DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 1860 CAMPUS DRIVE, EVANSTON, IL 60208 PHONE 847 467 6370 E- MAIL B - REED@NORTHWESTERN.EDU WEBPAGE: HTTP://FACULTY.WCAS.NORTHWESTERN.EDU/~BWR789 BARON REED EMPLOYMENT Northwestern University Associate Professor 2009-present Assistant Professor 2007-2009 Northern Illinois University Assistant Professor 2003-2007 Pomona College Lecturer 2001-2003 Visiting Instructor 2000-2001 EDUCATION Ph.D. in Philosophy, Brown University 2002 Dissertation: Knowledge, Agency, and Personhood Committee: Ernest Sosa (adviser), Jaegwon Kim, James Van Cleve M.A. in Philosophy, Brown University 1998 B.A. in Philosophy with Honors, summa cum laude, University of Iowa 1994 RESEARCH INTERESTS My research has primarily been in epistemology, both contemporary and in the Ancient and Early Modern periods. My focus has largely been on fallibilism, skepticism, epistemic agency, and rationality. I also have research and teaching interests in metaphysics and Early Modern philosophy. PUBLICATIONS BOOKS [1] Epistemic Agency (editor) (Philosophical Issues, vol. 23), Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. New essays by Kristoffer Ahlstrom-Vij, Selim Berker, Jessica Brown, E.J. Coffman, Pascal Engel, Miguel Ángel Fernández, Stephen Hetherington, Michael Lynch, Conor McHugh, Ram Neta, Lucy O Brien, Baron Reed, Mark Schroeder, Kieran Setiya, Nishi Shah, Ernest Sosa, Valerie Tiberius, Ralph Wedgwood, Sarah Wright, Linda Zagzebski PAPERS [2] Who Knows? Performance Epistemology, ed. by Miguel Ángel Fernández (forthcoming), Oxford University Press. [3] Skepticism and Perception, Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Perception, ed. by Mohan Matthen (forthcoming), Oxford University Press.
[4] Practical Matters Do Not Affect Whether You Know, Contemporary Debates in Epistemology, 2nd ed., Matthias Steup and John Turri, eds. (2013), Wiley Blackwell: 95-106. [5] Historical Reflections: Sosa s Perspective on the Epistemological Tradition, Virtuous Thoughts: Essays on the Philosophy of Ernest Sosa, ed. by John Turri (2013), Springer: 205-24. [6] Fallibilism, Epistemic Possibility, and Epistemic Agency, Philosophical Issues [Epistemic Agency] 23 (2013): 40-69. [7] Knowledge, Doubt, and Circularity, Synthese 188 (2012): 273-87. [8] Resisting Encroachment, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 85 (2012): 465-72. [9] Fallibilism, Philosophy Compass 7/9 (2012): 585-96. [10] Skepticism, History of, Oxford Bibliographies Online (2011). doi: 10.1093/obo/9780195396577-0110. [11] A Defense of Stable Invariantism, Noûs 44 (2010): 224-44. [12] Self-Knowledge and Rationality, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 80 (2010): 164-81. [13] A New Argument for Skepticism, Philosophical Studies 142 (2009): 91-104. [14] Certainty, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2008 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/certainty/. [15] The Long Road to Skepticism, The Journal of Philosophy 104 (2007): 236-62. [16] Epistemic Circularity Squared? Skepticism about Common Sense, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 73 (2006): 186-97. [17] Shelter for the Cognitively Homeless, Synthese 148 (2006): 303-8. [18] Accidentally Factive Mental States, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 71 (2005): 134-42. [19] The Stoics Account of the Cognitive Impression, Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy 23 (2002): 147-80. [20] How to Think about Fallibilism, Philosophical Studies 107 (2002): 143-57. [21] Epistemic Agency and the Intellectual Virtues, The Southern Journal of Philosophy 39 (2001): 507-26. [22] Accidental Truth and Accidental Justification, The Philosophical Quarterly 50 (2000): 57-67.
R EVIEWS [23] Review of Linda Zagzebski s Epistemic Authority (Oxford University Press, 2013), Philosophical Review (forthcoming). [24] Review of Bryan Frances s Scepticism Comes Alive (Oxford, 2005), Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (April 2006), URL = http://ndpr.nd.edu/review.cfm?id=6221 [25] Review of N.M.L. Nathan s The Price of Doubt (Routledge, 2001), Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 70 (2005): 735-9. WORK IN PROGRESS BOOKS Living with Doubt Considers problems that arise for fallibilism having to do with epistemic possibility and the relation between knowledge and action; presents new arguments for skepticism; and offers a new perspective on the value of knowledge, the nature of the epistemic goal, the nature of doubt, and our best prospects for living with ineliminable doubts. Skepticism: From Antiquity to the Present (co-editor with Diego Machuca), Bloomsbury 53 new essays on skepticism, representing both historical and contemporary approaches. Includes essays on Ancient, Medieval, Early Modern, Modern, and Twentieth-Century figures, both Western and non-western, as well as essays on contemporary arguments for, and reactions to, skepticism. PAPERS Doubt, Wonder, Wisdom (for Living Scepticism, ed. by Stephen Hetherington and David Macarthur) Gettier Cases (for Oxford Handbooks Online) Moorean Handwaving: When Knowledge Isn t Enough Reasons for Reasons (for Episteme) Practical Interests and Reasons to Believe R EVIEWS Casey Perin s The Demands of Reason: An Essay on Pyrrhonian Scepticism (Oxford University Press, 2010) Stephen Hetherington s How to Know: A Practicalist Conception of Knowledge (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011)
PRESENTATIONS Norms of Doubt University of Connecticut September 2014 Southwest Epistemology Workshop, Albuquerque, NM July 2014 Conference on Expertise, Humility, and Disagreement, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia July 2014 Moorean Handwaving Arché Workshop on Fallibilism, St. Andrews, Scotland June 2014 Bled Epistemology Conference, Bled, Slovenia June 2013 Practical Interests and Reasons for Belief Conference on Epistemic Normativity, University of Southampton, UK June 2014 Against the Interest-Relative Account of Belief Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow June 2013 Doubt, Wonder, Wisdom Neopyrrhonism Ancient and Contemporary, Curitiba, Brazil May 2013 St. Xavier University April 2013 Fallibilism, Epistemic Possibility, and Epistemic Agency East China Normal University, Shanghai, China July 2012 SOFIA: Epistemic Agency, Huatulco, Mexico January 2012 University of Warsaw, Poland August 2011 34 th International Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria August 2011 Epistemology Workshop at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland June 2011 Symposium on Ernest Sosa s Reflective Knowledge Brazil Epistemology Conference, Porto Alegre, Brazil June 2010 Fallibilism and Epistemic Possibility Workshop in Epistemology, Copenhagen May 2010 Who Knows? Bled Conference: Epistemic Virtue and Value, Bled, Slovenia June 2009 University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee October 2008 Conference on The Place of Epistemic Agents, Madrid, Spain October 2008 A New Argument for Skepticism Basic Knowledge Seminar, Arché, University of St. Andrews, Scotland May 2008 Midwest Epistemology Workshop, Evanston November 2007 A Defense of Stable Invariantism Bled Conference: Contemporary Epistemology, Bled, Slovenia May 2007 ATINER Conference, Athens, Greece June 2006 The University of Iowa February 2005
Self-Knowledge and Rationality American Philosophical Association, Central Division April 2007 Epistemic Circularity Squared? Skepticism about Common Sense American Philosophical Association, Central Division April 2006 Central States Philosophical Association October 2005 The Long Road to Skepticism American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division December 2004 Northern Illinois University October 2004 Knowledge, Agency, and Personhood Southern California Philosophy Conference October 2001 The Stoics Account of the Cognitive Impression Southern Methodist University February 2001 Claremont Colleges Philosophy Colloquium October 2000 University of Pittsburgh, Ideas in Motion Conference February 2000 Epistemic Agency and the Intellectual Virtues Western Illinois University February 2000 COMMENTS Comment on Hilary Kornblith s The Role of Reasons in Epistemology Episteme Conference, Costa Rica January 2014 Discussant, Rutgers Epistemology Conference May 2013 Comment on Pavle Stojanovic s Skepticism and Externalism in Ancient Philosophy: The Academics vs. the Stoics American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division December 2012 Author Meets Critics Session, Matthew McGrath s & Jeremy Fantl s Knowledge in an Uncertain World American Philosophical Association, Central Division February 2012 Comment on Katja Vogt s Why It Doesn t Matter If Beliefs Are True Chicago Area Conference in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy October 2010 Comment on Marcus Willaschek s The Rationality of Trust: Epistemological Reflections on Jealousy and Evidentialism Conference on Collective Knowledge & Epistemic Trust, Greifswald, Germany May 2010 Comment on Daniel Johnson s Skepticism and Circular Arguments American Philosophical Association, Central Division February 2010
Comment on Jay Newhard s Circularity in Ordinary Language Arguments for Epistemic Contextualism American Philosophical Association, Central Division April 2008 Comment on Tomoji Shogenji s An Externalist Guide to Epistemic Practice American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division April 2007 Comment on Scott Sturgeon s Normative Judgment Kline Workshop, University of Missouri September 2006 Comment on Allen Hazlett s Grice s Razor American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division March 2006 Comment on Minh Nguyen s The Authority of Expressive Self-Ascriptions Central States Philosophical Association October 2005 Comment on Andy Egan s Epistemic Modals, Relativism and Assertion Bellingham Summer Philosophy Conference August 2005 Comment on Jennifer Nagel s Epistemic Compatibilism in Normal Worlds American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division March 2005 Comment on Leo Iacono s Pragmatics and Epistemic Justification American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division March 2004 Comment on Ted Morris s Dreaming, Deception, and Descartes Painter Analogy Illinois Philosophical Association November 2003 Comment on Michael Pace s Direct Realism and Blurry Vision Central States Philosophical Association October 2003 Comment on Ram Neta s and Guy Rohrbaugh s Luminosity and the Safety of Knowledge American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division March 2003 Comment on Jonathan Weinberg s The A Priori, Externalism, and the Purposes of Justification American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division March 2001 Comment on Edward Abrams s The Varieties of Indeterminism Worth Wanting Brown University Graduate Student Conference February 1998 Comment on Gonzalo Rodriguez-Peyrera s Resemblance Nominalism and the Imperfect Community Brown University Graduate Student Conference February 1997
AWARDS AND HONORS Bernard E. Bruce Award, Brown University 2002 Dissertation Scholar-in-Residence, Ohio University (declined) 2000-2001 Nabrit Fellowship, Brown University 1999-2000 Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship for Minorities 1994-1999 Teaching Fellowship, Brown University 1998 University Fellowship, Brown University 1997 Gustav Bergmann Prize in Philosophy, University of Iowa 1994 SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION Referee for Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Philosophical Studies, Synthese, Inquiry, The Philosophical Quarterly, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Dialectica, European Journal of Philosophy, Principia, Noûs, Oxford University Press, Springer, Acta Analytica, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Philosopher s Imprint, Continuum, Journal of the History of Philosophy, Journal of Philosophical Research, Polish Journal of Philosophy, Erkenntnis, Brill, Philosophia, Theoria, American Journal of Philosophy Book Review Editor, International Journal for the Study of Skepticism 2010-2014 Referee for Young Epistemologist Prize 2013 Co-organizer, Midwest Epistemology Workshop 2007 Referee, Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy 1997-1998 TO THE DEPARTMENT Chair, Admissions and Fellowships Committee, Northwestern 2012-present Admissions and Fellowships Committee, Northwestern 2007-present Undergraduate Student Affairs Committee, Northwestern 2009-2010 Chair, Speaker Series Committee 2009-2010 Metaphysics and Epistemology Search Committee, Northwestern 2008-2009 Graduate Student Affairs Committee 2008-2009, 2011-2012 Metaphysics and Epistemology Search Committee, Northwestern 2007-2008 Colloquium Coordinator, NIU 2003-2007 Library Departmental Representative, NIU 2003-2007 Newsletter Editor, NIU 2003-2007 Curriculum and Policy Committee, NIU 2005-2007 Chair Selection Advisory Committee, NIU 2006-2007 Hiring Committee (Metaphysics/Ancient), NIU 2005-2006 TO THE U NIVERSITY Faculty Senate 2014-present Humanities Council, Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities 2012-present Weinberg Academic Integrity Appeals Committee 2014-2015 Fireside Chat, Slivka Residence Hall February 2011 Ad Hoc Tenure Committee, Northwestern 2010-2011 Faculty Panel on Publishing Open Access, University Library October 2010
TO THE C OMMUNITY Lecture on Freedom & Responsibility, Hinsdale Central High School October 2014 Lecture on Spinoza, Hinsdale Central High School March 2014 Lecture on Spinoza, Hinsdale Central High School November 2013 Lecture on Spinoza, Evanston Township High School April 2013 Lecture on Freedom & Responsibility, Hinsdale Central High School March 2013 Lecture on Spinoza, Hinsdale Central High School November 2012 Lecture on Freedom & Responsibility, Hinsdale Central High School March 2012 Lecture on Spinoza, Hinsdale Central High School September 2011 Lecture on Spinoza, Hinsdale Central High School February 2011 TEACHING DISSERTATION SUPERVISOR Alison Peterman, Spinoza s Physics 2012 (now tenure-track at the University of Rochester) Jared Peterson, Solving the Metaphysical and Epistemological Puzzle of Desire Amy Flowerree C OURSES At Northwestern University: Seminar: Epistemic Normativity Seminar: Epistemic Agency Seminar: Descartes Seminar: Fallibilism Seminar: Contextualism and Invariantism Seminar: Skepticism Ancient and Modern Metaphysics Freshman Seminar: The Place of Persons 1 st -Year Graduate Proseminar on Descartes Early Modern Philosophy Studies in Modern Philosophy: Descartes and Spinoza Theory of Knowledge Freedom and Responsibility Skepticism Ancient and Modern At Tsinghua University (American Universities in Asia program): Early Modern Philosophy At Northern Illinois University: Skepticism Ancient and Modern Spinoza 17 th and 18 th Century Rationalism Modern Philosophy Introduction to Philosophy Seminar on Descartes Symbolic Logic At Pomona College: Freedom and Responsibility Logic Modern Philosophy Problems in Philosophy Seminar on Descartes
REFERENCES Jessica Brown Arché Professor of Philosophy, Head of Department and Director of Research for Philosophy Department of Philosophy University of St Andrews Edgecliffe The Scores St Andrews Fife KY16 9AR jab30@st-andrews.ac.uk Richard Fumerton F. Wendell Miller Professor of Philosophy 262 English-Philosophy Building Department of Philosophy The University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 52242 Ernest Sosa Board of Governors Professor of Philosophy Department of Philosophy Rutgers University College Avenue Campus 106 Somerset Street, 5 th Floor New Brunswick, NJ 08901