Curriculum Vitae

Michael A Bishop

April 02, 2013

General Information

University address: Philosophy College of Arts and Sciences Dodd Hall 0151 Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306-1500 Phone: 850/644-4127; Fax: 850/644-3832

E-mail address: [email protected]

Professional Preparation

1990 Ph.D., University Of California - San Diego. Major: Philosophy.

1984 B.A., University of Maryland - College Park. Major: Philosophy. cum laude.

Professional Experience

2006–present Professor, Philosophy, Florida State University.

2006 Professor (OPS), Philosophy, Florida State University.

2003–2006 Associate Professor, Philosophy, Northern Illinois University.

1996–2003 Associate Professor and Department Chair, Philosophy & Religious Studies, Iowa State University.

1990–1996 Assistant Professor, Iowa State University.

Language Proficiency

Spanish - fluent in speaking, reading, and writing.

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Visiting Professorship(s)

1997–1998 Visiting Scholar at NYU and Rutgers.

Honors, Awards, and Prizes

FSU COFRS Regular Summer Award, Florida State University (2009). ($14,000). Who's Who Among America's Teachers (2006). Instructional Research and Improvement Grant, Northern Illinois University (2005). Who's Who Among America's Teachers (2005). Iowa State University Faculty Improvement Leave (2003). National Science Foundation Collaborative Research Grant (2003). Who's Who Among America's Teachers (2002). Iowa State University Faculty Improvement Leave (1997). Who's Who Among America's Teachers (1996). Liberal Arts and Sciences Award for Early Excellence in Teaching at Iowa State University (1995). National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar for College Teachers (1992).

Teaching

Courses Taught

Epistemology (PHI6306) Knowledge and Belief (PHI3300) History and Philosophy of Science (PHI3400) Reasoning and Critical Thinking (PHI2100) Seminar for Majors (PHI4938) Tutorial in Philosophy (PHI5998) Philosophy of Social Sciences (PHI6425) Tutorial in Philosophy (PHI4999) Seminar in Philosophical Topics (PHI6935)

Doctoral Committee Chair

Miller, M. B., graduate. (2012). Albahri, A. A., graduate. (2011). Sosis, C. L., graduate. (2011). Watson, J. C., graduate. (2009). Albert, P. M., doctoral candidate. Lang, M. L., doctoral candidate. Perez, H. J., doctoral candidate. (2012). Haines, J. W., doctoral student.

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Doctoral Committee Member

Carpenter, J. M., graduate. (2012). Cordero, R., doctoral candidate. Haas, D. D., doctoral candidate. Kelsey, E. B., doctoral candidate. Martin, Z. T., doctoral candidate. McGrew, M. M., doctoral candidate. Miller, J. S., doctoral candidate. Quigley, J. G., doctoral candidate. Stigall, J. C., doctoral candidate. Takacs, P., doctoral candidate. McFarlane, S. P., doctoral candidate. (2013). Shepherd, J. L., doctoral candidate. (2013).

Doctoral Committee University Representative

Brewer, L. E., doctoral candidate. Diamond, B. F., doctoral candidate. Adams, J. R., doctoral student.

Master's Committee Member

Crescioni, A. W., student.

Research and Original Creative Work

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

Zarpentine, C., Cipolletti, H., & Bishop, M. A. (2012). WINO Epistemology and the Shifting Sands Problem. The Monist, 95(2), 308-328.

Bishop, M. A. (2010). Why the Generality Problem is Everybody's Problem. Philosophical Studies, 151, 285-298.

Bishop, M. A., & Trout, J. D. (2008). Strategic Reliabilism: A Naturalistic Approach to Epistemology. Philosophy Compass, 3/5, 1049-1065.

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Bishop, M. A., & Bootz, B. (2007). Goodbye, Justification. Hello, World. Croatian Journal of Philosophy, 7, 269-285.

Bishop, M. A. (2006). Fast and Frugal Heuristics. Philosophy Compass, 1, 201-223.

Bishop, M. A. (2005). The Autonomy of Social Epistemology. Episteme, 2, 65-78.

Bishop, M. A., & Trout, J. D. (2005). The Pathologies of Standard Analytic Epistemology. Nous, 39, 696-714.

Bishop, M. A., & Trout, J. D. (2003). Epistemology's Search for Significance. Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence, 15(2), 203-216.

Bishop, M. A., & Downes, S. M. (2002). The Theory Theory Thrice Over: The Child as Scientist, Superscientist or Social Institution. Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science, 33, 121-136.

Bishop, M. A., & Trout, J. D. (2002). 50 Years of Successful Predictive Modeling Should Be Enough: Lessons for Philosophy of Science. Philosophy of Science: PSA 2000 Symposium Papers, 69, S197-S208.

Bishop, M. A. (2000). In Praise of Epistemic Irresponsibility: How Lazy and Ignorant Can You Be? Synthese, 122, 179-208.

Bishop, M. A. (1999). Semantic Flexibility in Scientific Practice: A Study of Newton's Optics. Philosophy and Rhetoric, 32, 210-232.

Bishop, M. A. (1999). Why Thought Experiments are Not Arguments. Philosophy of Science, 66, 534-541.

Bishop, M. A., & Stich, S. P. (1998). The Flight to Reference, or How Not to Make Progress in the Philosophy of Science. Philosophy of Science, 65, 33-49.

Bishop, M. A. (1992). The Possibility of Conceptual Clarity in Philosophy. American Philosophical Quarerly, 29, 267-277.

Bishop, M. A. (1992). Theory-ladenness of Perception Arguments. PSA, 1, 287-299.

Bishop, M. A. (1991). Why the Semantic Incommensurability Thesis is Self-Defeating. Philosophical Studies, 63, 343-356.

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Refereed Books

Bishop, M. A. (contract). The Nature of Well-Being. Manuscript under contract for publication, New York: Oxford University Press.

Bishop, M. A., & Trout, J. D. (2005). Epistemology and the Psychology of Human Judgment. New York: Oxford University Press.

Edited Books

Murphy, D., & Bishop, M. A. (Eds.). (2009). Stephen Stich and His Critics. Wiley-Blackwell.

Refereed Book Chapters

Shepherd, J., & Bishop, M. A. (in press). Ein Plädoyer für die naturalisierte Erkenntnistheorie (The Case for Naturalized Epistemology. In Dirk Koppleberg, & Stefan Tolksdorf (Eds.), Erkenntnistheorie: wie und wozu?. Berlin: Mentis Publishers.

Bishop, M. A., & Feltz, A. (2010). The Role of Intuitions in Naturalized Epistemology. In M. Milkowski, & K. Talmont-Kaminski (Eds.), Beyond Description: Normativity in Naturalised Philosophy (pp. 101-122). College Publications.

Bishop, M. A. (2009). Reflections on Cognitive and Epistemic Diversity: Does a Stich in Time Save Quine? In D. Murphy, & M. Bishop (Eds.), Stephen Stich and His Critics (pp. 113-136). Wiley-Blackwell.

Bishop, M. A. (2008). Reflections on a Normative Psychology. In A. Beckermann, H. Tetens, & S. Walter (Eds.), Philosophy: Foundations and Applications. Main Lectures and Colloquia Talks of GAP 6 (pp. 277-290). Paderborn: Mentis.

Samuels, R., Stich, S., & Bishop, M. A. (2002). Ending the Rationality Wars: How to Make Normative Disputes about Cognitive Illusions Disappear. In R. Elio (Ed.), Common Sense, Reasoning and Rationality. New York: Oxford University Press.

Bishop, M. A. (1998). An Epistemological Role for Thought Experiments. In Niall Shanks (Ed.), Idealization IX: Idealization in Contemporary Physics. Poznan Studies in Philosophy of Science and Humanities Bookseries, Rodopi.

Bishop, M. A. (1994). Conceptual Change in Science: The Newton-Hooke Controversy. In Peter Achinstein, & Laura Snyder (Eds.), Scientific Methods: Conceptual and Historical Problems. Krieger Press.

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Refereed Encyclopedia Entries

Bishop, M. A. (in press). Knowledge. In Mastering Endovascular Techniques: Guide to Excellence (2nd ed.). Springer.

Bishop, M. A., & Trout, J. D. (in press). Prognosis and Prediction. In Bill Fulford (Ed.), Handbook of the Philosophy of Psychiatry. Oxford University Press.

Sosis, C., & Bishop, M. A. (in press). Knowledge. In Lynn Nadel (Ed.), Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science. John Wiley & Sons.

Bishop, M. A. (2008). Decision-Making. In W. A. Darity, Jr. (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Social Sciences (2nd ed., Vol. 2, p. 251-253). Macmillan Reference.

Invited Reviews

Bishop, M. A. (2007). Notice Critique: Reconstructing Reason and Representation. Philosophiques, 34(2), 367-374.

Bishop, M. A. (2007). Review ofMurray Clark, Reconstructing Reason and Representation. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 75, 492-495.

Bishop, M. A. (2006). Review of William J. Talbot, Which Rights Should Be Universal?. Review of Metaphysics, 59, 683-685.

Bishop, M. A. (2003). Review of Andrew Brook and Don Ross, eds., Daniel Dennett. Philosophical Psychology, 2, 347-350.

Bishop, M. A. (1997). Review of Ron McClamrock, Existential Cognition: Computational Minds in the World. International Studies in Philosophy.

Bishop, M. A. (1996). Review of A.F. Chalmers, What Is This Thing Called Science?. Teaching Philosophy, 19, 204-205.

Bishop, M. A. (1996). Review of Allan Megill, ed., Rethinking Objectivity. Philosophy of Science, 63, 145-146.

Bishop, M. A. (1996). Review of Holmes Rolston III, Biology, Ethics, and the Origins of Life. Teaching Philosophy, 19, 302-304.

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Refereed Reviews

Bishop, M. A. (1992). The Nature and Evolution of Human Language: A Response to Maxine Sheets-Johnstone. Between the Species, 8, 95-97.

Nonrefereed Journal Articles

Bishop, M. A. (2012). The Network Theory of Well-Being: An Introduction. The Baltic International Yearbook of Cognition, Logic, and Communication, 7, 1-29.

Bishop, M. A. (2003). The Pessimistic Induction, the Flight to Reference and the Metaphysical Zoo. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 17, 161-178.

Presentations

Invited Keynote and Plenary Presentations at Conferences

Bishop, M. A. (presented 2012). The Science and Philosophy of the Good Life: A Unified Perspective. Keynote presentation at Fourth Annual Southeast Regional History Graduate Student Conference, Southeast Regional History Graduate Student Conference. (Regional)

Invited Presentations at Conferences

Bishop, M. A. (presented 2012). Comments on Railton: Well-Being as Information. Presentation at Henle Conference on Happiness and Well-Being, St. Louis University. (National)

Bishop, M. A. (presented 2011). How Well-Being is Like Neptune. Presentation at The 7th International Symposium of Cognition, Logic, and Communication: Morality and the Coginitive Sciences, Riga, Latvia, Riga, Latvia. (International)

Bishop, M. A. (presented 2011). The Priority of Reason. Presentation at the meeting of Workshop on Recent Work in Naturalized Philosophy, Tartu, Estonia. (International)

Bishop, M. A. (presented 2010). Some Fast and Frugal Philosophical Thoughts on Bounded Rationality. Presentation at the meeting of Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany. (International)

Bishop, M. A. (presented 2010). The Nature of Well-Being. Presentation at Colloquium, Union College, Schenectady. (National)

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Bishop, M. A. (presented 2009). Well-Being. Presentation at Moral Philosophy Research Group Annual Meeting, Moral Philosophy Research Group. (National)

Bishop, M. A. (presented 2009). What a Theory of Well-Being Might Be. Presentation at Ethical and Social Scientific Perspectives on Well-Being, California State University. (National)

Bishop, M. A. (presented 2009). When Philosophy and Psychology Collide: The Case of Well-Being. Presentation at First Colombian Conference in Logic, Epistemology, and Philosophy of Science, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia. (International)

Bishop, M. A. (presented 2009). Why the Generality Problem is Everybody's Problem and How to Solve It. Presentation at Colloquium, University of Alabama-Birmingham. (National)

Bishop, M. A., Zarpentine, C., & Cipolletti, H. (presented 2009). Experimental Epistemology and the Normativity Problem. Presentation at Experimental Epistemology Workshop, University of Buffalo. (National)

Bishop, M. A. (presented 2008). Epistemology Psyched. Presentation at Fifth Annual Cognitive Science Lecture Series, Hartwick College, New York. (National)

Bishop, M. A. (presented 2008). The Nature of Science. Presentation at Colloquium, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. (National)

Bishop, M. A. (presented 2008). The Nature of Well-Being. Presentation at Symposium on Naturalism in Science, Kansas State University. (National)

Bishop, M. A. (presented 2008). The Normative Solution to the Generality Problem. Presentation at Colloquium, University of Gothenburg. (International)

Bishop, M. A. (presented 2007). Is There a Folk Epistemology? And How Would We Know? Presentation at Arts and Humanities Research Council Culture and Mind Project, Sheffield University. (International)

Bishop, M. A. (presented 2007). Rethinking the Relationship between Philosophy and Psychology. Presentation at Joint Clinical and Cognitive Area Symposium on Clinical vs. Actuarial Prediction, Eastern Psychological Association Meeting. (National)

Bishop, M. A. (presented 2007). The Virtues of Epistemological Minimalism. Presentation at Colloquium, Stockholm University. (International)

Bishop, M. A. (presented 2007). Why the Generality Problem is Everybody's Problem (and What to Do About it). Presentation at the meeting of University of Pennsylvania. (National)

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Bishop, M. A., & Trout, J. D. (presented 2007). Naturalism: The Best for a Normative Epistemology. Presentation at Invited Symposium on Normative Naturalistic Epistemology, Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology. (National)

Bishop, M. A. (presented 2006). An Advertisement for Epistemological Minimalism. Presentation at Second Annual Kazimierz Naturalized Epistemology Workshop, Kazimierz, Poland. (International)

Bishop, M. A. (presented 2006). The Implications of a Normative Psychology. Presentation at GAP.6 Conference, Berlin, Germany. (International)

Bishop, M. A. (presented 2006). The Two Faces of Epistemology. Presentation at conference on The Epistemology of Natural and Artificial Systems, California State University, Long Beach. (National)

Bishop, M. A. (presented 2004). Overcoming Cynicism about Thought Experiments in Philosophy. Presentation at International Congress on Thought Experiments Rethought, Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science, Ghent University. (International)

Bishop, M. A., & Trout, J. D. (presented 2002). Epistemology as (Philosophy of) Science. Presentation at Cognitive Science in the New Millennium: Foundations, Directions, Applications, and Problems, California State University, Long Beach. (National)

Refereed Presentations at Conferences

Bishop, M. A. (presented 2005). The Autonomy of Social Epistemology. Presentation at Second Annual Episteme Conference, University of Massachusetts. (National)

Bishop, M. A. (presented 2005). The Case Against Epistemic Intuitions. Presentation at Symposium on Empirical Psychology and Epistemology, American Philosophical Association. (National)

Service

Florida State University

FSU University Service

Member, Human Subjects Committee (2007–present).

Member, Chair-Search for the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics (2011–2013).

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FSU Department Service

Officer, Department of Philosophy Graduate Placement (2010–present).

Member, Curriculum Committee (2008–present).

Director, Department of Philosophy Undergraduate Studies (2008–present).

Advisor, Society for Women's Advancement in Philosophy (2008–present).

Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee (2007–present).

Member, Hiring Committee (2006–present).

Member, Colloquium Committee (2007–2011).

The Profession

Guest Editing for Refereed Journals

Bishop, M. A. (Ed.). (2012). Morality and the Cognitive Sciences: The Baltic International Yearbook of Cognition, Logic, and Communication [Special Issue]. The Baltic International Yearbook of Cognition, Logic, and Communication.

Bishop, M. A., Samuels, R., & Stich, S. (Eds.). (2000). Special Issue on Rationality [Special Issue]. Synthese.

Editorial Board Membership(s)

NSF (2006).

NEH (2005).

NSF (2002).

Guest Reviewer for Refereed Journals

Philosophy of Science (1992–2013).

Philosophical Psychology (2004–2012).

British Jounal for the Philosophy of Science (2007–2011).

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Philosophers' Imprint (2011).

Australasian Journal of Philosophy (2011).

Erkenntnis (2009).

Polish Journal of Philosophy (2008).

The Philosophical Quarterly (2006).

Synthese (1997).

Philosophical Studies (1992).

Philosophical Studies (1992).

Philosophical Studies (1992).

Service to Professional Associations

Referee, Oxford University Press (2004–2013).

Referee, Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) (2012).

Referee, Swiss National Science Foundation (2012).

Member, Organizing Committee, The 7th International Symnposium of Cognition, Logic, and Communication: Morality and the Cognitive Sciences (2011).

Referee, Routledge Publishing (2009–2010).

Conference Referee, Philosophy of Science Association (2010).

Conference Referee, Lews and Clark College, Society for Philosophy and Psychology (2010).

Referee, Polity Press (2008).

Referee, MIT Press (2007).

Referee, National Science Foundation (2006).

Panelist, National Endowment for the Humanities (2005).

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Member, Organizing Committee, International Congress on Thought Experiments Rethought, Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science (2004).

Referee, National Science Foundation (2002).

Symposium Organizer, with J.D. Trout, "New Perspectives on Scientific Rationality", The Philosophy of Science Association Meeting (2000).

Session chair/moderator, "Optimization and Simplicity", APA Central Division (1994).

President, Iowa Philosophical Society (1991–1992).

Session chair/moderator, "Strategies, Heuristics, and Biases in Biological Reasoning", International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology (1991).

Service to Other Universities

External Tenure & Promotion Reviewer, Mount Holyoke College (2011).

External Tenure & Promotion Reviewer, Washington University, St. Louis (2011).

External Departmental Reviewer, Philosophy & Religious Studies Department at the University of West Florida (2011).

External Tenure & Promotion Reviewer, Kansas State University (2010).

External Tenure & Promotion Reviewer, University of Utah (2010).

External Tenure & Promotion Reviewer, State University of New York (2009).

External Departmental Reviewer, Philosophy Department at the University of Delaware (2002).

President, Iowa Philosophical Society (1991–1992).

Additional Service Not Reported Elsewhere

Bishop, M. A. (2010). Conference Referee. Philosophy of Science Association.

Bishop, M. A. (2010). Conference Referee. Society for Philosophy and Psychology Meeting.

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