PhilosophyLOGOS Summer 2007 philosophy.osu.edu Words from the Chair
The last issue of Logos was published in 2003. It’s not surprising that there have been changes in the department since then, but it may be surprising how much has changed. High on the list of changes are the departures of a number of valuable long-term colleagues, and Canada seems to
be the primary destination of choice. new academic locations and George Smithies of NYU and Wayne Wu In 2003, Sylvia Berryman took up in his retirement. of the University of California, a new position at the University of But the flow has been Berkeley. British Columbia. The next year bidirectional. In 2005, we appointed These are exciting times for Peter King left to take a position at David Sanson (Ph.D., UCLA) to the department. It is, I believe, the University of Toronto. In 2005, the Columbus campus and Kevin unprecedented for a department the Canadian universities struck again: Scharp (Ph.D., Pittsburgh) to size of ours and as long-established Diana Raffman went to Toronto, the Marion campus. This past as ours to hire one-third of its thus having Peter again as a academic year, with extraordinary faculty in a single year. We are colleague, and Bob Batterman went support from John Roberts, dean sorry to lose the colleagues who to the University of Western Ontario of the College of Humanities, the have left, either through retirement where he holds the Rotman Canada department has made seven new or relocation. At the same time, Research Chair in Philosophy of appointments. At the senior level, we we’re delighted to welcome so Science. In 2006, U.S. and British have appointed Lisa Downing and many terrific new colleagues. The institutions got in on the poaching. Abe Roth, both from the University extraordinary hiring effort was Louise Antony and Joe Levine of Illinois, Chicago. Canadian the result of a lot of hard work by departed to take positions at the institutions did not escape our many, but the efforts of three of our University of Massachusetts, and attentions. We appointed Ben colleagues deserve special mention. Don Hubin, Chair Gabriel Uzquiano left us for Oxford. Caplan and Tim Schroeder, both Dan Farrell chaired the Senior Also, George Schumm has retired from the University of Manitoba. Search Committee, which reviewed after 35 years in the department. Richard Samuels of King’s College, the writings of many dozens of the With the dramatic changes come Everyone has been sorry to lose London, will join us this coming fall. most gifted senior philosophers in both challenges and opportunities. these wonderful colleagues, and we We also made two appointments at the world and culled from that select We face what is proving to be a wish them all the very best in their the assistant professor level: Declan group a small subset for us to pursue pleasant task of building a new as our top candidates. Dan also community in the department. worked tirelessly in the recruitment Together, we will work to cement the Some things change and some things don’t. For as long efforts of these candidates. William gains we have made and to take bold Taschek, who chaired the Junior steps to move the department even as I’ve been here—since the late 70s—our department Search Committee, led the review further toward the sort of excellence has been lively, intellectually engaged, and friendly. I’m of more than 300 candidates for our to which we aspire. two available junior positions. And Some things change and confident that those characteristics will continue. George Pappas, as chair, oversaw the some things don’t. For as long entire recruitment effort. as I’ve been here—since the late
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Words from the Chair cont’d The department will be increasingly challenged to engage 70s—our department has been Tennant received Distinguished lively, intellectually engaged, and Scholar Awards from the in “development”—the pleasant euphemism for ‘fund friendly. I’m confident that those university, and Dan Farrell raising.’ In a time of shrinking state support for education characteristics will continue. received a Distinguished Service and increasing demands for excellence in research and Faculty continue to be exceptionally Award. These are all extremely active in research areas. Lisa Shabel prestigious achievements teaching, the department needs to find sources of support received a major grant from the and awards, and all of these other than those on which it has traditionally relied. National Science Foundation, and colleagues certainly merit our Justin D’Arms was a fellow at the congratulations. Center for the Study of Human Through the efforts of North Carolina, Chapel Hill). This department isn’t the only thing Values at Princeton. Justin also George Pappas and Dan Farrell, external review team examined that’s changing. The academy—and received a fellowship from the the department has begun co- the department in great detail, the society that supports it—are National Endowment for the sponsoring a major conference in armed with a mountain of data and changing, too. Ohio State is a “state Humanities immediately following Dubrovnik, Croatia, along with interviews with faculty, staff, and university,” but the meaning of that his time at Princeton. Sukjae Lee colleagues from the Universities students. We have already learned a phrase is changing. Many “state has received a fellowship from of Maribor in Slovenia and Rijeka great deal from this review process. university” leaders around the the National Humanities Center in Croatia. Conferences were held We are gratified that our external country are reciting the same quip: in North Carolina where he is in there focusing on metaphysics review team is so enthusiastic about “We used to be state-supported, then residence this year. Abe Roth was and epistemology in 2003 and the department, describing it as state-assisted, and now we are state- honored with a major grant from 2005, and ethical theory and a “Phoenix rising—but on an even located.” The fact is that, in today’s the Spencer Foundation to support practical rationality in 2006. All better trajectory.” world, in order to do the things we his work on the epistemology of have attracted a stellar list of The department will be love in the very best way we can, we testimony. Lisa Downing was participants from around the increasingly challenged to engage can’t simply rely on state funding. awarded a National Endowment for world. This conference will be held in “development”—the pleasant We need to ask for help from those 2 the Humanities fellowship, which annually, with a variety of areas of euphemism for ‘fund raising.’ In a who share our awareness of the she will take in 2008–09. Allan philosophical specialization. time of shrinking state support for value of philosophy, our love for Silverman was invited to teach at the The department is currently education and increasing demands Ohio State’s philosophy department, University of California, Berkeley, undergoing its first program for excellence in research and and our vision of what it can be. In for the fall semester of 2005, and review in 20 years. This review teaching, the department needs to this spirit, let me close with a sincere Sigrún Svavarsdóttir received involves a thorough evaluation find sources of support other than request that you go to page 11 and a fellowship from the National of our strengths and weaknesses, those on which it has traditionally consider making a contribution to Humanities Center in 2002–03 what we’re doing right and not- relied. Development (in this sense) one of the department’s funds. And, and is teaching at Harvard this so-right, and how we can improve. does not come naturally to most please, take a few minutes to tell us, academic year. Our new colleague The review brought to campus of us academics. We would all on the other side of this form or by Declan Smithies has been awarded a three distinguished visitors: Don rather just do what we love: teach e-mail ([email protected]), what’s postdoctoral research fellowship at Garrett (New York University), our students, pursue our research, new in your life. n the Australian National University. Louis Loeb (Michigan), and Geoff engage our colleagues in stimulating Both Stewart Shapiro and Neil Sayre McCord (University of and profitable exchanges. But our Don Hubin Chair
In memoriam Justin D’Arcy Isom
by Neil Tennant humor, always showing more concern for others than Justin had lived in diverse exotic and On April 23, 2007, Justin Isom, a past member of for himself. He was a wonderful person—kind, caring, anthropologically interesting places, of which our graduate program, lost his months-long battle puckish. He also bore his blindness lightly. Those Columbus was just the last one. He was a wonderful against leiomyosarcoma, a particularly intractable who knew him well hardly noticed it. Justin had his raconteur. His friends will miss the impish laugh and form of cancer. Justin passed away peacefully, at own inner light. His high intelligence and sensitivity ready humor. He could do accents—Cockney and home, nursed with love and devotion by his wife enabled him to see in ways that the sighted could New South Wales Matey—and he always got them to Megan. The cruel and unrelenting disease to which well envy. a T. Justin told his stories with such rich imagery that Justin succumbed had Justin held a B.A. from the University of Texas at times one could not believe he had not seen what in another form—cancer at Austin, majoring in philosophy. His intellectual he was describing. Justin could talk about anything of the retinal nerves— interests included French history and drama, Chinese, and everything under the sun: carved temples in deprived him of sight at Sanskrit, music, and the history of religious ideas. In Thailand, with richly costumed dancers; the age of one. due course he moved to Comparative Studies. He or the cider at a pub on an English village green. He Justin bore his illness earned a qualification in therapeutic massage and was enchanted with the world, and the world let with fortitude and good was working on his master’s thesis when he fell ill. him go. n Justin and Megan Isom THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
feature What Philosophers Do—from Wide Receivers to Wikipedia Citizendium Anthony Gonzalez
Most people know Anthony some renditions might leave the Gonzalez for his ability to run a reader with a misleading impression. precise pattern and pull in a spiral It is true that the family faced pass. But his philosophy professors significant struggles, as when Tony’s appreciate his ability to analyze grandfather, José, and grandmother, and critically evaluate a complex Lourdes, had to leave Cuba in 1961 philosophical argument. Tony lives to avoid possible imprisonment or in, and excels in, two very different even execution under the Castro worlds. regime. José, who, as a professor of In choosing a major in law, had taught both Castro’s wife philosophy, Tony is following some and his brother, was an open and sage advice of his grandfather, José, vocal supporter of more moderate who was an attorney and professor and liberal post-Batista reforms. in Cuba prior to the revolution. “But it wasn’t like they were Tony’s long-range plans include law running for their lives or anything,” school, and José Gonzalez thought Tony says. “They flew TWA to that anyone who aspired to law Miami. My father still has the school should major in English and ticket.” What José and Lourdes 3 philosophy. It wasn’t this advice brought with them, along with that set Tony on the course to a Tony’s father, Eduardo, was strong philosophy major though. As a family values that put a premium on freshman, he took a Philosophy education, hard work in the pursuit 101 class and felt, like many who of excellence, and a commitment to end up majoring in philosophy, as justice.
if he “had found his intellectual Eduardo, who once played Tony Gonzalez (left), G.E. Moose (center), and Professor Daniel Farrell (right) home.” But regardless of the causal football for the University of history, Tony is following half of Michigan and now owns a small his grandfather’s advice, which is steel company, married Tony’s would seem reasonable, but if you prospects for such success were probably more than most grandsons. mother, Jenna, who is a teacher. think something is important— recognized when the Indianapolis While Tony was excited by his When his parents were busy, Tony then you really have to go after it.” Colts selected him in the first round first philosophy course, it was his would often go to his grandparents’ Tony has gone after it, both of the NFL draft. But NFL careers experiences in the more advanced house. His grandfather taught him on the athletic field and in the end at a relatively early stage in life, philosophy courses at Ohio State to play chess when he was a boy. classroom. He is as highly regarded and Tony has made his post-football that cemented the decision to major And, when he was two or three, his by his philosophy professors and plans. He intends to complete a law in philosophy. He and his teammate, grandfather put a world map up in fellow students as he is by his degree and pursue a career in which Ryan Franzinger, took Dan Farrell’s his room and, every few days, would football coaches and teammates. he can help foster good relations Ethical Theory course last year. talk about four or five countries Tony made the hard decision between the United States and post- Tony describes it as his “favorite with him and his brothers and to forego another year of college Castro Cuba. class of all time” and reports that he sisters and quiz them about these. eligibility to pursue an NFL Whatever Tony pursues after and Ryan still talk about the issues He also gave them inventor cards career. He’ll leave Ohio State with his NFL career, he will bring to raised in that class. Tony also loved with pictures and names on one side only three years of play on the it his inherent intelligence and Symbolic Logic, which he took with and the invention on the other. football team, but with four years curiosity, together with his training Gabriel Uzquiano. He found the Tony’s parents continued the of undergraduate education with in analytic thinking. He gives his proofs to be enjoyable puzzles to family tradition of striving for a challenging curriculum and a best effort to whatever activities he solve. excellence. “I’ve always dreamed diploma in hand. undertakes no matter how disparate Tony’s individual success arises big,” Tony says. “My parents are Given his innate talent and they may seem to others. But he in the context of a close, strong that way. They keep pushing me to intelligence, his remarkable focus does not sequester his life. After family background. His family do well, especially in school. Maybe and determination, Tony should all, this is a guy who once asked a story is told often in the press, and they push me a little harder than have great success in the NFL. His sportswriter if he had read Plato. n LOGOS
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Cathy Muller A third-year graduate student, Cathy Muller Cathy’s theatrical grounding lies in a unique has developed a philosophical interest in mixture of the theater program at Swarthmore the use of names in fiction, in part because College and her work with the Bread and Puppet fiction is her focus in her spare time. When Theater, a large-scale political puppet theater not studying, she is an independent puppeteer, based in Vermont. Since moving to Columbus, As puppet shows and philosophy building and performing one-woman shows she has helped to organize Ladyfest Ohio, a didn’t quite take up all of her time, under the company name The Magical Two- celebration of women in the arts, and performed Foot Theater. Her shows, of late, take traditional her puppet shows in venues such as Little Brothers, Cathy started a polka band, the Jolly fairy tales and give them a feminist twist: for MadLab, and Monkey’s Retreat. Cathy has even Pancakes, in the fall of 2005 with example, in “Rise Up, Cinderella!” Simone de brought her performance skills into the classroom, fellow graduate student Ryan Jordan. Beauvoir guest stars as the fairy godmother, creating small a cappella “rock” shows, with convincing Cinderella to exchange her goals puppetry, to teach books 7, 8, and 10 of Hume’s of marriage and material goods for freedom Enquiry, as well as the introductory concepts of and transcendence of her “mere being.” How to Lie with Statistics. Cathy got her philosophical grounding in the As puppet shows and philosophy didn’t quite master’s program at Tufts University, where she take up all of her time, Cathy started a polka band, studied with Mark Richard, Jody Azzouni, and the Jolly Pancakes, in the fall of 2005 with fellow 4 Nancy Bauer, among others. Her focus there was graduate student Ryan Jordan. She plays accordion, philosophy of logic and philosophy of language. while Jordan plays tuba. They have performed Since coming to Ohio State, she has pursued her at Oldfield’s on High, Acme Art, and High Five. interest in philosophy of language, taking classes Recently, with the Jolly Pancakes on hiatus, Cathy in both linguistics and philosophy. She is currently performed as a solo accordionist for a show at studying with William Taschek, Craige Roberts, the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, Ohio. She is also a and Ben Caplan, exploring various problems babysitter, long-distance runner, and poet. n related to the use of (apparently) empty names in fiction.
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Barnett McGowan Even as a child, Barnett McGowan knew he was a law professor was misinterpreting the works of a bit different from other children. He was gifted Kant and several other great thinkers and abusing (or cursed) with an unusual amount of rational his fellow students in the process. Barnett believes skepticism. He began to question what he had that had he stuck to his undergraduate business been told about God, immortality, and heaven major, he might have remained silent. But Barnett when he was still in elementary school. By middle was unable to repress his philosophical training. school, he was an avowed atheist, willing to argue Here is how he describes the incident: “I called the point with any takers. the learned gentleman ‘naïve.’ I then proceeded, A pivotal moment in his intellectual in painstaking detail, to demonstrate his lack development came in his senior year in high of understanding, much to the delight of my school when he participated in a special classmates. He almost threw me out of class. I’ve philosophy class for a select group of students. never seen a professor so angry.” He loved it. When he came to Ohio State in 1989, After working briefly in Washington, D.C., for though, he began a major in business. He hated a large firm, Barnett accepted a commission in that. John Champlin, now an emeritus professor the U.S. Army, where he served for three years as of political science, advised Barnett to major in a captain in the Judge Advocate General’s Corp. philosophy. Barnett followed the advice and never At his unit’s first social function, he introduced looked back. Every new course was, for Barnett, himself as a philosopher, at which he was greeted 5 another stage in an intellectual adventure. In his with a shout of, “Burn the witch!” But being senior year, Barnett was elected president of the identified as a lawyer was little better. That was Undergraduate Philosophy Club. He graduated met with a round of, “It’s a lawyer, get a rock!” in 1994, summa cum laude, with honors, Phi Beta However, Barnett quickly established that the Kappa, and a Mellon Fellow. He still describes precise analytical thinking of the philosopher his experiences of studying philosophy at Ohio was well suited to his new role of military
State as “the most intellectually stimulating and lawyer. By the time he had completed his term of Barnett McGowan satisfying period of my life”—one that made him service, he’d gained a reputation as an invaluable a philosopher, an identity that he carries with him problem solver. The soldiers accepted him as a even now. philosopher, but he still heard shouts of, “It’s a Barnett’s decision to forego graduate studies lawyer, get a rock!” in philosophy for law school is one of the most Barnett has come full circle in life. He is now difficult decisions he ever confronted. Though a businessman, and he loves it. He is an assistant “I called the learned gentleman he values his law degree, the decision not to go district manager for H&R Block in Columbus. on in philosophy is one of his few regrets in life. Although he still describes himself as an atheist, ‘naïve.’ I then proceeded, in Studying philosophy was, for Barnett, a labor of he has been practicing Therevada Buddhism since painstaking detail, to demonstrate love; to him, the Georgetown University Law 2002. The religion attracted Barnett because it Center felt more like an elite trade school. is centered on the concept of highly analytical his lack of understanding, much Studying philosophy was invaluable introspection of your own mental states, emotions, to the delight of my classmates. He preparation for law school. Barnett was already and motivations. The fact that Buddhism does not almost threw me out of class. I’ve accustomed to heavy workloads of reading and have a divine being rendering cosmic judgments is writing. “Five years of analytical training,” he says, another important attraction. never seen a professor so angry.” “made digesting case law a piece of cake! A daily Barnett, who at 37 recognizes that it is still dose of philosophical debates made the so-called early for a life summary, nevertheless now says, ‘Socratic’ method child’s play.” But Barnett’s “When I look back on my life’s choices, studying philosophical training could sometimes cause philosophy at The Ohio State University was one him problems. On one occasion, he believed that of the best decisions I have made.” n LOGOS
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Larry Sanger Though he was born in the Seattle area, Larry suspend judgment. This Cartesian methodology pragmatists. But perhaps it was all that talk of Sanger grew up in Anchorage, Alaska. Even at left him, he admits, a very bewildered college reliablism from Pappas and Swain that made an early age, he had an interest in philosophical student. The one thing he was willing to accept Larry increasingly disillusioned with the project questions. He remembers asking his parents, on on trust was that it was possible, in principle, to he had helped give birth to. It had become the way to church, “We talk about the mind, the discover some truths. Larry set about exploring increasingly clear that, despite Larry’s best efforts soul, and the spirit. What’s the difference?” He the consequences of this assumption. to prevent this, the Wikipedia community had was interested in cosmological questions, which These early interests drove much of the rest become contemptuous of expertise and was he says, “blew my mind,” political questions, of Larry’s philosophical career. His senior thesis not committed to creating a reliable source of and questions about the meaning of “morality.” at Reed was about Descartes’ method. When information. Instead, Wikipedia had become a Because he was seldom satisfied with the answers he applied for admission to the Ohio State symbol of amateur empowerment: the whole point he was given, he now thinks he must have been a Graduate Program in Philosophy, he described of the exercise had become, quite contrary to pretty annoying kid. his research interest as being in the philosophy Larry’s own wishes, the mere recording of popular As an undergraduate, Larry attended Reed of common sense, and he wound up taking his opinion. Indeed, Larry thinks Wikipedia is poor College in 1986. When he first read Descartes for a candidacy exam on Hume and Reid. Finally, Larry even as a record of popular opinion. As it turns class there, he realized that Descartes articulated wrote a dissertation about epistemic circularity, out, a completely egalitarian wiki process does not the methodology Larry had come to accept: that advocating something he had assumed since he approach the ideal limit of inquiry, but instead because of the importance of believing only true was 17—namely, the Reidian principle that we does a random walk in the general direction of 6 things, one should believe something only when should assume whatever we need in order to have the view of the subject held by the most aggressive one knows precisely what one believes, on what some minimal amount of knowledge. George Wikipedians watching a page. This frequently is grounds one believes it, and that those grounds are Pappas, Marshall Swain, Neil Tennant, and Robert a quite amateurish view, which is true of most of sound. Otherwise, Larry concluded, one should Kraut were extremely influential on Larry during Wikipedia’s philosophy articles. his years at Ohio State. At the end of 2004, Larry wrote an essay Larry suspects that he might not critical of Wikipedia’s rejection of any role have finished his dissertation but for for experts. As a result, he was asked to join the fact that he got a job as editor-in- researchers at the Digital Universe Foundation chief of Nupedia, a free, online, peer- in California, where he worked as a project reviewed encyclopedia, and Jimmy planner. Then—when it had become clear that Wales, his employer, made the position Wikipedia was not, in Larry’s estimation, going to conditional on Larry’s finishing his do enough to stem the tide of not just unreliable, dissertation. When working for Nupedia, but frequently libellous information—Larry after completing his Ph.D., Larry was decided to take matters into his own hands. trying to think of a way to supplement Last September he first announced and started Nupedia’s rather slow content production organizing a new wiki encyclopedia project, one system. He was introduced to the idea that provides a special role for expert editors, of wikis and decided that it would be a but which uses largely the same dynamic as great idea to supplement Nupedia with Wikipedia. It’s called Citizendium, or “the Citizens’ a wiki encyclopedia. So Wikipedia was Compendium.” Citizendium is, like Wikipedia, a Larry Sanger born. It was Larry’s job, for the project’s free wiki encyclopedia. However, unlike Wikipedia, formative first 14 months, to organize Citizendium requires the use of real names and and lead the project; after that, the dot- biographies and gives a special role for experts. It had become increasingly clear that, com boom turned to bust, Wikipedia was Citizendium began its pilot project last November despite Larry’s best efforts to prevent making no money, and Larry had to look and already has over 170 editors, over 700 authors, for another job. and over 1,000 articles in development. this, the Wikipedia community had Neil Tennant once humorously Larry has no doubt that his desire for become contemptuous of expertise took credit for Wikipedia, since Larry knowledge led directly to the development of had taken a class on anti-realism with Wikipedia. “But,” he says, “I can also say that my and was not committed to creating him, and the wiki process resembles desire to avoid error and injustice, drilled into me a reliable source of information. the back-and-forth that thinkers by years of studying philosophy, has motivated engage in as they approach the “ideal me to get Citizendium started as a replacement for limit of inquiry” of the anti-realists/ Wikipedia.” n THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
East Meets West on the Sunny Shore of the Adriatic Sea
by Daniel Farrell Invited guests included, among others, Five of our colleagues spent an exciting week Michael Bratman of Stanford University, John on the Dalmatian Coast during May of 2006 at Broome of the University of Oxford, Allan a conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia, that was Gibbard from the University of Michigan, organized by the department in cooperation with Barbara Herman from UCLA, Karen Jones from the University of Maribor, in Slovenia, and the the University of Melbourne, Friderik Klampfer University of Rijeka, in Croatia. The conference, from the University of Maribor, Victoria MGeer which had been preceded by two others in and Philip Pettit from Princeton University, Henceforth, for the foreseeable future, the previous years, is the fruit of an agreement Nenad Miscevic from the Eastern European department will host, with its sister-departments with philosophers at these two universities to Central University, and Tim Scanlon from in Eastern Europe, similar conferences in bring Anglo-American “analytic” philosophical Harvard University. Former Ohio State colleague Dubrovnik every year, in various areas of methods to Eastern Europe, where there is broad Tommie Shelby, now at Harvard, was also there. philosophy. Though lots of fun, these also interest in this kind of interchange. Dubrovnik, one of the oldest cities on the have a serious two-fold aim: to bring the Justin D’Arms, Dan Farrell, Don Hubin, Adriatic Sea, is a breathtakingly beautiful city top philosophers in a given area together to and Sigrún Svavarsdóttir, along with senior and, with its world-renowned Inter-university discuss issues of common interest and to do graduate student Zac Cogley, met with 20 other Conference Center, a perfect place for a small this in a venue where young Eastern European philosophers from around the world to talk for philosophical conference. Presentations began philosophers and their students are able to join in five days about mutual interests in the question every day at 9 a.m. and lasted, with morning and the conversation. n of whether—and if so, how—intentional states afternoon coffee breaks and a long break for lunch, For more on past and upcoming conferences, like belief, desire, and emotion are amenable to until 6 p.m. each day. But conversation inevitably and on the aims of this venture, see the department rational appraisal. continued over dinner at local restaurants and web site at philosophy.osu.edu/news/conferences/ cafes, late into the night. default.cfm. 7
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Steve Boër’s Thought-Contents: Nichols” in Moral Psychology Vol. 2; with Catherine Wilson, “Ideas and (2006), and “Berkeley’s Assessment On the Ontology of Belief and the The Cognitive Science of Morality: Animals: The Hard Problem of of Locke’s Epistemology” appeared Semantics of Belief Attribution was Intuitions and Diversity, edited by Leibnizian Metaphysics,” appeared in Philosophica (2006) and will published in the Philosophical Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (MIT in Studia Leibnitiana (2005). be reprinted in Re-Examining Studies Book Series (2006). Press); and “Prinz’s Feeling Theory Berkeley’s Philosophy (University of Emotion” in Philosophy and Don Hubin is working on a book of Toronto Press, 2007). “Locke’s Ben Caplan’s “Defending Musical Phenomenological Research. Justin on the legal and philosophical Account of Sensitive Knowledge” Perdurantism,” coauthored with has recently presented his work foundations of paternity. He will be published in Knowledge and Carl Matheson, appeared in British at Tufts University, the University published a portion of his research Scepticism: Topics in Contemporary Journal of Aesthetics (2006), and of Utah, University of San Diego, for this book in an article titled Philosophy (MIT Press, 2007). his paper “A New Defence of the Arizona State, and the Ohio State/ “Daddy Dilemmas: Untangling the George has recently presented Modal Existence Requirement” Maribor/Rijeka Conference, Puzzles of Paternity” in The Cornell papers at the Spindel Conference was published in Synthese (Jan. Dubrovnik. The Graduate Student Journal of Law and Public Policy at the University of Memphis and 2007). Ben also published three Conference of the University of (2003). He also made a foray into the the Ohio State/Maribor/Rijeka encyclopedia articles: “Empty California at San Diego honored hotly contested issue of the relation Conference in Dubrovnik. Names“ and “Existence,” both in Justin as its keynote speaker. between morality and religion in The Encyclopedia of Language and “Empty and Ultimately Meaningless Abe Roth was honored with a Linguistics, and an entry on David Lisa Downing published “Berkeley’s Gestures?” forthcoming in God and Spencer Foundation Research Grant Kaplan in the The Encyclopedia of Natural Philosophy and Philosophy Ethics, edited by Robert Garcia and to work on the epistemology of Philosophy. Ben’s article “On Sense of Science” in The Cambridge Nathan King to be published by testimony. Abe’s paper “Causation” and Direct Reference,” Philosophy Companion to Berkeley, edited by Rowman & Littlefield. was published in the Blackwell Compass (2006), was reprinted in Kenneth Winkler (Cambridge, Guide to Hume’s Treatise, edited by On Sense and Direct Reference: A 2005) and “Occasionalism and Robert Kraut, after completing his Saul Traiger, (Blackwell, 2005). “The Philosophy of Language Anthology, Strict Mechanism: Malebranche, manuscript Artworld Metaphysics, Mysteries of Desire: A Discussion” edited by Matthew Davidson Berkeley, Fontenelle” in Early faced the pleasant choice of two appeared in Philosophical Studies 8 (McGraw-Hill, 2006). Ben gave Modern Philosophy: Mind, Matter, outstanding academic publishers: (2005), and “Shared Agency and presentations at the University of and Metaphysics, edited by Christia Cornell University Press and Oxford Contralateral Commitments” came Quebec at Montreal, the University Mercer and Eileen O’Neill (Oxford, University Press. Oxford won that out in Philosophical Review just last of California at Santa Barbara, and 2005). Lisa’s “Locke’s Ontology” competition. year. Abe traveled to the University the Pacific Division meetings of the will appear in The Cambridge of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, to present American Philosophical Association. Companion to Locke’s Essay, edited Sukjae Lee is currently a Fellow at “Testimonial Warrant: Heard and by Lex Newman (Cambridge, 2007). the National Humanities Center in Overheard.” Justin D’Arms was awarded, Lisa was recently awarded a National North Carolina. Sukjae’s “Leibniz with Daniel Jacobson of Bowling Endowment for the Humanities on Spontaneity: A Sketch of Formal Tamar Rudavsky has published Green State University, a National fellowship, which she will take and Final Causation” appeared “Feminism and Modern Jewish Endowment for the Humanities during the 2008–09 academic year, in Einheit in der Vielheit: VIII. Philosophy” in The Cambridge Collaborative Grant 2004–2006 for to work on her book Empiricism and Internationaler Leibniz-Kongress, History of Modern Jewish Philosophy, work on rational sentimentalism. Newtonianism: Locke, Berkeley, and Vorträge (2006), and his paper edited by M. Morgan and P. Gordon Justin spent the academic year the Decline of Strict Mechanism. “Necessary Connections and (Cambridge University Press, 2007), 2004–05 as a Fellow at the Continous Creation: Malebranche’s as well as “A Re-Examination of Princeton University Center for Glenn Hartz’s Leibniz’s Final Two Arguments for Occasionalism” Henry of Ghent’s Criticisms in Light Human Values. His paper “Two System: Monads, Matter and is forthcoming in The Journal of the of His Predecessors” in The Modern Arguments for Sentimentalism” was Animals was published by Routledge History of Philosophy. Sukjae was Schoolman (2005) and “Judaism published in Philosophical Issues this year. In addition, Glenn awarded an Honorable Mention and Feminism: Reflections on (2005). “Relationality, Relativism, published “Putting Idealism in for the American Philosophical Metaphysics and Epistemology” in and Realism about Moral Value” its Place” in VIII. Internationaler Association Prize for his 2004 Judaism, Philosophy and Feminism, appeared in Philosophical Studies Leibniz-Kongress: Einheit in der Philosophical Review article “Leibniz edited by Hava Tirosh-Samuelson (2005). Two of Justin’s recent Veilheit, Vorträge, 1. Teil, edited by on Divine Concurrence.” We hope (Indiana University Press, 2004). articles were coauthored with Dan Herbert Breger, Jürgen Herbst, and that Sukjae’s research time at the She is working on a book on Jacobson: “Sensibility Theory and Sven Erdner (Gottfried-Wilhelm- National Humanities Center is Maimonides for the Blackwell Projectivism,” Oxford Handbook Leibniz-Gesellschaft, 2006). His productive, and we look forward to Great Minds Series, and her co- of Ethical Theory, edited by David paper “Identity of Part, Whole, his return. edited volume (with S. Nadler) Copp (Oxford University Press, and Person in Leibniz’s Nouveaux Cambridge History of Medieval 2006), and “Anthropocentric Essais” appeared in Leibniz selon les George Pappas directed the Ohio Jewish Philosophy is forthcoming Constraints on Human Value,” Nouveaux essais sur l’entendement State/Maribor/Rijeka Conference (Cambridge University Press). In Oxford Studies in Metaethics humain, Collection Analytiques in Dubrovnik in 2005 and will addition, she continues to work on (2006). Forthcoming are Justin’s 16, edited by François Duchesneau again this year. His “Access issues in religion and science and “Sentimental Rules and Moral and Jérémie Griard (Bellarmin, Internalism” was published in received a grant to teach an honors Disagreement: Comment on 2006). And a paper coauthored the Croatian Journal of Philosophy Freshman Seminar on this topic. THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
David Sanson presented “A Defense and her “Apriority and Application: on Computability at the Hebrew and Luminous Knowledge” in of Meinongian Presentism” at the Philosophy of Mathematics in the University of Jerusalem. Williamson on Knowledge, edited Central Division meetings of the Modern Period” appeared in The by Patrick Greenough and Duncan American Philosophical Association. Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Declan Smithies will be away next Pritchard (Oxford University Press, Math and Logic, edited by Stewart year taking part of his three-year forthcoming); “On the Degeneracy Kevin Scharp, collaborating with Shapiro (Oxford University Press, postdoctoral research fellowship of the Full AGM-Theory of Theory- Robert Brandom of the University 2005). Lisa has recently presented in the philosophy program at the Revision” in Journal of Symbolic of Pittsburgh, edited In the Space her work at such venues as the Research School of Social Sciences, Logic (2006); “Logic, Mathematics of Reasons: Selected Writings of University of California at Irvine; the Australian National University. and the Natural Sciences” in Wilfrid Sellars, which will appear University of Pennsylvania; Kenyon He will be affiliated with the Handbook of the Philosophy of this spring from Harvard University College; University of Kentucky; Australian Research Council project, Science. Volume 5: Philosophy of Press. Kevin has three articles University of Illinois at Chicago; “Consciousness and the Hegemony of Logic, edited by Dale Jacquette forthcoming: “Wilfrid Sellars’ and University of Cincinnati. Representation.” (Elsevier BV, 2006); “Revamping Anti-Descriptivism” in Categories the Restriction Strategy” in All of Being: Essays on Metaphysics and Stewart Shapiro was honored as a Sigrún Svavarsdóttir is a visiting Truths Are Known: New Essays on Logic, edited by Heikki Koskinen; University Distinguished Scholar associate professor of philosophy at the Knowability Paradox, edited “Aletheic Vengeance” in The Liar’s in 2003. His recent scholarly Harvard University this year. Her by Joseph Salerno (Oxford Revenge, edited by J.C. Beall (Oxford activities show why. In the last two paper “How Do Moral Judgments University Press, forthcoming); University Press); and “Locke’s years, Stewart has had two books Motivate?” was published in “Mind, Mathematics and the Theory of Reflection” in The British appear from Oxford University Contemporary Debates in Moral Ignorabimusstreit” in British Journal for the History of Philosophy. Press: a monograph, Vagueness in Theory (Blackwell, 2006), edited Journal for the History of Philosophy Kevin presented “Alethic Vengeance” Context (2006), and an anthology, by Jamie Dreier, and another (forthcoming); “What Might Logic at a colloquium at Northwestern Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy article, “The Virtue of Practical and Methodology Have Offered University in January of 2006. of Logic and Mathematics (2006). Rationality,” is forthcoming in the Dover School Board, Had They His article “All Things Indefinitely Philosophy and Phenomenological Been Willing to Listen?” in Public Tim Schroeder’s coauthored Extensible” (with Crispin Wright) Research. A slightly revised version Affairs Quarterly (forthcoming); 9 article with Carl Matheson of was published in Absolute Generality, of “Evaluations of Rationality” was “Williamson’s Woes” in Synthese the University of Manitoba, edited by Agustín Rayo (Oxford recently reprinted in Metaethics Special Issue Knowability and “Imagination and Emotion,” University Press, 2006). “Structure after Moore (Oxford University Press, Beyond, edited by Joseph Salerno appeared in Shaun Nichols’ The and Identity” and “The Governance 2006), edited by Terry Horgan and (forthcoming); and, finally, Architecture of the Imagination: of Identity” were both published Mark Timmons. Sigrún has recently “Existence and Identity in Free Logic: New essays on pretence, possibility, in Modality and Identity, edited by presented her paper, “Practical A Problem for Inferentialism?” in and fiction (Oxford University Fraser MacBride (Oxford University Rationality” at Northwestern Mind (forthcoming). Neil has Press). In addition, Tim has two Press, 2006). “Computability, University and the University of presented his research recently articles forthcoming: “A Recipe for Proof, and Open-Texture” appears Miami, Coral Gables, and “Practical at the Logic Program at Indiana Concept Similarity” will appear in Church’s Thesis After 70 Years, Rationality and the Metaphysics of University and at the Thacher in Mind and Language, and “An edited by Adam Olszewski, Jan Value” at the Ohio State/Maribor/ Lecture in Philosophy of Science Unexpected Pleasure” will appear in Woleski, and Robert Janusz, Rijeka Conference, Dubrovnik. and Logic at George Washington a supplementary issue of Canadian Frankfurt (Ontos Verlag, 2006). University. Neil is currently working Journal of Philosophy. Blackwell And “Effectiveness” was published Neil Tennant, in addition to on a comprehensive book on logic, Compass, a peer-reviewed, online in The Age of Alternative Logics: serving as the editor of American commissioned by Oxford University journal, solicited entries on “Desire” Assessing Philosophy of Logic and Philosophical Quarterly, has Press, titled Logic: Philosophical, and “Propositional Attitudes” Mathematics Today, edited by Johan published extensively. Some of his Mathematical and Computational from Tim. His book Three Faces van Benthem, Gerhard Heinzmann, recent publications and forthcoming Aspects, and a monograph on of Desire (Oxford University Press, Manuel Rebuschi, and Henk Visser works include the following: “New rational belief-revision. 2004) was honored with an Author (Springer, 2006). Stewart was active Foundations for a Relational Meets Critics Panel at the Pacific in presenting his scholarship as Theory of Theory-Revision” in Wayne Wu presented “Attention, Division Meetings of the American well, giving papers at: the British the Journal of Philosophical Representationalism and Philosophical Association last year Society for the Philosophy of Logic (2006); “Harmony and Consciousness” to the 10th and, in addition, Tim has presented Science, Southampton; University a Counterpoint” in Essays for meeting of the Association for the papers recently at the University of of Massachusetts, Amherst; Crispin Wright: Logic, Language Scientific Study of Consciousness, California, Riverside; Caltech; and University of Liverpool; Aberdeen and Mathematics, edited by Alex Oxford, and “Comments on Salt Lake City. University; and Cambridge Moral Miller (Oxford University Press, Michael Madary’s ‘The Perspectival Sciences Club. Stewart continues forthcoming); “Natural Logicism Challenge to Representationalism’” Lisa Shabel published “Kant’s his association with the Arche via the Logic of Orderly Pairing” in at the Eastern Division of the Philosophy of Mathematics” in Research Center at the University of Logicism, Intuitionism, Formalism: American Philosophical Association. The Cambridge Companion to Kant, St. Andrews in Scotland, where he What has become of them? (Springer 2nd edition, edited by Paul Guyer is in residence each autumn quarter, Verlag, forthcoming); “Cognitive (Cambridge University Press, 2006), and participated in a Conference Phenomenology, Semantic Qualia LOGOS
Remembering Bob Turnbull
by William Lycan If there has ever been a philosophy department anywhere to equal Bob Turnbull’s in the nurturing of young faculty members, I’ve William Lycan, William Rand never heard of it. By Kenan Professor of Philosophy, the time I arrived at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and member of Ohio Ohio State in 1970, the State’s philosophy department department was hiring from 1970 to 1982 almost entirely at entry level, and it seemed to me Bob’s first priority was to keep the junior faculty happy. He paid us very well. He protected us from unreasonable teaching loads. He gave us a very strong voice in further hiring and in the department’s direction generally. He pushed for early promotions and tenure. He gave very useful career advice and helped us make contacts in the profession. He strongly encouraged bonding and a cooperative atmosphere. An extraordinary amount of jointly authored work came out of the department in the 1970s. He and Marge entertained 10 us handsomely and often in their home. I believe we were treated better than the senior faculty, but our senior colleagues did not seem to mind, and I was too young to feel guilty. I owe Bob a great deal. T u r n b u l l R e a d i n g R o o m
Robert Turnbull, 1970 Teacher of the Year Award photo
ob Turnbull understood the for most of our colloquia, as well a plan to create, out of a portion importance of discussion as for our very active Leighton of the current Gluck Library, the Band disagreement to the Undergraduate Philosophy Club. It Robert G. Turnbull Reading Room. advance of philosophical knowledge. is often loaned out to other units This room would be a dedicated Back in the 1970s, when he oversaw of the university for their activities. philosophy department space the design of the philosophy It is useful; it is important. But it that would house recent journals, department quarters in what was is not the forum for philosophical reference books, and current issues then the newly rebuilt University exchange that Bob envisioned. of The Chronical of Higher Education Hall, he envisioned the Philosophy Ohio State’s Department of and New York Times—all the things Common Room as a space where Philosophy has a tradition of lively that draw people to a room, and faculty and graduate students would and stimulating philosophical into conversation. Marge Turnbull Marge Turnbull talk, argue, and learn together. But discussion—and this tradition has has agreed that this would be an the space has never really fulfilled been reinvigorated by the addition appropriate use of the funds in contributions to the fund, and the vision Bob had for it. of our new colleagues. We feel the Turnbull Collection in Greek we ask for support from everyone The Nelson Common Room, the need for a space to foster and Philosophy and the Philosophy of whose lives Bob enriched. Please see as it was later named in honor of facilitate spontaneous philosophical Science to help create this facility. the contributor’s form on the next Everett J. Nelson, is the venue dialog. Therefore, we have proposed We are soliciting additional page for more information. n THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Words About the Students
Placement News: Our recent Ph.D. University, will begin a tenure- graduate funding to students in Philosophy on the topic of students have achieved remarkable track position at the University of planning to pursue terminal degrees social epistemology. Several of success in a difficult job market. Minnesota. And finally, Carol Hay, in the arts, humanities, and social our former students have recently Cathal Woods recently began a will begin teaching at Bryn Mawr sciences. Ohio State may nominate published books. Tom Lennon tenure-track position at Virginia next year. one student each year and only 20 (Ph.D. 1968) published Against Wesleyan University, and Yimin Kui Beinecke Scholarships are awarded Cartesian Philosophy, coauthored has started a tenure-track position Awards: The Fink Award, named annually at the national level. This with Pierre-Daniel Huet and James at the Institute of Philosophy in in honor of William H. Fink, is is a great honor for Michael. Four of Force. Steve Bayne (Ph.D. 1992) the Chinese Academy of Social awarded annually for the best our majors were inducted into Ohio published Kant on Causation: On Science. Julian Cole is in a tenure- graduate philosophy paper. The State’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. the Fivefold Routes to the Principle track position at the University winner of the 2006 Fink Award Congratulations to Ashley Dyckson, of Causation (SUNY Press, 2003). of Texas, Pan American. This was Adam Podlaskowski for his Alex Mominee, Seth Rokosky, and Rick DeWitt (Ph.D. 1988) published autumn, many of our students are paper “Rule-Following Without Jennifer Webster on this laudable Worldviews: An Introduction to the beginning tenure-track positions: Idealization.” For more than achievement. History and Philosophy of Science Bill Melanson at the University of 80 years, the department has (Blackwell, 2004). Ryan Nichols just Nebraska, Omaha; Henry Pratt at also recognized an outstanding Promotions: Adam Moore (Ph.D. published Thomas Reid’s Theory of Marist College in New York; Bill undergraduate philosophy paper 2001) was tenured and promoted at Perception (Oxford University Press, Roche at Texas Christian University; with the William Bingham Award. the University of Washington. Jon 2007). And in just the last year, Dirk Andy Arlig at Brooklyn College, The recipient of the 2006 Bingham Cogburn (Ph.D. 1999) received Baltzly (Ph.D. 1992) has published City University of New York; prize was Michael Ondrick for his tenure and was promoted at two books to add to the two that Josh Smith at Central Michigan paper “The Moral Status of Lies Louisiana State University. Sara he had previously published. The University; and, Nick Jones at the with Regard to Consequentialism Pessin (Ph.D. 2000) was tenured two new additions are: Proclus: University of Alabama, Huntsville. and Deontology—or—Chuck and promoted at the University of Commentary on Plato’s Timaeus, Roy Cook, after completing a three- Meets an Untimely Demise Once Denver. vol. III (Cambridge University year postdoctoral fellowship at Again.” Michael was recently Press, 2006) and a co-edited the University of St. Andrews and honored by being named a 2007 Miscellanea: Deborah Tollefson volume, Reading Plato in Antiquity 11 teaching for three years at Villanova Beinecke Scholar. The Beinecke (Ph.D. 2002) was a co-director (Duckworth Press, 2006). scholarship awards $32,000 in of the 2005 Spindel Conference
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