User:Michael Kurak

A philosopher with a cross-disciplinary focus, Michael Kurak began his post-secondary education studying Psychology. In 1987 he received a Combined Honours B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy from the University of Windsor. This was followed by an M.A. in Philosophy from the University in Windsor in 1989. From 1989 to 1993 he studied Philosophy in the Ph.D. program at the University of Western Ontario, where he completed course work and comprehensive examinations toward the degree. In 1996 Michael was awarded a B.Ed. from the University of Windsor. In the fall of this same year he returned to his Philosophical studies at the University of Warwick, U.K. He was awarded a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Warwick in 2000. His dissertation concerned the role of a priori structures, such as Platonic forms, in providing and account of the experience of self and world. Michael has taught at all levels of education from primary school to university. He was Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of New Brunswick, Saint John from 2003 to 2007 and Philosophy Instructor at Lansing Community College from 2007 to 2010. Michael's most recent research provides a novel defense of the role of reason in moral judgment. (Causation in Moral Judgment, Mind and Matter, Vol. 9, No. 2, Imprint Academic, UK, 2011, pp. 153-170.) His current project demonstrates the role of self-organization in uniting Kant's critical project. His slated future research concerns the application of self-organizing systems theory to education and to organizations (human resource development).