Matthew Evans Curriculum Vitae

Department of Philosophy University of Texas at Austin 2210 Speedway, Stop 3500 Austin, TX 78712 512-471-4857 [email protected]

EMPLOYMENT Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin (2014 – present) Associate Professor, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor (2011 – 2014) Visiting Assistant Professor, Yale University (2010) Assistant Professor, New York University (2004 – 2011)

EDUCATION PhD Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin, 2004 MA Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin, 1998 BA Religion (Honors), Vassar College, 1995

AREA OF SPECIALIZATION Ancient Philosophy

AREAS OF COMPETENCE Ethics, Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics, Continental Philosophy

PUBLICATIONS “How to Build a Good Human Life: Ranking Ingredients in Plato’s Philebus” Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy 43 (forthcoming). “Rational Causes in Plato’s Phaedo” Dialogoi: Ancient Philosophy Today (forthcoming). “The Blind Desires of Republic 4” in Fiona Leigh, ed., Psychology and Value in Ancient Thought (Oxford University Press) (forthcoming). “How Many Roads?” in Colin Smith, ed., Inquiring into Being: Essays on Parmenides (forthcoming). “Making the Best of Plato’s Protagoras” Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy 48 (2015): 61-106. “Lessons from Euthyphro 10a-11b” Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy 42 (2012): 1-38. “Mental Agency and Metaethics” (with Nishi Shah) in Russ Shafer-Landau, ed., Oxford Studies in Metaethics 7 (2012): 80-109. “Plato on the Norms of Speech and Thought” Phronesis 56 (2011): 322-49. “A Partisan’s Guide to Socratic Intellectualism” in Sergio Tenenbaum, ed., Desire, Practical Reason, and the Good (Oxford University Press) (2010): 6-33. “Plato on the Possibility of Hedonic Mistakes” Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy 35 (2008): 89-124. “Plato’s Rejection of Thoughtless and Pleasureless Lives” Phronesis 52 (2007): 337-63. “Plato’s Anti-Hedonism” Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy 22 (2007): 121- 45. “Plato and the Meaning of Pain” Apeiron 40 (2007): 71-94. “Can Epicureans Be Friends?” Ancient Philosophy 24 (2004): 407-24.

BOOK REVIEWS Michael Wedin, Parmenides’ Grand Deduction (with Sosseh Assaturian) in Journal of the History of Philosophy) (2015): 775-6. Robert Heinaman, ed., Plato and Aristotle’s Ethics, in Journal of Moral Philosophy 3 (2006): 372-4. Evans CV 2 (8/2020)

PRESENTATIONS “The Work of Justice in Parmenides B8” at the Stanford University EPAM Workshop, May 2019. “The Good Itself Makes Knowledge Possible” at the Central APA, February 2016; Ancient Philosophy Working Group, UC Berkeley, March 2014; UVA, November 2013; Wayne State University, November 2013; the Southern Association for Ancient Philosophy Meeting at Oxford, September 2013. “How Radical Is Plato’s Anti-Hedonism?” at Columbia University, April 2015, and at the Central APA, February 2014. “Making the Best of Plato’s Protagoras” at the Southwest Ancient Philosophy Workshop, UT Austin, March 2013; Yale University, January 2013; Ancient Philosophy Workshop, Oxford University, November 2011; Harvard University, September 2011; UMass Amherst, January 2011; SUNY Albany, October 2010; University of Toronto, September 2010. “The Blind Desires of Republic 4” at The International Plato Society Meeting, University of Michigan, September 2012; Oakland University, March 2012; Northwestern University, March 2012; University College London, November 2011. “Mental Agency and Metaethics” (with Nishi Shah) at the University of Michigan Ethics Discussion Group, April 2012; Boston University, March 2011; UNC Chapel Hill, February 2011; the 7th Annual Metaethics Workshop, University of Wisconsin at Madison, September 2010. “Plato on the Norms of Speech and Thought” at Yale University, April 2010; the Eastern APA, December 2009; Vassar College, October 2009; UMass Amherst, April 2009. “The Good of Plato’s Euthyphro” at Columbia University, February 2010. “Plato Against Protagoras” at the New York Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, November 2009. “Lessons from Euthyphro 10a-11b” at Humboldt University, Berlin, May 2009; University of Michigan, March 2009; Mid-Atlantic Reading Group in Ethics, May 2008. “Rational Causes in Plato’s Phaedo” at the University of Michigan Classics Department, March 2009; the Yale University Ancient Philosophy Working Group, February 2007; the Southwest Ancient Philosophy Workshop, Emory University, April 2006. “A Partisan’s Guide to Socratic Intellectualism” at the CUNY Graduate Center, November 2008; NYU Classics Department, October 2007. “Plato on the Possibility of Hedonic Mistakes” at the Princeton University Center for Human Values, February 2008. “Ways of Wanting in Plato” at the University of Toronto, May 2007. “How to Solve Plato’s Attitude Problem” at the Southwest Ancient Philosophy Workshop, UT Austin, April 2007; the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Meeting, Fordham University, October 2005. “Plato’s Rejection of Pleasureless Lives” at the Eastern APA, December 2006. “Plato’s Anti-Hedonism” at the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, December 2006. “Pleasure’s Aims” at the New York Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, November 2005. “Epicurean Egoism” at the NYU Classics Department, October 2005. “The End of Hedonism” at the University of Missouri at Kansas City Center for Ethics and Society, May 2005. “Aristotle Against the Anti-Hedonists: Nicomachean Ethics 7.11-14” at the New York Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, April 2005. “Why Plato Rejects the Clam’s Life” at the Southwest Ancient Philosophy Workshop, UT Austin, April 2005. “Pleasure’s Proper Objects” at NYU, January 2004; UC Berkeley, January 2004; Temple University, November 2003. “Plato’s Theory of Sensation” at the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Meeting, Fordham University, October 2003. “A New Look at Plato’s False Pleasures” at the Southwest Ancient Philosophy Workshop, Texas A&M, April 2003. “Mixed Pleasure and Medical Malpractice in Plato’s Philebus” at the Southwest Ancient Philosophy Workshop, Trinity College, April 1999.

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FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS, AND AWARDS Temple Professorship Award, UT Austin, 2016 Laurance S. Rockefeller Fellowship, Princeton University Center for Human Values, 2007-8. Fellowship, New York University Project on Science and Religion, sponsored by Thomas Nagel and the Mellon Foundation, 2006-9. Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, 2002-3. University of Texas at Austin Continuing Fellowship, 2002-3, 2000-1, 1999-2000. David Bruton, Jr. Fellowship, 2002-3. NYU Golden Dozen Outstanding Teaching Award Nominee, 2009. Texas Exes Excellence in Teaching Award for the College of Liberal Arts, UT Austin, 2002. Philosophy Department Distinguished Teacher Award, UT Austin, 2001-2.

TEACHING

GRADUATE COURSES Parmenides (UT, spring 2020) Plato on Knowledge and the Good (UT, spring 2019; Michigan, spring 2013) Socrates (with Paul Woodruff) (UT, spring 2018) Virtue Ethics (with Paul Woodruff) (UT, spring 2017) Origin of Metaphysics (UT, spring 2015) Plato on the Soul (Michigan, spring 2014) Plato (Michigan, spring 2012) Philosophy of Mind (Michigan, fall 2011) Ancient Relativism (NYU, spring 2011; Yale, spring 2010) Plato’s Metaphysics of Mind (NYU, spring 2007) Ancient Philosophy of Mind (NYU, fall 2005) Plato’s Ethics and Epistemology (NYU, spring 2005)

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES Plan II Honors Introduction to Philosophy (UT, 2020-21, 2019-20, 2018-19) Martin Heidegger (UT, fall 2019 and fall 2016) Plato’s Republic (UT, spring 2018) Ethical Theories (UT, fall 2017, spring 2015, fall 2014) History of Ancient Philosophy (UT, fall 2017, spring 2017, fall 2016, spring 2015; Michigan, fall 2013, fall 2012; NYU, fall 2009, fall 2008, fall 2006, fall 2005, fall 2004) Introduction to Philosophy (UT, fall 2015) Contemporary Moral Problems (Michigan, winter 2014) The Ethics of Eating (Michigan, spring 2012) Phenomenology and Existentialism (Michigan, fall 2012) Honors Introduction to Philosophy (Michigan, fall 2011) Ancient Metaphysics (Yale, spring 2010) Junior Honors Proseminar (NYU, spring 2006 and spring 2007) Plato (NYU, fall 2004)

SUPERVISION

DISSERTATION (Supervisor) Matt Matherne, “The Value of Socratic Inquiry”

DISSERTATION (Committee Member) Taylor Pincin, “Priority in Ousia and Being One in Aristotle’s Metaphysical Theory”

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Sosseh Assaturian, “The Stoics on Language and Reality” Steven Gubka, “The Affective Account of Moral Perception” Emelie Pagano, “What is it to be Socially Constructed?” Theofilos Kyriadis, “The Riddle of the Philosopher’s Descent in Plato’s Republic” Derek Haderlie, “Governing Morality: A Theory of Moral Laws” (2020) Elliot Goodine, “The Significance of Genealogy in Moral Epistemology” (2018) Duane Long, “A Commentary on Anscombe’s Intention” (2017) Jerry Green, “Divinity and Humanity in Aristotle’s Ethics” (2016) Joe Bullock, “Inquiry and Expertise in Ancient Skepticism” (2015) Ian McCready-Flora, “Belief and Rational Cognition in Aristotle” (Michigan, 2011)

HONORS THESIS (Supervisor) David Garrett, “Martin Heidegger: Intentionality, Unconcealment, and Being” (2018) Ashely Lance, “Plato’s Republic in the Aftermath of the Peloponnesian War” (2018) Anthony Tiberio, “Conceiving the Impossible?” (NYU, 2008) Jack Samuel, “Hidden Harms to Hens” (NYU, 2007) Sean Brandt, “Reasonable Demands in an Unreasonable World” (NYU, 2007) Jacob Kirkpatrick, “Intentionality on the Brink” (NYU, 2006)

HONORS THESIS (Second Reader) Nick Pham (2019) Azam Baig (2018) Chase Hamilton (2016) Rebecca Lynn Salk (Michigan, 2012)

MASTERS THESIS (Supervisor) Sean Sankar, “The Dialogues of Plato and the Upanishads” (NYU, 2009) Josh Cangelosi, “Innate Conscience” (NYU, 2007)

SERVICE

DEPARTMENTAL Director of the UT Joint Program in Ancient Philosophy (2015-present) Graduate Admissions Committee (2018-present) Hiring Committee (2016-18) Placement Committee (2015-18) Colloquium Committee (2015-18) First Year Graduate Student Advisor (Michigan, 2013) Chair, Graduate Student Instructor Training and Evaluation Committee (Michigan, 2011-14) Graduate Admissions Committee (Michigan, 2012-13) Departmental Search Committee (Michigan, 2012-13) Bersoff Postdoctoral Fellowship Search Committee (NYU, 2008) History of Philosophy Search Committee (NYU, 2006) Departmental Search Committee, (NYU, 2004-7)

PROFESSIONAL Section Editor: Ergo: An Online Journal of Philosophy (2011-2014) Book Referee: Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Princeton University Press Journal Referee: Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Mind, Nous, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Philosophical Studies, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Journal of the History of Philosophy, Apeiron, Ancient Philosophy, Phoenix Encyclopedia Referee: International Encyclopedia of Ethics

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Chair, Session on Iakovos Vasiliou’s Aiming at Virtue in Plato, Meeting of the Eastern APA (2010) Chair, Session on David Sedley’s Plato’s Cratylus, Meeting of the Eastern APA (2005)