The Reference of Proper Names: a critical study in the philosophy of language Advisor: Hector-Neri Castañeda

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1 MICHAEL MCKINSEY CURRICULUM VITAE Date Revised: 11/3/2012 PRESENT POSITION: Professor of Philosophy, Wayne State University Address: Department of Philosophy Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan Phone: (313) Fax: (313) HOME ADDRESS: Terrel Dearborn Heights, Michigan Phone: (313) EDUCATION: Ph.D Indiana University M.A Kansas State University B.A Southern Methodist University DISSERTATION: The Reference of Proper Names: a critical study in the philosophy of language Advisor: Hector-Neri Castañeda AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION: Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics, Epistemology ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELD: Instructor of Philosophy, Ohio University-Chillicothe, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Wayne State University, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Wayne State University, Chair, Department of Philosophy, Wayne State University, Visiting Lecturer, Moscow M.V. Lomonosov State University, Professor of Philosophy, Wayne State University, Interim Chair, Department of Philosophy, Wayne State University, 2011

2 2 HONORS/AWARDS: 1980 Summer Stipend Award, National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, American Council of Learned Societies Career Development Chair, Wayne State University Fulbright Lecturing Award, Moscow M.V. Lomonosov State University, Russia 1995 Summer Research Award, Wayne State University 1998 Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Bristol Visiting Philosopher and Guest Lecturer, Oxford University BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CITATIONS: PUBLICATIONS Who's Who in the Midwest (1996-present) Who=s Who in America (1999-present) Directory of American Scholars "Searle on Proper Names," The Philosophical Review 80(1971): Reviewed in The Journal of Symbolic Logic 38(1973): "Divided Reference in Causal Theories of Names," Philosophical Studies 30(1976): "Names and Intentionality," The Philosophical Review 87(1978): "Kripke's Objections to Description Theories of Names," Canadian Journal of Philosophy 8(1978): "Levels of Obligation," Philosophical Studies 35(1979): "Expressing Mental States," Philosophia 8(1979): "The Ambiguity of Definite Descriptions," Theoria 45(1979): "Against a Defense of Cluster Theories," Analysis 40(1980): 1-5. "Causes and Intentions: A Reply," The Philosophical Review 90(1981): "Obligations to the Starving," Nous 15(1981): "Psychologism in Semantics," Canadian Journal of Philosophy 13(1983): 1-25.

3 3 "Review of Michael Devitt, Designation," Canadian Philosophical Reviews 3(1983): "Causality and the Paradox of Names," Midwest Studies in Philosophy 9(1984): "Review of Wallace I. Matson, Sentience," Philosophia 15(1985): "Mental Anaphora," Synthese 66(1986): "Apriorism in the Philosophy of Language," Philosophical Studies 52(1987): "Anti-Individualism and Privileged Access," Analysis 51(1991): Reprinted in The Twin Earth Chronicles, edited by A. Pessin and S. Goldberg (Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1996); in Externalism and Self-Knowledge, edited by P. Ludlow and N. Martin (Stanford: CSLI Publications, 1998); in Philosophy of Mind: Classical and Contemporary Readings, edited by D. Chalmers (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002); in Philosophy of Mind: A Guide and Anthology, edited by John Heil (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004); in Philosophy of Language: The Central Topics, edited by S. Nuccatelli and G. Seay (Rowman and Littlefield, 2008); and in Philosophy of Mind: critical concepts in philosophy, Sean Crawford, ed.(routledge, 2009). "The Internal Basis of Meaning," Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 72(1991): "Curing Folk Psychology of 'Arthritis'," Philosophical Studies 70(1993): "Individuating Beliefs," Philosophical Perspectives 8, Philosophy of Logic and Language (1994): "Accepting the Consequences of Anti-Individualism," Analysis 54(April, 1994): "Frege, Russell, and a Problem about Belief," Logos No. 6(1995): (in Russian). Reprinted in Analytic Philosophy: Formation and Development, edited by A. F. Griaznov (Moscow: The House of the Intellectual Book, 1998; in Russian).

4 4 "Anaphora," "Implicature," "Indexicals," three entries in The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, edited by Robert Audi (Cambridge University Press, 1995). "Critical Notice of Beyond Formalism, by Jay F. Rosenberg," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 57(1997): "The Grammar of Belief," Thought, Language, and Ontology, Essays in Memory of Hector-Neri Castañeda, ed. by W. Rapaport and F. Orilia (Kluwer, 1998): "The Semantics of Belief Ascriptions," Nous 33(November, 1999): AThe Semantic Basis of in Topics in Contemporary Philosophy: Meaning and Truth, J. Campbell, M. O=Rourke, and D. Shier, eds. (New York: Seven Bridges Press, 2002): AOn Knowing Our Own The Philosophical Quarterly 52 (January, 2002): [ A critical study of Knowing Our Own Minds, C. Wright, B. Smith, and C. Macdonald, eds. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998).] AForms of Externalism and Privileged Access,@ Philosophical Perspectives 16: Language and Mind (2002): ATransmission of Warrant and Closure of Apriority,@ in S. Nuccetelli (ed.), New Essays on Semantic Externalism and Self-Knowledge (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2003): ACritical Notice of Scott Soames, Beyond Rigidity,@ Canadian Journal of Philosophy 35 (March, 2005): ADirect Reference and Logical Truth: a Reply to Lasonen-Aarnio,@ Dialectica 60 (2006): AA Refutation of Qualia-Physicalism,@ in Situating Semantics: Essays on the Philosophy of John Perry, edited by M. O=Rourke and C. Washington (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2007): AExternalism and Privileged Access are Inconsistent,@ in Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Mind, J. Cohen and B. McLaughlin, eds. (Oxford: Blackwells, 2007):

5 5 AThought by Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 78 (January, 2009): Understanding Proper Names, Linguistics and Philosophy, Vol. 33, No. 4(August, 2010): RESEARCH IN PROGRESS A book, The Cognitive Implications of Referential Semantics. A monograph, Consequences of Direct Reference. A paper, ADirect Reference, Logical Truth, and Modality.@ INVITED PAPERS READ "Comments on Burge's 'Russell's Problem, Indexicals, and Intentional Identity=," to the 16th Annual University of Cincinnati Philosophy Colloquium (November, 1979). "Comments on Gorr and Horgan's 'Intentional and Unintentional Actions'," to the Western Division of the American Philosophical Association (Milwaukee, April, 1981). "Psychologism in Semantics," to the University of Stockholm Philosophy Colloquium (November, 1982). "Why Names Have No Meanings," to the Michigan State University Philosophy Colloquium (May, 1981) and to the University of Uppsala Philosophy Colloquium (November, 1982). "Causality and the Paradox of Names," to the University of Helsinki Philosophy Colloquium (February, 1983) and to the University of Turku Philosophy Colloquium (March, 1983). "Mental Anaphora," to the Third Finnish-Soviet Logic Symposium (Helsinki, May, 1983). "Comments on Devitt's 'Meanings Just Ain't in the Head'," to the Central Division of the American Philosophical Association (April,1988). "The Internal Basis of Meaning," to the Michigan State University Philosophy Colloquium (October, 1990), and to the Cathedra of Logic, Moscow State University (November, 1991). "Individuating Beliefs," to the University of Uppsala Philosophy Colloquium (February, 1992), the University of Stockholm Philosophy Colloquium (February, 1992), the University of Helsinki Philosophy Colloquium (February, 1992), and to the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (June, 1992). "Frege, Russell, and a Problem about Belief," to the Cathedra of the History of Western Philosophy, St. Petersburg University (February, 1992), the

6 6 Institute of Mechanics and Mathematics of the Urals Academy of Sciences (Ekaterinburg, March, 1992), and to the Faculties of Psychology and Philosophy of Saratov N.G. Chernychevsky State University (Saratov, May, 1992). "Curing Folk Psychology of 'Arthritis'," to the Cathedra of the History of Western Philosophy, Urals State University (Ekaterinburg, March, 1992). "The History and Current State of Analytic Philosophy: a Brief Account," to the Faculty of Philosophy of Saratov N.G. Chernychevsky State University (Saratov, May, 1992). "Comments on Tomis Kapitan, 'Indexicals, Exportation, and Cognitive Theories of Content'," to the Central Division of the American Philosophical Association (Chicago, April, 1993). "The Grammar of Belief," to the Linguistics Program Colloquium, Wayne State University (October, 1994), and to the University of Toronto Philosophy Colloquium (February, 1996). "Comments on Greg Ray, 'Prècis for Thinking in L'," to the Central Division of the American Philosophical Association (Chicago, April, 1995). "The Semantics of Belief Ascriptions," to the Oxford University Philosophy Colloquium (February, 1998); symposium paper presented to the Central Division of the American Philosophical Association (Chicago, May, 1998); to the University of Glasgow (October, 1998), the University of St. Andrews (October, 1998), the Moral Sciences Club of Cambridge University (December, 1998), Moscow State University (March, 1999), Uppsala University (April, 1999), Helsinki University (April, 1999), and the University of Barcelona (May, 1999). "Externalist Individuation of Thoughts," to the Workshop on Normativity and A Priori Knowledge, Merton College, Oxford University (September, 1998). Six talks given as Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professor, the University of Bristol (November, 1998): "Frege, Russell, and a Problem about Belief"; "Quine's Problem and the Russellian Theory of Belief"; "Wide Contents, Individuating Beliefs, and Privileged Access"; "Mental Anaphora and Its Implications"; "Twin Earth, Kind Terms, and Wide Linguistic Meanings"; and "A New Semantics for Cognitive Verbs." Two talks given as participant in a graduate seminar on reference and proper names (Oxford University, November-December, 1998): "What is a Theory of Reference?" and "The Private Rule Theory of Names." Two talks given as participant in a graduate seminar on externalism and self-knowledge (Oxford University, January-February, 1999): "Externalism and Privileged Access are Inconsistent" and "Forms of Externalism and Privileged Access."

7 7 "Wide Mental Properties and Logical Implication," to a Conference on Anti-Individualism, Self-Knowledge and Scepticism (Bristol University, February 27, 1999). The conference concerned issues raised by the main argument in my paper "Anti-Individualism and Privileged Access" (Analysis 51 (1991): 9-16.) Other papers presented were by Jessica Brown, Brian McLaughlin and Michael Tye, André Gallois, Martin Davies, and Crispin Wright. Also presented to Moscow State University (April, 1999), and to a Conference on Internalism/Externalism at Stockholm University (April, 1999). AThe Semantic Basis of Externalism,@ to the 2000 Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference on Truth and Meaning (Moscow, Idaho, March 25, 2000). AForms of Externalism and Privileged Access,@ to Martin Davies= seminar in philosophy of mind at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, October 23, 2001). ARemarks on Scott Soames=s Beyond Rigidity,@ presented to an AAuthor Meets Critics@ symposium at the annual meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association (Pasadena, March, 2004). AThought by Description,@ to the University of Western Ontario Philosophy Colloquium (March, 2005), to the University of Waterloo Philosophy Colloquium (March, 2005), to a seminar at the University of Stockholm (April, 2006), and to the University of Latvia (May, 2006). AExternalism and Privileged Access are Inconsistent,@ to the University of Stockholm Philosophy Colloquium (March, 2006). AProper Names Again,@ to the Australian National University Philosophy Seminar (March, 2006), to Peter Pagin=s seminar in philosophy of language, University of Stockholm (April, AA Refutation of Qualia-Physicalism,@ to Moscow State University (May, 2006). AComments on Bonardi, >Kaplan on Quine=s Theorem=,@ to the Central Division of the American Philosophical Association (Chicago, 2008). REFEREED PAPERS READ "Psychologism in Semantics," to the Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association (Portland, March, 1981). "Causality and the Paradox of Names," to the 7th International Congress for Logic, Methodology and the Philosophy of Science (Salzburg, July, 1983). "Anti-Individualism and Privileged Access," to the Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association (Los Angeles, March, 1990). "The Internal Basis of Meaning," to the Central Division of the American Philosophical Association (New Orleans, April, 1990).

8 8 TEACHING "Curing Folk Psychology of 'Arthritis'," to the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association (Washington, D.C., December, 1992). 1. Undergraduate Courses Taught Introduction to Philosophical Problems Critical Thinking Ethical Issues in Health Care Symbolic Logic Honors Symbolic Logic Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Philosophy Twentieth Century Philosophy Introduction to Ethics Honors Introduction to Ethics Introduction to Philosophy of Language Theory of Knowledge 2. Graduate Courses Taught Advanced Symbolic Logic History of Ethics Topics in Ethics Topics in Epistemology Philosophy of Mind Philosophy of Language Twentieth Century Analytic Philosophy I Twentieth Century Analytic Philosophy II Seminar in Philosophy of Language Seminar in Metaphysics Directed Study Master's Essay Direction Doctoral Dissertation Direction 3. Essays/Theses/Dissertations Directed Yale Podden, M. A.(Essay), "The Problem of Evil", Yvonne Puplampu, M. A.(Essay), "The Right to Health Care", Hans Hansen, M. A.(Essay), "Putnam on Natural Kind Terms", Patrick Francken, Ph. D., "Noncausal Connections and the Nature of

9 9 Events", David Shier, Ph. D. "Russellian Non-Parallelism", Ann-Marie Anchustegui, Ph. D. "Qualitative Content and the Mind-Body Problem", 1997.

10 10 Mitch Rognstad, Ph.D. AControl in Cognition, Language, and Mental Matthew Zuckero, M.A. AQuantifier Domain Michael Gavin, Ph.D. In progress. David Stylianou, M.A. (Essay). In progress. Daniel Yeakel, Ph.D. In progress. SERVICE 1. College and University Activities Self-Study Task Force on Nursing and Allied Health (1985) Summer Research Award Committee (1986) Vice President for Research Advisory Committee (1987) Linguistics Program Committee (Since 1984) College Salary Advisory Committee ( , , 2002) Group Requirements Implementation Committee (1986) Curriculum Task Force ( ) Humanities Council ( ) Humanities Council Liaison Committee ( ) Japan Center for Michigan Scholarship Selection Committee ( ) Graduate Research Assistantship Evaluation Committee (1993) Graduate Professional Scholarship Committee (1993) NEH Dissertation Fellowship Committee (1993) Research Award Committee (1998, 2001) Chair Review Committee, Romance Languages (2001) 2. Departmental Activities Chair ( ) Chair, Library Committee ( , ) Director of Graduate Admissions ( ) Tenure and Promotion Committee (since 1982) Salary Committee (since 1976) Ph.D. Preliminary Examination Revision Committee (1984) Ph.D. prelim committees (Metaphysics and Epistemology, Value Theory, Elementary Logic; since 1976). M.A. and Ph.D. Committees and Supervision Chair, Colloquium Committee ( , , , 2001-present) Search Committee ( , , , , ) Annual Review Committee (2001, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)

11 11 Director of Graduate Studies (Winter Term, 2001; Winter, 2012) Chair, Chair Review Committee (Winter, 2003) Ad hoc Committee on Critical Thinking ( ) Interim Chair (Fall, 2011) 3. Service to the Profession Chair, Local Arrangements Committee, 1980 Meeting of the Western Division of the American Philosophical Association. Past referee for the Canadian Journal of Philosophy, the Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic, the Journal of Philosophical Logic, the Journal for the Theory of Social Behavior, Linguistics and Philosophy, Mind and Language. Recent referee for the Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Dialectica, Erkenntnis, Nous, The Philosophical Quarterly, Philosophical Studies, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Synthese, Topics in Contemporary Philosophy, Philosopher s Imprint, and the Central States Philosophical Association. Past and recent referee for book proposals, Oxford University Press, MIT Editorial Board, Topics in Contemporary Philosophy, an annual series of selected essays presented at the Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference, published by Seven bridges Press (2000-present). Outside evaluator for tenure and promotion, University of Haifa (1991). Outside evaluator for tenure and promotion, University of Rochester (1995). External examiner, Ph.D. thesis, University of Toronto (1996). Program Committee, 2001 meeting of the Central Division of the American Philosophical Association.