Titles

• Affiliate Global Futures Scholar, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
• Emeritus Professor, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Biography

Michael J. White’s work lies principally in the areas of history of philosophy, science and mathematics, especially during Greek and Roman antiquity, of formal logic, and of political philosophy and related areas of moral theory and jurisprudence. His recent interests include the history and theory of natural law and the interaction of this tradition with theology and with other jurisprudential traditions such as legal positivism. He has taught contemporary jurisprudence, Great Traditions in Jurisprudence (historical jurisprudence), and seminars on the natural law tradition, legal positivism, and other topics in jurisprudence.

Professor White is currently affiliated with the history and philosophy of science program in ASU’s School of Life Sciences and faculty member with the Center for Biology and Society. He was formerly affiliated with the ASU Department of Philosophy, now housed in the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, and the Sandra Day O/Connor College of Law, which he joined in 2004. He is the author of five books and the co-editor of a volume of philosophy essays, and has published more than 60 articles and chapters in scholarly publications.

In addition to his appointment at ASU, he has been a visiting faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin and at the University of Arizona, a fellow of the National Humanities Center, and the recipient of a research grant from the National Science Foundation.

Education

• PhD, Philosophy, University of California-San Diego, 1974
• CPhil, Philosophy, University of California-San Diego, 1973
• MA, Philosophy, University of California-San Diego, 1972
• BA, Anthropology, Arizona State University, 1970