Joseph Frigault 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston MA 02215 Curriculum Vitae [email protected] / (857) 540 8095 / josephfrigault.com
RESEARCH
Areas of Specialization: Social and Political Philosophy; Philosophy of Race Areas of Competence: Ethics; Metaethics; Philosophy of Science; Philosophy of Social Science; History of Analytic
EDUCATION
PhD Philosophy, 2014-Present Boston University (BU) Dissertation: Fair Play, White Advantage, and Black Reparations Committee: Ann E. Cudd (chair), David Lyons, Juliet Floyd MA Philosophy, 2012-2014 University of British Columbia (UBC) BA Philosophy, 2004-2008 Mount Allison University (MTA)
AWARDS & PRIZES
Jean Hampton Prize, 2017: Awarded every two years to an early career scholar at the Pacific APA. “Fair Play, White Privilege, and Black Reparations” Brian Laetz Graduate Essay Prize, 2014: Awarded annually to an MA or PhD student at UBC. “Does Hume Make a Linguistic Analogy?” Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Doctoral Award (CAD $80,000) SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Master’s Award (CAD $17,500) Canadian Scholarship Trust Arthur Pigott Award, 2012 (CAD $7500) BU Summer Research Fellowship, 2017 (USD $6000) J.E.A. Crake Scholarship in Humanities, 2006 & 2007 Ebbutt Memorial Trust Scholarship, 2006 & 2007 Treash Memorial Prize, 2007: Top third year philosophy student at MTA. Chase-Oxley Prize, 2005: Top first year philosophy student at MTA.
SELECTED TALKS & PRESENTATIONS
Comments on Jake Monaghan “Rethinking Political Consent” American Philosophical Association, Central Division, Denver CO Feb 2019
“Nozick on the Rectification of Injustice” Invited Guest Lecture, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ (Remotely) Jan 2019
1 “Fair Play, White Privilege, and Black Reparations” Princeton Graduate Conference in Political Theory, Princeton NJ Apr 2018 American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Seattle WA Apr 2017 Brown Graduate Philosophy Conference, Providence RI Nov 2016 Loyola Graduate Philosophy Conference, Chicago IL Oct 2016
“Rethinking the Last Dogma of Empiricism” Northern New England Philosophical Association, Easton MA Nov 2017 Northwest Philosophy Conference, Pullman WA Oct 2017 Understanding Value VI, Sheffield ENG Jul 2017
“Fair Play, Presumptive Benefit, and the Equity Constraint” American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, San Francisco CA Apr 2016 Waterloo Graduate Philosophy Conference, Waterloo ON Mar 2016 Arizona State Graduate Philosophy Conference, Tempe AZ Feb 2016
“Speaking the Language of Goodness” University of Florida Graduate Philosophy Conference, Gainesville FL Mar 2013
“Neighboring Solitudes: An Account of Love in Being and Time ” McMaster University Graduate Philosophy Conference, Hamilton ON Apr 2013
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Colorado, Boulder Lecturer Introduction to Ethics Spring 2019 Lecturer Introduction to Ethics (two sections) Fall 2018
Boston University Sole Instructor Introduction to Ethics Summer 2018 TA to Susanne Sreedhar Great Philosophers Fall 2016 TA to Walter Hopp Introduction to Philosophy Fall 2015
University of British Columbia TA to Samantha Matherne Introduction to Philosophy (full year) 2013-2014 TA to Doran Smolkin Biomedical Ethics Summer 2013 TA to Uygar Abaci Introduction to Philosophy (full year) 2012-2013
Mount Allison University TA to Paul Bogaard Introduction to Philosophy of Science Spring 2008
2 DEPARTMENTAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Volunteer National High School Ethics Bowl, CU Boulder Feb 2019 External Reviewer APA Newsletter on Asian & Asian-American Philosophy Fall 2018 Participant APA Pacific “Mentoring the Mentors” Workshop Apr 2017 BU Chapter Rep Minorities And Philosophy (MAP) 2016-2017 Reviewer/Chair BU Graduate Philosophy Conference 2015, 2016 Translator (French) Canadian Colloquium for Ancient Philosophy (CCAP) May 2014 Co-Organizer Bishop’s-MTA Undergraduate Philosophy Conference 2007, 2008
GRADUATE SEMINARS (* = Audited)
Value Theory The Color Line and Reparations David Lyons at BU Anarchism and Political Obligation David Lyons Types of Ethical Theory Daniel Star Normative Reasons Daniel Star Philosophy of Love * Daniel Star Ethics and Global Poverty (in Guatemala) Sylvia Berryman at UBC Contemporary Neo-Kantianism Scott Anderson Contractualism and Moral Reasons Paul Russell David Hume and Bernard Williams Paul Russell Public Reason and Justification Matt Bedke Virtue Theory Dominic McIver Lopes
Contemporary/Analytic Philosophy Truth and Perception Juliet Floyd at BU W.V.O. Quine Juliet Floyd Formal Logic Juliet Floyd Analytic Epistemology Walter Hopp Philosophy of Mind: Intelligence Christopher Mole at UBC Philosophy of Language: Reference Ori Simchen
Philosophy of Science Philosophy of Social Science Tian Yu Cao at BU General Philosophy of Science * Tian Yu Cao Philosophy of Cognitive Science * Tian Yu Cao Philosophy of Cognitive Science Eric Margolis at UBC Evolution and Rationality Chris Stephens Evolution and Morality Chris Stephens
History of Philosophy Aristotle’s Metaphysics David Roochnik at BU Virtue in Plato and Aristotle David Roochnik Philosophy vs. Rhetoric * David Roochnik Kant’s First Critique Judson C. Webb History of Ethics Aaron Garrett History of Meaning Daniel O. Dahlstrom
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