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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Graduate Teaching Fellow, Vanderbilt University, 1980-82.
Ph.D. in Philosophy, Vanderbilt University, December 1982.
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Loyola University Chicago, 1983-85.
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Loyola University Chicago, 1986-89. (Early promotion, 1986; early tenure, 1987.)
Professor of Philosophy, Loyola University Chicago, 1989-present. (Early promotion, 1989.)
Chairperson of Loyola University Philosophy Department, August 1997-present.
Faculty Director of the Loyola University Core Curriculum, July 2004-present.
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:
Theory of Knowledge, Philosophy of Religion.
PUBLICATIONS:
I. AUTHORED BOOKS
The Elusive God: Reorienting Religious Epistemology. Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 304 pages. isbn: 978-0-521-88903-2.
The Evidence for God: Religious Knowledge Reexamined. Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2009-10.
Philosophy After Objectivity. New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993. 267 pages. Paperback edition, 1999. Electronic version published in NetLibrary, 2002.
Knowledge and Evidence. Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Cambridge Studies in Philosophy Series (Series Editor: Sydney Shoemaker). 285 pages. Paperback edition, 1991.
Empirical Justification. Boston/Dordrecht: D. Reidel (Kluwer/Springer) Publishing Company, 1985. Philosophical Studies Series in Philosophy, Vol. 34 (Series Editors: Keith Lehrer and Wilfrid Sellars). 263 pages. Published also in Reidel's Pallas Paperback Series, 1985.
The Theory of Knowledge: A Thematic Introduction (with D.H. Mulder and J.D. Trout). New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. 212 pages. Translated by Marcelo Brandao Cipolla as A Teoria Do Conhecimentio: Uma Introducao Tematica. Sao Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2004. 233 pages.
II. EDITED BOOKS
Human Knowledge: Classical and Contemporary Approaches (with A. vander Nat). New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987, 1995, 2002. (A 582-page anthology with a 28-page general introduction and five section introductions and bibliographies; second edition, 1995; third edition, 2002.)
A Priori Knowledge. Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. Oxford Readings in Philosophy Series. (A 222-page anthology with a 14-page general introduction and a 10-page bibliography.)
Empirical Knowledge: Readings in Contemporary Epistemology. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, Publishers, 1986, 1996. (A 468-page anthology with a 34-page general introduction and a 17-page topical bibliography; Second Edition, 1996.)
Reality In Focus: Contemporary Readings on Metaphysics. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., A Division of Simon & Schuster, Publishers, 1990. (A 456-page anthology with an 11-page general introduction and five section introductions and bibliographies.)
Rationality In Action: Contemporary Approaches. Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990. (A 493-page anthology with a 10-page general introduction, three section introductions, and a topical bibliography.)
Contemporary Approaches to Philosophy (with D.H. Mulder). New York/Toronto: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1993. (A 488-page anthology on metaphilosophy, with a 13-page general introduction, four section introductions, and a 15-page topical bibliography; now distributed by Prentice-Hall, Inc.)
Contemporary Materialism (with J.D. Trout). London/New York: Routledge Ltd., 1995. (A 378-page anthology with a 32-page general introduction and a topical bibliography.)
Morality and the Good Life (with T.L. Carson). New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. (A 522-page anthology on contemporary ethical theory, with a 22-page general introduction and a 16-page topical bibliography.)
Moral Relativism (with T.L. Carson). New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. (A 337-page anthology on contemporary ethical relativism, with a 21-page general introduction and a 6-page topical bibliography.)
Divine Hiddenness: New Essays (with Daniel Howard-Snyder). Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002. (A 242-page anthology of previously unpublished essays by eleven authors on the idea of a God who hides.)
Oxford Handbook of Epistemology. New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. (A 595-page anthology of previously unpublished essays by nineteen authors, in the series Oxford Handbooks of Philosophy, a series of which I am the General Editor.) Also in Oxford Scholarship Online, 2004.
The Rationality of Theism (with Paul Copan). London/New York: Routledge Ltd., 2003. (A 292-page anthology of previously unpublished essays by thirteen authors on evidence for Christian theism.)
Jesus and Philosophy: New Essays. Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming summer 2008. (An anthology of ten previously unpublished essays on what Jesus has to do with philosophy.)
III. ARTICLES, CHAPTERS, ENTRIES, ETC.
1. "Rationality Without Surprises: Davidson on Rational Belief," in Dialectica: International Review of Philosophy of Knowledge, Vol. 37, #3 (1983), 221-26.
2. "William James' Theory of Truth," in Topoi: An International Review of Philosophy, Vol. 2, #2 (1983), 217-22.
3. "Two Notions of Substance in Metaphysics Z," in Apeiron: A Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science, Vol. 17, #2 (1983), 103-12.
4. "Types, Tokens, and Propositions: Quine's Alternative to Propositions," in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Vol. 44, #3 (1984), 361-75.
5. "On Negative Coherentism and Subjective Justification," in The Southern Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 22, #1 (1984), 83-90.
6. "Natural Evil and the Free Will Defense," in The International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Vol. 15, #1 (1984), 49-56.
7. "Justified Doubt Without Certainty," in The Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 65, #1 (1984), 97-104.
8. "A Defense of Epistemic Intuitionism," in Metaphilosophy, Vol. 15, #3 (1984), 196-209.
9. "Whither Infinite Regresses of Justification?," in The Southern Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 23, #1 (1985), 65-74.
10. "Two Paradoxes of Rational Acceptance," (with J. Tlumak), in Erkenntnis: An International Journal of Analytic Philosophy, Vol. 23, #2 (1985), 127-41.
11. "On Basic Knowledge Without Justification," in The Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 15, #2 (1985), 305-10.
12. "Kripke and Wittgenstein: Intention Without Paradox," (with K. Flannery), in The Heythrop Journal, Vol. 26, #3 (1985), 310-18.
13. "Knowledge Without Evidence," in Philosophia: Philosophical Quarterly of Israel, Vol. 15, #2 (1985), 109-16.
14. "Things in Themselves as Regulative Ideas: What Kant Should Have Said," in Philosophical Inquiry, Vol. 7, #2 (1985), 21-36.
15. "Does Uncertainty Require Certainty?," in Logique et Analyse, Vol. 28, #109 (1985), 83-91.
16. "Justification and Indefinite Propositions: Disarming Gettier's Counterexamples," in Critica, Vol. 16, #46 (1984), 3-13.
17. "The Given in Epistemology," in Communication and Cognition, Vol. 18, #3 (1985), 249-62.
18. "Does Foundationalism Rest on a Mistake?," in Conceptus: Zeitschrift für Philosophie, Vol. 19, #48 (1985), 9-22. Published also in Philosophical Studies (Ireland), Vol. 31 (1986), 183-96.
19. "On Scientific Justification By Consensus," in Zeitschrift für allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie (Journal for General Philosophy of Science), Vol. 17, #1 (1986), 154-61.
20. "Ascending from Empirical Foundations," in Synthese: An International Journal for Epistemology, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, Vol. 68, #2 (1986), 189-203.
21. "Perception and Belief: A Regress Problem," in Philosophy of Science, Vol. 53, #1 (1986), 120-26.
22. "Epistemic Coherentism and the Isolation Objection," in Grazer Philosophische Studien: Internationale Zeitschrift für Analytische Philosophie, Vol. 27 (1986), 83-99.
23. "Propositional Knowledge," in Philosophical Studies: An International Journal for Philosophy in the Analytic Tradition, Vol. 52, #1 (1987), 91-114. Reprinted in Knowledge and Justification, ed. E. Sosa (Aldershot, Eng./Brookfield, VT: Dartmouth Publishing Company/Ashgate, 1994), Vol. I, pp. 99-124.
24. "The Foundations of Epistemological Probability," in Erkenntnis: An International Journal of Analytic Philosophy, Vol. 29, #2 (1988), 231-51.
25. "Foundationalism, the Given, and C. I. Lewis," in the History of Philosophy Quarterly, Vol. 5, #2 (1988), 189-204.
26. "A Dilemma for Normative Moral Relativism," in The Southern Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 26, #2 (1988), 207-216.
27. "Meaning, Justification, and Skepticism," in Philosophical Papers, Vol. 17, #2 (1988), 77-101.
28. "Internalism and Coherentism: A Dilemma," in Analysis, Vol. 48, #4 (1988), 161-63.
29. "How Not to be a Coherentist" (A Reply to L. BonJour), in Analysis, Vol. 48, #4 (1988), 166-67.
30. "Lehrer's Coherentism and the Isolation Objection," in The Current State of the Coherence Theory, ed. John Bender (Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1989), pp. 29-37.
31. "Inferential Justification and Foley's Foundations," in Analysis, Vol. 49, #2 (1989), 84-88.
32. "A Defense of Empirical Justification," in Philosophical Studies: An International Journal for Philosophy in the Analytic Tradition, Vol. 56, #2 (1989), 209-15.
33. "Reliabilism and Relevant Worlds," in Philosophia: Philosophical Quarterly of Israel, Vol. 19, #2-3 (1989), 155-64. (Special issue on Alvin Goldman's Epistemology and Cognition).
34. "Two Roads to Skepticism," in Doubting: Contemporary Perspectives on Skepticism, eds. Glenn Ross and Michael Roth (Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1990), pp. 127-39.
35. "A Dilemma for Internal Realism," in Philosophical Studies: An International Journal for Philosophy in the Analytic Tradition, Vol. 59, #1 (1990), 101-106.
36. "Reasons, Values, and Rational Action," in the Journal of Philosophical Research, Vol. 15 (1990), 127-51 (formerly Philosophy Research Archives), special issue on Dimensions of Rationality, edited by Robert Audi.
37. "A Dilemma for Sentential Dualism," in Linguistics and Philosophy, Vol. 13, #6 (1990), 687-98.
38. "Consequentialism and Self-Defeat," in The Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 41, #162 (1991), 82-85.
39. "Malcolm on Wittgenstein on Rules," in Philosophy (The Journal of the Royal Institute of Philosophy), Vol. 66, #255 (1991), 101-105.
40. "Physicalism and Intentional Attitudes," in Behavior and Philosophy, Vol. 18, #2 (1990) (formerly Behaviorism), 33-41.
41. "The Logical Status of Modal Reductionism," (with A. vander Nat), in Logique et Analyse, Vol. 31, ##121-122 (1988), 69-78.
42. "Scientific Rationality and Progress: A Paradox in Laudan's Account," in Theoria et Historia Scientiarum (Poland), Vol. 1, #1 (1991), 75-82.
43. "Realism and Agnosticism," in the American Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 29, #1 (1992), 1-17.
44. "Physicalism and Global Supervenience," in The Southern Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 30, #1 (1992), 71-82.
45. "Analyticity and Epistemology," in Dialectica: International Review of Philosophy of Knowledge, Vol. 46, #1 (1992), 3-19.
46. "Beyond the Private Language Argument," in Metaphilosophy, Vol. 23, ##1-2 (1992), 77-89.
47. Entries on 'The Gettier Problem' and 'Tripartite Definition of Knowledge' in A Companion to Epistemology, eds. J. Dancy and E. Sosa (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1992), pp. 157-59, 509.
48. "Surviving Souls," (with A. vander Nat), in The Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 23, #1 (1993), 101-6.
49. "Methodology and Ontology," (with D.H. Mulder), in Methodology and Science, Vol. 26, #3 (1993), 101-20.
50. "Intentional Action," (with A.R. Mele), in Noûs, Vol. 28, #1 (1994), 39-68. Reprinted in Action Theory (Oxford Readings in Philosophy), ed. A.R. Mele (New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997), pp. 223-55.
51. "Naturalism and Psychological Explanation," in Philosophical Psychology, Vol. 7, #1 (1994), 63-84.
52. "Beyond Realism and Idealism," in Philosophia: Philosophical Quarterly of Israel, Vol. 23, ##1-4 (1994), 271-88.
53. "Probability in Rational Decision-Making," (with D.H. Mulder), in Philosophical Papers, Vol. 23, #2 (1994), 109-28.
54. "Physicalism, Supervenience, and Dependence," (with J.D. Trout), in Supervenience: New Essays, eds. Ü. D. Yalçin and E. E. Savellos (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995), pp. 187-217.
55. Entries on 'Epistemology' (pp. 233-38), 'Foundationalism' (pp. 276-78), 'Epistemic Regress Argument' (p. 233), 'Metaphilosophy' (p. 487), and 'Pretheoretical' (p. 642) in The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, ed. Robert Audi (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995; 2d ed., 1999).
56. Entry on 'Truth' in Philosophy of Education: An Encyclopedia, ed. J. J. Chambliss (New York: Garland Publishing Company, 1996), pp. 647-49.
57. Entries on 'Philosophy' (pp. 406-407), 'Rationality' (pp. 488-90), and 'Propositional Knowledge' (pp. 473-75) in Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Supplement, ed. D. M. Borchert (New York: Macmillan, 1996).
58. "Précis of Philosophy after Objectivity" and "Reply to Quinn and Audi on Philosophy after Objectivity," in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Vol. 56, #2 (1996), 379-85, 401-406.
59. "Relativism and Normative Nonrealism: Basing Morality on Rationality," (with T.L. Carson), in Metaphilosophy, Vol. 27, #3 (1996), 277-95. Reprinted in Moral Relativism, eds. Paul Moser and Thomas Carson (New York: Oxford University Press, 2001), pp. 287-304.
60. "Physicalism and Mental Causes: Contra Papineau," in Analysis, Vol. 56, #4 (1996), 263-67. Published also in the electronic journal Analyst, Vol. 2, #11 (February 1996), preprint no. 19.
61. "Epistemology," in Meaning, Knowledge, and Value (Vol. 10, Pt. 2, of the Routledge History of Philosophy), ed. John Canfield (London: Routledge, 1997), chapter 7, pp. 197-246.
62. "Against Naturalizing Rationality," (with D. Yandell), in Protosociology (special issue on rationality), Vol. 8 (1996), 81-96. Reprinted in The Contextualization of Rationality, eds. G. Preyer and G. Peter (Paderborn, Germany: Mentis Verlag, 2000), pp. 81-94.
63. "The Relativity of Skepticism," (part of a book symposium), in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Vol. 57, #2 (1997), 401-406.
64. Entry on 'Rudolf Carnap' in The Encyclopedia of Empiricism, eds. E. Barbanell and D. Garrett (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997), pp. 60-63.
65. "Human Persons: Their Nature, Faith, and Function," in Ex Auditu, Vol. 13 (1997), 17-36.
66. Entries on 'A Priori' and 'A Posteriori' in the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, ed. E. J. Craig (London: Routledge, 1998), Vol. 1, pp. 1-6. Excerpts published in The Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (London: Routledge, 2000), p. 1.
67. "Epistemological Fission: On Unity and Diversity in Epistemology," in The Monist (special issue on reunifying epistemology), Vol. 81, #3 (1998), 353-70.
68. "Materalism" (with J.D. Trout), in C. Eliasmith, ed., Online Dictionary of the Philosophy of Mind. Posted at http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~philos/MindDict/ materialism.html.
69. "Realism, Objectivity, and Skepticism," in the Blackwell Guide to Epistemology, eds. E. Sosa and J. Greco (Oxford: Blackwell, 1998), pp. 70-91.
70. "Jesus on Knowledge of God," in the Christian Scholars Review, Vol. 28, #4 (1999), 586-604. (Awarded the Charles J. Miller Christian Scholar's Award for the best article published in Vol. 28.)
71. Entries on 'Belief' and 'Irrationality', in The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, 2d ed., ed. Robert Audi (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999), pp. 78-79, 443-44.
72. "Response to Stephen Davis's 'This is Truly the Savior of the World'," in Ex Auditu, Vol. 14 (1998), 104-107.
73. "La raison, l'experience et la confiance" (with J.D. Trout and D.H. Mulder), in Sciences Humaines, Vol. 24 (March/April 1999), 60-64. (This is an amplified French version of chapter 6 of my co-authored book, The Theory of Knowledge (Oxford University Press, 1998).)
74. Entries on 'Apostle' and 'John' in the Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible, ed. David Noel Freedman (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2000).
75. "Skepticism, Question Begging, and Burden Shifting," in the Proceedings of the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy, Vol. 5: Epistemology, ed. R. Cobb-Stevens (Bowling Green, OH: Philosophy Documentation Center, 2000), pp. 209-17.
76. "The Human Personal Factor as Moral Agency: Philosophical Foundations," in The Review of Human Factor Studies, Vol. 5, #1 (2000), 33-42.
77. Why Isn't God More Obvious? Atlanta: RZIM, 2000. (A 60-page booklet written for an undergraduate university audience.)
78. "Farewell to Philosophical Naturalism" (with D. Yandell), in Naturalism: Critical Essays, eds. W.L. Craig and J.P. Moreland (London: Routledge, 2000), pp. 3-23.
79. "Justification, Meta-Epistemology, and Meaning," in Epistemology, eds. E. Sosa and J. Kim (Oxford: Blackwell, 2000), pp. 556-70. (An excerpt from my Philosophy After Objectivity.)
80. "Cognitive Idolatry and Divine Hiding," in Divine Hiddenness: New Essays, eds. D. Howard-Snyder and Paul Moser (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002), pp. 120-48.
81. "Divine Hiding," in Philosophia Christi, Vol. 3, #1 (2001), 91-107.
82. "A God Who Hides and Seeks: A Response to Davis and DeWeese," in Philosophia Christi, Vol. 3, #1 (2001), 119-25.
83. "Man to Man with Warranted Christian Belief and Alvin Plantinga," in Philosophia Christi, Vol. 3, #2 (2001), 369-77.
84. "Cognitive Inspiration and Knowledge of God," in The Rationality of Theism, eds. Paul Copan and Paul Moser (London: Routledge, 2003), pp. 55-71.
85. "Divine Hiddenness Does Not Justify Atheism" and "Reply to Schellenberg," in Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Religion, eds. M.L. Peterson and R.J. VanArragon (Oxford: Blackwell, 2004), pp. 42-54, 56-58.
86. "Skepticism Undone?," in Ernest Sosa and His Critics, ed. J. Greco (Oxford: Blackwell, 2004), pp. 135-44.
87. "The Crisis of the Cross: God as Scandalous," in Mel Gibson's Passion and Philosophy, ed. Jorge Gracia (La Salle, Ill.: Open Court, 2004), pp. 204-17.
88."Foundationalism," in the New Dictionary of the History of Ideas, Vol. 2, ed. M.C. Horowitz (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2005).
89. "Jesus and Philosophy: On the Questions We Ask," in Faith and Philosophy, Vol. 22, #3 (July 2005), 261-83.
90. Supplement to "Philosophy of Religion," in the Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2d ed., ed. D. Borchert (Detroit: Macmillan, 2006).
91. "Reorienting Religious Epistemology: Cognitive Grace, Filial Knowledge, and Gethsemane Struggle," in For Faith and Clarity: Philosophical Contributions to Christian Theology, ed. J. Beilby (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2006), pp. 65-81.
92. "Reliability of Sense Perception," in the New Dictionary of Christian Apologetics, eds. W.C. Campbell-Jack and G.J. McGrath (Leicester, Eng.: InterVarsity Press, 2006), pp. 662-63.
93. "Divine Hiddenness, Death, and Meaning," in Philosophy of Religion: Classic and Contemporary Issues, eds. P. Copan and C. Meister (Oxford: Blackwell, 2008). To be reprinted in The Philosophy of Religion Reader, ed. C. Meister (London: Routledge, 2008).
94. "Christianity," in The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Religion, eds. C. Meister and P. Copan (London: Routledge, 2007), pp. 65-73.
95. "Religious Skepticism," for The Oxford Handbook of Skepticism, ed. J. Greco (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009).
96. "Onfray on Meslier on Atheism," in New Politics, Vol. 11, #2 (2007), 5-6.
97. Entries on "Agnosticism," "Atheism," and "Relativism" in the International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2d ed. (Detroit: Macmillan Reference, 2008), Vol 1, pp. 57, 194-95, Vol. 7, pp. 155-57.
98. Entries on "Knowledge" (with A. vander Nat) and "Epistemology" for the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, 2d ed. (New York: Dekker, forthcoming 2009).
99. "Religious Exclusivism," for The Oxford Handbook of Religious Diversity, ed. Chad Meister (New York: Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2009).
100. "Sin and Salvation," for The Cambridge Companion to Christian Philosophical Theology, eds. Charles Taliaferro and Chad Meister (Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2009).
101. "Evidence of a Morally Perfect God," for God is Great, God is Good, eds. William Lane Craig and Chad Meister (Intervarsity Press, forthcoming 2009).
102. "Harman's Change In View," in Grazer Philosophische Studien: Internationale Zeitschrift für Analytische Philosophie, Vol. 30 (1987), 179-87.
103. "Observation and Objectivity" (review article on Observation and Objectivity, by H. I. Brown), in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 39, #4 (1988), 551-61.
104. "Some Recent Work in Epistemology" (review article on Philosophical Perspectives, 2: Epistemology, ed. J. E. Tomberlin), in Philosophical Papers, Vol. 19, #2 (1990), 75-98.
105. "Justification in the Natural Sciences," in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 42, #4 (1991), 557-75.
106. "Rationality, Symbolism, and Evolution" (Critical Notice of The Nature of Rationality, by R. Nozick), in the International Journal of Philosophical Studies, Vol. 2, #2 (1994), 287-96.
107. "Warrant, Naturalism, and Supernaturalism" (Critical Notice, with D.H. Mulder, of Warrant: The Current Debate and Warrant and Proper Function, by A. Plantinga), in Philosophical Books, Vol. 37, #1 (1996), 21-29.
108. "What is Feminist Epistemology?" (review article, with J.D. Trout, on three books), in Informal Logic, Vol. 17, #1 (1995), 101-111.
109."Philosophy of Religion and Christian Resurrection" (Critical Notice of The Resurrection of God Incarnate, by R. Swinburne), in the International Journal of Philosophical Studies, Vol. 12, #1 (2004), 61-69.
IV. REVIEWS
1. Review of Reasons and Knowledge, by M. Swain, in The International Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 22, #3 (1982), 212-15.
2. "Bibliography on Propositions and Truth-Bearers: From Frege to 1981," in Philosophy Research Archives, Vol. 8, #2 (1982), 14 pages.
3. Review of Scepticism: A Critical Appraisal, by N. Rescher, in The New Scholasticism, Vol. 57, #4 (1983), 553-55.
4. "Gettier Knowledge." Review of The Analysis of Knowing, by R. Shope, in Teaching Philosophy, Vol. 7, #2 (1984), 174-77.
5. Review of Religious Belief and Religious Skepticism, by G. Gutting, in The International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Vol. 15, #1 (1984), 94-95.
6. Review of Cognitive Systematization, by N. Rescher, in Auslegung: A Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 10, #3 (1984), 290-93.
7. Review of Perception and Cognition, by J. Heil, in The International Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 24, #3 (1984), 332-35.
8. Review of Knowledge and the Flow of Information, by F.I. Dretske, in The New Scholasticism, Vol. 60, #1 (1986), 116-21.
9. Review of The Significance of Philosophical Scepticism, by B. Stroud, in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 37, #2 (1986), 235-38.
10. Review of An Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology, by J. Dancy, in The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 40, #1 (1986), 110-12.
11. Review of The Structure of Empirical Knowledge, by L. BonJour, in The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 40, #2 (1986), 372-74.
12. Critical Notice of The Structure of Empirical Knowledge, by L. BonJour, in Philosophy & Phenomenological Research, Vol. 47, #4 (1987), 670-73.
13. Review of Epistemology and Cognition, by A.I. Goldman, in The International Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 27, #2 (1987), 217-21.
14. Review of Contemporary Theories of Knowledge, by J.L. Pollock, in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 39, #1 (1988), 131-40.
15. Review note on Objectivity, Rationality, and the Third Realm, by M.A. Notturno, in Ethics, Vol. 98, #3 (1988), 623-24.
16. Review of Epistemic Responsibility, by L. Code, in Philosophical Books, Vol. 29, #3 (1988), 154-56.
17. Review of Remnants of Meaning, by S. Schiffer, in Philosophical Books, Vol. 29, #4 (1988), 217-20.
18. Review of Wittgenstein and the Turning-Point in the Philosophy of Mathematics, by S.G. Shanker, in History of European Ideas, Vol. 10, #1 (1989), 124-26.
19. Review of Sense Perception and the Philosophy of Science, by P.A. Heelan, in ISIS (Journal of the History of Science Society), Vol. 80, #4 (1989), 741-42.
20. Critical Notice of The Theory of Epistemic Rationality, by R. Foley, in Noûs, Vol. 24, #1 (1990), 185-88.
21. Review of Technical Methods in Philosophy, by J.L. Pollock, in Canadian Philosophical Reviews, Vol. 10, #8 (1990), 331-32.
22. Review of The Circle of Acquaintance: Perception, Consciousness, and Empathy, by D.W. Smith, in History of European Ideas, Vol. 12, #5 (1990), 706-708.
23. Review of Knowledge and Skepticism, edited by M. Clay and K. Lehrer, in Canadian Philosophical Reviews, Vol. 10, #11 (1990), 447-49.
24. Review of The Likelihood of Knowledge, by R.G. Meyers, in Noûs, Vol. 25, #1 (1991), 133-34.
25. Review of In and Out of the Black Box: On the Philosophy of Cognition, by D.W. Hamlyn, in Philosophical Books, Vol. 32, #2 (1991), 108-10.
26. Review of Wittgenstein: Meaning and Mind, by P.M.S. Hacker, in Philosophical Books, Vol. 32, #4 (1991), 223-26.
27. Review of Knowledge In Perspective, by E. Sosa, in Canadian Philosophical Reviews, Vol. 11, #6 (1991), 425-27.
28. Review of The Dynamics of Rational Deliberation, by B. Skyrms, in Philosophical Books, Vol. 33, #1 (1992), 30-31.
29. Review of Naturalizing Epistemology, edited by H. Kornblith, in the American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 65, #4 (1991), 511-15 (formerly The New Scholasticism).
30. Review of The Logical Basis of Metaphysics, by M. Dummett, in The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 45, #3 (1992), 607-8.
31. Review of Essentialism, by G.L. Hallett, in the American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 66, #1 (1992), 108-11 (formerly The New Scholasticism).
32. Review of Truth and the End of Inquiry, by C.J. Misak, in Canadian Philosophical Reviews, Vol. 12, #2 (1992), 123-25.
33. Review of Liaisons: Philosophy Meets the Cognitive and Social Sciences, by A.I. Goldman, in Philosophical Books, Vol. 34, #2 (1993), 91-94.
34. Review of Testimony, by C. Coady, in Philosophical Books, Vol. 34, #3 (1993), 165-67.
35. Review of On What We Know We Don't Know, by S. Bromberger, in Canadian Philosophical Reviews, Vol. 13, #5 (1993), 218-20.
36. Review of The Fourth Way: A Theory of Knowledge, by R. Grossmann, in Noûs, Vol. 27, #3 (1993), 395-97.
37. Review of Perfectionism, by T. Hurka, in Canadian Philosophical Reviews 13, #6 (1993), 42-44.
38. Review of Our Knowledge of the External World, by B. Aune, in Teaching Philosophy, Vol. 16, #3 (1993), 263-65.
39. Review of Knowledge and Belief, by F. Schmitt, in Philosophia: Philosophical Quarterly of Israel, Vol. 23, ##1-4 (1994), 387-92.
40. Review of An Essay on Belief and Acceptance, by L.J. Cohen, in the International Journal of Philosophical Studies Vol. 2, #1 (1994), 148-49.
41. Review of The Structure of Justification, by R. Audi, in The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 48 (1995), 640-42.
42. Review of Foundations of Rational Choice Under Risk, by P. Anand, in Mind, Vol. 104, #415 (1995), 614-17.
43. Review of three books on the philosophy of religion, by Swinburne, Clark, and Padgett, in the International Journal of Philosophical Studies, Vol. 4, #1 (1996), 161-63.
44. Review of Jesus and His Contemporaries, by C.A. Evans, in Critical Review of Books in Religion, Vol. 8 (1995), 399-401.
45. Critical Notice of three books on rational belief and theism, by Schellenberg, Wainwright, and Senor, in the International Journal of Philosophical Studies, Vol. 5, #1 (1997), 106-10.
46. Review of two epistemology books by C. Landesman and S. Hetherington, in The Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 49, #194 (1999), 109-11.
47. Review of three books on the philosophy of religion, by Wolterstorff, Taliaferro, and Evans, in the International Journal of Philosophical Studies, Vol. 5, #3 (1997), 449-53.
48. Review of Jesus and the Victory of God, by N.T. Wright, in Critical Review of Books in Religion, Vol. 10 (1997), 221-23.
49. Review of What are They Saying about Unbelief?, by M.P. Gallagher, in Philosophia Christi, Vol. 1, #2 (1999), 123-25.
50. Review of Reflections on Philosophy and Religion, by Alan Donagan, in Philosophical Books, Vol. 41, #1 (2000), 72-74.
51. "New Books on Epistemology of Religion" (a review of four recent books on the philosophy of religion), in the International Journal of Philosophical Studies, Vol. 8, #1 (2000), 125-28.
52. Review of Body & Soul: Human Nature & the Crisis in Ethics, by J. P. Moreland and Scott B. Rae, in Philosophia Christi, Vol. 2, #2 (2000), 307-11.
53. Review of Love Disconsoled, by T.P. Jackson, in Philosophical Books, Vol. 42, #3 (2001), 220-22.
54. "New Books on Darwinism," a review of two books, in the International Journal of Philosophical Studies, Vol. 9, #1 (2001), 85-90.
55. Review of Faith With Reason, by Paul Helm, in Philosophical Books, Vol. 43, #4 (2002), 317-19.
56. Review of two recent books on the philosophy of religion, in the International Journal of Philosophical Studies, Vol. 10, #4 (2002), 510-512.
57. Review of Religious Ambiguity and Religious Diversity, by Robert McKim, in the International Journal of Philosophical Studies, Vol. 11, #4 (2003), 479-82.
58. Review of Self-Trust, by Keith Lehrer, in International Studies in Philosophy, Vol. 35, #4 (2003), 334-35.
59. Review of The Divine Attributes, by J. Hoffman and G. Rosenkrantz, in Faith and Philosophy 21, #1 (2004), 116-19.
60. Review of Perspectives
Old and New on Paul: The 'Lutheran' Paul and His Critics, by Stephen Westerholm,
in Pneuma, Vol. 28, #2 (2006), 364-66.
61. Review of The Resurrection of
the Son of God by N.T. Wright and The Redemption, ed. by S. Davis, D. Kendall, and
G. O'Collins, in the International Journal of Philosophical Studies 14, #2
(2006), 276-82. 62. Review of God and the Ethics of Belief,
ed. by A. Dole and A. Chignell, forthcoming in Philosophia Christi (2008). 63. Review of Fracture: The Cross as
Irreconcilable in the Language and Thought of the Biblical Writers, by Roy Harrisville,
in Theological Studies, Vol. 67, #2 (2007), 471. 64. Review of Christ and Horrors, by Marilyn McCord Adams, forthcoming
in Faith and Philosophy 25 (2008), 6 pages in ms. 65. Review notes for Choice
(American Library Association) on about 165 books, 1988-present. PRESENTATIONS,
INCLUDING CONFERENCE & COLLOQUIUM PAPERS: 1. "Immediate Justification: A
Definition and a Defense." Presented at the 1984 Western Division Meetings
of the American Philosophical Association (Cincinnati), April 27, 1984.
Presented also at the 1983 Conference of the Central States Philosophical Association
(St. Louis), October 21, 1983. 2. "New Foundations for
Empirical Knowledge." Presented at a Great Expectations Philosophy Forum
(Evanston), January 10, 1984. Presented also at a Vanderbilt University
Philosophy Colloquium (Nashville), March 4, 1983. 3. "Reasons, Intuitions,
and Immediate Justification: A Defense of Foundationalism." Presented
at the 1983 Conference of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology
(Atlanta), March 31, 1983. 4. "Against Epistemic Contextualism."
Presented at the 1982 Conference of the Tennessee Philosophical Association
(Nashville), November 6, 1982. 5. "Has Wittgenstein Refuted
Skepticism?" Presented at a Vanderbilt University Philosophy Colloquium
(Nashville), April 10, 1981. 6. "On Scientific Justification
By Consensus." Presented at the 1984 Wheaton Conference on the Philosophy
of the Natural Sciences (Wheaton, IL), September 28, 1984. Presented also
at the 1984 Conference of the Illinois Philosophical Association (Evanston),
November 2, 1984. 7. "Kripke's Wittgenstein:
Some Problems" (A Commentary). Presented at the 1984 Eastern Division
Meetings of the American Philosophical Association (New York), December 28,
1984. 8. "Rational Dilemmas."
Presented at the 1985 Conference of the Canadian Philosophical Association (Montreal),
May 28, 1985. Presented also to a subgroup of Robert Audi's 1984 NEH Institute
on Action Theory (Lincoln), June 22, 1984. 9. "Truth-Seekers, Epistemic
Obligations, and Relativism." Presented at the 1985 Conference of the
Illinois Philosophical Association (Urbana, IL), November 8, 1985. 10. "In Support of Chisholm's
Epistemic Logic" (A Commentary). Presented at the 1986 Central Division Meetings
of the American Philosophical Association (St. Louis), May 2, 1986. 11. "Pure Enquirers and
Epistemic Values." Presented at the 1986 Conference of the Canadian Philosophical
Association (Winnipeg), May 26, 1986. 12. "Truth, Rules, and
Evidence." Presented at a Loyola University Philosophy Colloquium (Chicago),
October 3, 1986. 13. "On Externalism and
Empirical Justification" (A Commentary). Presented at the 1986 Conference of
the Central States Philosophical Association (St. Louis), October 10, 1986. 14. "Reliabilism and Inferential
Justification" (A Commentary). Presented at the 1986 Eastern Division Meetings
of the American Philosophical Association (Boston), December 29, 1986. 15. "Internalism and Foundationalism:
A Defense of Empirical Justification" (A Commentary). Presented at
the 1987 Pacific Division Meetings of the American Philosophical Association
(San Francisco), March 28, 1987. 16. "Epistemic Awareness
Internalism." Presented at the 1987 Conference of the Illinois Philosophical
Association (Bloomington, IL), November 13, 1987. 17. "Justification, Internalism,
and Skepticism." Presented at a Purdue University Philosophy Colloquium (West
Lafayette, IN), April 14, 1988. 18. "Skepticism and Realism."
Presented at an Ohio University Philosophy Colloquium (Athens, OH), November
4, 1988. 19. "Justification Skepticism
Undone." Presented at the 1988 Conference of the Illinois Philosophical Association
(Lisle, IL), November 11, 1988. 20. "William James on Rationality"
(A Commentary). Presented at the 1989 Conference of the Society for the Advancement
of American Philosophy (Chicago), March 4, 1989. 21. "Two Roads to Skepticism."
Presented at the 1989 University of Rochester Conference on Skepticism (Rochester,
NY), May 6, 1989. 22. "Skepticism and Foundationalism."
Presented at a Graduate Epistemology Seminar at the University of Guelph (Guelph,
Canada), September 25, 1989. 23. "Against Reliabilism."
Presented at a Philosophy Colloquium at the University of Guelph (Guelph, Canada),
September 26, 1989. 24. "Reasons: Evidential
and Normative." Presented at a Wayne State University Philosophy Colloquium
(Detroit), October 12, 1989. 25. "The Epistemologist's
Predicament." Presented at a SUNY Buffalo Philosophy Colloquium (Amherst, NY),
January 29, 1990. 26. "Epistemology and Semantics."
Invited symposium paper presented at the 1990 Pacific Division Meetings of the
American Philosophical Association (Los Angeles), March 30, 1990. 27. "Normative Relativism."
Presented at a Loyola University Philosophy Colloquium, sponsored by the Graduate
Ethics Faculty, (Chicago), September 27, 1990. 28. "Epistemology and Meta-Epistemology."
Presented at a University of Iowa Philosophy Colloquium (Iowa City, IA), October
19, 1990. 29. "Physicalism and Intentional
Attitudes." Presented at the 1990 Joint Conference of the Central States Philosophical
Association and the Illinois Philosophical Association (Edwardsville, IL), November
9-10, 1990. Presented also at the 1991 Central Division Meetings of the American
Philosophical Association (Chicago), April 27, 1991. 30. "Meta-Epistemology
and Relativism." Presented at a Northern Illinois University Philosophy Colloquium
(DeKalb, IL), November 14, 1990. 31. "Metaphysical Agnosticism."
Presented at a Northern Illinois University Philosophy Seminar (DeKalb, IL),
November 15, 1990. 32. "Relativism in Epistemology."
Presented at a University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Philosophy Colloquium (Milwaukee),
February 22, 1991. 33. "Relativism, Truth,
and Reasons." Presented at the 1991 Conference of the Illinois Philosophical
Association (DeKalb, IL), November 9, 1991. Presented also at the 1992 Central
Division Meetings of the American Philosophical Association (Louisville),
April 25, 1992. 34. "Neurath and Protocols"
(A Commentary). Presented at the 1991 Eastern Division Meetings of the American
Philosophical Association (New York), December 30, 1991. 35. "Rationality, Morality,
and `Why Care?' Questions" (with T.L. Carson). Presented as a symposium paper
at the 1992 Eastern Division Meetings of the American Philosophical Association
(Washington, D.C.), December 30, 1992. Abstract in Proceedings and Addresses
of the American Philosophical Association, Vol. 66, #2 (1992), 75-77. 36. "Taking Skepticism
Seriously." Presented at the 1993 Central Division Meetings of the American
Philosophical Association (Chicago), April 23, 1993. 37. "Objectivity and Relativity
in Philosophy." Presented as the keynote address at the 1994 Augustana College
Undergraduate Philosophy Conference (Rock Island, IL), March 26, 1994. 38. "Probability and Rational
Decision-Making" (with D.H. Mulder). Presented by Mulder at the 1994 Central
Division Meetings of the American Philosophical Association (Kansas City), May
6, 1994. 39. "Epistemology: Alive
and Here to Stay." Presented at the 1995 Wheaton Philosophy Conference on Epistemology
(Wheaton, IL), October 27, 1995. 40. "Nothing is Wrong With
Immediate Knowledge" (A Commentary). Presented at the 1995 Eastern Division
Meetings of the American Philosophical Association (New York), December 28,
1995. 41. "Is There Philosophy
Without the Natural Sciences?" Presented to the Loyola University Philosophy
Club (Chicago), March 13, 1996. 42. "The Nature of Human
Persons." Presented at an interdisciplinary conference on human persons (Mundelein,
IL), March 23, 1996. Presented also to a philosophy colloquium at Biola University/Talbot
School of Theology (La Mirada, CA), May 9, 1996. 43. "On Evidence and Theism."
Presented to a Loyola University Philosophy Department Colloquium (Chicago),
April 22, 1996. 44. "The Epistemology of
Theism." Presented to a philosophy colloquium at Biola University/Talbot School
of Theology (La Mirada, CA), May 9, 1996. 45. "Epistemological Fission:
The State of Epistemology." Presented as the opening address at the 1996 SUNY
Buffalo Philosophy Conference on Epistemology (Amherst, NY), September 26, 1996. 46. "Moral Foundations
for Knowledge of God." Presented at the 1996 Wheaton Philosophy Conference on
Religion and Morality (Wheaton, IL), November 1, 1996. 47. "Philosophy, Wisdom,
and the Christian God." Presented as the 1997 Faith and Philosophy Lecture at
North Park College and Seminary (Chicago, IL), April 24, 1997. Presented also
to a Philosophy Department Colloquium at Hope College (Holland, MI), October
3, 1997. 48. "Human Persons: Their
Nature, Faith, and Function." Presented at the 1997 North Park Seminary Symposium
on anthropology (Chicago), October 17, 1997. 49. "Is Belief in God Rational?"
Presented at a Loyola University of Chicago Philosophy Club Debate (Chicago),
November 13, 1997. 50. "Epistemology Today."
Presented to a Philosophy Department Colloquium at Northern Illinois University
(DeKalb, IL), April 24, 1998. 51. "The Human Factor:
Philosophical Foundations." Presented at the 1998 Conference on the Human Factor
and Development in the 21st Century (Chicago), July 10, 1998. 52. "Skepticism, Question
Begging, and Burden Shifting." Presented at the Twentieth World Congress of
Philosophy (Boston), August 12, 1998. Presented also at the 1998 Conference
of the Illinois Philosophical Association (Chicago, IL), November 6, 1998. 53. "On the Theological
Significance of Jesus: Reply to Stephen Davis." Presented at the 1998 North
Park Seminary Symposium on Jesus (Chicago), October 24, 1998. 54. "Beyond Epistemological
Idolatry." Presented at the 1998 Wheaton Philosophy Conference on Warrant and
Christian Belief (Wheaton, IL), October 30, 1998. 55. "Epistemology and Idolatry."
Presented at a plenary session of the 1999 Pacific Meeting of the Society of
Christian Philosophers (Newberg, OR), April 9, 1999. 56. "Knowing the God who
Hides and Seeks." Presented at the 1999 Pacific Meeting of the Society of Christian
Philosophers (Newberg, OR), April 10, 1999. Presented also to a meeting of the
Loyola Intervarsity Christian Fellowship (Chicago), April 14, 1999. 57. "Skepticism Undone."
Presented at a Purdue University Philosophy Colloquium (West Lafayette, IN),
April 22, 1999. 58. Participant in a discussion
on the existence of God on Milton Rosenberg's WGN Radio show, Extension
720, May 13, 1999. 59. "Finding the God of
Power who Hides and Seeks." Presented at the 2000 Intervarsity Conference for
Faculty and Graduate Students, at the University of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein,
IL, March 11, 2000. 60. "Defending Internalism:
A Reply." Presented at the 2000 Meeting of the Central Division of the American
Philosophical Association, Chicago, April 22, 2000. 61. "Reason and God." Presented
at the Conference on Christianity in Today's Marketplace of Ideas, Oak Park,
IL, November 11, 2000. 62. "Cognitive Idolatry."
Presented at the 2000 Conference of the Evangelical Philosophical Society, Nashville,
November 17, 2000. 63. "The Hiddenness of
God." Presented as a symposium paper at the Evangelical Philosophical Society
Session of the 2000 American Academy of Religion Conference, Nashville,
November 18, 2000. 64. "Why Isn't God Obvious?"
Presented at a Loyola Philosophy Department Breakfast for Alumni, Faculty, and
Staff, Chicago, December 5, 2000. 65. "Naturalism and the
Nature of Philosophy" (with D. Yandell). Presented by Yandell at the 2000 Baylor
University Conference on the Role of Naturalism in Science, April 13, 2000. 66. "God and Moral Transformation"
(the Konyndyk Memorial Lecture for the Society of Christian Philosophers). Presented
at the 2001 Central Division Meetings of the American Philosophical Association,
Minneapolis, MN, May 3, 2001. Presented also at a philosophy colloquium at Wheaton
College, Wheaton, IL, April 25, 2001. 67. "Cognitive Idolatry."
Guest lecture presented to a graduate course at Trinity Evangelical Divinity
School, Deerfield, IL, June 5, 2001. 68. "Divine Hiddenness."
Guest lecture presented to a graduate course at Trinity Evangelical Divinity
School, Deerfield, IL, June 5, 2001. 69. "Cognitive Inspiration
and Knowledge of God." Presented as a McManis Lecture at Wheaton College, Wheaton,
IL, April 18, 2002. 70. "The Limits of
Darwinism." Presented at an interdisciplinary colloquium on Darwinism sponsored
by Columbia College, Chicago, September 14, 2002. 74. "Is Christian Theism
Incompatible with God's Hiddenness?" Presentation at Trinity College, Deerfield,
IL, April 12, 2005. 75. "The Curriculum
of Death: Living through Dying." Presented at an American Philosophical Association Symposium
on "God, Death, and the Meaning of Life," Chicago, IL, April 28, 2005. 76. "Skepticism about Religious Skepticism." Presented at a philosophy conference in honor
of Keith E. Yandell, at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, September 15, 2005. 77. "Is God a Fiction or Just Plain Mean?" Presented to the Loyola University Philosophy
Honors Society and Philosophy Club, Chicago, October 12, 2005. 78. "Person-Defining Cognitive Decisions." Presented as an Episteme Lecture at North Central
High School, Indianapolis, April 26, 2006. 79. "Doubts about Skepticism." Presented as an Episteme Lecture at North Central
High School, Indianapolis, April 26, 2006. 80. "From Forgiveness to Knowledge of God." Presented at the spring 2007 SCP meeting
with the Pacific Division American Philosophical Association meetings, San Francisco, April 4, 2007. 81. "Evidence, Authority, and Resurrection." Presented at the 2008 Mere Anglicanism
Conference, Charleston, SC, February 2, 2008. 82. "Inclusive Christian Exclusivism." To be presented at the 2008 Midwest Meeting of the Evangelical Philosophical Society,
Chicago, November 2, 2008. 83. "Kerygmatic Philosophy." To be presented at the 2008 Eastern Meeting of the Evangelical Philosophical Society,
Providence, RI, November 2008. WORKS IN PROGRESS: 1. "From Bad to Worse: On Cognitive Foundations for Hope and a Theodicy. 2. Website on idolatry, at: http://www.luc.edu/faculty/pmoser/idolanon/ PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES AND AWARDS: Editor, American Philosophical Quarterly,
May 2007-present. General Editor of Oxford
University Press's Book Series, Oxford Handbooks of Philosophy, 2000-present. General Editor of Routledge's
Book Series, Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy, 1994-present. General Editor of Routledge's
Book Series, Contemporary Readings in Philosophy, 2000-present. General Editor of Rowman
& Littlefield's Book Series, Studies in Epistemology and Cognitive Theory,
1989-2007. Member of the Board of
Editorial Consultants for the American Philosophical Quarterly,
1992-95, 1995-98, 1998-2001, 2001-present. Member of the Editorial
Board for Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 1993-98, 1998-present. Member of the Advisory Board for
European Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 2007-present. Member of the Board of Editorial
Consultants for History of Philosophy Quarterly, 1995-98, 1998-2001,
2002-2008. Member of the Editorial
Board for Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, 2001-present. Member of the Editorial
Board for the Review of Human Factor Studies, 2000-2001, 2002-2003. Elected Member of the American
Philosophical Association's Central Division Nominating Committee, 1998. Elected Member of the American
Philosophical Association's Committee on the Status and Future of the Profession,
1996-1998. Member of the Advisory
Committee to the Eastern Division American Philosophical Association Program
Committee, 2000-2003. Co-Chair of the section
on Philosophical Methodology for the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy
(Boston, 1998). Elected 1989-1990 Vice-President
and Program Chairperson of the Illinois Philosophical Association. Referee of book manuscripts
for Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Rowman & Littlefield
Publishers, Cornell University Press, Greenwood Press, Basil Blackwell Publishers,
Routledge Ltd., Westview Press, Open Court, Indiana University Press, Wadsworth
Publishers, McGraw-Hill Publishers, and others. Referee of manuscripts
for: Philosophy & Phenomenological Research, The British Journal
for the Philosophy of Science, Noûs, Synthese,
Grazer Philosophische Studien, Canadian Journal of Philosophy,
Journal of Philosophical Research, American Philosophical Quarterly,
Philosophical Psychology, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly,
Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review,
Journal of the History of Philosophy, Australasian Journal of Philosophy,
Philosophical Papers, Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society,
History of Philosophy Quarterly, The Monist, Faith and
Philosophy, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, Review of Human Factor
Studies, Religious Studies, and others. Reviewer-consultant for
Choice (American Library Association), 1988-present. Reviewer for the National
Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Research Programs. Evaluator for the Philosophy
Book Award of the Council of Graduate Schools, 1992. External reviewer of numerous
applications for tenure, promotion, and titled professorships at various universities. Chair of (denumerably) many philosophy
conference sessions. Loyola University of Chicago
Summer Research Stipend (competitively awarded), May-August 1997. Loyola University of Chicago
Summer Research Stipend (competitively awarded), May-August 1996. Loyola University of Chicago
Summer Research Stipend (competitively awarded), May-August 1995. NEH Summer Research Grant,
May-July 1994. Loyola University of Chicago
Summer Research Stipend (competitively awarded), May-August 1992. Loyola University of Chicago
Paid Research Leave-of-Absence (competitively awarded), September-December 1991. Loyola University of Chicago
Summer Research Stipend (competitively awarded), May-August 1991. (I was required
to decline this award, owing to my acceptance of the previous award.) Loyola University of Chicago
Summer Research Stipend (competitively awarded), May-August 1990. Loyola University of Chicago
Endowment for the Humanities Faculty Development Stipend (competitively awarded),
May-August 1989. Loyola University of Chicago
Paid Research Leave-of-Absence (competitively awarded), September-December 1988. NEH Faculty Development
Stipend, May-August 1988 (competitively awarded by Loyola University of Chicago). NEH Summer Research Grant,
May-July 1987 (for the completion of Knowledge and Evidence). Loyola University of Chicago
Full-Time Summer Research Grant, June-August 1986 (for work on an early version
of Knowledge and Evidence). NEH Institute Fellowship,
Summer 1984 (for participation in the 1984 NEH Institute on Action Theory, directed
by Robert Audi). Vanderbilt University Full-Time
Research Grant, June 1982-June 1983 (for work on an early version of Empirical
Justification). American Educational Studies
Association 1992 Critics' Choice Award for Knowledge and Evidence. COURSES TAUGHT: Contemporary Epistemology
(Graduate and Undergraduate Levels) Chairperson of the Loyola
Philosophy Department, August 1997 to present. Editor of LUC Core Curriculum Guide, 2006; 2nd ed., 2007; 3rd ed., 2008. Elected Member of the Philosophy
Department Hiring Committee, 1984-1986, 1986-1988, 1989-1991, 1991-1993, 1993-1995,
1995-1997. Elected Member of the Philosophy
Graduate Executive Committee, 1984-1986, 1986-1988. Elected Member of the Philosophy
Rank-and-Tenure Review Committee, 1987-1988, 1989-1990, 1990-1991, 1991-1992,
1992-1993, 1993-1994, 1994-1995, 1995-1996. Elected also as chairman of this
Committee (1987-1988, 1989-1990) by its members. Elected Member of the Philosophy
Committee on Graduate Admissions and Financial Aid, 1988-1991, 1991-1993, 1993-1995,
1995-1997. Elected Member of the Philosophy
Department Executive Committee, advisory to the Chairman, 1990. Elected Director of the
Philosophy Anglo-American Ph.D. Program, 1990-1992, and Co-Director for 1992-1996.
(I served in this capacity on the Philosophy Graduate Program Administration
Committee, 1990-1994, 1995-1997.) Chairman of the Philosophy
Department Library Committee, 1984-present. Appointed Member of the
Loyola University Graduate Fellowships Committee, 1986-87. Philosophy Representative
to the Loyola University M.A. Council, Spring 1984-85. Philosophy Representative
to the Loyola University Academic Council, Fall 1984-85. Chairman of the Philosophy
Department Colloquium Committee, 1984-1985. Member of ten Philosophy
Ph.D. Dissertation Committees (including five directorships), 1983-2005. Co-Designer (with A. vander
Nat) of the Philosophy Department's Ph.D. Program in the History of Philosophy
(Approved by the Department in 1986). Member of Philosophy Examination
Boards for Ph.D. Candidacy Exams and M.A. Exams (1986-99). Member of Philosophy Department
Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam Committee for Epistemology and Metaphysics (1987, 1989,
1994). Chair of Philosophy Department
Mellon Award Committee (1987). Co-Director of the 1984
Fall Loyola-Mellon Symposium on Philosophy and Culture. Evaluator of several part-time
and nontenured philosophy teachers, 1984-1991. Director of independent
graduate studies on Perception, Analytic Philosophy, Philosophy of Science,
Epistemology, Conceptual Schemes, Theories of Meaning, Explanation, and Philosophy
of Religion (1985-present). Chair of College Search
Committee for Department of Theology Chairperson (2002), Department of Communication Chairperson
(2003), and the Ellacuria Chair in Philosophy (2007). PERSONAL INFORMATION: Born in 1957 in
Bismarck (across from Mandan), North Dakota, USA Homepage: http://www.luc.edu/faculty/pmoser/
71. "Religion without God?" Presented to a Loyola University Chicago Philosophy
Colloquium, February 18, 2004.
72. "A Scandalous God." General lecture presented at Moody Bible Institute,
Chicago, May 7, 2004.
73. "God Beyond Philosophy." Guest lecture presented to a philosophy course
at Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, May 7, 2004.
Language and Mind
(Graduate Level)
Rationality (Graduate
and Undergraduate Levels)
Analytic Philosophy
(Graduate and Undergraduate Levels)
Recent Pragmatism
(Graduate Level)
Wittgenstein and
Anglo-American Philosophy (Graduate Level)
Philosophical Issues
in Cognitive Science (Graduate Level)
Moral Epistemology
(Graduate Level)
Wittgenstein (Graduate
Level)
Intentionality (Graduate
Level)
Epistemology &
Religion (Graduate Level)
Philosophy of Religion
(Graduate and Undergraduate Levels)
Philosophy of Religion:
Kierkegaard (Graduate Level)
Philosophy of Religion: Pascal (Graduate Level)
Philosophy of Science
Theory of Knowledge
(Graduate and Undergraduate Levels)
Values and Rational
Action
Knowledge and Reality: Truth
Knowledge and Reality: Science
Knowledge and Reality:
Cognitive Science (including Honors Sections)
Knowledge and Reality: Logic
Knowledge and Reality:
Philosophical Psychology
Knowledge and Reality:
Religion (Honors)
Action and Value: Ethics
Classical Modern
Philosophy
Philosophy of Human
Nature
Introduction to Philosophy
(at Vanderbilt University)
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