Paul McNamara 12/20/16 Philosophy Department Office: 603-862-3078 University of New Hampshire Fax: 603-862-4214 Durham, NH 03824, USA E-mail: paulm@unh.edu EDUCATION: PhD: Philosophy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. MA: Philosophy, University of Missouri, Columbia BA: Philosophy, City University of New York. AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION: Deontic Logic, Ethical Theory, Philosophy of Normative Language. AREAS OF COMPETENCE: POSITIONS: Logic, Philosophy of Mind/AI, Philosophy of Well-Being. Assistant, then Associate Professor, UNH (fall 1990 present). EDITED COLLECTIONS/SYMPOSIA: Symposium on the Work of Christine Korsgaard, Symposium. Metaphilosophy 42.4, 2011: 349-394. Norms, Logics and Information Systems: New Studies on Deontic Logic and Computer Science. Coedited with Henry Prakken. IOS Press, Amsterdam/Oxford/Tokyo/Washington DC, December 1998. Which Computers Can Think (If Any)? Guest Editor. Philosophical Studies 71.2, 1993: 113-222. MANUSCRIPTS: With Hilpinen, Risto, Deontic Logic: A Historical Survey and Introduction, in Handbook of Deontic Logic and Normative Systems, Volume 1, edited by Dov Gabbay, John Horty, Xavier Parent, Ron van der Meyden, and Leon van der Torre, College Publications, London, UK, 2013: 1-134. "Deontic Logic", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2010 Edition), Edward N Zalta (ed.). [35,000 words] URL = <http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2010/entries/logic-deontic/> "Deontic Logic", The Handbook of the History of Logic, vol. 7: Logic and the Modalities in the Twentieth Century, (eds.) Dov Gabbay and John Woods, Amsterdam: Elsevier Press, 2006: 197-288. ARTICLES/BOOK CHAPTERS: A Theist's Nightmare". Philosophical Approaches to the Devil. Robert Arp, Felipe Carvalho, and Benjamin W. McCraw (eds.). Routledge, 2015: 119-133. Supererogation, Inside and Out: Toward an Adequate Scheme for Common Sense Morality. Oxford Studies in Normative Ethics, Volume I. Mark Timmons (ed.). OUP, 2011: 202-235. Introduction. Symposium on the Work of Christine Korsgaard, Symposium Metaphilosophy 42.4, 2011. "Praise, Blame, Obligation, and DWE: Toward a Framework for the Classical Conception of Supererogation and Kin." Journal of Applied Logic 9, 2011: 153 170. [Invited expanded version of next publication.] "Praise, Blame, Obligation, and Beyond: Toward a Comprehensive Framework for the Classical Conception of Supererogation and Kin." Deontic Logic in Computer Science (DEON 2008). Ron van
der Meyden and Leendart van der Torre (eds.). Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 5076. Berlin: Springer Verlag, 2008: 233-247. "Agential Obligation as Non-Agential Personal Obligation plus Agency." Journal of Applied Logic, 2.1, March 2004, Pages 117-152. Review of John Horty s Agency and Deontic Logic. Mind Vol.113, Issue 447, Jan. 2004: 179-185. "Toward A Framework For Agency, Inevitability, Praise And Blame." Nordic Journal of Philosophical Logic, 5.2, 2000: 135-160. "Introduction." With Henry Prakken. In Norms, Logics and Information Systems: New Studies on Deontic Logic and Computer Science. McNamara, Paul and Henry Prakken (eds.). IOS Press, Amsterdam/Oxford/Tokyo/Washington DC, 1998: 1-14. "Doing Well Enough in an Andersonian-Kangerian Framework." In Norms, Logics and Information Systems: New Studies on Deontic Logic and Computer Science. McNamara, Paul and Henry Prakken (eds.). as, Amsterdam/Oxford/Tokyo/Washington DC, 1998: 181-198. "Supererogation in Deontic Logic: Metatheory for DWE and Some Close Neighbors." With Edwin Mares (University of Victoria, New Zealand). Studia Logica 57.2, 1997: 397-415. "Making Room for Action Beyond the Call." Mind 105, 1996: 415-450. "Must I Do What I Ought (or Will the Least I Can Do Do)?" Deontic Logic, Agency and Normative Systems. Mark A. Brown and Jose Carmo (eds.). Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1996: 154-173. "Doing Well Enough: Toward A Logic for Common Sense Morality." Studia Logica 57.1, 1996: 167-192. "The Confinement Problem: How to Terminate Your Mom and Her Trust." In Analysis, 55.4, 1995: 310-313. "Introduction." Which Computers Can Think (If Any)? Philosophical Studies 71.2, 1993. "Comments on Dretske." In Philosophical Studies 71.2, 1993: 217-222. "Does the Actual World Actually Exist?" In Philosophical Studies, 69.1, 1993: 59-82. "Leibniz on Creation, Contingency and Per-se Modality." Studia Leibnitiana, 22.1, 1990: 29-47. UNPUBLISHED WORK / WORK IN PROGRESS: Logics for Supererogation and Allied Normative Concepts. Invited contribution for Handbook of Deontic Logic and Normative Systems, Volume 2, edited by Dov Gabbay, John Horty, Xavier Parent, Ron van der Meyden, and Leon van der Torre, College Publications, London, UK. Determination Theorems for Some Simple Dyadic Agency Logics, and Some Deontic Applications Toward a Taxonomical Framework for Some Fundamental Moral Concepts. Supererogation. Invited submission for the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Recent Work in Deontic Logic. Invited submission for the Philosophy Compass. "Conditionalized-DWE: A Contrary-to-Ideality Framework for Common Sense Morality" (with Xavier Parent). Logics for Indifference, Optionality and Contingency. Suberogation and Frankfurt Examples (with Ish Haji). "Robot Rights? AI, Rights Theory, and Philosophy of Mind." Must I Do What I Ought? An Essay on Supererogation and the Core of Common Sense Morality "Time, Agency, and the Underestimated Importance of Supererogatory Commitments." "Chisholm on Supererogation and Deontic Logic." "Is Utilitarianism Really Incompatible with Action Beyond the Call of Duty?" "What Might an Act Utilitarian Accommodation of Supererogation Look Like in Detail?" PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS: Logics for Supererogation and Allied Normative Concepts. Presentation: Outline of and excerpt from in-progress chapter for second volume of Handbook of Logic of Normative Systems, Satellite Session of DEON 2016, University of Bayreuth, July 2016. Could Robots One Day Deserve Rights?. Regional Mensa Meeting, Portsmouth NH, February, 2015.
Toward a More Fine-Grained Conceptual Scheme for Moral Statuses. Keynote Address. 12th International Conference on Deontic Logic and Normative Systems (DEON 2014), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, July 2014. Toward a Taxonomical Framework for Some Fundamental Moral Concepts, University of Southern California, Deontic Modality Workshop, May 22, 2013. Toward a Formal Framework for Some Fundamental Common Moral Statuses, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Formal Ethics I, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, October 11, 2012. Toward a More Fine-Grained Conceptual Scheme for Moral Statuses. Annual Northern New England Philosophical Association, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, October 19, 2012. Toward a More Fine-Grained Conceptual Scheme for Moral Statuses. Invited Talk. American Philosophical Association, Central Division Conference, March 31, 2011. Could Robots One Day Deserve Rights? Annual Northern New England Philosophical Association, St. Anselm College, October 15-16, 2010. Action Beyond the Call versus Supererogation. First Annual Workshop in Normative Ethics, University of Arizona, Tucson, January, 2010. Could Robots One Day Deserve Rights? Les jeudis des sciences (Science Thursdays), Lecture to Faculty (and Community) at University of Luxembourg, December, 2009. Introduction: History and Overview of Deontic Logic, with Risto Hilpinen. Presentation of chapter plan for first chapter of first volume of Handbook of Logic of Normative Systems, de Morgan Workshop, University of Luxembourg, December 2009. Doing Well Enough in Deontic Logic. Presentation of chapter plan for first volume of Handbook of Logic of Normative Systems, de Morgan Workshop, University of Luxembourg, December 2009. Suberogation and Frankfurt Examples, with Ish Haji. Annual Northern New England Philosophical Association, University of New Hampshire. October 16-17, 2009. "Praise, Blame, Obligation, and DWE: Toward a Comprehensive Framework for the Classical Conception of Supererogation and Kin." Society for Exact Philosophy, Edmunton, Canada, May, 2009. [Expansion on Luxermbourg presentation.) "Praise, Blame, Obligation, and Beyond: Toward a Comprehensive Framework for the Classical Conception of Supererogation and Kin." Ninth International Conference on Deontic Logic in Computer Science (DEON2008), University of Luxermbourg, July 2008. "Action Beyond Morality's Call Versus Supererogatory Action: Toward a More Adequate Conceptual Scheme for Common Sense Morality". Annual Northern New England Philosophical Association, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. October 12-13, 2007. "Supererogation and Utilitarianism Revisited: An Inroad to the Structure of Common Sense Morality" Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Studies, University of London, 2006. "Aggregation of Obligations: Basic and Derived Obligations." Northern New England Philosophical Association conference, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, 2004. "Horty on Indeterminism, Agency and Consequentialism." Northern New England Philosophical Association conference, Keene, New Hampshire, 2003. "A Preliminary Exploration of Agential Obligation as Non-Agential Personal Obligation plus Agency." Sixth Biannual International Conference on Deontic Logic, Imperial College, London,UK, 2002. "Toward an Integrated Agential and Aretaic Framework." Fifth Biannual International Conference on Deontic Logic, Toulouse, France, 2000; Earlier version presented at the Society for Exact Philosophy conference, University of Florida, Gainesville, 2000. Session Chair and Commentator at Dartmouth Conference on Bernard Gert's Ethical Theory, May 13-16, 1999. "Doing Well Enough in an Andersonian-Kangerian Framework." Fourth Biannual International Conference on Deontic Logic, Bologna, Italy, 1998. Earlier version presented at the Society for Exact Philosophy conference, University of Tennessee, 1996.
"Comments on 'Expressivism, Negation and the Frege-Geach Problem'." British Society for Ethical Theory conference, Lancaster University, England, 1997. "Must I Do What I Ought (or Will the Least I Can Do Do)?" Third Biannual International Conference on Deontic Logic, Sesimbra, Portugal, 1996. "Semantics for Modal Auxiliaries." Linguistics Colloquium, UNH, 1995. "An Act Utilitarian Theory of Supererogation." Northern New England Philosophy Association conference, Rivier University, NH, 1995. "Must I Do What I Ought?" Society for Exact Philosophy conference, University of Texas (Austin), 1994; and Northern New England Philosophy Association conference (Dartmouth), 1994. "Doing Well Enough: Toward a Logic for Common Sense Morality", Second Biannual International Conference on Deontic Logic, Oslo, Norway, 1994. "Comments on Steven Rieber's 'A Solution to the Paradox of Analysis'" American Philosophical Association's Central Division meeting, Chicago, 1993. "A Reconstruction of Herb Heidelberger's 'G. E. Moore and the Paradox of Analysis'" University of Massachusetts, 1993. "Doing Well Enough: Toward a Logic for Common Sense Morality." Society for Exact Philosophy conference, York University, Toronto, Canada, 1993. "SEB Speaks: A Theist's Nightmare." Annual Northern New England Philosophy Association conference, 1992. "Comments on Dretske." UNH Philosophy Conference, Which Machines Can Think (If Any), 1992. "Can God's Existence Be Established?" Student organization funded public debate with Peter Kreft (Boston College), UNH, 1991. "Natural Language Meets Formal Semantics", Linguistics Colloquium, UNH, 1991. "Supererogation, Act Utilitarianism and Urmson's Constraint: A Compatibility Thesis." University of North Carolina, Greensboro, 1988; and at University of New Hampshire-Durham in 1990. REFEREEING: Review for Journal of Philosophical Research, 2016 Review for Oxford University Press, 2016 Review for Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 2016 Review of three papers for the Twelfth Biannual International Conference on Deontic Logic, 2016 Review for Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 2016 Review for Journal of Logic and Computation, 2015 Review for Journal of Value Inquiry, 2015 Review for Journal of Ethics & Social Philosophy, 2015 Review for Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 2015 Reviews of six submissions for Formal Ethics 2015, Bayreuth, Germany. Review for Studia Logica, 2015 Review for Logica Universalis, 2014. Review for The Journal of Philosophical Research, 2014. Review for Ethics, 2014. Review of three papers for the Twelfth Biannual International Conference on Deontic Logic, 2014. Review for Review of Symbolic Logic, 2014. Review for Linguistics & Philosophy, 2014. Review for Ethics, 2014. Reviews of six submissions for Formal Ethics 2014, Erasmus University Rotterdam. Review of book proposal, Oxford University Press, 2014. Review for Theoria, 2013. Review for Erkenntnis, 2013. Review for Linguistics & Philosophy, 2013. Review for Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 2013.
Review for special issue of Synthese for Patrick Suppes 90 th, 2013. Review for Zukunftskolleg Fellowship Programme, University of Konstanz, DE, 2013. Review for Ethics, 2013. Review for Synthese, 2012. Review for Journal of Logic and Computation, 2012. Review for Journal of Applied Logic, 2012. Review for Philosophical Studies, 2012. Review of three papers for the Eleventh Biannual International Conference on Deontic Logic, 2012. Review for Journal of Applied Logic, 2012. Review for Journal of Applied Logic, 2011. Review for Logica Universalis, 2011. Two Reviews for Mind, 2011. Review for Philosophical Studies, 2011. Review for Journal of Philosophical Logic, 2011. Review of chapter draft for forthcoming Handbook of Deontic Logic, Vol. 1, 2010. Review for Mind, 2010. Review of paper for Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy, 2010. Review of three papers for the Tenth Biannual International Conference on Deontic Logic, 2010. Committee and Jury for PhD in logic for Alessio Moretti, The Geometry of Logical Opposition, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 2008-2009. Review of paper for History and Philosophy of Logic, 2008. Review of paper for the 7 th bi-annual Advances in Modal Logic conference, 2008. Review of paper for Philosophical Studies, 2008. Review of four papers for the Ninth Biannual International Conference on Deontic Logic, 2008. Review of three papers for 1st World Congress on the Square of Opposition in Montreux, Switzerland for post-conference publication. 2007-2008. Review of book proposal for Cambridge University Press, 2007-2008. Review of paper for Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic, 2006. Review of three papers for the Eight Biannual International Conference on Deontic Logic, 2006. Report on a paper for Philosophical Quarterly, 2004. Review of three papers for the Seventh Biannual International Conference on Deontic Logic, 2004. Report for for Logique et Analyse, 2003. Review of two papers for the Sixth Biannual International Conference on Deontic Logic, 2002. Review of paper for the Nordic Journal for Philosophical Logic, 2001. Review of two papers for the Fifth Biannual International Conference on Deontic Logic, 2000. Review for Journal of Philosophical Logic, 1999. Reports on papers submitted for McNamara and Prakken volume 1998. Review of four papers for the Fourth Biannual International Conference on Deontic Logic, 1998. Review for Mind, 1997. Review for Studia Logica, 1997. Review for Mind, 1996. Review for Philosophical Studies, 1994. Review for Philosophical Psychology, 1993. SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION: External Collaborator, Permissions, Information and Institutional Dynamics, Obligations, and Rights Beethoven Polish-German Funding Initiative in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Member of Steering committee of the DEON (Deontic Logic and the Logic of Normative Systems) biannual international conferences, 2014-present (ongoing). Program Committee for 4 th -12 th Bi-Annual International Deontic Logic Conferences, 1998 thru present.
Member of Steering committee (the U.S. Representative) for the EU-based international Formal Ethics conference series, 2012-ongoing. Executive Secretary (Overseer) for the Northern New England Philosophical Association, 2011-ongoing. Co-organizer (with James Moor) for the Northern New England Philosophical Association Annual meeting, Dartmouth College, Summer 2013; Co-Organizer for the Undergraduate Session of the Northern New England Philosophical Association for Fall 2010. President of the Northern New England Philosophical Association, 2008-2009, and Organizer of its Annual Conference, University of New Hampshire, Fall 2009; initiated and edited revised seminar papers on the keynote speaker s work, along with her replies for publication (see above). Organizational Assistant for Northern New England Philosophical Association Meeting, UNH, 2000. Co-organizer (with Henry Prakken) for DEON'98: the Fourth Bi-Annual International Conference on Deontic Logic, Bologna, Italy, January 1998 (January 1996 - September 1998). Lecturer and Facilitator for New Hampshire's Humanities Council: Apples & Origins Community Educational Enrichment Program (1995-96). Co-organizer and overseer for Philosophy of AI Conference, UNH, 1992; initiated and edited revised proceedings for publication (see above). ACADEMIC AWARDS/HONORS: UNH Faculty Development Grant, Fall 2015 UNH Pink Triangle Award, 2013 Fellow at Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London, 2005 2006. UNH Vice President for Research--Discretionary Research Grant, Spring 2003. UNH Liberal Arts Summer Faculty Fellowship, 2000. UNH Gustafson Fellowship, Fall 1994. UNH Summer Faculty Fellowship, 1992. Graduate Student Teaching Award. BA with Honors. REFERENCES: Professor Lennart Åqvist, Uppsala University (Sweden). Professor Daniel Bonevac, University of Texas-Austin (USA). Professor Willem devries, University of New Hampshire (USA). Professor Risto Hilpinen, University of Miami (USA) Professor Andrew Jones, King's College London (UK). Professor Mark Timmons, University of Arizona, Tucson (USA).