Dr Wouter F. Kalf
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Curriculum Vitae – Dr W.F. Kalf, June 2016 Dr Wouter F. Kalf Department of Philosophy Utrecht University Janskerkhof 13, 3512 BL Utrecht, the Netherlands [email protected] www.wouterkalf.com Areas of Specialisation Ethics (Meta, Normative, Applied); Political Philosophy Areas of Competence Philosophy of Science; Selected Issues in Metaphysics, Rationality, Language Academic Employment Feb 2015 – Feb 2018: Post-Doctoral Researcher (Metaethics) Department of Philosophy, Utrecht University, the Netherlands Feb 2016 – Apr 2016 Lecturer (Philosophy of Science) Department of Politics, Leiden University Sep 2015 – Nov 2015: Lecturer (Philosophy of Science) School of Management Studies, Radboud University Nijmegen Nov 2013 – Jan 2015: Teaching Fellow (Bioethics) School for Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol Oct 2012 – Sept 2013: Jacobsen Research Fellow (Metaethics) Royal Institute of Philosophy, London Apr 2012 – July 2012: Lecturer (Normative Ethics) Department of Philosophy, University of York Education 2015: Certificate ‘Moral Phenomenology’ (Postdoctoral) Central European University Funded by: - CEU Summer University Grant (£1,000) 2009 – 2013: PhD Philosophy No corrections (minor typographical changes) University of Leeds Dissertation Title: Moral Error Theory: A Cognitivist Realist Defence Supervisors: Professor Pekka Väyrynen; Dr Andrew McGonigal Curriculum Vitae – Dr W.F. Kalf, June 2016 Examiners: Professor David Enoch; Dr Gerald Lang; Professor John Divers Funded by: - FP7 (2007/13) Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant (£45,000) 2007 – 2009: MPhil Philosophy: Practical Rationality Leiden University 2008 – 2009: University of California-Irvine (MPhil Research Visit) Department of Philosophy, University of California-Irvine Funded by: - Leiden International Study Fund (£3,000) - Van Haersoltefonds Scholarship (£1,500) 2009: Certificate ‘Geneva Summer School in the Philosophy of Physics’ University of Geneva 2008: Certificate ‘Aspects of Responsibility’ Central European University Funded by: - CEU Summer University Grant (£1,000) 2004 – 2008: BA Philosophy Leiden University 2007: Honours Programme Political Terrorism: Causes and Consequences Departments of Political Science and Public Administration, Leiden University 2003 – 2007: BA Political Science (Cum Laude) Leiden University 2003 – 2004: Propaedeutic Diploma Public Administration Leiden University Publications Peer Reviewed Publications 1. ‘Review of Matthew Chrisman, The Meaning of Ought’ Ethical Perspectives (forthcoming) 2. ‘Editorial Special Issue on Objectivity in Ethics’, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice (accepted) (with Julia Hermann and Herman Philipse) 3. ‘Against Hybrid Expressivist-Error Theory’ Journal of Value Inquiry (2016) 4. ‘Review of Roger Crisp, The Cosmos of Duty: Henry Sidgwick’s Methods of Ethics’ Ethical Perspectives (accepted) 5. ‘Review of Guy Fletcher and Michael Ridge, Having it Both Ways: Hybrid Theories and Modern Metaethics’ Ethical Perspectives 2015 22(3): 725-729 6. ‘Are moral properties impossible?’ Philosophical Studies 2015 172(7): 1869-1887 7. ‘Why solar radiation management is (much) more likely to be morally permissible’ Ethics, Policy and Environment 2014 17(2): 150-152 8. ‘The Tractatus Theologico-Politicus and the Received View of Spinoza on Democracy’ Res Publica 2014 20(3): 263-279 Curriculum Vitae – Dr W.F. Kalf, June 2016 9. ‘Moral Error Theory, Entailment and Presupposition’ Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 2013 16(5): 923-937 10. ‘Morale Verantwoordelijkheid en Wetenschap’ Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte 2010 102(1): 69-72 11. ‘Het Postmodernisme Voorbij?’ Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte 2008 100(2): 154-156 12. ‘Rosanne Rutten: Hard Subject, Soft Approach’ Verschoore de la Housaije, S. (ed.), Political Terrorism: Causes and Consequences 2007, Leiden: Leiden University Press, pp. 73-79 (with Misha Tan) In Progress - A paper on the Humean theory of reasons (under review, Erkenntnis) - A paper on what do to after error theory (under review, Philosophical Studies) - A paper on error theory and companions in guilt (under review, The Philosophical Quarterly) - A paper on quietist moral realism (under review, Topoi, special issue ‘Ethics with Ontology’) - A paper on presupposition error theory (under review, Journal of Philosophy) - A paper on moral rationalism and rational requirements (conference presentation, Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the MIND Association) Article Referee Ratio – The Philosophical Quarterly – Philosophical Studies – Ethical Theory and Moral Practice – Acta Analytica – Philosophical Papers – Ethical Perspectives – Basisboek Ethiek Monograph Referee University of Chicago Press Conference and Workshop Presentations Integrative Moral Rationalism - Objectivity in Ethics, Utrecht University (2016, Refereed) - Joint Session of the Mind Association and the Aristotelian Society, Cardiff University (2016, Refereed) From Moral Phenomenology to Moral Error Theory - CEU Summer University, Central European University Response to Kantinka Quintelier, University of Amsterdam – ‘An Empirical Defence of Moral Relativism’ - Symposium: ‘Universal Moral Values’, Utrecht University What is ‘Good’ Medical Ethics? (Invited Contribution) - ‘What is Good Medical Ethics and What Good is Medical Ethics?’ Bioethics Conference, University of Bristol Hybrid Expressivist-Error Theory - Philosophy Colloquium, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Groningen, the Netherlands - Seminar for Analytic Philosophy, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands Empirical and Philosophical Bioethics Curriculum Vitae – Dr W.F. Kalf, June 2016 - Centre for Ethics in Medicine Seminar Series, University of Bristol, UK (2014, Invited) Presupposition Moral Error Theory - Senior Research Seminar, Department of Philosophy, University of Bristol (2014, Invited) - The 35th Dutch-Flemish Day of Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Groningen (Refereed) - OZSW Annual Conference, Free University, Amsterdam (Refereed) Response to Matthew Simpson, Cambridge University, ‘Why quasi-realists don’t need minimalism about truth’ - Postgraduate Conference on Truth, University of Venice, Italy (2014, Refereed) Bioethics after Moral Scepticism - Centre for Ethics in Medicine Seminar Series, University of Bristol, UK (2014) - ETHOX Centre, University of Oxford, UK (2014, Invited) Moral Error Theory and Categorical Epistemic Normativity - Understanding Value Graduate Conference, University of Sheffield, UK (2013, Refereed) Are Moral Properties Impossible? - Postgraduate Session, 87th Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association, University of Exeter (2013, Refereed) - Postgraduate Seminar, University of Leeds (2012) Moral Error Theory, Entailment and Presupposition - British Society for Ethical Theory (BSET) Annual Conference, University of Stirling, UK (2012, Refereed) - 5th Annual Arché-CSMN Philosophy Graduate Conference, University of St. Andrews, UK (2011, Refereed) - Third Annual Dutch Conference on Practical Philosophy, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands (2011, Refereed) - Centre for Ethics and Metaethics Seminar Series, University of Leeds (2011) - Postgraduate Seminar, University of Leeds (2011) Moral Error Theory and Revolutionary Moral Realism - Centre for Ethics and Metaethics Seminar Series, University of Leeds (2012) Moral Error Theory vs. Sophisticated Moral Naturalism - Postgraduate Seminar, University of Leeds (2011) What to make of the Error Theorist’s Conceptual Claim - Centre for Ethics and Metaethics Seminar Series, University of Leeds (2011) The Tractatus Theologico-Politicus and the Received View of Spinoza on Democracy - ChiPhi Early Modern Philosophy Workshop, University of Sheffield (2011) - 1st CEGP Political Theory Graduate Conference, LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome, Italy (2010, Refereed) - 3rd Biannual Philosophy Graduate Conference, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary (2010, Refereed) - Nederlands-Vlaamse Dag voor de Filosofie (Dutch-Flemish Philosophy Day), University of Tilburg, the Netherlands (2009, Refereed) - Graduate Student Conference, Claremont Graduate University, California, USA (2009, Refereed) - Postgraduate Seminar, University of Leeds (2009) Wielding Moral Epistemics for Metaethical Cognitivism - Postgraduate Seminar, University of Leeds (2010) Curriculum Vitae – Dr W.F. Kalf, June 2016 The Yielding Desires Argument for Humean Theory of Normative Reasons - University of Oslo and University of Leeds CMM-CSMN ‘Knowledge and Agency Workshop’, University of Leeds (2010) Defending Moral Error Theory - Centre for Ethics and Metaethics Seminar Series, University of Leeds (2010) Event-Causal Libertarianism and the Problem of Control - Moral Responsibility: Neuroscience, Organization and Engineering: International Conference, University of Delft, the Netherlands (2009, Refereed) - Summer University ‘Aspects of Responsibility’, Central European University, Budapest (2009) Kant’s Solution to the Problem of Free Will - Summer University ‘Aspects of Responsibility’, Central European University, Budapest (2008) Media Appearances/Outreach 'This house would ban advertisements for cosmetic surgery' - University of Exeter Debating Society, Exeter (2014) Do Not Attempt CRP Orders - Phil Hammond Radio Show, BBC Radio Bristol (2014) Breaking Confidentiality - University of Bristol, Research Governance Short Course (2014) Why we should all be moral nihilists - Leeds University Undergraduate Philosophical Society Lecture