Articles and Book Chapters Three Paradigms of Rational Agency, (With Tyler Simon) Journal of Models and Modeling, forthcoming.

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1 Rev. 11/02 Robert W. Barnard and Religion University of Mississippi University, MS , (dept) , (home) Areas of Specialization Metaphysics, Epistemology, Early Analytic Philosophy Areas of Competence Ethics (Theoretical and Applied), Philosophy of Mind, Logic, Phenomenology, Ancient Philosophy Academic Appointments Fall 2000-present: Assistant Professor, The University of Mississippi Fall 1999: Visiting Instructor, The University of Mississippi Fall 1999, Summer 2000: Instructor, The Fall 1998, Spring 1999: Instructor, Christian Brothers University Spring 1996-Spring 1999: Graduate Instructor, The. Education Ph.D. in Philosophy, The, August Advisors: Terence Horgan and Dissertation: The Naturalist s Dilemma: Logic and Ontological Naturalism Spindel Dissertation Fellowship, Spring M.A. in Philosophy, The American University, May B.A. in Philosophy, The American University, May Articles and Book Chapters Three Paradigms of Rational Agency, (With Tyler Simon) Journal of Models and Modeling, forthcoming. On What There Is, Revisited, Proceedings of the American University Conference on Wittgenstein and Russell, edited by Rom Harré and John Shosky, forthcoming. Is Vagueness Non-Projectability? Acta Analytica, 14 (1999): Russell in Waiting: Russell s Influence in Eastern Europe, Bertrand Russell Society Quarterly, 98 (May 1998): Russell on Vagueness, Bertrand Russell Society Quarterly, 95 (August 1997): Reviews Review of A Philosophical Companion to First-Order Logic, by R.I.G. Hughes, Essays in Philosophy (with Allan Hillman, forthcoming). Review of The Ontology of the Analytic Tradition and its Origins: Realism and Identity in Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein, and Quine, by Jan Dejnozka, Bertrand Russell Society Quarterly, 100 (November 1998): Review of Frederick Schmitt s Truth a Primer, Social Epistemology, 12 (July-September 1998):

2 Review of Interfaces: Essays in Philosophy and Bordering Areas in honor of Peter Serracino Inglott, edited by Joe Friggieri and Salvino Busuttil, Bertrand Russell Society Quarterly, 97 (February 1998): Professional Presentations Vagueness as Phenomenon, Invited paper,, University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, AL, November Of Barbers and Bald Men: Impossible Paradoxes, Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology Meeting, Nashville, TN, March Three Paradigms of Rational Agency, (with Tyler Simon), Language, Logic, and Logistics: Agent Modeling and Cross-Disciplinary Discourse Conference, Physical Sciences Laboratory, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, January Categorical Logical Normativity, Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April Is there a Logical Reality? College of the Holy Cross,, Worcester, MA, February The Role of Logical Principles in Metaphysics and Epistemology, University of Mississippi, and Religion, Oxford, MS, February On What there Is, Revisited, Conference on Wittgenstein and Russell, American University, Washington, DC, March Knowing about Logic: Russell and Logical Intuition, Bertrand Russell Society Group Session, American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meeting, Boston, MA, December Why Millikan Cannot Explain Logical Normativity, Philosophical Collaborations Conference, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, IL, March Strong Logical Necessity, Mid-South Philosophy Conference, Memphis, TN, March Logic and Metaphysical Naturalism,, Memphis, TN, October Russell s Flirtation with Phenomenology, Bertrand Russell Society Annual Meeting, St. Petersburg, FL, June Is Vagueness Non-Projectability? invited paper for the Bled Conference on the Philosophy of Vagueness, Bled, Slovenia, June There are no Valid Arguments: Logic for Metaphysical Naturalists, Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 1998; Tennessee Philosophical Association Meeting, Nashville, TN, November Vague Language and Bent Thinking, invited paper presented to the Socratic Society, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR, April

3 3 Barnard CV 2002 Commentaries Respondent to Thomas Rardin, Diagramatic Reasoning: Intuitive or Effective? Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology Meeting, Nashville, TN, March Respondent to Duncan Richter, Confusion, Mid-South Philosophy Conference, Memphis, TN, February Respondent to Ram Neta, Skepticism and Explanation, Mid-South Philosophy Conference, Memphis, TN, February Respondent to Audre Jean Brokes, Direct Inference as a Form of Sellarsian Material Inference, Mid- South Philosophy Conference, Memphis, TN, March Respondent to Byeong D. Lee, Kroon on Rationality and Epistemic Paradox, Mid-South Philosophy Conference, Memphis, TN, February Respondent to Carl Gillett, Physicalism and Scientific Theory Appraisal, Mid-South Philosophy Conference, Memphis, TN, March Respondent to Je Joo Liu, The Two Component Theory of Proper Names and Kripke s Puzzle, Mid-South Philosophy Conference, Memphis, TN, March Respondent to John Lysaker, Genealogies, Bigotry, and Truth, Tennessee Philosophical Association Meeting, Nashville, TN, November Work in Progress Beyond Naturalism: Logic and Fundamental Ontology (book manuscript) Categorical Logical Normativity Logical Knowledge Ontological Theory and Meta-Ontological Acceptability Awards and Fellowships Summer 2002 College of Liberal Arts Summer Research Grant, University of Mississippi. Summer 2002 and Religion Summer Research Grant, University of Mississippi Spring 2000 Spindel Dissertation Fellowship, Graduate Assistantship,,. Spring 1993 Teaching Assistantship, and Religion. The American University National Merit Scholarship, The American University. Society and Association Affiliations American Philosophical Association

4 Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology Phi Kappa Phi Student Supervision Joseph Ulatowski ( , M.A. Thesis, Major Professor) Trace Randall ( , Senior Thesis, Supervising Professor) Tyler Simon (Spring 2002, Senior Thesis, Supervising Professor) Service and Professional Activities Marshall Scholarship, mock interview team, Fall University speakers series, committee member AY Vice-President and Program Chair, Mississippi Philosophical Association, Textbook Referee: Oxford UP (2002), Longman Publishers (NY) (2002). Editorial Board, Journal of Models and Modeling, Spring 2002-present. Philosophy program referee, Society for Philosophy and Psychology meeting, Summer Co-Director (with Ken Sufka), University of Mississippi Symposium on the Ethical, Legal, and Societal implications of Stem Cell Research, February 22-23, Member, faculty hiring committee, and Religion, University of Mississippi, AY , Session Moderator, XXth Spindel Conference Origins: The Commons Sources of the Analytic and Phenomenological Traditions,, Memphis, TN, September Director, Philosophy and Religion Forum Speakers Series, University of Mississippi, Department of Philosophy and Religion (August 2002-present); Co-Director (with Laurie Cozad), August 2001-May Session Chair, Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April Invited Discussant, Language Logic and Logistics: Modeling and Cross-Disciplinary Discourse Conference, Physical Sciences Laboratory, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, January Session Chair, Bertrand Russell Society Group Session, American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meeting, Washington, DC, December Contributing Assistant Editor, Bertrand Russell Society Quarterly, Spring 1996-Spring

5 References Terence Horgan University of Arizona Tuscon AZ, Memphis TN, Michael Lynch Connecticut College New London, CT William Lawhead and Religion University of Mississippi University, MS Mark Timmons Memphis TN, Memphis TN, Leonard Lawlor Memphis TN, (901) Dissertation Abstract: The Naturalist s Dilemma: Logic and Ontological Naturalism Ontological Naturalism holds that our fundamental ontology contains only those generally natural objects, properties, and relations required by and consistent with our best scientific theory. Ontological theories in general, including ontological naturalism, depend upon logic and employ it freely without offering an ontologically substantive account of what it is. At a minimum, logical principles are normative of correct inference and involve necessary truths and relations. Necessary relations are stronger than the relations described by science; normative properties are traditionally distinguished from the descriptive properties of science. Thus, it appears that logical properties and relations are prima facie non-natural. If so, then ontological naturalism is committed to two incompatible positions. First, naturalism presupposes the presence of non-natural properties and relations as a part of the ultimate fundamental ontology. Second, naturalism excludes logical properties and relations from the ultimate ontology in virtue of their modal and normative features. The naturalist s dilemma is that consistency requires that the naturalist choose between logic and naturalism, while the dependence of naturalism upon logic precludes such a choice. 5

6 Courses Taught (sole responsibility) University of Mississippi PHILOSOPHY 607 Seminar on Major Western Philosophers: Quine (Spring 2002) A comprehensive overview of Quine s non-technical work, with emphasis on a) ontological relativity and ontological commitment, b) indeterminacy of translation, c) meaning holism and conceptual schemes, d) the attack on the analytic/synthetic distinction, e) epistemological naturalism and natural kinds, and f) the status of logic. Readings from Frege, Russell, Carnap, Putnam, Davidson, Lynch, and Goodman are used to provide background and context for Quine s work.. PHILOSOPHY 521 Seminar on Early Analytic Philosophy (Fall 2000) A historical examination of early analytic philosophy which looks to the dual contexts of its origins in central European philosophy and in the rejection of idealism in Britain. Three themes are emphasized: how developments in formal methods affected methodology, the centrality of language, and ontology as a philosophical problem. Readings come from Meinong, Frege, Russell, Moore, Ryle, Carnap, Wittgenstein, Quine, and Ayer. PHILOSOPHY 508 Symbolic Logic (Fall 2002) A course examining the syntax and semantics of sentential logic and first-order quantified predicate calculus. Basic meta-theoretic properties of deductive systems are also introduced. PHILOSOPHY 497 Senior Seminar (Spring 2003) A capstone course for philosophy majors, emphasizing the development and fine-tuning of skills relevant for philosophical writing and verbal argument. PHILOSOPHY 357 Business Ethics A topical survey of issues in business ethics. Four traditional normative theories are introduced and compared to Friedman's canonical view of business. Then students are asked to resolve moral dilemmas involving social responsibility, worker's rights, discrimination, and harassment by applying these normative theories. PHILOSOPHY 340 Philosophy and Computer Technology (Spring 2001) Topical examination of metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical questions which arise from advancements in computer technology. Drawing upon sources in philosophy, artificial intelligence research and work on artificial life, various philosophical and non-philosophical treatments of the mind, consciousness, and rationality will be directed to the question of whether we can continue to justifiably withhold the attribution of conscious states to computers or robots in the face of inevitable technological advances. PHILOSOPHY 322/617 Epistemology / Problems in Epistemology Survey (Fall 2001) A topical introduction to the theory of knowledge. The course covers topics including: the analysis of knowledge, the structure of epistemic justification, a priori knowledge, perception, skepticism, and feminist and post-modernist critiques of epistemology. PHILOSOPHY 322/617 Epistemology / Problems in Epistemology Truth (Spring 2003) An examination of classic and contemporary theories of truth. Readings from Russell, Austin, Alston, Dummett, Putnam, Sosa, Wright, Horwich, Lynch, Horgan, Tarski, Field, etc. 6

7 PHILOSOPHY 321 Ethics A historical survey of major traditions in normative ethics, with some discussion of early 20 th century metaethics. The course covers Aristotle, divine command and natural law, egoism and relativism, Utilitarianism, Kantian ethics, feminist approaches to ethics, Nietzsche, Rawls, Moore, and Ross. PHILOSOPHY 103 Introduction to Logic A traditional introduction to formal reasoning. Covers categorical logic, propositional calculus, basic probability theory, and formal and informal fallacies. PHILOSOPHY 101 Introduction to Philosophy (2002-Present) An examination of four philosophical positions. Students read works from Plato (Euthyphro, Crito, Phaedo, and Meno), Descartes (Discourse on Method and Meditations), Russell (Problems of Philosophy), and Ayer (Language Truth and Logic). ( ) A standard topical introductory survey. The course covers critical thinking skills, and topics in epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics. LIBERAL ARTS 102 First Year Seminar: Philosophical Themes in Text and Film (Fall 2002) A seminar on research methods and writings skills focusing on traditional philosophical themes in three texts (Plato s Republic, Mill s Utilitarianism, and the Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu) and three films. Christian Brothers University PHILOSOPHY 323 Business Ethics (Description as above) PHILOSOPHY 1101 Classical Issues in Philosophy A standard historical survey of Greek philosophy from Thales to Aristotle. PHILOSOPHY 1102 Values in the Modern World A standard topical introductory survey. The course covers critical thinking skills, and topics in epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics. PHILOSOPHY 1611 Introductory Logic A traditional introduction to formal reasoning. Covers categorical logic, propositional calculus, basic quantification, and formal and informal fallacies. 7

8 Graduate-level courses taken by Robert Barnard (by term and institution): At The American University, Washington, DC Fall 1988 Ethical Theory Jeffery Reiman Fall 1991 Philosophy of Wittgenstein John Shosky German Existentialism (Jaspers and Heidegger) Charley Hardwick Spring 1992 Independent Study: Techniques of Formal Reasoning David Rodier Husserl, Heidegger, Derrida (at Georgetown University) John Drummond Fall 1992 Philosophy of Law Terry McGarrity Spring 1993 Independent Study: Philosophy of J.L. Austin David Rodier Graduate Seminar in Philosophy David Rodier Fall 1994 Origins of Analytic Philosophy (audit) John Shosky At, Memphis, TN Fall 1995 Seminar in Metaphysics: Philosophical Naturalism Seminar in Major Figure: Plato s Theaetetus Pro-seminar Seminar in Ethical Theory: Metaethics Spring 1996 Seminar in Philosophy of Mind: Consciousness Seminar in Ancient Philosophy: Plato s Erotic Dialogues Contemporary Anglo-American Philosophy: Quine Fall 1996 Seminar in Continental Philosophy: Husserl s Cartesian Meditations Seminar in Moral Philosophy: Reason and Sentiment in Ethics Seminar in Epistemology Spring 1997 Seminar in Continental Philosophy: Derrida s Interpretation of Husserl Seminar in Metaphysics: Truth and Ontology Seminar in Modern Philosophy: Leibniz Fall 1997 Seminar on Wittgenstein: Later Wittgenstein Seminar in Ancient Philosophy: Aristotle s Moral Philosophy Directed Reading in Logic Spring 1998 Seminar in Metaphysics: Intentionality Fall 1998 Seminar in Metaphysics: Conceptual Analysis (audit) Spring 1999 Seminar in Epistemology: Role of the Empirical (and of the A Priori) in Epistemology (audit) Tim Roche Mark Timmons Terry Horgan John Ellis Leonard Lawlor Mark Timmons Leonard Lawlor Terry Horgan Hoke Robinson Tim Roche Terry Horgan and Terry Horgan 8