CURRICULUM VITAE - University of Mississippi



Robert W. Barnard

Department of Philosophy and Religion

University of Mississippi

University, MS 38677

662-915-5723, (dept) 662-238-2901, (home)

rwbjr@olemiss.edu

Areas of Specialization

Metaphysics, Epistemology, Early Analytic Philosophy

Areas of Competence

Ethics (Theoretical and Applied), Logic, Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Phenomenology

Academic Appointments

University of Mississippi, Assistant Professor (Fall 2001-present), Visiting Assistant Professor (Fall 2000-

Spring 2001), Visiting Instructor (Fall 1999)

University of Memphis, Instructor (Fall 1999, Summer 2000), Graduate Instructor (Spring 1996-Spring 1999)

Christian Brothers University, Instructor (Fall 1998, Spring 1999)

Education

Ph.D. in Philosophy, The University of Memphis, August 2000.

Advisors: Terence Horgan and John Tienson

Dissertation: The Naturalist’s Dilemma: Logic and Ontological Naturalism

Spindel Dissertation Fellowship, Spring 2000.

M.A. in Philosophy, The American University, May 1994.

Thesis: In the Footnotes of Giants: The Austin-Derrida-Searle Debate Revisited

B.A. in Philosophy, The American University, May 1991.

Articles and Book Chapters

“Serious Problems for Serious Physicalism,” under review.

“Truth as Mediated Correspondence,” with Terry Horgan, The Monist, (forthcoming January 2006).

“Ontology and Logical Form,” Russell-Wittgenstein: Logical Form and the Project of Philosophy, edited by Rom Harré and John Shosky, (Filosophia Press: Prague (Czech Republic)), Chapter 3, in press.

“Three Paradigms of Rational Agency,” with Tyler Simon, Journal of Models and Modeling, 1:2 (April 2003): 31-54.

“Is Vagueness Non-Projectability?” Acta Analytica, 14 (1999): 47-66.

“Russell in Waiting: Russell’s Influence in Eastern Europe,” Bertrand Russell Society Quarterly, 98 (May 1998): 25-27.

“Russell on Vagueness,” Bertrand Russell Society Quarterly, 95 (August 1997): 8-11.

Reviews

“Review of Theories of Truth, Frederick Schmitt, ed.,” Teaching Philosophy, forthcoming.

“Review of The Evolution of Reason: Logic as a Branch of Biology, by William S. Cooper,” Philosophical Psychology, 17:1 (March 2004).

“Review of A Philosophical Companion to First-Order Logic, R.I.G. Hughes, ed.,” with Allan Hillman, Essays in Philosophy, 4:2 (June 2003). [On-line at ]

“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): 33-35.

“Review of Frederick Schmitt’s Truth a Primer,” Social Epistemology, 12 (July-September 1998): 310-312.

“Review of Interfaces: Essays in Philosophy and Bordering Areas in honor of Peter Serracino Inglott, Joe Friggieri and Salvino Busuttil, eds.,” Bertrand Russell Society Quarterly, 97 (February 1998): 19-20.

Professional Presentations

a) Peer Reviewed Conferences

“Seriously Folks, Physicalism is False,” Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 2004.

“Of Barbers and Bald Men: Impossible Paradoxes,” Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology Meeting, Nashville, TN, March 2002.

“Categorical Logical Normativity,” Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 2001.

“Knowing about Logic: Russell and Logical Intuition,” Bertrand Russell Society Group Session, American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meeting, Boston, MA, December 1999.

“Strong Logical Necessity,” Mid-South Philosophy Conference, Memphis, TN, March 1999.

“Russell’s Flirtation with Phenomenology,” Bertrand Russell Society Annual Meeting, St. Petersburg, FL, June 1998.

“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 1997.

b) Invited Papers and Presentations

“Seriously Folks, Physicalism is False,” Oxford Invitational Philosophy Workshop, University of Mississippi, University, MS, September 2004.

“Rethinking Knowledge: Contextual and Functional Approaches,” The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, May 2004.

“Rethinking Knowledge,” Mississippi Philosophical Association Presidential Address, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS, March 2004.

“Analytic Philosophy in the 21st Century: Moving Beyond Naturalism,” 13th McDowell Philosophy Conference, “Philosophy in the 21st Century,” The American University, Washington, DC, November 2003.

“Vagueness as Phenomenon,” Invited paper, Department of Philosophy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, November 2002.

“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 2002.

“Is there a Logical Reality?” College of the Holy Cross, Department of Philosophy, Worcester, MA, February 2001.

“The Role of Logical Principles in Metaphysics and Epistemology,” University of Mississippi, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Oxford, MS, February 2001.

“On What there Is, Revisited,” Conference on Wittgenstein and Russell, American University, Washington, DC, March 2000.

“Why Millikan Cannot Explain Logical Normativity,” Philosophical Collaborations Conference, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, IL, March 1999.

“Logic and Metaphysical Naturalism,” University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, October 1998.

“Is Vagueness Non-Projectability?” invited paper for the Bled Conference on the Philosophy of Vagueness, Bled, Slovenia, June 1998.

“Vague Language and Bent Thinking,” invited paper presented to the Socratic Society, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR, April 1997.

Commentaries

Edward Hinchman, “Judging as Self-Trust,” APA Pacific Division Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 2005.

Thomas Rardin, “Diagramatic Reasoning: Intuitive or Effective?” Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology Meeting, Nashville, TN, March 2002.

Duncan Richter, “Confusion,” Mid-South Philosophy Conference, Memphis, TN, February 2001.

Ram Neta, “Skepticism and Explanation,” Mid-South Philosophy Conference, Memphis, TN, February 2000.

Audre Jean Brokes, “Direct Inference as a Form of Sellarsian Material Inference,” Mid-South Philosophy Conference, Memphis, TN, March 1999.

Byeong D. Lee, “Kroon on Rationality and Epistemic Paradox,” Mid-South Philosophy Conference, Memphis, TN, February 1998.

Carl Gillett, “Physicalism and Scientific Theory Appraisal,” Mid-South Philosophy Conference, Memphis, TN, March 1997.

Je Joo Liu, “The Two Component Theory of Proper Names and Kripke’s Puzzle,” Mid-South Philosophy Conference, Memphis, TN, March 1996.

John Lysaker, “Genealogies, Bigotry, and Truth,” Tennessee Philosophical Association Meeting, Nashville, TN, November 1995.

Work in Progress

Beyond Naturalism: Logic and Fundamental Ontology (book manuscript, under review with Cambridge and MIT)

“Leibniz’s Paradox of Necessity” – Argues that actuality is an essential property of this world if God had a reason for selecting the actual world as the best of all possible worlds.

“Epistemic Functionalism: is justification multiply realizable?” – Considers whether debates about the status of epistemic justification can be resolved by treating justification as a multiply realizable functional property.

“A Theory of Logical Normativity” – Argues that logical norms cannot be hypothetical imperatives.

“Ontological Theory and Meta-Ontological Acceptability” – Outlines three prima facie constraints on acceptable ontological theories.

“A Theory of Logical Necessity” – Argues that logical necessity is an ontologically basic component of reality.

“Russell and Logical Modality” – An examination of the development of Russell’s accounts of modality and quantification between “On Denoting” and “Logical Atomism.”

“The Just Corporation” – Argues for a virtue ethical approach to business ethics modeled on Plato’s Republic and that no corporation formed for the sake of profit can satisfy Plato’s criteria for being good and just.

Awards and Fellowships

College of Liberal Arts Summer Research Grant, University of Mississippi, 2002, 2003, and 2005.

Office of Research and Sponsored Programs Faculty Research Fellow, University of Mississippi, Summer 2004

Mississippi Humanities Council Mini-Grant (RG02-02-012), December 2002-May 2003

Department of Philosophy and Religion Summer Research Grant, University of Mississippi, 2002

Spindel Dissertation Fellowship, University of Memphis, Spring 2000.

Graduate Assistantship, Department of Philosophy, University of Memphis, 1995-1999.

Teaching Assistantship, Department of Philosophy and Religion. The American University, Spring 1993.

National Merit Scholarship, The American University, 1987-1991.

Society and Association Affiliations

American Philosophical Association

Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology

Mississippi Philosophical Association

Phi Kappa Phi

Student Supervision

Joseph Ulatowski, (2004-Present) PhD Dissertation (University of Utah), external committee member.

Johnathan Miles (2004-2005, MA Major Paper, Supervising Professor)

Allan Hillman (2002-2003, MA Major Paper, Supervising Professor)

Joseph Ulatowski (2001-02, M.A. Thesis, Major Professor)

Trace Randall (2001-02, Senior Thesis, Supervising Professor)

Tyler Simon (Spring 2002, Senior Thesis, Supervising Professor)

Service and Professional Activities

a) Professional Service

Textbook/Manuscript Referee: Oxford UP (2002-Present), Longman Publishers (NY) (2002), Southwestern Publishing-Thompson Learning (2003), SAGE Publishing (2004), Rowman and Littlefield (2005).

Referee for Philosophical Psychology, June 2004 to present.

Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Philosophy program referee (2002, 2003, 2005).

Session Moderator, XXIVth Spindel Conference “Social Epistemology,” University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, September 2005.

Invited Discussant, Truth and Realism Conference, St. Andrews University, St. Andrews Scotland, June 2004.

Developed and organized (with Neil Manson) the “Oxford Invitational Philosophy Workshop,” Fall 2004.

Mississippi Philosophical Association, President (2003-2004); Vice-President and Program Chair, Mississippi Philosophical Association Annual Meeting (2002-2003).

Session Moderator, XXth Spindel Conference “Origins: The Commons Sources of the Analytic and Phenomenological Traditions,” University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, September 2001.

Session Chair, Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 2001.

Invited Discussant, Language Logic and Logistics: Modeling and Cross-Disciplinary Discourse Conference, Physical Sciences Laboratory, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, January 2001.

Session Chair, Bertrand Russell Society Group Session, American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meeting, Washington, DC, December 1998.

Contributing Assistant Editor, Bertrand Russell Society Quarterly, Spring 1996-Spring 1999.

b) Departmental and University Service

Assistant director of undergraduate philosophy programs, Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of Mississippi, August 2004-present.

Departmental MA program self-assessment, Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of Mississippi, December 2004-present.

Departmental BA program self-assessment, Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of Mississippi, October 2004-present.

Developed three-year departmental course rotation plan, Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of Mississippi, 2003-3004

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 2002.

Co-Director, University of Mississippi Symposium on the Ethical, Legal, and Societal implications of Stem Cell Research, February 22-23, 2002.

University Lecture Series, committee member, University of Mississippi, AY 2002-03 to present.

Marshall Scholarship, mock interview team, University of Mississippi, Fall 2002.

Member, faculty hiring committee, Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of Mississippi, AY 2001-2002, 2 positions AY 2002-2003.

References

Terence Horgan

Department of Philosophy

University of Arizona

Tucson AZ, 85721

thorgan@u.arizona.edu

Michael P. Lynch

Department of Philosophy

University of Connecticut

Storrs, CT  06269-2054

mplynch@uconn.edu

John Tienson

Department of Philosophy

University of Memphis

Memphis TN, 38152

jtienson@memphis.edu

William Lawhead

Department of Philosophy and Religion

University of Mississippi

University, MS 38677

wlawhead@olemiss.edu

Mark Timmons

Department of Philosophy

University of Arizona

Tucson AZ, 85721

mtimmons@email.arizona.edu

David Henderson

Department of Philosophy

University of Memphis

Memphis TN, 38152

dkhndrsn@cc.memphis.edu

Leonard Lawlor

Department of Philosophy

University of Memphis

Memphis TN, 38152

llawlor@memphis.edu

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.

Courses Taught

University of Mississippi

PHILOSOPHY 611 Problems in Metaphysics: Contemporary Metaphysics

This course will focus on recent thinking in metaphysics and ontology with an emphasis on discussions of naturalism and physicalism. The course will be built around three recent texts Frank Jackson's From Metaphysics to Ethics (OUP, 1998), Colin McGinn's Logical Properties (OUP, 2000), and Michael Rea's World Without Design (OUP, 2002). These will be supplemented with readings from philosophers such as Russell, Moore, Quine, Chalmers, and Horgan.

PHILOSOPHY 607 Seminar on Major Western Philosophers: Quine

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.

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PHILOSOPHY 521 Seminar: Early Analytic Philosophy

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

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 Capstone Course

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 342/617 Philosophy of Mind

A topical examination of recent themes in philosophy of mind. Readings cover issues including classical and contemporary theories of mind and body, mental causation, consciousness and qualia, theories of content and intentionality.

PHILOSOPHY 340 Philosophy and Computer Technology

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 323/611 Metaphysics / Problems in Metaphysics “Survey”

A topical introduction to ontology. The course covers topics including: the riddle of existence, ontological commitment, realism/anti-realism, theories of truth, abstracta and concreta, mathematical entities, and mereology.

PHILOSOPHY 322/617 Epistemology / Problems in Epistemology “Survey”

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”

An examination of classic and contemporary theories of truth. Readings from Russell, Austin, Alston, Dummett, Putnam, Sosa, Wright, Horwich, Lynch, Horgan, Tarski, Field, etc.

PHILOSOPHY 321 Ethics

A historical survey of major traditions in normative ethics, with some discussion of early 20th 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 and critical reasoning. Covers critical reasoning skills, formal and informal fallacies, semantics and syntax of propositional calculus, and basic inductive reasoning.

PHILOSOPHY 101 Introduction to Philosophy

(2002-Present) An examination of several historical philosophical positions. Students read short primary sources from Plato, Descartes, Mill, and others. Special attention is paid to issues in moral philosophy, epistemology, and philosophy of mind.

(1999-2002) 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

A first-year seminar on research methods and writing skills focusing on traditional philosophical themes (ethical issues, personal identity, truth) as they are explored in philosophical writing and in film. Texts and films vary.

Christian Brothers University

PHILOSOPHY 323 Business Ethics (See PHIL 357 above)

University of Memphis

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 (See PHIL 103 above)

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 University of Memphis, Memphis, TN

Fall 1995

Seminar in Metaphysics: Philosophical Naturalism John Tienson

Seminar in Major Figure: Plato’s Theaetetus Tim Roche

Pro-seminar John Tienson

Seminar in Ethical Theory: Metaethics Mark Timmons

Spring 1996

Seminar in Philosophy of Mind: Consciousness Terry Horgan

Seminar in Ancient Philosophy: Plato’s Erotic Dialogues John Ellis

Contemporary Anglo-American Philosophy: Quine David Henderson

Fall 1996

Seminar in Continental Philosophy: Husserl’s Cartesian Meditations Leonard Lawlor

Seminar in Moral Philosophy: Reason and Sentiment in Ethics Mark Timmons

Seminar in Epistemology David Henderson

Spring 1997

Seminar in Continental Philosophy: Derrida’s Interpretation of Husserl Leonard Lawlor

Seminar in Metaphysics: Truth and Ontology Terry Horgan

Seminar in Modern Philosophy: Leibniz Hoke Robinson

Fall 1997

Seminar on Wittgenstein: Later Wittgenstein David Henderson

Seminar in Ancient Philosophy: Aristotle’s Moral Philosophy Tim Roche

Directed Reading in Logic John Tienson

Spring 1998

Seminar in Metaphysics: Intentionality John Tienson

Fall 1998

Seminar in Metaphysics: Conceptual Analysis (audit) Terry Horgan

Spring 1999

Seminar in Epistemology: Role of the Empirical David Henderson

(and of the A Priori) in Epistemology (audit) and Terry Horgan

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