Furman University

Sarah Worth

Professor
Philosophy Department Chair
Furman University

Education

Ph.D. State University of New York at Buffalo (1997)
M.A. University of Louisville (1994)
B.A. Furman University (1992)

Areas of Specialization: Aesthetics, Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy of Literature and Narrative

Areas of Competence: Philosophy of Mind, Ethics of Sustainability/Consumption, Philosophy of Food

Curriculum Vitae

Contact Information

Office: Furman Hall 125H

News and Announcements

spring 2013 courses

• EST 301-01 - Environment and Society
• PHL 101-06 - Introduction to Philosophy

Selected Publications     

• Sarah Worth, "Fact, Fiction, and Fraud: From Frey to Wilkomirski," Southwest Philosophy Review 26, no.1 (2010): 27-33.
• Sarah Worth and David I. Gandolfo, "Global Standpoint Aesthetics," The Continuum Companion to Aesthetics, ed. Anna Ribeiro (June 2011).
• Sarah Worth, "Plato, Imitation, and Narration: A Look into the Narrative Effects of Literature," Journal of Norwegian Philosophy 43, no.2 (2008): 162-74.
• Sarah Worth, "Story-Telling and Narrative Knowing," Journal of Aesthetic Education 42, no.2 (2008): 42-55.
• Sarah Worth, "The Dangers of Da Vinci, or The Power of Popular Fiction," Philosophy and the Contemporary World 14, no.1 (Spring 2007): 134-43.
• Sarah Worth, "Narrative Understanding and Understanding Narrative," Contemporary Aesthetics 2 (2004).
• Sarah Worth, "Fictional Spaces," Philosophical Forum 35, no.4 (Winter 2004): 439-55.
• Sarah Worth, "The Ethics of Exhibition: On the Presentation of Religious Art," The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 62 (2004): 277-84.
• Sarah Worth, "Thomas Munro vs. The All American Blue Dishwasher," The Journal of Aesthetic Education 36 (2002): 68-85.
• Sarah Worth, "Aristotle, Thought and Emotion: Our Responses to Fiction," The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 58 (2000): 333-40.
• Sarah Worth, "Understanding Objects of Music," The Journal of Aesthetic Education 34 (2000): 102-7.
• Sarah Worth, "Wittgenstein's Musical Understanding," British Journal of Aesthetics 37 (1997): 158-67.

Philosophy and Popular Culture      

• Sarah Worth and Carl Ehrett.  "Dungeons and Dragons: What it is and Why we do it."  Dungeons and Dragons and Philosophy.  Ed. Mark Silcox and Jon Cogburn (Open Court, 2012).
• Sarah Worth and Carmela Epright, "Dexter Morgan: Morality, Principles and Context," Dexter and Philosophy, ed. Richard Greene (Open Court, 2011), 125-35.
• Sarah Worth, "The Paradox of Real Response to Neo-Fiction," The Matrix and Philosophy: Welcome to the Desert of the Real, ed. William Irwin (Open Court, 2002).
• Sarah Worth, "Elaine Benes: Feminist Icon or Just One of the Boys?" Seinfeld and Philosophy: A Book About Everything and Nothing, ed. William Irwin (Open Court, 1999).
• Review of William Irwin and Jorge J. E. Gracia (eds.), Philosophy and the Interpretation of Pop Culture, Rowman and Littlefield, in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. November 2007. http://ndpr.nd.edu/review.cfm?id=11783

Selected Recent and Upcoming Presentations

• 2011 - "Fact, Fiction and Fraud: How Memoir Lies," International Conference on Narrative.
• 2010 - "Truth, Lies, and Memoir," Easter Division of the American Society for Aesthetics.
• 2009 - "Fact, Fiction, and Fraud: From Frey to Wilkomirski," Southwestern Philosophical Society.
• 2009 - "Learning Infectious Diseases Through Writing: First Year Seminar on Disease and Culture," Poster Presentation at the American Society for Microbiology.
• 2009 - "Global Standpoint Aesthetics" (with David I. Gandolfo), The Eastern Division of the American Society for Aesthetics.

Fellowships and Awards

• ACS Mellor Grant ($12,000) for "Systemic Approaches for Creating More Inclusive Campus Climates through Coursework and Cooperation: A Multi-Campus Collaboration." 
• ACS Mellon Grant ($12,000) for "Infusing Diversity into the Classroom."
• Mellon Foundation, Career Advanced Planning Grant - funded a full year sabbatical 2005-06.
• National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute: "Art, Mind, and Cognitive Science."