William S. Larkin
Department of Philosophical
Studies
Southern Illinois University
Edwardsville
Edwardsville, IL 62026-1433
618-650-2643
wlarkin@siue.edu
Areas of Specialization: Areas
of Competence:
· Epistemology · Mind and Metaphysics
· Mind and Language · Early Analytic Philosophy
· Logic
· Ethics
Education:
Ph.D.
University
of California Santa Barbara: December 1998
Dissertation:
Externalism, Introspection, and Reliable Self-Knowledge
Supervisor:
Professor Anthony Brueckner
M.A./C.Phil.
University
of California Santa Barbara: December 1994
Thesis:
"Content Externalism, Self-Knowledge, and Justification"
B.S.
Towson
University: May 1992
Senior
Thesis: "The Facts of the Matter of Quine’s Indeterminacy Thesis"
RESEARCH:
Publications
· “Persons, Animals, and
Bodies”, Southwest Philosophy Review Vol. 20, No. 2, July 2004.
· "Content
Skepticism", Southwest Philosophy Review Vol. 18, No. 1, January
2002.
· "Shoemaker on Moore’s
Paradox and Self-Knowledge," Philosophical Studies Vol. 96, No. 3,
December 1999.
· "Brute Error with
Respect to Content," Philosophical Studies Vol. 94, Nos. 1-2, May
1999.
· “Knowledge, Assertion and
Invariant Standards”
--Society for Skeptical
Studies, Eastern APA: December 27, 2004
--Central States
Philosophical Association: October 23, 2004
· “A Puzzle about the Significance of Skepticism,” Society for
Skeptical Studies, Pacific APA: March 2004
· "Twin Earth, Dry Earth, and the Significance of BIV
Skepticism," American Philosophical Association, Central Division:
April 26, 2003.
· “The Authority of Inner
Sense,” Mississippi Philosophical Association: April 12, 2003.
· "Twin Earth, Dry Earth, and Brains in Vats," Society
for Skeptical Studies, Eastern APA:
December
28, 2002.
· “A Philosophical
Explanation of First-Person Authority,” Illinois Philosophical Association:
November 2, 2002.
· "Content Skepticism
and Reliable Self-Knowledge," Society for Skeptical Studies, Pacific APA:
March 28, 2002.
· "Content
Skepticism," Southwestern Philosophical Society: November 2, 2001.
· "Burge’s Entitlement
Account of Self-Knowledge," American Philosophical Association,
Central Division: April 22, 2000.
· "Brute Error with
Respect to Content," American Philosophical Association, Pacific
Division: March 28, 1998.
· “The Authority of Inner
Sense,” Works in Progress Session; Washington University: September 10, 2004.
· “Content and Meta-Cognition,”
Philosophy, Neuroscience, and Psychology Colloquium; Washington University:
September 9, 2004
· Syracuse Workshop on the A
Priori, participant: August 21-23, 2004
· Comments on James Pryor’s
"Externalism about Content and McKinsey-Style Reasoning," University
of Utah Colloquium on Self-Knowledge: April 5, 2002.
· Comments on Jaime Phillips’
"The General Problem of Generality," Central States Philosophical
Association: October 12, 2001.
· "Millianism and the
Import of the Puzzle About Belief," University of Missouri, Columbia:
February 14, 2000.
· "Burge’s Entitlement
Account of Self-Knowledge," University of Missouri, Columbia: February 19,
1999.
Works
In Progress
· “Content and
Metacognition": in preparation
· “Epistemic Utility and the
Natural Foundations of Knowledge”: in preparation
· “Assertion, Knowledge, and
Invariant Standards”: under review
· “Res Corporeus: Persons,
Zombies, and Meta-Philosophy”: under review
· “Burge on Our Privileged
Access to the World”: under review
Professional
Activity
· Referee: Philosophical
Papers
· Referee: Society for
Skeptical Studies
· Treasurer: Central States
Philosophical Association
· Member: American
Philosophical Association
· Member: Society for
Skeptical Studies
· Local organizer: 2002
meeting of the Illinois Philosophical Association
Research
Awards and Grants
· Summer Research Fund Grant:
SIUE 2004
· 31st Annual Siff
Prize in Philosophy: UCSB 1998
· Church Dissertation
Fellowship: UCSB 1996
· Ralph W. Church Fellowship:
UCSB, 1992-1996
TEACHING:
Positions
Held
Assistant Professor: Southern Illinois
University Edwardsville, August 2000 continuing. (SIUE)
Visiting Assistant Professor: University of Missouri
Columbia, January 1999-June 2000. (MU)
Teaching Associate (title used for classes
independently taught): University of California Santa Barbara, 1995-1997. (UCSB)
Teaching Assistant: University of California Santa Barbara,
1993-1998.
Courses
Taught
Lower Division
· Introduction to Philosophy
(SIUE, MU, UCSB)
· Critical Thinking (SIUE)
· Deductive Logic (SIUE)
Upper Division
· Twentieth Century Analytic
(SIUE) · Epistemology (SIUE)
· Ethics (SIUE) · Metaphysics (SIUE)
· Advanced Logic (MU, SIUE) · Philosophy of Language (SIUE)
· Philosophy of Mind (MU)
Interdisciplinary
· Survival of the Fittest [w/ BIO] (SIUE)
· War and Peace [w/ HIST] (SIUE)
Graduate
· Formal Logic (MU)
· Seminar in Philosophy of
Mind and Psychology (MU)
Independent Readings
· Evolution, Ethics, and
Epistemology (SIUE) · Hume (SIUE)
·The Problem of Free Will
(SIUE) · The Mind-Body Problem (SIUE)
· Philosophy and Fiction
(SIUE)
Teaching
Awards
· Paul Wienpahl Award for
Excellence in Teaching: UCSB, 1998.
· Instructional Development
Grant (to develop and direct a TA training program for the Philosophy
Department): UCSB, 1998.
SERVICE:
Department
of Philosophy, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
2004-2005
· Assistant Chair
· Planning Committee
2003-2004
· Assistant Chair
· Planning Committee
· Interview Team
2002-2003
· Assistant Chair
· Planning Committee
· Philosophy Society, Faculty
Advisor
2001-2002
· Philosophy Society, Faculty
Advisor
· Search Committee
2000-2001
· Colloquium Coordinator:
2000-2001.
College
of Arts and Sciences, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
2004-2005
· Academic Policies and
Curriculum Committee
2003-2004
· Academic Policies and
Curriculum Committee
2002-2003
· Academic Policies and
Curriculum Committee
2001-2002
· Academic Policies and
Curriculum Committee
Southern
Illinois University Edwardsville
2004-2005
· Faculty Senate Benefits
Committee
2003-2004
· Faculty Senate Benefits
Committee