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Department of Philosophy
Southern Methodist University 214.768.2118 (office)
Dallas, TX 75275-0142 972.333.1760 (cell/home)

Education
Ph.D. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Philosophy, August 2005
Dissertation: All the Reason in the World
Advisors: John Gibbons and Mark van Roojen

B.A. Rhodes College, Philosophy, May 1998

Areas of Specialization
Epistemology, Ethical Theory, and Philosophy of Mind

Area of Competence
Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Language

Experience
August 2005 – Present Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Southern Methodist University

Publications
Does Conceivability Entail Possibility? The Reasoner 1(5), 2007.
From E = K to Scepticism? Philosophical Quarterly (forthcoming)
The Externalist’s Demon. Canadian Journal of Philosophy (forthcoming)

Works under Review
“‘Ought’, ‘Can’, and Practical Reasons” (R&R from American Philosophical Quarterly)
“Moore’s Paradox and the Norms of Belief” (R&R from Australasian Journal of Philosophy)
“Belief’s Justification and the Demands of Reasons” for Reasons for Belief A. Reisner and A. Steglich-Petersen (eds.) (Invited) (Further details here)
“The New Evil Demon Problem” Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Invited)

Actionable Intelligence
Another Look at Lotteries
Belief’s Aim and its Justification
The Coherence of Inversion
Evidence and Armchair Access
Must We Act Only on What We Know?
The Myth of the False, Justified Belief
Undoing Evidentialism

Honors and Awards
2007 H.O.P.E. Teaching Award, SMU
2006 H.O.P.E. Teaching Award, SMU
2004 APA Travel Stipend for Outstanding Graduate Student Paper (Eastern Division)
2003 Hinman Graduate Fellowship, UNL, Department of Philosophy

Presentations
The Myth of the False, Justified Belief
American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division Meetings, December 2008
The Coherence of Inversion
American Philosophical Association, Central Division Meetings, April 2008
Mid-South Philosophy Conference, February 2007
Evidence and Armchair Access
Northwest Philosophy Conference, October 2007
Moore’s Paradox, Knowledge, and Normativity
Central States Philosophical Association, October 2006
Reliabilism and its Demons
American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division Meetings, December 2004
A Puzzle about Justification
Society for Skeptical Studies at the Eastern Division Meetings of the APA, December 2004
Dealing with your Internalist Demons
Rocky Mountain Graduate Philosophy Conference, February 2004
Mountain-Plains Philosophical Conference, October 2003
In Defense of Kripke’s Epistemological Argument
American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meetings, March 2003
A Priori Passage
Rocky Mountain Graduate Philosophy Conference, February 2002
Coherence and Reflective Equilibrium
Mid-South Philosophy Conference, February 2000

Invited Presentations
Intrinsic Value and Context (Comments)
Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, August 2008
Infinitism and Unjustified Foundationalism (Comments)
Northwest Philosophy Conference, October 2007
Practical Rationality for the Practically Irrational (Comments)
North Texas Philosophical Association, April 2006
Hieronymi on Reasons for Actions and Attitudes (Comments)
American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meetings, March 2005
Where Arguments from Error Err (Job Talk)
University of Nebraska, Omaha, November 2004
Geirsson on Conceivability and Modal Justification (Comments)
Central States Philosophical Association, October 2004

Teaching Experience
Business Ethics
Contemporary Moral Problems
Knowledge and Scepticism (Independent Study)
Introduction to Philosophy
Logic and Critical Thinking
Problems in the Philosophy of Religion

Works in Progress
Fetal Value and Abortion on Demand

Service to the Profession
Referee: Nous, Synthese, W.W. Norton Company
Session Chair: Pacific APA 2004, Central APA 2005, Central States Philosophical Association 2006.