Greening of Aristotle” in The Greeks and the Environment, ed. Westra, L. and T. Robinson. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 1997. Selected work in ethics: “The Unexpected Utility of Neo-Socratic Metaphysics” (2004 Meeting of the Metaphysical Society of America). “Ethics Through Pragmaticism” (2003 Conference on Pragmatism and Moral Theory). “Nasty Imperatives” (2001 Value Inquiry Conference and 2000 Meeting of the Southwestern Philosophical Society). “Relativism and Moral Power” (1998 Meeting of the Mountain-Plains Philosophical Society). “The Sefirotics of Power: Spheres of Freedom” (1996 National Conference on Liberty of the Academy for Jewish Philosophy). “The Separation of Moral Powers” (1992 Meeting of the Central Division of the American Philosophical Association, 1991 Meeting of the Southwestern Philosophical Society, 1991 Meeting of the Central States Philosophical Association, 1991 Tulsa Philosophical Society Lecture Series). “Rights and Virtues: A Common Measure” (1992 Symposium of the International Center of Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Research at Zacharo/Olympia, Greece, and accepted for the 2001 Notre Dame Ethics Center ‘Culture of Life’ Conference). | 
