MATTHEW MCGRATH. Matthew McGrath. Strickland Hall University of Missouri Columbia, MO 65211

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1 Matthew McGrath MATTHEW MCGRATH Work Address Department of Philosophy Strickland Hall Columbia, MO Contact Information Employment History University of St. Andrews (quarter-time position, five year contract) Arché Professorial Fellow, Professor, 2011 present. Associate Professor Assistant Professor Texas A and M University Assistant Professor, Stanford University Acting Assistant Professor, Education Brown University, Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin, M.A. in Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, B.A. in Philosophy, Areas of Specialization Epistemology Metaphysics Website Areas of Competence Philosophy of Mind Philosophy of Language Metaethics Publications Books Epistemology: A Contemporary Introduction, with Alvin Goldman (New York: Oxford University Press, 2014). Knowledge in an Uncertain World, with Jeremy Fantl (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009). Between Deflationism and the Correspondence Theory. Series: Garland Dissertations in Philosophy. (New York: Garland, 2000). Edited Book Epistemology: An Anthology, 2 nd ed., co-edited with Jeremy Fantl, Jaegwon Kim, and Ernest Sosa (Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2009). [Third edition in preparation, expected 2016.]

2 Articles 1. Looks and Perceptual Justification, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research (forthcoming). 2. Alston on Perceptual Justification, Philosophical Investigations, in a special issue on William Alston s philosophy edited by Thomas Senor (forthcoming). 3. The Justification of Memory Beliefs: Evidentialism, Reliabilism, Conservatism, in Goldman and His Critics, Kornblith, Hilary and Brian McLaughlin (eds.) (Oxford: Blackwell). 4. Cohen on Epistemic, in a symposium on Stewart Cohen s On Epistemic, Inquiry (forthcoming). 5. Knowledge-Reason Links without Pragmatic Encroachment? in a special issue on defeaters for Synthese. 6. Pragmatic Encroachment: Its Problems are Your Problems, in D. Whiting (ed) Normativity: Epistemic and Practical (Oxford University Press, forthcoming). 7. Perceptual Reasons, with Juan Comesaña, Philosophical Studies (online first). 8. Hill on Epistemology, Philosophical Studies (online first). 9. Schellenberg on the Epistemic Force of Experience, Philosophical Studies (online first). 10. Two Purposes of Knowledge Attributions and the Contextualism Debate, in Epistemic Evaluations, John Greco and David Henderson (eds.) (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015), Having False Reasons, with Juan Comesaña, in Epistemic Norms, Littlejohn, Clayton and John Turri (eds.) (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014): Dogmatism, Underminers and Skepticism, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 86, 3 (2013): Phenomenal Conservatism and Cognitive Penetration: the Bad Basis Counterexamples, in Seemings and Justification: New Essays on Dogmatism and Phenomenal Conservatism, Christopher Tucker (ed.) (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013), Knowledge Depends on Practical Matters, with Jeremy Fantl, in Contemporary Debates in Epistemology, John Turri and Matthias Steup (eds.) (Blackwell, 2013), Truth and Epistemology, I: the Nature of Truth, in Virtuous Thoughts: Essays on the Philosophy of Ernest Sosa, John Turri (ed.) (Springer Verlag, 2013): Siegel and the Impact for Epistemological Internalism, Philosophical Studies 162, 3 (2013): Contextualism and Subject Sensitivity, with Jeremy Fantl, in a symposium on Keith DeRose s The Case for Contextualism, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 84, 3 (2012): Précis of Knowledge in an Uncertain World, with Jeremy Fantl, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 85, 2 (2012): Replies to Cohen, Neta and Reed, with Jeremy Fantl, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 85, 2 (2012): Pragmatic Encroachment: It s not Just about Knowledge, Episteme 9, 1 (2012): Arguing for Shifty Epistemology, with Jeremy Fantl, in Knowledge Ascriptions, Jessica Brown and Mikkel Gerken (eds.) (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012):

3 22. Contextualism and Intellectualism, Philosophical Perspectives 24, 1 (2010): Pragmatic Encroachment, with Jeremy Fantl, in The Routledge Companion to Epistemology, Pritchard, D. and Bernecker, S. (eds.) (New York: Taylor and Francis, 2010): Advice for Fallibilists: Put Knowledge to Work, with Jeremy Fantl, Philosophical Studies 142, 1 (2009): Critical Study of John Hawthorne's Knowledge and Lotteries and Jason Stanley's Knowledge and Practical Interests, with Jeremy Fantl, Noûs 43, 1 (2009): Conciliatory Metaontology and the Vindication of Common Sense, Noûs 42, 3 (2008): Memory and Epistemic Conservatism, Synthese 157 (2007): Temporal Parts, Philosophy Compass 2, 2 (2007): On Pragmatic Encroachment in Epistemology, with Jeremy Fantl, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 75, 3 (2007): Four-Dimensionalism and the Puzzles of Coincidence, Oxford Studies in Metaphysics (2007): No Objects, No Problem: Nihilism and the Puzzles of Material Coincidence, The Australasian Journal of Philosophy 83, 4 (2005): Propositions for The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2005, substantially revised 2012). 33. Lynch on the Value of Truth, Philosophical Books 46, 4 (2005): What the Deflationist May Say About Truthmaking, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 66, 3 (2003): Deflationism and the Normativity of Truth, Philosophical Studies 112, 1 (2003): Evidence, Pragmatics, and Justification, with Jeremy Fantl, The Philosophical Review 111, 1 (2002): Scott Soames: Understanding Truth, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 65, 2 (2002): Rea on Universalism, Analysis 61 (2001): The Concrete Modal Realist Challenge to Platonism, Australasian Journal of Philosophy 74 (1998): Proportionality and Mental Causation: A Fit? Philosophical Perspectives 12 (1998): Van Inwagen on Universalism, Analysis 58 (1998): Quasi-Realism and the Humean Defense of Normative Non-Factualism, Philosophical Studies 90 (1998): Reply to Kovach, Mind 106 (1997): Weak Deflationism, Mind 106 (1997): Reviews and Other Publications 45. Review of Gary Ebbs Truth and Words, Mind 120, 478 (2011): Entry on General Epistemology, with Jeremy Fantl and Ernest Sosa, Oxford On-Line Bibliographies, Duncan Pritchard (ed.) (2010). 47. Critical Notice of Max Kolbel s Truth Without Objectivity, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 71, 2 (2005):

4 48. Review of John Hawthorne s Knowledge and Lotteries, Notre Dame On-Line Philosophical Reviews, (August 2004). 49. Review of Andrew Newman s The Correspondence Theory of Truth, Mind 113, 450 (2004): Critical Notice of Mark Balaguer s Platonism and Anti-Platonism in Mathematics, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 63, 1 (2001): Works in Draft Form Knowing What Things Look Like. Under revision for Philosophical Review. The Metaphysics of Looks. Colloquium and Conference Papers: Papers Presented Knowing What Things Look Like o University of Arizona, February 2016 o Unviersity of Arkansas, November 2015 o University of St. Andrews, June o Wash U, November o University of Glasgow, May o University of Massachusetts, February o University of Edinburgh, January o MIT Epistemology Reading Group, Nov Knowledge-Reason Links without Pragmatic Encroachment? o University of St. Andrews, June Avoiding Pragmatic Encroachment: Not as Easy as it Appears o University of Southampton, June 2014 Looks and Perceptual Justification o Rutgers Epistemology Conference, May o Central APA invited symposium, February o Presentation to UC-Riverside epistemology group, October Two Ultimately Unsuccessful Arguments against Pragmatic Encroachment o Pragmatic Encroachment Workshop, Oxford University, March Pragmatic Encroachment o UC-Riverside Department Colloquium, October Personal Identity in Philosophy o Presentation to MU Honors College students in Social and Behavioral Sciences, September Phenomenal Conservatism and Cognitive Penetration o Arché Workshop on the Causes of Belief, St. Andrews, November o Southern California Epistemology Workshop, UC-Irvine, October o University of Arkansas Workshop on Epistemic Justification, Fayetteville, AR, September Author-Meets-Critics session on Knowledge in an Uncertain World, with Jeremy Fantl. o Central APA meeting, February Platonism or Bust?

5 o Arché Workshop on Propositions and the Aims of Semantics, Ardtornish, Scotland, May Dogmatism, Underminers and Skepticism o Conference in honor of Richard Feldman, University of Texas San Antonio, February Two Purposes of Knowledge Attributions and the Contextualism Debate o Center for the Study of Mind in Nature, Oslo o University of Stirling Philosophy Dept. Colloquium, o Chambers Workshop on the Point and Purpose of Epistemic Concepts at the University of Nebraska, October What Good are the Stakes-Shifting Cases? o Arché Knowledge Ascriptions Workshop, St. Andrews University, October Contextualism and Intellectualism o Pragmatic Encroachment Workshop, University of South Alabama, May Knowledge and Reasons o Epistemic Normativity Conference, Fordham University, April 2010, with Jeremy Fantl. o Keynote Address for University of Iowa Graduate Philosophical Society Conference, o Arché Contextualism Workshop in St. Andrews, o University of Minnesota Philosophy Dept. Colloquium, o University of Wyoming Philosophy Dept. Colloquium, Is True Belief Valuable as Such? o -Kansas City, Conciliatory Metaontology and the Vindication of Common Sense o Logos Conference on MetaMetaphysics, Barcelona, Advice for Fallibilists: Put Knowledge to Work o University of Wisconsin-Madison, o Midwest Epistemology Workshop, Evanston, IL, Two Bayesian Challenges for Epistemic Pragmatism o Northern Illinois University, A Case for Pragmatic Encroachment (or for Semi-Skepticism) o Pacific APA Symposium, 2007, with Jeremy Fantl. o University of Arkansas, o -Kansas City, o University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Memory and Epistemic Conservatism o Southern Methodist University, o -St. Louis, Four-Dimensionalism and the Puzzles of Coincidence o Kline Workshop,, o -Kansas City, Propositions o St. Louis University, No Objects, No Problem? o Bellingham Summer Conference on Philosophy, 2004.

6 o Central States Philosophical Association, A Look at Two Anti-Evidentialist Constraints on Knowledge o Kline Workshop,, 2003, with Jeremy Fantl. Temporal Overlap is Coincidence o APA Central Division Meeting, A Pragmatic Element in Epistemic Justification o Southwest Texas University, Doubts about Contextualism o Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Portland, Oregon, Comments Presented On Chris Meyer s, How to Reconcile Interest-relativity of Knowledge with Intellectualism and Closure, Pacific APA, 2015 On Lorraine Keller s, Against Cognitive Propositions, Central APA, On Charles Cote-Bouchard, How to Avoid the Epistemic Error Theory. An Alternative to Epistemic Instrumentalism, Edinburgh Epistemology Grad Conference, On Dorit Ganson s The Bayesian Critique of Dogmatism, Pacific APA, On Susanna Siegel and Nicholas Silins Attention and Perceptual Justification, Symposium on Perceptual Justification, Central APA, On Ralph Wedgwood s Inferentialism about the A Priori, Kline Workshop, University of Missouri, On Susanna Schellenberg s The Epistemic Force of Experience, Neuphi online paper: with my comments, On Ali Hasan s A Puzzle About Rationality, SLACCR workshop, St. Louis, On Keith DeRose s Loose Talk, Kline Workshop,, On Ram Neta s Easy Knowledge, UNAM conference, Mexico City, On Mylan Engel s Subject-Sensitive Invariantism and the Knowledge Norm of Assertion, APA Central Division Meetings, On Shaun Nichols On the Psychological Origins of Dualism, Kline Workshop,, On Jonathan Sutton s Without Justification, Author-Meets-Critics Symposium, APA Central Division Meetings, On Nathan Salmon s Lambda in the Sky with Diamonds, Kline Workshop, University of Missouri, On Dan Korman s Unrestricted Composition and Restricted Quantification, APA Eastern Division Meetings, On Matti Eklund s Existence, Quantification, and Ontology, Meta-metaphysics Conference, Boise, ID, On Stephen Schiffer s Non-Inferential A Priori Justification, SOPHIA conference, Cancùn, Mexico, On Brian Weatherson s Norms of Assertion and Expressivism, Kline Workshop,, On Lynch s True to Life, Author-Meets-Critics Symposium, APA Pacific Division Meetings, 2005.

7 On Glen Hoffman s An Objection to Weak Deflationism, APA Central Division Meetings, On York Gunther s Embodied Content, APA Central Division Meetings, On John Devlin s The Normativity of Truth APA Central Division Meetings, Awards Recipient of Oxford Studies in Metaphysics Younger Scholar Award, I was one of two recipients for the 2005 essay competition. Faculty Fellowship, 2015 ($5000 award for research). Faculty Fellowship, 2014 ($5000 award for research). Research Council Provost s Research Leave for AY Research Council Provost s Research Leave for AY Research Council small grant award, Research Board Grant, Research Council Summer Research Fellowship, Texas A and M University Scholarly and Creative Enhancement Award, Summer Center for Humanities Research Grant, Fall Brown University Jukowski Family Dissertation Award, Humanities, Dyer Fellowship, Brown University Fellowship, University of Notre Dame Dockweiler Medal for Best Undergraduate Paper in Philosophy Ph.D. Students Advised Kok Yong Lee, o Topic: contextualism and skepticism. Chris Gadsden, Did not seek academic employment. o Topic: epistemically blameworthy belief. Brian Montgomery, o Topic: epistemic norms of assertion. Devin Frank, o Topic: naturalistic theories of propositions. Teaching Experience

8 Epistemology (at graduate and undergraduate levels) Metaphysics (at graduate and undergraduate levels) Special topics graduate seminars on vagueness, on ontology, on appearances. Introduction to Mathematical Logic (basic propositional and predicate logic) Formal Logic (basic metatheory) Advanced Logic (modal logic) Senior Seminar Introduction to Ethics (honors as well as large lecture) Introduction to Philosophy (honors as well as large lecture) Teaching Seminar for Graduate Students Dissertation Seminar Texas A and M Epistemology (at graduate and undergraduate levels) Metaphysics (at graduate and undergraduate levels) Recent British and American Philosophy Introduction to Logic Stanford University Truth: Factual and Moral (graduate) Epistemological Skepticism Realism and Anti-Realism in Ethics Philosophy of Language Introduction to Logic Service to the Profession Associate Editor, Episteme, 2012 present. Central APA Program Committee Member, Central APA Nominating Committee Member, Area Editor for Epistemology, Phil Papers: Online Research in Philosophy, 2013 present. Consulting Editor for Journal of the American Philosophical Association, Panel Member, Thought, 2012 present. Referee for Oxford University Press, Philosophical Review, Noûs, Mind, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Philosophical Quarterly, Philosophical Studies, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Synthese, Philosophical Investigations, Philosophical Papers, Dialectica, Metaphilosophy, Inquiry, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Episteme, Thought, Erkenntnis and Dialogue. Referee for Younger Scholar Prize for Rutgers Epistemology Conference, for Central States Philosophical Association, and Southwest Philosophical Society Philosophy Conference. External tenure referee (eleven times). External grant reviewer (three). External examiner (twice).

9 Service to the University Director of Graduate Studies, University Research Responsibility Committee (elected), Chair, M&E Search Committee, Tenure Review Committee: Research (twice), Teaching (twice). Colloquium Director, Departmental Newsletter Editor, 2008 present. University Graduate Fellowship Committee, 2008, Search Committee Member, 2005, Graduate Affairs Committee, , , , Raise Policy Committee, 2003, System Research Board Reviewer (five times). Texas A and M University Colloquium Director, Graduate Advisory Committee, Steering Committee, Ad Hoc Committee to Revise Ph.D. Proposal, References Three Main References Jessica Brown Arché Director Arché Professor of Philosophy Departments of Philosophy University of St Andrews Edgecliffe The Scores St Andrews Fife KY16 9AL Phone: jab30@st-andrews.ac.uk Stewart Cohen Professor of Philosophy University of Arizona 213 Social Sciences 1145 E. South Campus Drive P. O. Box Tucson, AZ cohens@ .arizona.edu Susanna Siegel

10 Edgar Pierce Professor of Philosophy Dept. of Philosophy 317 Emerson Hall Harvard University Cambridge, MA (617) Additional References: Richard Fumerton Dept. of Philosophy Univ. of Iowa 269 English-Philosophy Building Iowa City, IA (319) Peter Klein Dept. of Philosophy Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ (732) Hilary Kornblith Professor of Philosophy University of Massachusetts at Amherst Department of Philosophy 352 Bartlett Hall University of Massachusetts 130 Hicks Way Amherst, MA Peter Markie Department of Philosophy 409 Strickland Hall Columbia, MO (573) Ernest Sosa Board of Governors Professor of Philosophy Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

11 Department of Philosophy 1 Seminary Place New Brunswick, NJ (732) ernestsosa@me.com