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Curriculum Vitae
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Ian McMurtrie
http://imcmurtrie.blogspot.com
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Forthcoming “Protons Don’t Renormalize: Platonic Scientific Structural Realism and the ‘GeneticAccepted April 2010 Kinship’ between Mathematical and Physical Reality.” Kinesis: Graduate Journal inPhilosophy, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.July 2008 “Can Geneva Have a Theatre and Keep its Republic? The Latent Debate BetweenRousseau and Schiller on Public Art and Political Freedom.” Hermes: CanadianUndergraduate Philosophy Journal, University of Ottawa. Vol. VIII July 2008, pp.15 – 23.
REFEREED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
April 2010
Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference
– Chicago
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Thomas Hobbes: Philosophic Virtue and Political Necessity
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Section: Foundations of Political Theory: Pre- and Early Modern
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Panel Title: “Leadership and Nationalism in Political Theory”
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 Investigating Ellen Wood’s Classical Political Theory: The Case of Plato's Republic
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Section: Society for Greek Political Thought
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Panel Title: “The Foundations of Justice”
EDUCATION
September 2008 -
York University
 Present
 Master’s Degree – Political Science (Political Theory)
(Expected completion April 2010)Interim GPA – 4.0Major Research Paper Supervisor: Dr. Stephen Newman (PhD Cornell)Graduate Assistantship: Dr. Asher Horowitz (PhD Toronto)June 2007
University of Winnipeg
 
 Bachelor of Arts – Honours (Philosophy)
 Cumulative GPA 3.3 – Honours (Philosophy) GPA 3.6Student of Highest Distinction – 2007Student of Distinction – 2006
SCHOLARSHIPS
September 2008 York University Graduate Entrance Scholarship – $4,000
LANGUAGESEnglish
– First language
French
– Eleven years French immersion education
 
Ian McMurtrie
Curriculum Vitae
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RESEARCH PROJECTS
Expected Completion
Major Research Paper
 April 2010
Thomas Hobbes: Philosophic Virtue and Political Necessity
 Supervisor: Dr. Stephen Newman (PhD Cornell)This work seeks to examine Hobbes’ understanding of virtue in the
 Leviathan
and itsstatus with relation to political success, stability and flourishing. I will examine anarguable reading of this facet presented by Peter Berkowitz.Defended
Undergraduate Thesis
 May 2007
Towards Just International Relations Theory: Hans Morgenthau’s
 
Classical Realism and the Problem of Justice
 Supervisor: Dr. James Muir (DPhil Oxford)This project examines the theory of political realism as described by HansMorgenthau in his
Politics Among Nations
and contrasts it with the liberal theoriesof Michael Doyle and John Rawls. I develop three criteria (principled moral judgment, equality of application, and concrete behavior guidance) that aninternational relations theory must meet to be considered just. The successes andfailures of realism and liberalism with respect to these three criteria are noted and a‘reformed realism’ is presented as an alternative based on the work ReinholdNiebuhr.September 2005 –
Independent Study
April 2006
 Jean Jacques Rousseau: Sovereignty and the Public Interest
 Supervisor: Dr. James Muir (DPhil Oxford)This project studied the work of Jean Jacques Rousseau and subsequentcommentators to understand how Rousseau conceived of legitimate political order.This order was achieved through sovereignty of a peoples united in the socialacceptance of a general will which created laws and thus a state.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
January – April 2007
Teaching Assistant
Department of Philosophy, University of WinnipegTeaching assistant for
35.2291/3
“
The History of Educational Ideas
” conducted byDr. James Muir, Winter 2007. Responsible for grading assignments and conductingtwo 1.25 hour class lectures.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONSMidwest Political Science Association
– Graduate Student Membership
Canadian Political Science Association
– Graduate Student Membership
GRE SCORES
December 2007
Verbal
: 710 (98
th
Percentile)
Analytic
: 580 (44
th
Percentile)
Analytic Writing
: 6.0 (96
th
Percentile)
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