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Thomas Leddy 181 So. 21st St. Philosophy Department San José, CA 95116 San José State University (408) 286-5673 San José, CA 95192-0096 (408) 924-4528 Education and Degrees - NEH Summer Seminar, Pragmatism and Culture, Richard Shusterman and John Stuhr directors, Summer 2001. - NEH Summer Institute, Aesthetics and Histories of the Arts, Arthur Danto, Noel Carroll, and various other directors, Summer 1995 - Ph.D., Philosophy, Boston University, 1983. Dissertation: Imagination, Metaphor and Cognition: Inside the Concept. Advisors: Marx Wartofsky and Erazim Kohak. - Graduate Study, Philosophy, San Francisco State University, 1975-77. - M.A., Humanities, San Francisco State University, 1974. M.A. Project: “Platos Theaetetus and Aeschylus Oresteia: The Relation Between Drama and Knowledge.” Advisor, Sandra Luft. - B.A., Philosophy, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1971. - A.A., College of San Mateo, San Mateo, CA, 1969. College and University Teaching and Administration - Acting Chair, Department of Philosophy, Spring 2006, Fall 1999-August 2001 - Full Professor: San José State University. 1995-present - Associate Professor: San José State University, 1989-1995. - Assistant Professor: San José State University, 1983-89. - Assistant Professor: Alfred University, 1982-83. - Instructor: Bentley College, University of Massachusetts/ Boston, Boston University, 1978-1982. - Instructor: Napa College, 1975-77. - Instructor: Chabot College, Hayward, CA, 1974-75. Publications: Books The Extraordinary in the Ordinary: The Aesthetics of Everyday Life. (Broadview Press. 2012). Reviewed in Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism and Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. Articles and Chapters in Books - with the other members of the Philosophy Department, SJSU “Our Open Letter.”