Curriculum Vitae

 

William S. Larkin

Assistant Professor

 

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.

 

 

 

Refereed Presentations

· “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.

 

 

Invited Presentations and Workshops

· “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