Department of Philosophy Saint Joseph’s University 5600 City Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19131 Phone: 610-660-1541 E-mail: [email protected] JOSEPH CORABI, Ph.D. Education Rutgers University, 2001-2007 Ph.D. in Philosophy, October 2007 Saint Joseph’s University, 1997-2001 Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy University Scholar in Philosophy Summa cum Laude Areas of Specialization Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Religion Areas of Competence Metaphysics, Epistemology, Metaethics, Normative Ethics, Applied Ethics, Moral Psychology, Logic Research Articles “The Evidential Weight of Social Evil,” Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion 8, pp. 47-70 (2017). “Two Arguments For Impossibilism and Why it Isn’t Impossible to Refute Them,” Philosophia 45, pp. 569-584 (2017). “Free Will,” in Brian McLaughlin (ed.), Philosophy of Mind (Cengage-Macmillan), pp. 189-207 (2017) “Superintelligence as Moral Philosopher,” forthcoming in Journal of Consciousness Studies “Superintelligent AI and Skepticism,” forthcoming in Journal of Evolution and Technology “Purified by Supervenience: A Case Study On the Uses of Supervenience in Confirmation,” Metodo 3(2), pp. 149-170 (2015) “The Misuse and Failure of the Evolutionary Argument,” Disputatio 39 (6), pp. 199-227 (November 2014) “If You Upload, Will You Survive?,” (with Susan Schneider), in Russell Blackford and Damien Broderick (eds.), Intelligence Unbound (Wiley-Blackwell), pp. 131-145 (2014) “Prophecy, Foreknowledge, and Middle Knowledge” (with Rebecca Germino), Faith and Philosophy 30(1), pp. 72-92 (January 2013) “The Metaphysics of Uploading,” (with Susan Schneider) Journal of Consciousness Studies 19(7-8), pp. 26-44 (July-August 2012) “Eschatological Cutoffs,” Faith and Philosophy 28(4), pp. 385-396 (October 2011) “Hell and Character,” Religious Studies 47(2), pp. 233-244. (June 2011) “Why the Evolutionary Argument is Not Really an Evolutionary Argument After All,” Journal of Consciousness Studies 18 (3-4), pp. 44-65. (March-April 2011) “Intelligent Design and Theodicy,” Religious Studies 45(1), pp. 21-35 (Feb. 2009) “Pleasure’s Role in Evolution: A Response to Robinson,” Journal of Consciousness Studies 15 (7), pp. 78-86 (July 2008) Encyclopedia Articles “Evolutionary Epistemology,” in New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement 2012-13: Ethics and Philosophy, Robert L. Fastiggi (ed.), Detroit: Gale, 2013 Colloquia and Conference Presentations “Superintelligence as Moral Philosopher,” Conference on Minds, Selves, and 21st Century Technology, University of Lisbon, June 23, 2016 “Intellectual Processes in Descartes,” Institute for Philosophical Research, April 12, 2016 “Superintelligent AI and Skepticism,” Leverage Research, April 1, 2015 “The Current State of Philosophical Research on Intelligence,” Leverage Research, January 7, 2014 “Can We Survive Uploading?,” Society for Autonomous Neurodynamics Conference, University of California, San Diego, August 22, 2012. (Invited Keynote) “Uploading and Personal Identity,” Toward a Science of Consciousness Conference, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, April 11, 2012 “Evolutionary Arguments and the Mind-Body Problem,” University of Pennsylvania, April 2011 “Eschatological Cutoffs,” Society of Christian Philosophers Eastern Division Conference, Fordham University, New York, New York, March 2011 “Universalism and Divine Hiddenness,” Grandeur of Reason Conference at the Villa Aurelia, Rome, Italy, September 2008 “Why the Evolutionary Argument Doesn’t Work,” Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference New Zealand Division, University of Auckland, December 2007 “A History of the Mind-Body Problem,” Spring Hill College, February 2007 “Evolutionary Arguments and Physicalism,” Iona College and Saint Joseph’s University, February 2007 “Evolutionary Arguments and the Mind-Body Problem,” University of Kentucky, January 2007 “Epiphenomenalism and Evolution,” Rutgers University Graduate Student Philosophy Colloquium, April 2004 “Epiphenomenalism and Evolution,” Rocky Mountain Student Philosophy Conference, University of Colorado, Boulder, February 2004 Teaching Experience Professor, Saint Joseph’s University, 2017-present Associate Professor, Saint Joseph’s University, 2013-2017 Assistant Professor, Saint Joseph’s University, 2007-2013 Visiting Instructor, Saint Joseph’s University, 2006-2007 Teaching Assistant, Rutgers University 2004-2007 Adjunct Professor, Saint Joseph’s University, 2004-2006 Teaching Sole Responsibility (syllabus, lectures, and grading) Introduction to Logic, 2006* Philosophy of Religion, 2005, 2006*, 2010, 2010** Knowledge and Existence, 2006-2010 Moral Philosophy, 2005-2010 Moral Foundations, 2010-present The Human Person, 2004-2009 Senior Seminar in Philosophy of Mind, 2007, 2013 Symbolic Logic, 2007 (Indep. Study—similar to course taught in 2006) Advanced Topics in Philosophy of Religion, 2007* Science, Mind, and Philosophy, 2008-present Contemporary Atheism and the Problem of God (Honors), 2008 Contemporary Atheism and the Problem of God, 2011 The Human Person (Honors), 2009 Freedom and Determinism, 2009, 2012 Procedural Knowledge I and II (indep. studies) 2009-2010 Philosophical Issues in Christian Doctrine, 2009-present Philosophical Topics in Moral Psychology, 2011-present The Existence of God, 2011-present Christianity and Evidence, 2013-present Philosophy of Sports, 2013-present God, Evil, and Hiddenness, 2016 Moral Foundations (Honors), 2016 Existence of God (Honors), 2016 Philosophical Topics in Moral Psychology (Honors), 2017 Human Intelligence: A Philosophical Exploration (prepared and approved as a Phil. Anth. course) *Taught as teaching assistant at Rutgers University **Taught at the University of Pennsylvania Teaching Assistant (grading and preparation of auxiliary lectures) Prof. Trip McCrossin’s Current Moral and Social Issues, 2004, 2005* Awards Professional Morris Grant, Saint Joseph’s University, 2015-2016 Saint Joseph’s University Faculty Merit Award for Teaching, 2013 Saint Joseph’s University Faculty Merit Award for Scholarship, 2016 Graduate Dissertation Teaching Assistantship, 2004-2007 Excellence Fellowship, 2001-2004 Undergraduate Philosophy Award, 2001 Saint Joseph’s University Student Senate Award for Scholarship, 2001 (Given to the university’s most academically outstanding graduating student) Honor Societies Phi Beta Kappa Alpha Sigma Nu Dissertation Title: Evolutionary Arguments and the Mind-Body Problem Committee: Brian McLaughlin (chair), Dean Zimmerman, Barry Loewer, Achim Stephan References Brian McLaughlin, Professor II, Rutgers University, [email protected] Dean Zimmerman, Professor II, Rutgers University, [email protected] Barry Loewer, Professor II, Rutgers University, [email protected] Susan Schneider, Associate Professor, University of Connecticut, [email protected] Updated August 16, 2017 .