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Fidel Arnecillo

Fidel Arnecillo

Lecturer

Contact

Lecturer
Philosophy
Office Phone(909) 537-7796
Office LocationUH-401.47

Education

B.A. (1997) Point Loma Nazarene College
Major: Philosophy
Magna Cum Laude
M.A. (2000) Yale University
Major: Religion
Concentration: Philosophy of Religion / Philosophical
Theology
Advisors: Nicholas Wolterstorff and Marilyn McCord
Adams
M.A. Claremont Graduate University
Major: Philosophy
Adviser: Patricia Easton
Ph.D. Claremont Graduate University
Major: Philosophy
Dissertation: Kant's Refutation of the Ontological Proof
Committee Members: Patricia Easton (Chair), Peter Thielke, Masahiro Yamada, and Jill Buroker

Courses/Teaching

PHIL 190: Introduction to Philosophical IssuesPHIL 105: Introduction to Critical ThinkingPHIL 192: Introduction to Philosophy of Religion

Research and Teaching Interests

ACADEMIC INTERESTS: Modern Philosophy (esp. Kant), Philosophy of Religion, Political / Moral Philosophy, Modern-Contemporary Theology, Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology, and Cognitive Science of Religion
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Kant's Refutation of Natural Theology
Kant on Cognition and Illusion
Self-Deception and Theistic Belief
Rawlsian LIberalism and Its Religious Critics