Stan McDaniel
Professional Background
December, 2000
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Current
- Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, Sonoma State University
- Member The National Association of Composers USA (NACUSA), )
Former
- Teacher of Philosophy, Logic, Eastern Thought, and Aesthetics
of Music at Sonoma State University, 1966-1992
- Member American Recorder Society (ARS)
- "Doctor of Hobbit Letters" Honorary Degree awarded by
American Tolkien Society
- 1999 first place winner, international composition contest
sponsored by Chicago Chapter, American Recorder Society
- Member American Recorder Orchestra of the West (AROW)
- Organizer, ARCA, the Association of Recorder Composers and Arrangers.
- Member The American Composer's Forum (ACF)
- Member Center for the Promotion of Contemporary Composers (CPCC)
- Chair, Department of Philosophy, Sonoma State University
- Originator, "Council for a Summer of Love," San Francisco CA 1967
- Organizer and sponsor, Rock Concerts in Golden Gate Park, summer 1967
- Music director and resident composer, OCTOCON Science Fiction
Conventions, Santa Rosa CA, 1977-1980
- Co-Founder, Composer's Cooperative of S.A.C.R.E., 1977-1981
- Founder, Vajramani School of Eastern Philosophy
Forestville, CA 1972-1975
- Member, American Philosophical Association.
- Member, Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy.
- Member, American Association of Philosophy Teachers.
- Member, Board of Directors, Alan Watts Society for
Comparative Philosophy, Sausalito, California 1972-1974.
- Vice-President of the Board of Directors,
The Foundation for Critical Thinking;Rohnert Park, California.
- President, Sonoma County Recorder Society
Musical Compositions
- Saga of the White Mountains
In 3 movements for Strings, piano, flute and percussion, Nov. 2000
- In Memoriam Tolkien
In 3 movements for Orchestra & Singers, 1977;re-orchestrated Dec. 2000
- Images of Dune
Orchestra & Chorus, 1978, revised and expanded 2001
- The Lotos-Eaters
Chorus and alto recorder, text by Tennyson
- Quick Rain
Recorder Quintet (prize winning composition)
- Idyll
Recorder trio
- Estel
Suite for solo alto recorder, reviewed American Recorder May 2000
- The White Tree
Seven Lyric Exercises for alto recorder, reviewed American Recorder Sept. 1999
- Etude
Solo tenor recorder
- Duet 1993
Violin & Violoncello
- Durin's Dance
Alto & bass recorders, percussion
- "The Mysterious Meadow" for Flute, Clarinet and strings
- "Across the River" for woodwind quintet
Publications
- "A Note on the Percept Theory" Decisive critique of a theory of perception
put forward by Roderick Furth. Mind, Vol. LXXII (1963)
- The Philosophy of Nietzsche
A widely used study guide to the philosophy of Nietszche. Simon & Schuster, N.Y. (1965)
- "The Coalescence of Minds" In Philosophers Look at Science Fiction
Ed. Nicholas Smith, Nelson-Hall (1982)
- Logic and Critical Reasoning
Innovative techniques make this self-teaching textbook in argument and clear thinking a unique
introduction to the subject. 242 pp. Spiral bound with diagrams and examples, privately published.
- The McDaniel Report
The well-known definitive critique of NASA policy and independent research into
possibly artificial objects on Mars. North Atlantic books, 1993.
- The Case for the Face (co-editor and contributor)
Compilation of papers by 20 scientists and professionals on the question of
possibly artificial objects on Mars. Adventures Unlimited Press, 1998.
- McDaniel on Mars VHS Video of lecture given in Aylesbury,
England during lecture tour in 1997. Published by AMORA International Ltd.
- The Philosophical Etymology of Hobbit
Unravels the mysterious origin of the word hobbit and its
literary implications. American Tolkien Society, 1994.
- YogaSayings
A meditation/workbook for the mind. 87 pp. Spiral bound with
diagrams and illustrations, privately published.
- I Ching Yantra Mandala
Discovery and practice of the yantra or visual mandala hidden
within the Chinese classic the I Ching. 50 pp. Spiral bound with diagrams
and illustrations, privately published.
Philosophical Papers & Presentations
- Coordinator and Originator, "Philosophy in Transformation,"
First Annual Conference, Sonoma State University, August, 1990.
- Coordinator and Originator, "Philosophical Conversations"
Second Annual Conference, Sonoma State University, August, 1991.
- "Humanistic Psychology from a Jungian Point of View: Toward a New Synthesis"
workshop co- leader for the Gordon Tappan Memorial Conference on the Future of
Humanistic Psychology, Sonoma State University, November 3, 1990.
- "Carl Jung and John Dewey: Humanism and Human Destiny"
Presentation for the Gordon Tappan Memorial Conference on the Future of
Humanistic Psychology, Sonoma State University, November 2, 1990.
- "The Epistemological Crisis: Toward a New Dialogue Between Philosophy and Psychology"
workshop co-leader for the First Annual Conference "Philosophy in Transformation,"
Sonoma State University, August, 1990.
- "The Case for Formal Logic" Presentation for the Tenth International Conference on
Critical Thinking and Educational Reform, Sonoma State University, August 1990.
- "Can Critical Thinking Really Do Without Formal Logic?"
Presentation for the Eighth International Conference on Critical Thinking
and Educational Reform, Sonoma State University, August 1988.
- "Artificial Intelligence and the Creating Mind"
Delivered at the Popular Culture Association Meetings, Cincinnati, Ohio (1982)
- "The Philosophical Etymology of Hobbit"
Delivered at the Popular Culture Association Meetings, Cincinnati, Ohio (1981)
Revised and updated version published by The American Tolkien Society, 1994
- "King Golfimbul's Folly: Philosophical Implications of Philological Materials
in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit" Delivered at the first annual OCTOCON
Science Fiction Convention, Santa Rosa, California (1977)
Education
- University of California, Santa Barbara: Undergraduate, 1949-1953
- University of California, Los Angeles: Graduate School,
Teaching Assistant in Philosophy 1957-1962
M.A., Philosophy, UCLA 1968
Full Professorship in Philosophy, Sonoma State University, 1991