CV Guido Melchior

Personal Dates

Name: Guido Melchior, PD Mag. Dr. phil. Place of birth: Graz, Austria Citizenship: Austria

Contact Information

University of Graz Department of Heinrichstraße 26/V 8010 Graz, Austria Email: [email protected] Web: http://uni-graz.academia.edu/GuidoMelchior https://guidomelchior.weebly.com/

Research Areas

AoS AoC Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science

Employment

Since 2020: PI of the FWF stand-alone project “Knowing, Checking, and Other Epistemic Standings” Since 2020: Docent and Assistant Professor for Philosophy at the University of Graz Since 2018: Managing Editor of Grazer Philosophische Studien 2016– 2020: PI of the FWF stand-alone project “The Skeptical Perspective” 2014 – 2016: Assistant Professor for Philosophy at the University of Graz 2013 – 2014: Erwin-Schrödinger research fellow at the University of Graz and the Alpen Adria University Klagenfurt 2013: Lecturer at Rutgers University 2011 – 2013: Visiting scholar at Rutgers University 2010: Visiting lecturer at the Philosophy Department of the University of Maribor Since 2010: Lecturer at the Philosophy Department of the University of Graz 2006 – 2011: Supervisor for Cultural Mediation at the Graz Museum 2004 – 2006: Supervisor for Cultural Mediation at the Neue Galerie Graz

Education 2018: Habilitation at the University of Graz (Venia docendi for philosophy) 1997 – 2009: PhD with distinction at the University of Graz with a dissertation on problems of self- knowledge (under supervision of Keith Lehrer and Reinhard Kamitz) 1993 – 1997: Studies of philosophy and German language at the University of Graz M.A. with distinction at the University of Graz 1992 – 1993: Alternative service at the Red Cross 1984 – 1992: High school

1 Grants and Prizes

2020: PI of a stand-alone project of the Austrian Science Fund (349.818 €) 2020: Max Kade research fellow at the (57.500USD) (Turned down for a six year position at the University of Graz) 2016 – 2019: PI of a stand-alone project of the Austrian Science Fund (202.256 €) 2011 – 2014: Erwin-Schrödinger-Fellowship of the Austrian Science Fund for Rutgers University (87.300USD + 79.880 €) 2010: MOEL-Fellowship of the Austrian Research Association for the University of Maribor (7600 €) 2004: Research Prize of the Bank Austria Creditanstalt (2500 €) 1999 – 2002: DOC-Scholarship of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (50.945 €) 2000: Scholarship of the Absolventen-Stipendien-Gesellschaft 1999: Achievement-Scholarship of the University of Graz (725 €) Supporting-Scholarship of the University of Graz (1820 €) Supporting-Allowance for PhD-students of the Grazer Universitaetsbund (365 €) 1998: Achievement-Scholarship of the University of Graz (725 €) Preiss-Scholarship (2545€) 1997: Appreciation-Prize of the Austrian Ministry for Sciences (1820 €) Achievement-Scholarship of the University of Graz (725 €)

Professional Services

− Referee for Acta Analytica, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Dialectica, Diametros, Episteme, Ergo, Erkenntnis, Grazer Philosophische Studien, International Journal of Philosophical Studies, Journal of the American Philosophical Association, Journal of Philosophical Research, Philosophia, Philosophical Studies, Ratio, Synthese, Routledge, Austrian Agency for International Mobility, Research Foundation Flanders

Memberships

− The American Philosophical Association, The Aristotelian Society, Gesellschaft für Analytische Philosophie, Österreichische Gesellschaft für Philosophie, International Society for the Study of Skepticism

References

Prof. Peter Klein Prof. Keith Lehrer Rutgers University The University of Arizona 106 Somerset St., 1145 E South Campus Drive New Brunswick NJ, 08901 Social Sciences 213 Email: [email protected] Tucson AZ 85721-0027 Email: [email protected]

Prof. Nenad Miščević Prof. Ernest Sosa University of Maribor Rutgers University Koroška cesta 160 106 Somerset St., 2000 Maribor, Slovenia New Brunswick NJ, 08901, USA Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

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Publications

Books 1 Knowing and Checking. An Epistemological Investigation. Routledge, 2019, viii + 278pp.

Edited volumes 3 Handbuch Erkenntnistheorie. (Epistemology Handbook) Metzler/Springer, 2019, vi + 448 pp. (with Martin Grajner) 2 The Philosophy of Keith Lehrer. Special Issue of Philosophical Studies 161(1), 2012. (with Martina Fürst) 1 Intentionality and Experience. Special Issue of Acta Analytica 26(1), 2011. (with Martina Fürst)

Journal articles 15 A modal theory of discrimination. Synthese, forthcoming, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-020-02747- 4 14 Sensitivity, safety, and impossible worlds. Philosophical Studies, forthcoming, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-020-01453-8. 13 The persuasiveness puzzle about bootstrapping. Ratio 33(1), 2020, 27-36. 12 Sensitivity has multiple heterogeneity problems - a reply to Wallbridge. Philosophia 45(4), 2017, 1741- 1747. 11 Baseless knowledge. Croatian Journal of Philosophy 17(50), 2017, 211-231. 10 Easy knowledge, closure failure or skepticism: a trilemma. Metaphilosophy 47(2), 2016, 214-232. 9 The heterogeneity problem for sensitivity accounts. Episteme 12(4), 2015, 479-496. 8 Is epistemological disjunctivism the holy grail? Grazer Philosophische Studien 90, 2014, 335-346. 7 Skepticism: the hard problem for indirect sensitivity accounts. Erkenntnis 79(1), 2014, 45-54. 6 A generality problem for bootstrapping and sensitivity. Croatian Journal of Philosophy 14(40), 2014, 31- 47. 5 Skepticism: Lehrer versus Mooreanism. Philosophical Studies 161(1), 2012, 47-58. 4 Introduction. The philosophy of Keith Lehrer. Philosophical Studies 161(1), 2012, 1-5. (with Martina Fürst) 3 Privileges of first-person-reference and of third-person-reference. Acta Analytica 26(1), 2011, 37-52. 2 Introduction. Acta Analytica 26(1), 2011, 1. (with Martina Fürst) 1 Knowledge-closure and inferential knowledge. Croatian Journal of Philosophy 10(30), 2010, 259-285.

Chapters 4 Sensitivity Principle in Epistemology. Oxford Bibliographies Online, 2020. DOI:10.1093/obo/9780195396577-0404 3 Handbuch Erkenntnistheorie: Ein Abriss. (with Matin Grajner) Handbuch Erkenntnistheorie. (eds. Martin Grajner, Guido Melchior). Metzler/Springer, 2019, 3-10. 2 Außenweltskeptizismus. Handbuch Erkenntnistheorie. (eds. Martin Grajner, Guido Melchior). Metzler/Springer, 2019, 305-315.

3 1 Epistemic luck and logical necessities: armchair luck revisited. Thought Experiments between Nature and Society: A Festschrift for Nenad Miščević (eds. Bojan Borstner, Smiljana Gartner). Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2017, 137-150.

Book reviews 1 Peter Baumann: Epistemic Contextualism: A Defense. Grazer Philosophische Studien 95, 2018, 141-147.

Articles in conference proceedings 9* Knowledge and representations: explaining the skeptical puzzle. The Philosophy of Perception and Observation. Papers of the 40th International Wittgenstein Symposium. Ed. by C. Limbeck-Lilienau and F. Stadler. Kirchberg am Wechsel 2017, 150-152. (*This paper was awarded the Elisabeth and Werner Leinfellner Award 2017 for outstanding contributions.) 8 Skeptical doubting and mindful self-reflection. Mind, Language and Action. Papers of the 36th International Wittgenstein Symposium. Ed. by D. Moyal-Sharrock, V. A. Munz and A. Coliva. Kirchberg am Wechsel 2013, 274-276. 7 Insensitive and unsafe knowledge. Epistemology: Context, Values, Disagreement. Papers of the 34th International Wittgenstein Symposium. Ed. by C. Jäger and W. Löffler. Kirchberg am Wechsel 2011, 196- 198. 6 A privileged access to other minds. Language and World. Papers of the 32nd International Wittgenstein Symposium. Ed. by V. A. Munz, K. Puhl and J. Wang. Kirchberg am Wechsel 2009, 274-276. 5 How to make the skeptical argument work (in an unsatisfactory way). Proceedings of the XIX Inter- University Workshop on Philosophy and Cognitive Science: The Philosophy of Ernest Sosa. Zaragoza 2009, 125-133. 4 One illusion of becoming rational: on the premises of successful argumentation. Analysen, Argumente, Ansätze. Beiträge zum 8. Internationalen Kongress der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Philosophie in Graz. Ed. by M. Fürst, W. Gombocz and C. Hiebaum. Frankfurt: Ontos 2008, 137-147. 3 Getting out from inside: why the closure principle cannot support external world scepticism. Reduction and Elimination in Philosophy and the Sciences. Papers of the 31st International Wittgenstein Symposium. Ed. by A. Hieke and H. Leitgeb. Kirchberg am Wechsel 2008, 218-220. 2 On the limits of intercultural argumentation. Cultures: Conflict-Analysis-Dialogue. Papers of the 29th International Wittgenstein Symposium. Ed. by G. Gasser, C. Kanzian and E. Runggaldier. Kirchberg am Wechsel 2006, 195-197. 1 Der totale Skeptizismus: Eine konsequente Ausweitung des Außenweltskeptizismus. Experience and Analysis. Papers of the 27th International Wittgenstein Symposium. Ed. by J. C. Marek and M. E. Reicher. Kirchberg am Wechsel 2004, 231-234.

Academic theses 2 Probleme der Selbsterkenntnis. (Problems of Self-Knowledge). Dissertation. Graz, 2009, 339 pp. 1 Das Problem der logischen Allwissenheit in der epistemischen Logik. (The Problem of Logical Omniscience in Epistemic Logic). Master’s Thesis. Graz, 1997, 118 pp.

4 Articles under review 7 The value of knowledge and other epistemic standings 6 Knowledge and perception: the hard skeptical problem 5 Skeptical arguments and deep disagreement 4 Justification, inquiry, and easy knowledge 3 Meta-regresses and persuasive argumentation 2 Bootstrapping and persuasive argumentation 1 Sensitivity and inductive knowledge revisited

Conference and Workshop Organization

Since 2013 7 Co-founder and co-organizer of the lecturer series What’s up with …? at the Philosophy Department of the University Graz 2013 6 Co-organizer of the workshop Theoretical Philosophy in Graz and Maribor, on December 6. 2013 at the Philosophy Department of the University of Maribor. 2012 5 Organizer of the workshop Perception and Knowledge from October 11.–12. 2012 at the Philosophy Department of the University Graz (with Martina Fürst) (Funding: 6680€) Speakers: Marian David, Martina Fürst, Keith Lehrer and Karen Ivy, Brian McLaughlin, Guido Melchior, Nenad Miscevic, Susanna Schellenberg, Eva Schmidt, Maja Spener, Leopold Stubenberg 2011 4 Organizer of the workshop Self-Knowledge from December 8.–10. 2011 at the Philosophy Department of the University Graz (with Martina Fürst) (Funding: 6600€) Speakers: Fred Dretske (keynote), Peter Klein (keynote) and Johannes Brandl, Annalisa Coliva, Brie Gertler, Guido Melchior, Nenad Miscevic, Josef Perner, Maja Spener, Leopold Stubenberg 2010 3 Organizer of the workshop The Philosophy of Keith Lehrer. Knowledge, Art and Consciousness from October 21.–23. 2010 at the Philosophy Department of the University Graz (with Martina Fürst) (Funding: 7900€) Speakers: Keith Lehrer (keynote) and Kristin Borgwald, Marian David, Pascal Engel, Martina Fürst, Anita Konzelmann, Adrienne Lehrer, Johann Marek, Guido Melchior, Nenad Miscevic, Christian Piller, Glenn J. Ross, Leopold Stubenberg, Alfred Schramm, Nicholas Smith and Hannah Tierney, Danilo Suster, Udo Thiel, Joseph Tolliver 2009 2 Organizer of the workshop Intentionality from November 20.–21. 2009 at the Philosophy Department of the University Graz (with Martina Fürst) (Funding: 5500€) Speakers: Keith Lehrer (keynote) and Johannes Brandl, Martina Fürst, Dale Jacquette, Johann Marek, Guido Melchior, Nenad Miscevic, Danilo Suster 1 Co-founder of the annual workshop series Mind Knowledge! at the Philosophy Department of the University Graz (with Martina Fürst)

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Teaching

University of Graz − “Einführung in die Wissenschaftstheorie” (Introduction into Philosophy of Science), Spring 2020 − “Externalistische Erkenntnistheorien” (Externalist Epistemology), Spring 2019 − “Einführung in die Erkenntnistheorie” (Introduction into Epistemology), Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Spring 2020 − “Zeitgenösssiche Debatten der Erkenntistheorie” (Contemporary Debates in Epistemology), Fall 2015 − “Einführung in die Philosophie” (Introduction into Philosophy) , Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2018 − “Philosophie des Geistes” (Philosophy of Mind), Fall 2013 − “Wahrheitstheorien” (Theories of Truth), Spring 2011 − “Skeptizismus” (Skepticism), Fall 2010, Fall 2014 − “Grundbegriffe der Erkenntnistheorie” (Introduction into Epistemology), Spring 2010, Fall 2014

Rutgers University − “Theory of Knowledge”, Spring 2013

University of Klagenfurt − “Externalistische Erkenntnistheorien“ (Externalist Epistemology), Fall 2019 − “Wahrnehmungstheorien“ (Theories of Perception), Spring 2019 − “Einführung in die Erkenntnistheorie“ (Introduction into Epistemology), Spring 2018

University of Maribor − “Skeptical Arguments”, Spring 2010 − “Epistemology”, Spring 2010

Presentations

2019 74 “Varieties of Deep Disagreement”, SEFA9: Ninth Conference of the Spanish Society for , Valencia, Spain, 11/2019 73 “Varieties of Deep Disagreement”, Bled Philosophical Conferences, 06/2019. 72 “Varieties of Deep Disagreement”, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA, 04/2019. 2018 71 “Bootstrapping and Persuasive Argumentation”, University of Rijeka, Croatia, 12/2018. 70 “Sensitivity and Induction Revisited”, Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and Mind Associate Conference, Oxford, UK, 07/2018. 69 “Sensitivity, Safety, and Impossible Worlds”, Metaphysics Workshop, IUC Dubrovnik, 06/2018. 68 “Knowledge and Argumentation”, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA, 04/2018. 67 “Knowledge and Argumentation”, University of Maribor, Slovenia, 3/2018. 2017 66 “Sensitivity and Discrimination”, Ninth European Congress of Analytic Philosophy, Munich, Germany, 08/2017.

6 65 “Knowledge and Representations: Explaining the Skeptical Puzzle”, 40. International Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria, 08/2017. 64 “Sensitivity and Discrimination”, Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and Mind Associate Conference, Edinburgh, UK, 07/2017. 63 “Sensitivity and Discrimination”, Bled Philosophical Conferences, 06/2017. 62 “Explaining Closure Puzzles”, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA, 04/2017. 2016 61 “Knowing and Seeing: Explaining the Skeptical Puzzle”, European Epistemology Network Meeting 2016, Paris, France, 07/2016. 60 “What’s up with Knowing and Checking?”, University of Graz, Austria, 06/2016. 59 “Knowing and Checking”, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA, 04/2016. 2015 58 “Knowing and Checking: Where Sensitivity really matters”, OZSW Conference of the Dutch Research School of Philosophy, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 12/2015. 57 “Knowing and Checking”, University of Maribor, Slovenia, 12/2015. 56 “Armchair Luck Revisited”, Thought Experiments between Nature and Society: Nenad’s 65, Maribor, Slovenia, 11/2015. 55 “Knowing and Checking: Where Sensitivity Really Matters”, Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and Mind Associate Conference, Warwick, UK, 07/2015. 54 “Knowing and Checking: Explaining the Skeptical Puzzle”, Bled Philosophical Conferences, 06/2015. 53 “Patterns of Reasoning”, Thought Experiments in Epistemology: Value, Virtue, Luck, Maribor, Slovenia, 04/2015. 2014 52 “Knowing and Checking: Where Sensitivity Really Matters”, Eighth European Congress of Analytic Philosophy, Bucharest, Romania, 08/2014. 51 “Knowing and Checking: Where Sensitivity Matters (and where it does not)”, European Epistemology Network Meeting 2014, Madrid, Spain, 06/2014. 50 “Knowing and Checking: Mooreanism Explained”, Epistemology Workshop, University of Graz, Austria, 06/2014. 49 “Knowledge and Representations: Explaining the Skeptical Puzzle”, Brentano and Beyond: Phenomenology, Self-Consciousness and Thought, University of Salzburg, Austria, 06/2014. 48 “Skeptical Doubting and Mindful Self-Reflection”, Towards a Science of Consciousness Conference, Tucson, USA, 04/14. (Poster) 47 “Knowing and Checking: Mooreanism Explained”, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA, 04/2014. 46 “Knowing and Checking: Where Sensitivity matters (and where it does not)”, Work in Progress in Epistemology Workshop, Swarthmore College, USA, 03/2014. 2013 45 “Knowing and Checking”, Theoretical Philosophy in Graz and Maribor, University of Maribor, Slovenia, 12/2013. 44 “Knowledge and Representations: Explaining the Skeptical Puzzle”, OZSW Conference of the Dutch Research School of Philosophy, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 11/2013. 43 “What’s up with Skepticism?”, University of Graz, Austria, 10/2013. 42 “Skeptical Doubting and Mindful Self-Reflection”, 36. International Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria, 08/2013. 41 “Knowledge and Representations: Explaining the Skeptical Puzzle”, Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and Mind Associate Conference, Exeter, UK, 07/2013.

7 40 “Knowledge and Representations: Explaining the Skeptical Puzzle”, Work in Progress in Epistemology Workshop, Swarthmore College, USA, 04/2013. 2012 39 “Baseless Knowledge”, University of Maribor, Slovenia, 12/2012. 38 “Knowledge and Representations: Explaining the Skeptical Puzzle”, Ernest Sosa’s Epistemology Workshop, Rutgers University, USA, 11/2012. 37 “Skepticism: The Hard Problem for Indirect Sensitivity Accounts”, Ernest Sosa’s Epistemology Workshop, Rutgers University, USA, 11/2012. 36 “Experiencing and Knowing from Two Perspectives”, Perception and Knowledge, University of Graz, Austria, 10/2012. 35 “Baseless Knowledge”, European Epistemology Network Meeting 2012, Bologna and Modena, Italy, 06/2012. 34 “Bootstrapping and Mooreanism: Sensitive and Insensitive”, Work in Progress in Epistemology Workshop, Swarthmore College, USA, 04/2012. 33 “Bootstrapping and Mooreanism: Sensitive and Insensitive” Ernest Sosa’s Epistemology Workshop, Rutgers University, USA, 03/2012. 32 “Baseless Knowledge”, Ernest Sosa’s Epistemology Workshop, Rutgers University, USA, 02/2012. 31 “Don’t Doubt your Sensitivity”, University of Maribor, Slovenia, 01/2012. 2011 30 “Skepticism and Perspectives of Self-Knowledge”, Self-Knowledge, University of Graz, Austria, 12/2011. 29 “Skepticism and Insensitivity”, Ernest Sosa’s Epistemology Workshop, Rutgers University, 11/2011. 28 “Insensitive and Unsafe Knowledge”, 34. International Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria, 08/2011. 27 “Skepticism as a Problem of Reevaluation”, 9. Congress of the Austrian Society for Philosophy, Vienna, Austria, 06/2011. 26 “Insensitive and Unsafe Knowledge”, 2011 Rijeka Conference Contemporary Issues in Philosophy, Croatia, 05/2011. 25 “Skepticism as a Problem of Reevaluation”, European Epistemology Network Meeting 2011, Lund, Sweden, 03/2011. 2010 24 “Perspectives of Self-Knowledge”, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, 11/2010. 23 “Why not Anti-Scepticism?”, The Philosophy of Keith Lehrer. Knowledge, Art and Consciousness, University of Graz, Austria, 10/2010. 22 “A Privileged Access to Other Minds”, Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and Mind Associate Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 07/2010. 21 “Knowledge-Closure and Inference”, 2010 Rijeka Conference Contemporary Issues in Philosophy, Croatia, 05/2010. 20 “Knowledge-Closure and Inference”, University of Maribor, Slovenia, 05/2010. 2009 19 “Self-Knowledge and Scepticism” at the Workshop Intentionality, University of Graz, Austria, 11/2009. 18 “Self-Knowledge and Scepticism”, University of Maribor, Slovenia, 10/2009. 17 “A Privileged Access to Other Minds”, 32. International Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria, 08/2009. 16 “Getting out from inside: Why the Closure Principle cannot Support External World Scepticism”, Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and Mind Associate Conference, Norwich, UK, 07/2009. 15 “How to Make the Sceptical Argument Work (in a Dissatisfactory Way)”, XIX Inter-University Workshop on Philosophy and Cognitive Science: The Philosophy of Ernest Sosa in Zaragoza, Spain, 05/2009.

8 14 “The Problems of Self-Reference from a Third-Person-Perspective”, University of Maribor, Slovenia, 01/2009. 2008 13 “External World Scepticism and the Closure Principle”, University of Maribor, Slovenia, 11/2008. 12 “External World Scepticism and the Closure Principle”, SIFA 2008: Ontology, Mind and Language, Bergamo, Italy, 09/2008. 11 “The Internalistic Premises of External World Scepticism”, ECAP6: Sixth European Congress for Analytic Philosophy, Krakow, Poland, 08/2008. 10 “Getting Out from Inside: Why the Closure Principle cannot Support External World Scepticism”, 31. International Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria, 08/2008. 9 “The Limits of Cross-Cultural Argumentation”, Language, Culture and Mind III, Odense, Denmark, 07/2008. 2007 8 “One Illusion of Enlightenment: On the Premises and Limits of Successful Argumentation”, SEFA5: Fifth Conference of the Spanish Society for Analytic Philosophy, Barcelona, Spain, 09/2007. 7 “One Illusion of Becoming Rational: On the Premises of Successful Argumentation”, 8. Congress of the Austrian Society for Philosophy, Graz, Austria, 06/2007. 2006 6 “On the Limits of Intercultural Argumentation”, 29. International Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria, 08/2006. 2005 5 “Glauben, Wahrheit und Rechtfertigung: Ein Argument für einen totalen Skeptizismus”, University of Salzburg, Austria, 11/2005. 4 “Beliefs, Truth and Justification”, Epistemology, Metaphysics and Philosophy of Mind, Inter-University Center in Dubrovnik, Croatia, 05/2005. 3 “Rechtfertigung und Rationalität”, First Austrian Day of Philosophy in Salzburg, Austria, 03/2005. 2004 2 “An Argument for Total Scepticism”, University of Maribor, Slovenia, 12/2004. 1 “Der totale Skeptizismus: Eine konsequente Ausweitung des Außenweltskeptizismus”, 27. International Wittgenstein Symposium in Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria, 8/2004.

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