Contact Utah Valley University Email: ericstencil@gmail.com 800 West University Pkwy, MS-173 Home phone: (419) 494-1650 Orem, UT 84058 Web: ericstencil.wordpress.com Academic Positions Assistant Professor of Philosophy (tenure-track), Utah Valley University Department of Philosophy and Humanities (2012 ) Fellow, Templeton Dissertation Fellowship in Early Modern Philosophy Center for Philosophy of Religion, University of Notre Dame (2011 2012) Education Ph.D. Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2012) M.A. Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2007) B.A. (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) Philosophy and History, Bowling Green State University (2004) Areas of Expertise Specialization: Early Modern Philosophy Competence: Metaphysics, Medieval Philosophy, Epistemology, Ethical Theory Dissertation Cartesian Modality: Possibility and Essence in Descartes and Arnauld Chair: Steven Nadler; Committee members: Alan Sidelle, Peter Vranas Articles Malebranche on Occasionalism. Oxford Handbook of Malebranche, ed. Sean Greenberg, (Oxford University Press), forthcoming. Arnauld, Power, and the Fallibility of Infallible Determination. History of Philosophy Quarterly, 33: 237-256, 2016. (with Julie Walsh) Essence and Possibility in the Leibniz-Arnauld Correspondence. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 97: 2-26, 2016. Malebranche on the Metaphysics and Epistemology of Particular Volitions. Journal of the History of Philosophy 54: 227 256, 2016 (with Julie Walsh) 1
Antoine Arnauld. In Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, eds. J. Fieser and B. Dowden [http://www.iep.utm.edu/aarnauld/], 2013. Malebranche and the General Will of God. British Journal for the History of Philosophy, 19: 1107-1129, 2011. Book Reviews Noa Naaman-Zauderer, Descartes Deontological Turn: Reason, Will, and Virtue in the Later Writings In Journal of the History of Philosophy, 49 (2011): 496-497. Walter Ott, Causation and Laws of Nature in Early Modern Philosophy In Journal of the History of Philosophy, 48 (2010): 524-526. Works in Progress (excluding works under review) Malebranche and Arnauld. Invited contribution, Oxford Handbook of Malebranche, ed. Sean Greenberg, (with Julie Walsh) Honors and Awards Research Dean s Award for Research (Scholarship), College of Humanities and Social Sciences (UVU) College-wide award for scholarly work, $1,500 (2017). Presidential Fellowship for Faculty Scholarship Office of Engaged Learning, Utah Valley University, $8,000 (2015-2016) Center for Philosophy of Religion, University of Notre Dame Templeton Dissertation Fellowship in Early Modern Philosophy (2011-2012) American Philosophical Association Central Division Graduate Student Travel Award, $500 (2010) University of Wisconsin Madison, Vilas Travel Grant Award given by Graduate School to fund graduate student travel and research (2009) University of Wisconsin Madison Department of Philosophy Singer Graduate Student Summer Philosophy department summer fellowship given to select dissertators (2008) University of Wisconsin Madison Department of Philosophy H. Donald Oliver Prize Annual award for the best paper by a graduate student (2006) 2
Teaching Service Learning Faculty Fellow, Utah Valley University Office of Volunteer and Service Learning, (Fall 2016-Present) Grant for Engaged Learning, Office of Engaged Learning, Utah Valley University Engaged and Inclusive Philosophy Teaching, $1,000 (2015) Honored Instructor Award, Chadbourne Residential College Student-nominated award from a residential learning community (Spring 2010, Spring 2009) Professional Presentations Conference Presentations Malebranche on Occasionalism. Malebranche Workshop: Creation, Perception, Knowledge, Harvard University/Wellesley College; June 2016. Arnauld on Divine Simplicity and God's Practical Rationality. American Philosophical Association (Central); March 2016. Elisabeth of Bohemia on the Problem of Interaction and the Nature of the Soul. Central States Philosophical Association, University of Kentucky; November 2015. Elisabeth of Bohemia on the Problem of Interaction and the Nature of the Soul. Mountain-Plains Philosophy Conference, University of Missouri, Kansas City; October 2015. The Protestant and the Pelagian: Arnauld and Malebranche on Grace. (with Julie Walsh). New York City Workshop in Early Modern Philosophy, Fordham University; March 2015. Descartes, Elizabeth, and the Mind-Body Union. Intermountain West Philosophy Conference, Utah State University; November 2014. Descartes on the Mind-Body Union and the Nature of the Passions. Intermountain West Philosophy Conference, Utah Valley University; November 2013. Descartes on the Mind-Body Union and the Nature of the Passions. Indiana Philosophical Association, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; October 2013. Arnauld and the Doctrine of the Creation of the Eternal Truths: (1641-1648). Atlantic Canada Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy, Dalhousie University; July 2011. Arnauld and the Doctrine of the Creation of the Eternal Truths: (1641-1648). South Central Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy, Texas A&M; November 2010. Descartes Argument for the Creation Doctrine. Joint Meeting of the Illinois and the Indiana Philosophical Associations, Eastern Illinois University; November 2010. 3
Arnauld s Occasionalism. American Philosophical Association (Central); February 2010. Arnauld s Occasionalism. Illinois Philosophical Association, University of Illinois; October 2009. Arnauld s Actualism. Atlantic Canada Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy, Dalhousie University; August 2009. Arnauld s Actualism. Midwest Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy, University of Chicago; May 2009. Arnauld s Actualism. Midsouth Philosophy Conference, University of Memphis; April 2009. Descartes Incompatibility Statement. Iowa Philosophical Society Meeting, Coe College; October 2007. Invited Talks Descartes Infinite God. Eastern Michigan University s Undergraduate Conference in Philosophy, Eastern Michigan University; March 2014. [Keynote Address] Possibility and Essence in the Leibniz-Arnauld Correspondence. University of Utah; March 2013. Descartes and the Mind-Body Union. Beloit College; September 2010. Commentaries L. Newman s How Well do Cartesian Minds Know Themselves. American Philosophical Association (Pacific); April 2017. M. Sullivan s Arbitrariness and Permissiveness. Desert Philosophy Conference, March 2017. M. Simpson's Reason and Literary Form in Descartes's Meditations: The Case of the Cartesian Circle. American Philosophical Association (Central); February 2015. P. Connolly s Thinking Matter in Locke s Proof of God s Existence. American Philosophical Association (Eastern); December 2013. S. McCulley s Davidson s Semantical Primitives and Why They Cannot Work. Midsouth Philosophy Conference, University of Memphis; April 2009. 4
Teaching Utah Valley University Introduction to Philosophy Logical Thinking and Philosophical Writhing Ethics and Values Ethics and Values, Special Topics: Food and Animal Ethics Modern Legacies (Honors Program): God, Self and Science and the Rise of Modern Philosophy Early Modern Philosophy Metaphysics Scotus, Ockham and Descartes Descartes Seminar Spinoza and Kant: Freedom and Nature God and Evil (cross-listed in Philosophy and Religious Studies) University of Wisconsin-Madison Introduction to Philosophy Reason in Communication Contemporary Moral Issues Madison College Introduction to Philosophy Logic and Critical Thinking University of Wisconsin-Madison (Teaching Assistant, with weekly discussion sections) Introduction to Philosophy: (Lawrence Shapiro; Deborah Mower) Reason in Communication: (Ellery Eells) Introduction to Ethics: (Russ Shafer-Landau) Philosophy of Art: (Jim Anderson) History of Ancient Philosophy: (Paula Gottlieb) History of Modern Philosophy: (Dennis Stampe; Martha Gibson; Keith Yandell) Philosophy of Religion: (Keith Yandell) 5
Service to the Profession Dissertation Committee Member Anna Vaughn, Making Sense of the Molyneux Problem: A Defense of Locke University of Utah (2016) Manuscript Review Oxford University Press; History of Philosophy Quarterly; Southern Journal of Philosophy; Res Philosophica; Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy/The Encyclopedia of Logic; Journal of Applied Logic; Philo: A Journal of Philosophy; International Journal of the Platonic Tradition Conference Organizer University of Wisconsin Madison Philosophy Graduate Colloquia Conference II (2009) Inaugural University of Wisconsin Madison Philosophy Graduate Colloquia Conference (2008; coorganized with John Koolage) Service to Department and University Utah Valley University University Service General Education Committee Scholarly and Creative Activities Council Plenary Speaker, Judge, Utah High School Ethics Bowl College Service [College of Humanities and Social Sciences] Faculty Excellence Committee Department Service Textbook review committee Major/minor recruitment officer Recruitment, Retention, and Climate Committee (Chair) Student Evaluation Revision Committee (Chair) Graduate School Placement Committee (Chair) Committee for Curricular Advancement Philosophy Club Presenter, (Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2012) Languages French and Latin (reading knowledge) 6
References Steven Nadler William Hay II Professor of Philosophy Evjue-Bascom Professor in Humanities Weinstein-Bascom Professor of Jewish Studies University of Wisconsin 5185 Helen C. White 600 N. Park St. Madison, WI 53706 (608) 263-3741 smnadler@wisc.edu Tad Schmaltz Professor of Philosophy & James B. and Grace J. Nelson Fellow University of Michigan 2231 Angell Hall 435 South State Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 (734) 763-2119 tschmalt@umich.edu Samuel Newlands William J. and Dorothy K. O Neil Collegiate Associate Professor of Philosophy University of Notre Dame 100 Malloy Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 (574) 631-2866 snewlands@nd.edu Marcy Lascano Professor of Philosophy California State University, Long Beach McIntosh Humanities Building 901 1250 Bellflower Blvd. Long Beach, CA 90840 (562) 985-4345 marcy.lascano@csulb.edu Julie Walsh Assistant Professor of Philosophy Wellesley College Founders Hall 322 106 Central Street Wellesley, MA 02481 (781)283-2623 julie.walsh@wellesley.edu 7