MJ ALMEIDA. Ph. D. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. B. A. Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA. University of Texas at San Antonio

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1 1 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AND CLASSICS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS (210) , MJ ALMEIDA EDUCATION Ph. D. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH B. A. Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2004-present Professor of Philosophy University of Texas at San Antonio Chair, Professor of Philosophy Department of Philosophy and Classics University of Texas at San Antonio Associate Professor of Philosophy University of Texas at San Antonio Assistant Professor of Philosophy University of Texas at San Antonio AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION Philosophy of Religion, Ethical Theory, Metaphysics AREAS OF COMPETENCE Social and Political Philosophy, Modal Logic

2 2 PUBLICATIONS Books Articles Freedom, God, and Worlds (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012) The Metaphysics of Perfect Beings (London: Routledge, 2008) Imperceptible Harms and Benefits (ed.) M.J. Almeida (Dordrecht-Holland: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000). o Theism and Modal Realism (under review) 'Deontic Problems with Prohibition Dilemmas' Logique et Analyse, No (1989) 'Deontic Logic and the Possibility of Moral Conflict' Erkenntnis, 33 (1990) 'The Paradoxes of Feldman's Neo-Utilitarianism' Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 70 (1992) 'Collective Rationality and Simple Utilitarian Theories' Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review XXXIII (1994) 'Refuting van Inwagen's "Refutation": Evidentialism Again' International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 44 (1998) 'Too Much (and Not Enough) of a Good Thing: How Agent Neutral Theories Fail in Prisoner's Dilemmas' Philosophical Studies 94, No. 3 (1999) 'Rule Utilitarianism and the Right to Die' in (eds.) Robert Almeder and James Humber, Is There a Duty to Die? Volume XVII Biomedical Ethics Review (New York: Humana Press Co., 1999) 'Utility Pumps and the Value of Partial Compliance' in (ed.) M.J. Almeida, Imperceptible Harms and Benefits (Dordrecht-Holland: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000) 'Why We Ought to be a Little Less Beneficent' Analysis 60 No. 1 (2000)

3 3 'Opportunistic Carnivorism', (with M. Bernstein) Journal of Applied Philosophy Vol. 17, No. 2, (2000) 'Introduction' in (ed.) M. J. Almeida, Imperceptible Harms and Benefits (Dordrecht- Holland: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000) pp. ix - xiii 'A New Cosmological Argument Undone' (with N. Judisch) International Journal for Philosophy of Religion Vol. 51, (2002) 'Rowe s Argument from Freedom' International Journal for Philosophy of Religion Vol. 52 (2003a) 'Lucky Libertarianism' (with M. Bernstein) Philosophical Studies 113, No. 2: (2003b) 'Sceptical Theism and Evidential Arguments from Evil' (with G. Oppy) Australasian Journal of Philosophy Vol.81, No. 4, (2003c) 'A Paradox for Significant Freedom' International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 54 (2003d) 'Marginal Cases and the Moral Status of Embryos' in (eds.) Robert Almeder and James Humber, Stem Cell Research Volume XXI Biomedical Ethics Review (New York: Humana Press Co., 2004a) 'Ideal Worlds and the Transworld Untrustworthy' Religious Studies Vol. 40, No. 1 (2004b) 'Evidential Arguments from Evil and Skeptical Theism' (with G. Oppy) Philo Vol. 8, No. 2 Fall-Winter (2004c) 'Supervenience and Property-Identical Divine Command Theory' Religious Studies Vol. 40 No. 3 (2004d) 'The New Evidential Argument Defeated' Philo Vol. 7, No. 1 Spring-Summer (2005a) 'Is it Impossible to be Moral?' Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review Vol. XLVI (2005b) 3-14 'Is it Impossible to Relieve Suffering?' (with M. Bernstein) Philosophia Vol. 32, Nos. 1-4 (2005c)

4 4 'Reply to Trakakis and Nagasawa' (with G. Oppy) Ars Disputandi Vol. 5 (2005d) 5-11 'Infinitely Improving Worlds' Philo Vol. 8, No. 1, Spring-Summer (2005e) 'On Stone s Evidential Atheism' Theoria Vol. 76, No. 1 (2006b) 5-22 'The Unreal Problem of No Best World' Philo Vol. 9, No. 2 (2006c) 'Rowe s Argument from Improvability' Philosophical Papers Vol. 31, No. 6, (2006a) 1-26 'Martin on Miracles' Philo Vol. 10, No. 1, Spring-Summer 2007 'On Vague Eschatology' Faith and Philosophy Vol. (25) No. 4 (2008) 'On Evil's Vague Necessity', Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion, Volume II ed. Jon Kvanvig (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009a) 'Critically Muddled: Reply to Carrier' Philo Vol. 11, No. 1 (2009b) 'Rollbacks, Endorsements, and Indeterminism', The Oxford Handbook of Free Will, 2 nd edition, ed. Robert Kane (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010a) (with M. Bernstein). 'Two Challenges to Moral Nihilism' The Monist Vol. 93 (2010b) 'Chance, Epistemic Probability, and Saving Lives: Reply to Bradley' Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy (2010c) 1-7. 'O'Connor's Permissive Multiverse' Philosophia Christi Vol. 12, No. 2 (2010d) 'Theistic Modal Realism?', Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion, Volume III ed. Jon Kvanvig (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011) 1-15.

5 5 'The Logical Problem of Evil Regained', Peter A. French and Howard K. Wettstein (eds.) Midwest Studies in Philosophy, Volume XXXVI: The Concept of Evil. (2012) 'Skeptical Theism and Undercutting Defeaters', in T. Dougherty and J. McBrayer (eds.) New Essays on Skeptical Theism (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014) 'Best Worlds and Multiverses' in Klaas Kraay (ed.), God and the Multiverse: Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Perspectives, (London: Routledge, 2014). 'C. S. Lewis is Great But You Should Be Reading Alvin Plantinga', The Critique (2015) 'Bringing About Perfect Worlds', in K. Timpe and D. Speak (eds.) Free Will and Theism: Connections, Contingencies and Concerns (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016). 'A posteriori Anselmianism', Topoi: An International Review of Philosophy (online now) o 'Compatibilism and the Free Will Defense', in David Hunt and H. McCann (eds.) Free Will: Theology of Free Will (Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming) o 'David K. Lewis's Ontological Argument(s)', in Graham Oppy (ed.) Ontological Arguments (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2016) o 'Divine Indifference', Dean Zimmerman and Philip Swenson (eds.) Value Theory and Philosophy of Religion (forthcoming) o ' Unrestricted Actualization and Perfect Worlds: A Reply to Langtry', Dean Zimmerman and Philip Swenson (eds.) Value Theory and Philosophy of Religion (forthcoming) o 'Theistic Modal Realism', Philosophy Compass (forthcoming, December 2016) RESEARCH IN PROGRESS 'Logical Fatalism Equals Theological Fatalism' 'Pike-style Arguments for Theological Fatalism' 'Worlds, Stages and Value' 'Molinism and Chancy Worlds'

6 6 CRITICAL STUDIES God, Modality, and Morality William E. Mann (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015) Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (2016, 3500 wrds.) ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES 'Perfect Being Theology' Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Religion (forthcoming) BOOK REVIEWS The Mechanics of Divine Foreknowledge and Providence: A Time-Ordering Account T. Ryan Byerly (New York: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014) International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 77 (2015) God, Reason, and Reality Anselm Ramelow (ed.) (Munich: Philosophia Verlag, 2014) Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (2014) God and Moral Law: On the Theistic Explanation of Morality Mark C. Murphy (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012) Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (2012) God and Necessity Brian Leftow (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012) The Philosophical Quarterly Vol. 64, No. 254 (2014) A Frightening Love: Recasting the Problem of Evil Andrew Gleeson (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) Australasian Journal of Philosophy Vol. 91, (3) (2013) Divine Intervention: Metaphysical and Epistemological Puzzles Evan Fales (London: Routledge, 2010) The Review of Metaphysics (2012) Theism and Explanation Gregory Dawes (London: Routledge, 2009) Faith and Philosophy Vol. 29, No. 2 (2012) The Enlargement of Life John Kekes (Cornell University Press, 2006) The Philosophical Quarterly Vol. 58 (2008)

7 7 Can God be Free? William L. Rowe (Oxford University Press, 2004) Faith and Philosophy Vol. 23, No. 3, (2006) Intuitions as Evidence Joel Pust (Garland Press, 2000) Essays in Philosophy Vol. 5 No. 1, January 2004 A Utilitarian General Theory of Value Ching Lai Sheng (Amsterdam: Rodopi Press, 1998) Ethics Vol. 109, No. 4 (1999) 960. HONORS AND AWARDS Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, Adviser (appointed 2006) National Endowment for the Humanities Research Grant, Academic Keys Who's Who in Humanities Higher Education Honors Alliance Outstanding Faculty and Staff, Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 9 th Edition 2005 Honors Alliance Outstanding Faculty and Staff, President's Distinguished Achievement Award for Research Excellence University of Texas at San Antonio May 2000 Marquis' Who's Who, Who's Who Among America s Teachers, 6 th Edition Who's Who Among America s Teachers, 5 th Edition UTSA Faculty Research Award, November 1992 PRESENTATIONS AND COMMENTARY 'Theistic Modal Realism and Gratuitous Evil?' Working Group in Philosophy of Religion Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada Speaker: Yishai Cohen, Syracuse University

8 8 'Divine Indifference' Society for Philosophy of Religion February 25 27, 2016 San Antonio, Texas Commentator: Prof. Billy Joe Lucas, Manhattanville College 'Divine Indifference' Rutgers Value Theory and Philosophy of Religion Workshop Rutgers University August, 13 15, 'Emotions, Moral Reasoning, and Utilitarianism' Pacific Division Conference, Vancouver, April,1-5, 2015 Speaker: Jason Raibley (California State University, Long Beach) 'Logical Fatalism Equals Theological Fatalism' The Randomness and Foreknowledge Conference Dallas, Texas, October 23-25, 2014 'Compatibilism and the Free Will Defense' Big Questions on Free Will: Theology of Free Will Conference University of St. Thomas (September 26-28, 2013) St. Paul, Minnesota 'Best Worlds and Multiverses' God and the Multiverse Conference Ryerson University (February 15-16, 2013) Toronto, Canada 'A Paradox Free Anselmianism' Symposium Pacific Division Conference, San Diego, April,20-23, 2011 Commentators: David Hunt, Whittier College, James Taylor, Westmont College 'Two No, Three Dogmas of Philosophical Theology' Sixth Annual Philosophy of Religion Conference Baylor University, Waco, Texas, February, 2011 'A Credible Anselmianism' Texas A&M University Colloquium, October 1 st, 2009 Bryan, Texas 'Sider, Hell, and Supervaluation' Central Division Conference, Chicago, February,18-22, 2009

9 9 Commentator: Prof. Gerhard Nuffer, Reed College 'Theistic Modal Realism?' Third Annual Philosophy of Religion Conference Baylor University, Waco, Texas, February 6-10, 2008 'Making Instantiation Primitive: Consequences for the Bundle Theory s Commitment to the Identity of Indiscernibles' Southwest Philosophical Society November 9-11, 2007, San Antonio, TX Speaker: Dan Johnson, Baylor University 'On Evil's Vague Necessity' Second Annual Philosophy of Religion Conference Baylor University, Waco, Texas, February 'Moral Dilemmas and Perfect Beings' First Annual Philosophy of Religion Conference University of Missouri, Columbia, January 27-28, 2006 'Infinitely Improving Worlds' Author Meets Critics Symposium William Rowe, Can God Be Free? (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004) Central Division Conference, Chicago, April, 2005 Critics: William Wainwright, Klaas Kraay, Bruce Russell, Michael Almeida 'On the Value of Mystical and Religious Experience' Pacific Division Conference, San Francisco, March 2005 Speaker: John Bengson, University of Wyoming 'On Atheistic Arguments from Improvability' Central Division Conference, Chicago, April 29, 2005 Commentator: Prof. E.J. Coffman, University of Notre Dame 'Unraveling Rowe s New Evidential Argument' Eastern Division Conference, Philadelphia, December, 2002 Commentator: Prof. Richard M. Gale, University of Pittsburgh 'Ideal Worlds and the Transworld Untrustworthy' Pacific Division Conference, San Francisco, March 2003 Commentator: Prof. Richard Otte, University of California at Santa Cruz

10 10 'Rowe's Argument from Freedom' Central Division Conference, Cleveland, April 2003 Commentator: Prof. Thomas M. Crisp, Florida State University 'Epistemological Responses to the Problem of Evil: A Failure of Method' Central Division Conference, Chicago, April, 2002 Speaker: Ryan Nichols, The Ohio State University 'Sceptical Theism and the Evidential Argument from Evil' (w/ G. Oppy) University of Melbourne Melbourne, Australia, December 2001 'Eliminable Ignorance and Permissible Risks' Central Division Conference, Minneapolis, May, 2001 Commentator: Prof. M.J. Zimmerman, University of North Carolina-Greensboro 'Morality Without Freewill' 1999 Mountain-Plains Philosophy Conference Colorado State University October 14-16, 1999 Speaker: Jan Thomas, University of Arkansas 'Opportunistic Carnivorism' 1999 Mountain-Plains Philosophy Conference Colorado State University October 14-16, 1999 Commentator: Prof. James Maffie, Colorado State University 'Too Much (and Not Enough) of a Good Thing: How Agent-Neutral Theories Fail in Prisoner s Dilemmas' (Not funded) 4 th Annual Brazilian Conference on Analytic Philosophy in Honor of Thomas S. Kuhn, Florianopolis, Brazil, October, 1997 'Too Much (and Not Enough) of a Good Thing: How Agent-Neutral Theories Fail in Prisoner s Dilemmas' Central Division Conference, Pittsburgh, April, 1997 Commentator: Prof. John Tilley, University of Indiana-Purdue. 'Singer s Principle and Unnecessary Sacrifice' Central Division Conference, Chicago, April, 1995 Commentator: Prof. Donald C. Hubin, The Ohio State University.

11 11 'Interaction Problems for Constrained Maximizers' Central Division Conference, Kansas City, May, 1994 Commentator: Prof. Ann E. Cudd, University of Kansas. 'Collective Rationality and Simple Utilitarian Theories' North Texas Philosophical Association, May, 1992 Commentator: Prof. Richard F. Galvin, Texas Christian University. 'Some Problems for Utilitarianism Trinity University Colloquium, October, San Antonio, Texas 'Good and Bad Actions' North Texas Philosophical Association Southern Methodist University Speaker: Alastair Norcross, Southern Methodist University 'Resolving Some Problems About Detachment' Central Division Conference, Chicago, April, 1991 Commentator: Prof. Joseph Mendola, University of Nebraska. 'Two Puzzles for Jackson Semantics of Obligation' Central Division Conference, New Orleans, April, 1990 Commentator: Prof. Rod Bertolet, Purdue University 'The Logic of Ethics: Problems and Paradoxes' University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh, Colloquium, December, 1989 Oshkosh, Wisconsin 'Two Puzzles for Jackson Semantics of Obligation' Central Michigan University Colloquium Series, October, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 'Deontic Problems for Prohibition Dilemmas' University of Memphis Colloquium Series, November, Memphis, Tennessee 'Deontic Logic and Incommensurability' The Ohio State University Logic Colloquium, December, Columbus, Ohio

12 12 TEACHING Graduate Level PHI 5243 Metaphysics PHI 6973 Theodicy and Evil PHI 5263 Philosophy of Language PHI 6143 Contemporary Analytic Philosophy PHI 5003 Logic Undergraduate Level PHI 3013 Philosophy of Religion PHI 2043 Introductory Logic PHI 4113 Contemporary Analytic Philosophy PHI 4333 Philosophy of Language PHI 3043 Ethical Theory PHI 3045 Approaches to Knowledge and Reality PHI 4000 Senior Seminar: Kripke, Plantinga, Lewis GRADUATE SUPERVISION M.A. Thesis Committees 1. Argon Gruber, Exploring Personal Identity: The Program View (2016) (Chair) 2. Marshall Naylor, Johnston, God, and Evil (Chair) 3. Quintin Babaie, (not yet titled) (Chair) PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Section Editor Ergo: An Open Access Journal of Philosophy Editorial Board Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion, Palgrave Macmillan Publishers Book Series Journal Referee Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Mind, Philosophical Studies, Synthese, Philosophical Quarterly, American Philosophical Quarterly, Erkenntnis, Ratio, Philosophia, Philosophy Compass, Journal of Moral Philosophy, Res Philosophica, Theoria: A Swedish Journal of Philosophy, The Journal of Value Inquiry, Faith and Philosophy, Social Theory and Practice, Religious Studies, Journal of Philosophical Research, Philo: A Journal of Philosophy, Philosophical Papers, The Southern Journal of Philosophy, Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion, Sophia: International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Risk: Interdisciplinary Journal of Risk Management, Forum Philosophicum, South African Journal of Philosophy.

13 13 Manuscript Referee Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Routledge Publishing, Bloomsbury Press, Palgrave Macmillan Press. Grant Evaluator 2009 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) External Reviewer Tenure and Promotion Department of Philosophy, University of Missouri, St. Louis, 2011 Department of Philosophy, Ryerson University, Toronto, 2015 Conference Organizer The Brackenridge Philosophy Conference, , 2015 The Metaphysics and Philosophy of Religion Workshop, Online Contributor Prosblogion: Philosophy of Religion Blog REFERENCES Robert Audi John Martin Fischer Thomas Flint University of Notre Dame John A. O'Brien Professor of Philosophy University of California, Riverside Professor of Philosophy University of Notre Dame Professor of Philosophy