STANLEY, Maurice F. 1945-

PERSONAL:

Born January 22, 1945, in Newport, TN; son of Claude L. and Louise J. Stanley; married Glana Hooper (a teacher), December 24, 1968. Ethnicity: "White." Education: North Carolina State University, B.S., 1967; University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill, M.A., 1973, Ph.D., 1976. Hobbies and other interests: "Analysis of world and national issues."

ADDRESSES:

Home—812 Live Oak Dr. S.W., Sunset Beach, NC 28468. Office—Department of Philosophy, University of North Carolina—Wilmington, 601 South College Rd., Wilmington, NC 28403. E-mail—stanleym@uncw.edu.

CAREER:

University of North Carolina—Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, lecturer in philosophy, 1990—. Visiting scholar at various public libraries in North Carolina.

MEMBER:

American Philosophical Association, Bradley Society.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Grants from North Carolina Humanities Council, 1988, 1993.

WRITINGS:

The Legend of Nance Dude (novel), J. F. Blair (Winston-Salem, NC), 1991.

Logic and Controversy, Wadsworth Group (Belmont, CA), 2002.

ADAPTATIONS:

Stanley's novel The Legend of Nance Dude, was adapted as a play and performed at public libraries throughout North Carolina.

WORK IN PROGRESS:

Bewitchments, a textbook of problems from the history of philosophy.

SIDELIGHTS:

Maurice F. Stanley told CA: "Since childhood I have loved books. They are a contribution to the world and, if they are any good, they are a way to conquer death. My writing began in trying to make the points of my discipline clear and brief to my students.

"In my fiction I was influenced by Hemingway and E. L. Doctorow, and I highly regard Leo Tolstoy. In nonfiction I admire Josiah Royce and mathematics problems books, for example work by Geoffrey MottSmith. I write in restaurants, as Jean-Paul Sartre did, often very late at night.

"My nonfiction is about philosophy and logic, the subjects I teach. I was inspired to write my novel by the great novelists I have read."