Philosophy Department Email: hbattaly@fullerton.edu 800 N. State College Blvd. Office phone: 657.278.7180 California State University Fullerton Fullerton, CA 92834-6868 Academic Employment Professor, California State University Fullerton, 2010-present. Associate Professor, California State University Fullerton, 2006-2009 Assistant Professor, California State University Fullerton, 2000-2006 Visiting Assistant Professor, Dartmouth College, Fall 1998 Areas of Specialization Epistemology, Ethics, Virtue Theory Areas of Competence Logic, Critical Thinking, Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy of Psychology, Philosophy of Education Education Ph.D. in Philosophy, Syracuse University, 2000. Dissertation: What are the Virtues of Virtue Epistemology? Supervisor: William P. Alston B.A. in Philosophy and History, University of Vermont, 1991. Publications Books: 1. Heather Battaly, Virtue, Polity Press, Jan 2015. 2. Heather Battaly, ed. Virtue and Vice, Moral and Epistemic. Wiley-Blackwell, Nov 2010. Originally printed as a special issue of Metaphilosophy vol 41 (1-2), Jan 2010. 3. and Michael P. Lynch, eds. Perspectives on the Philosophy of William P. Alston. Rowman & Littlefield. 2005. Journal Articles and Book Chapters: 1. Heather Battaly, Intellectual Perseverance. Journal of Moral Philosophy, early view, Jan 2017, DOI: 10.1163/17455243-46810064 2. Heather Battaly, Intellectual Virtue and Knowledge. In Stephen Hetherington, ed. Knowledge in Contemporary Philosophy, Bloomsbury, in press. 3. Heather Battaly, Testimonial Injustice, Epistemic Vice, and Vice Epistemology. In Ian J. Kidd, Gaile Pohlhaus, and José Medina, eds. Routledge Handbook of Epistemic Injustice. Routledge, in press. 1
Publications Journal Articles and Book Chapters: 4. Heather Battaly, Extending Epistemic Virtue: Extended Cognition Meets Virtue- Responsibilism. In J. Adam Carter, Andy Clark, Jesper Kallestrup, Orestis Palermos, Duncan Pritchard, eds. Extending Epistemology. Oxford University Press, in press. 5. Michael Slote and Heather Battaly, Sentimentalist Virtue Epistemology: The Challenge of Personalism. In Nancy Snow, ed. The Oxford Handbook of Virtue. Oxford University Press, in press. 6. Heather Battaly, Developing Virtue and Rehabilitating Vice. Journal of Moral Education 45(2) 2016: 207-222. 7. Heather Battaly, Responsibilist Virtues in Reliabilist Classrooms. In Jason Baehr, ed. Intellectual Virtues and Education: Essays in Applied Virtue Epistemology, Routledge, 2016, 163-183. 8. Heather Battaly, Epistemic Virtue and Vice: Reliabilism, Responsibilism, and Personalism. In Chienkuo Mi, Michael Slote, and Ernest Sosa, eds. Moral and Intellectual Virtues in Western and Chinese Philosophy, Routledge, 2016, 99-120. 9. Dennis Whitcomb, Heather Battaly, Jason Baehr, Daniel Howard-Snyder, Intellectual Humility: Owning Our Limitations. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, early view Aug 2015, DOI: 10.1111/phpr.12228. 10. Heather Battaly, A Pluralist Theory of Virtue. In Mark Alfano, ed. Current Controversies in Virtue Theory. Routledge, 2015, 7-21. 11. Heather Battaly and Michael Slote, Virtue Epistemology and Virtue Ethics. In Lorraine Besser-Jones and Michael Slote, eds. Routledge Companion to Virtue Ethics. Routledge, 2015, 253-269. 12. Heather Battaly, Varieties of Epistemic Vice. In Jonathan Matheson and Rico Vitz, eds. The Ethics of Belief. Oxford University Press, 2014, 51-76. 13. Heather Battaly, Acquiring Epistemic Virtue: Emotions, Situations, and Education. In Abrol Fairweather and Owen Flanagan, eds. Naturalizing Epistemic Virtue, Cambridge University Press, 2014, 175-196. 14. Heather Battaly, Intellectual Virtues. In Stan Van Hooft, ed. Handbook of Virtue Ethics. Acumen, 2014, 177-187. 15. Heather Battaly, Detecting Epistemic Vice in Higher Education Policy: Epistemic Insensibility in the Seven Solutions and the REF. The Journal of Philosophy of Education vol 47 (2), 2013: 263-280. Reprinted in Ben Kotzee, ed. Education and the Growth of Knowledge. Wiley- Blackwell, 2014, 124-144. 16. Heather Battaly, Sosa s Reflective Knowledge: How Damaging is Epistemic Circularity? Synthese vol 188 (2), 2012: 289-308. Reply by Ernest Sosa, On Reflective Knowledge: replies to Battaly and Reed. Synthese vol 188 (2), 2012: 309-321. 2
Publications Journal Articles and Book Chapters: 17. Heather Battaly, Is Empathy a Virtue? In Amy Coplan and Peter Goldie, eds. Empathy: Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives. Oxford University Press, 2011, 277-301. 18. Heather Battaly, Attacking Character: Ad Hominem Argument and Virtue Epistemology. Informal Logic vol 30 (4), 2010: 361-390. 19. Heather Battaly, Epistemic Self-Indulgence. Metaphilosophy vol 41 (1-2) 2010: 214-234. Reprinted in Virtue and Vice, Moral and Epistemic. Battaly, ed. Wiley, 2010. 20. Heather Battaly, Introduction: Virtue and Vice. Metaphilosophy vol 41 (1-2) 2010: 1-21. Reprinted in Virtue and Vice, Moral and Epistemic. Battaly, ed. Wiley, 2010. 21. Heather Battaly and Amy Coplan, Is Dr. House Virtuous? House and Teaching the Moral and Intellectual Virtues. Film and Philosophy vol 13, 2009: 1-18. 22. Heather Battaly and Amy Coplan, Diagnosing Character: A House Divided? In Henry Jacoby, ed. House and Philosophy. Wiley, 2009, 222-238. 23. Heather Battaly, Metaethics Meets Virtue Epistemology: Salvaging Disagreement about the Epistemically Thick. Philosophical Papers vol 37 (3), 2008: 435-454. 24. Heather Battaly, Virtue Epistemology. Philosophy Compass: Epistemology vol 3 (4), 2008: 639-663. Reprinted in John Greco and John Turri, eds. Virtue Epistemology: Contemporary Readings. MIT Press, 2012, 3-32. 25. Heather Battaly, Intellectual Virtue and Knowing One s Sexual Orientation. In Raja Halwani, ed. Sex and Ethics: Essays on Sexuality, Virtue, and the Good Life. Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, 149-161. 26. Heather Battaly, Teaching Intellectual Virtues: Applying Virtue Epistemology in the Classroom. Teaching Philosophy vol 29 (3), 2006: 191-222. 27. Heather Battaly, Introductory Essay: Justification, God, and Truth. In Perspectives on the Philosophy of William P. Alston, Battaly and M. Lynch, eds. Rowman & Littlefield, 2005, 1-34. 28. Heather Battaly, Thin Concepts to the Rescue: Thinning the Concepts of Epistemic Justification and Intellectual Virtue. In Abrol Fairweather and Linda Zagzebski, eds. Virtue Epistemology: Essays on Epistemic Virtue and Responsibility. Oxford University Press, 2001, 96-116. Book Reviews and Miscellaneous: 1. Entry on Intellectual Virtue, Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, in press. 2. Review of Ernest Sosa s Reflective Knowledge. Analysis 70, 2010: 388-391. 3. Review of Ernest Sosa s A Virtue Epistemology. Analysis 69, 2009:382-385. 4. Review of Robert C. Roberts and W. Jay Wood s Intellectual Virtues. International Philosophical Quarterly vol 49 (1), 2009: 136-139. 5. Review of Nicholas Rescher s Cognitive Harmony, Epistemic Logic, and Realism and Pragmatic Epistemology. Mind vol 117 (465), 2008: 205-210. 3
Publications Book Reviews and Miscellaneous 6. Review of Ernest Sosa and His Critics, ed. John Greco. International Philosophical Quarterly vol 45 (3), 2005: 395-396. 7. Entry on William P. Alston. Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2 nd edition. Macmillan, 2005. 8. What is Virtue Epistemology? Proceedings of the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy, 2000. https://www.bu.edu/wcp/papers/valu/valubatt.htm 9. Review of Catherine Elgin s Considered Judgment. Social Epistemology, 1998. Work in Progress 1. Book Project: Wrong-headed: Epistemic Vice and Vice Epistemology 2. Editor, Routledge Handbook of Virtue Epistemology (under contract) 3. A Pluralist Theory of Epistemic Virtue Routledge Handbook of Virtue Epistemology (under contract) 4. A Pluralist Theory of Epistemic Vice In C. Kelp and J. Greco, Virtue Theoretic Epistemology, Cambridge University Press. 5. Closed-mindedness and Dogmatism Episteme Conference July 2017 (invited for Episteme). 6. Blame without Control Harms and Wrong in Epistemic Practice Conference, University of Sheffield July 2017 (invited for Philosophy). External Grants and Consulting 1. Co-Investigator. Developing Humility in Leadership John Templeton Foundation Grant. PI: Peter Hill, Biola University, 2017-2019. 2. Co-Investigator. The Development, Validation, and Dissemination of Measures of Intellectual Humility and Humility. John Templeton Foundation Grant. PI: Peter Hill, Biola University, 2013-2015. 3. Principal Investigator. Spencer Foundation Philosophy in Educational Policy and Practice Grant, Spring 2012 (for Acquiring Epistemic Virtue ) 4. Advisory Board Member. Humility in Public Discourse Grant. John Templeton Foundation. PI: Michael Lynch, University of Connecticut. 5. External Advisory Board Member. Virtuous Scientist Planning Grant. John Templeton Foundation. PI: Dominic Chaloner, Notre Dame, 2014-2015. 6. Consultant. The Virtues and Higher Education Grant. John Templeton Foundation. PI: Linda Zagzebski, University of Oklahoma, 2015. 7. National Endowment for the Humanities Younger Scholar Award (undergraduate), University of Vermont, 1990. 4
Internal Grants and Awards 1. Award for Outstanding Scholarship 2014-2015, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Cal State Fullerton 2. Sabbatical Leave, Fall 2014, Cal State Fullerton 3. Senior Faculty Research Grant, Summer 2012, Cal State Fullerton. 4. Outstanding Educator of the Year 2010-2011, Associated Students, Cal State Fullerton. 5. University Missions and Goals Initiative Grant, 2007-2008 (for Virtue and Vice Conference held in 2008) 6. Sabbatical Leave, Fall 2007. 7. Award for Outstanding Teaching 2003-2004, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Cal State Fullerton 8. Doctoral Prize, Syracuse University, 2001. 9. Patricia Roberts Harris Fellowship, Syracuse University, 1991-1994. 10. John Dewey Award in Philosophy, University of Vermont, 1991. Editorial Work Editor in Chief, Journal of Philosophical Research, 2016- Associate Editor, Journal of the American Philosophical Association, 2015- Special issue Editor: 1. Heather Battaly, Philosophical Studies, Selected Papers from the 2015 Pacific Meeting of the American Philosophical Association. 2. Heather Battaly and Ryan Nichols, Journal of Moral Education 45(2) 2016: Virtue and Control: Lessons from East and West. Editorial Board, Theory and Research in Education Editorial Board, Journal of Moral Education Referee: Acta Analytica, American Philosophical Quarterly, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Central States Philosophical Association, Episteme, Film and Philosophy, Journal of Philosophical Research, Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Mind, The Monist, Oxford University Press, Philosophical Papers, Philosophical Quarterly, Polity, Routledge, Synthese. Selected Presentations 1. Closed-Mindedness and Dogmatism Pacific APA, 2017. 2. Intellectual Perseverance. New Zealand Association of Philosophers, Nov 2016. University of Oklahoma, Oct 2016. Keynote, Northwest Student Philosophy Conference, Western Washington University, May 2016. 3. Facilitating Open-mindedness, Intellectual Humility, and Perseverance in the College Classroom Institute for the Study of Human Flourishing, University of Oklahoma, Oct 2016. 5
Selected Presentations 4. Intellectual Virtue: Open-mindedness, Intellectual Humility, Intellectual Courage Upstander Academy on Intellectual Humility in Secondary Education, University of Connecticut, Aug 2016. 5. Epistemic Vice: Unwitting Acquisition and Rehabilitation Pacific APA, April 2016 6. Responsibilist Virtues in Reliabilist Classrooms. Central APA 2016; Epistemology of Education Workshop, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, April 2015. 7. Extending Epistemic Virtue. Epistemology Seminar, University of Notre Dame, March 2016. 8. Keynote. Epistemic Virtue and Vice: Reliabilism, Responsibilism and Personalism. Conference on Epistemic Vices, University of Durham, England, Sept 2015. 9. Intellectual Humility: Owning Our Limitations. Fuller Humility Workshop, Fuller Seminary, May 2015; Intellectual Humility Capstone Conference, Catalina May 2015. 10. Location, Location, Location: Can Epistemic Virtues be Distributed? Extended Knowledge Conference, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, April 2015. 11. Epistemic Vice. The Virtue Turn Conference, Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan May 2014; Syracuse University, Feb 2014; Cal State Northridge Philosophy Department, Feb 2012; Ethics of Belief Conference, University of North Florida, Oct 2011. 12. Acquiring Epistemic Virtue. Eastern APA, Dec 2013; Cal State Fullerton Symposium Rethinking Feeling, Apr 2013. 13. Detecting Epistemic Vice in Higher Education Policy. Conference on Intellectual Virtues and Education, Loyola Marymount University, June 2013. 14. Getting Students to Practice Intellectual Virtues. Intellectual Virtues and Education Project, Pedagogy Seminar, Loyola Marymount University July 2012. 15. Critic, Jason Baehr s The Inquiring Mind. Pacific APA, March 2012. 16. Attacking Character. Chapman University, Feb 2011; Bled Epistemology Conference, Slovenia, May 2007; Southern California Philosophy Conference, Oct 2007. 17. Sosa s Reflective Knowledge: How Damaging is Epistemic Circularity? Pacific APA, Mar 2011; SoCal Epistemology Workshop, UC Irvine, Feb 2011; Brazil Epistemology Conference, PUCRS, Porto Alegre, Brazil, June 2010. 18. Epistemic Self-Indulgence. Conference on Virtue and Vice. Cal State Fullerton, June 2010. 19. Intellectual Virtue through Thick and Thin: Disagreement and Combinatorial Vagueness. Pacific APA Mar 2008. 20. Empathy: Virtue or Skill? Russell IV workshop, Mar 2008; Understanding Other Minds Conference, Holy Cross, Apr 2007; UCLA Epistemology Workshop, Dec 2007; Empathy Conference, Cal State Fullerton June 2006. 21. Intellectual Virtue and Knowing One s Sexual Orientation. Pacific APA Apr 2007; Oberlin College Oct 2007; Southern California Philosophy Conference, Oct 2005; Women and Society Conference, Marist College, 2005. 6
Selected Presentations 22. Teaching Intellectual Virtues. Association for Moral Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Nov 2005. Pacific SWIP, Apr 2005. 23. Must the Intellectual Virtues be Reliable? Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference on Knowledge and Skepticism, University of Idaho, 2004; Southern California Philosophy Conference 2004. 24. Philippa Foot on the Distinction between Moral Virtues and Skills. World Congress of Philosophy, Istanbul, Turkey Aug 2003; Pacific SWIP 2001; Mid-South Philosophy Conference, 2001. 25. The Traditional Square of Opposition. 14 th International Workshop on Teaching Philosophy, Aug 2002. 26. A Quiet Victory for Virtue Epistemology: Our Epistemic Lives are not Completely Rule- Governed. Mid-South Philosophy Conference 2000. 27. What is Virtue Epistemology and Why Should We Care? SoCal Philosophy Conference, Oct 1999. 28. A New Epistemological Order: Out with Justification, In with Virtue. Cal State Fullerton, 1999; Mid-South Philosophy Conference, 1999. Dartmouth College, 1998. 29. What is Virtue Epistemology? Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy, Boston, Aug 1998. Selected Comments 1. Commentator, Varieties of Understanding Conference. Fordham University, June 2014. 2. Comments on Patricia Marino Moral Coherence, Value Fragmentation, and Epistemic Justification. Pacific APA, 2010. 3. Comments on Wayne Riggs Luck and Value. Epistemic Value Conference. University of Stirling, Scotland, Aug 2006. 4. Comments on John Greenwood Unnatural Epistemology. Pacific APA, 2003. 5. Comments on Peter Graham Testimony, Agency, and Entitlement Eastern APA 2002. 6. Comments on Alvin Goldman The Unity of the Epistemic Virtues. Conference on Virtue and Duty in Epistemology, Santa Barbara, Nov 1999. Courses Taught For Philosophy Majors: Phil 490 Seminar on Virtue Epistemology; Phil 490 Seminar on Knowing Other Minds and Autism; Phil 470 Seminar on Vice and Blame; Phil 470 Seminar on Virtue Ethics and Virtue Epistemology; Phil 430 Epistemology; Phil 420 Metaphysics; Phil 410 Ethical Theory; Phil 315 Argument and Writing For General Education: Phil 368 Symbolic Logic; Phil 312 Business Ethics; Phil 270 Ethics; Phil 106 Intro to Logic; Phil 105 Critical Thinking For Honors Program: Honors 101A Critical Thinking; Honors 101B Oral Communication 7
Service to the Profession American Philosophical Association Program Chair, Pacific Division Meeting of the APA, Vancouver BC, 2015. Member, Board of Officers, APA, 2008-2011. Member, Executive Committee, Pacific Division, APA, 2008-2011. Program Committees Program committee member, Pacific Division Meeting APA, 2003-2006. Program committee member, American Association of Philosophy Teachers, 2003, 2006 Program committee member, Pacific Meeting of SWIP, 2004, 2005. Program Performance Reviews Philosophy Department, Loyola Marymount University, 2015 Philosophy Department, Chapman University, 2013 Department of Human Communication, Cal State Fullerton Examining Committees Committee Member, Qualifying Exam, UC Santa Cruz, for D. Donley 2016 Selected Service at Cal State Fullerton Department and College service Director, Philosophy Symposium on Vice and Blame, March 2016. Chair, Philosophy Department, 2011-2014 Chair, H&SS External Funding Committee, 2012-2014. Vice-Chair, Philosophy Department, 2010-2011 Director, Conference on Virtue and Vice, 2008 Chair, Philosophy Department Personnel Committee, 2009-2011 University service Member, Provost Search Committee, 2010-2012 Academic Senate, Member at Large, 2010-2011 Member, Faculty Research Committee, 2009-2011 Member, Planning Resource and Budget Committee, 2006-2007 Member, University Curriculum Committee, 2003-2005 8