Robbie Kubala Department of Philosophy Columbia University [email protected] 512.964.3210
Research Interests AOS: ethics, aesthetics AOC: moral psychology, American pragmatism, philosophy of science
Employment University of California, Santa Cruz 2019- Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Columbia University 2018-2019 Core Lecturer in Contemporary Civilization
Education Columbia University 2011-2018 PhD, Philosophy (defense: May 4, 2018) Dissertation: Non-Ideal Practices: An Essay on Ethical Theory and Deliberation Committee: Philip Kitcher (sponsor), Michele Moody-Adams, Macalester Bell (Bryn Mawr)
University of Cambridge, Peterhouse (Marshall Scholar) 2010-2011 MPhil, History and Philosophy of Science, First Class
St Andrews and Stirling Graduate Programme (Marshall Scholar) 2009-2010 MLitt, Philosophy, with Distinction
Boston College, College of Arts and Sciences 2005-2009 BA, Philosophy, summa cum laude
Articles Desire 2020 The Proustian Mind, ed. Thomas Stern & Anna Elsner (Routledge)
Literary Intentionalism: A Shared Interpretive Policy 2019 Metaphilosophy, Vol. 50, Issue 4: 503-15
Grounding Aesthetic Obligations 2018 British Journal of Aesthetics, Vol. 58, Issue 3: 271-85
Valuing and Believing Valuable 2017 Analysis, Vol. 77, Issue 1: 59-65 (selected for Oxford Philosophy Journals’ ‘Best of 2017’ collection) 1 Love and Transience in Proust 2016 Philosophy, Vol. 91, Issue 4: 541-57
Philosophy, Literature, and Emotional Engagement: A Response to Nanay 2015 Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Vol. 73, Issue 2: 196-200
Reviews Review of Dominic McIver Lopes, Being for Beauty 2019 Estetika, forthcoming
Review of Richard Moran, The Philosophical Imagination 2018 European Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 26, Issue 3: 1180-3
Review of Rafe McGregor, The Value of Literature 2017 Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Vol. 75, Issue 3: 311-4
Academic Awards and Honors 2016 APA/PDC Prize for Excellence and Innovation in Philosophy Programs, for Rethink (shared) 2016 GSAS Teaching Scholars Program, Columbia University (declined) 2015 GSAS Exchange Scholar, Harvard University 2013 Benjamin Wolstein Fellowship Fund, Columbia University 2012 George John Bowdery Memorial Fund in Philosophy, Columbia University 2009 Marshall Scholarship 2009 John Bapst, S.J., Philosophy Medal, for “outstanding overall performance in philosophy courses,” Boston College 2009 Mary A. and Katherine G. Finneran Commencement Medal, for “outstanding success in studies and contribution to the enrichment of college and student life,” Boston College 2008 Phi Beta Kappa, Boston College 2007 Peter Gray Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Psychology, Boston College 2005 Presidential Scholars Program, Boston College
Teaching Primary Instructor (Santa Cruz) Contemporary Moral Problems, Winter 2020 Aesthetic Normativity (graduate seminar), Winter 2020 Advanced Ethics, Spring 2020
Primary Instructor (Columbia) Introduction to Contemporary Civilization in the West, 2018-2019 Masterpieces of Western Literature and Philosophy, 2016-2017, 2017-2018 Philosophy of Literature, 2015
Teaching Assistant (Columbia) Philosophy of Language and Mind (Akeel Bilgrami), 2015