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Curriculum Vitae
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Education

  • Princeton University, Ph.D., January 2002.
  • Princeton University, M.A., 1996.
  • Australian National University, M.A., 1995.
  • Monash University, B.A. (with first class honors) 1993.


​Areas of Specialisation

Critical Thinking, ​Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Literature


​​Areas of Competence

​Epistemology, Logic, Philosophy of the Emotions, Philosophy of Religion


​Academic Positions

  • Professor, Philosophy Programme, Victoria University of Wellington, 2019–present.
  • Associate Professor, Philosophy Programme, Victoria University of Wellington, 2014–2019.
  • Senior Lecturer, Philosophy Programme, Victoria University of Wellington, 2005–2013.
  • Lecturer, Philosophy Programme, Victoria University of Wellington, 2002–2004.
  • Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Philosophy, Western Washington University, 1999–2002.
  • Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Princeton University, Spring, 1999.​


​Leadership Positions

  • Vice-Provost (Academic) and member of the Senior Leadership team, Victoria University of Wellington (10 Direct Reports), 2019–present .
  • CEO, Australasian Association of Philosophy, 2019–present.
  • Associate Dean (Academic Programmes), Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, 2016–2018.
  • Associate Dean (Postgraduate Research), Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, 2015–2016.
  • Deputy Head of School, School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations, Victoria University of Wellington, 2012–2014.
  • Acting Head of School, School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations, Victoria University of Wellington, December 2012–June 2013.
  • Associate Dean (Students), Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, 2007–2010.
  • Head of the Philosophy Programme, Victoria University of Wellington, 2005–2007.


​Recent Courses Taught (2017-2022)

  • EDUC 191: Academic Skills
  • FHSS 103: Great Ideas
  • FHSS/HRIR 207: The Future of Work
  • FHSS 302: BA Internship
  • PHIL 105: The Big Questions
  • PHIL 123: Critical Thinking
  • PHIL 201: Theory of Knowledge
  • PHIL 445: Contemporary Approaches to Philosophy
  • PHPE 401: Philosophy, Politics and Economics
  • SCIS 414: Science and Humanities


​Selected Publications

Books:
  • Realism and Antirealism (co-authored with Edwin Mares) Acumen/Routledge (2007).
  • A Critical Introduction to Fictionalism (co-authored with Fred Kroon and Jonathan McKeown-Green) Bloomsbury (2018).
  • Religious Pretence: Deception, Mimicry and Morality (forthcoming).
 
Edited Collections
  • Fictional Objects, co-edited with Anthony Everett, Oxford University Press (2015).
  • Religious Fictionalism and Moral Fictionalism, co-edited with Richard Joyce (forthcoming Oxford University Press).
 
Journal Articles:
  • ‘Fictionalism About Fictional Characters.’ Noûs, 36 (2002) pp. 1-21.
  • ‘The Ubiquitous Problem of Empty Names,’ Journal of Philosophy, (2004) pp. 277-298.
  • ‘World-Indexed Descriptivism and the Spurious Problem of Referring Names,’ Philosophical Analysis, (2006) pp. 197-204.
  • ‘Fiction, Feelings, and the Emotions,’ Philosophical Studies, 132 (2007) pp. 211-242.
  • ‘The Creationist Fiction: The Case against Creationism about Fictional Characters,’ Philosophical Review, 119 (2010) pp. 337-364.
  • ‘The Puzzle of Imaginative Failure,’ Philosophical Quarterly, 62 (2012) pp. 443-463.
  • ‘The Phenomenological Objection to Fictionalism,’ Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 88 (2014) pp. 574-592.
  • ‘Reductionism, Fictionalism, and the Objects of Thought,’ Philosophical Analysis, 33 (2015) pp. 89-103.
  • ‘Fictionalism about Fictional Characters Revisited,’ Res Philosophica, 93 (2016) pp. 377-403.
  • ‘Fictionalism, Figuralism and Presuppositionalism,’ Australasian Philosophical Review, (2017) pp. 1-3.
  • 'A Recalcitrant Problem for Abstract Creationism,' Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 76 (2018) pp. 93-98.
  • 'The Paradox Paradox,' (co-authored with Joshua Glasgow). Forthcoming 2022.
 
Book Chapters:
  • ‘A Puzzle About Fictional Characters,’ (co-authored with Cei Maslen and Justin Ngai) From Fictionalism to Realism: Fictional and Other Social Entities, Carola Barbero, Maurizio Ferraris, and Alberto Voltolini (eds.), Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2013) pp. 63-86.
  • Introduction, Fictional Objects, Stuart Brock and Anthony Everett (ed.), Oxford University Press (2015) pp. 1-23.
  • ‘Fictionalism, Fictional Characters, and Fictionalist Inference,’ Fictional Objects, Stuart Brock and Anthony Everett (ed.), Oxford University Press (2015) pp. 230-254.
  • ‘Is Philosophy Progressing Fast Enough?’ Philosophy’s Future: The Problem of Philosophical Progress, Damien Broderick and Russell Blackford (eds.) Wiley Blackwell (2017) pp. 119-131.
  • 'Religious Fictionalism and Pascal's Wager,' New Essays on Philosophical Fictionalism, Fred Kroon and Bradley Armour-Garb (eds.), Oxford University Press (forthcoming 2018). 
  • 'Abstract Objects and the Causal Order: No Cause for Concern' (co-authorer with Cei Maslen), Joshua Brown and Otavio Bueno (forthcoming 2019).
  • 'Religion without Morality: A New Argument for Moral Fictionalism,' Religious Fictionalism and Moral Fictionalism, Stuart Brock and Richard Joyce (eds.), Oxford University Press. (forthcoming).
 
Discussion Note:
  • ‘Modal Fictionalism: A Response to Rosen.’ Mind, 102 (1993) pp. 147-150 [published as a student].

Encyclopedia Entry:
  • Fictionalism, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2022).


​Recent MA and PhD Supervision

PhD Supervision
  • Primary Supervisor, Jordan Skrzynski PhD (currently enrolled).
  • Primary Supervisor, Anton Killin PhD (graduated 2017).
  • Primary Supervisor, Katharine Hamilton PhD (graduated 2016).
  • Primary Supervision: Tessa Balan PhD (suspended).

  • Secondary Supervisor, Michael Gilchrist PhD (graduated 2020).

MA Supervision
  • Primary Supervision: Holly Jarvis (graduating 2022).
  • Primary Supervision: Chrissy van Hulst MA (graduated with merit 2018).
  • Primary Supervision: Mathew Logan MA (graduated with merit 2017).
  • Primary Supervision: Jordan Skrzynski MA (graduated with distinction 2017).
  • Primary Supervision: Josef Holden MA (graduated with distinction 2015).
  • Primary Supervision: Justin Ngai MA (graduated 2012).
  • Primary Supervision: Alistair Hammel MA (graduated with merit 2010).

  • Secondary Supervisor, Jennifer Gosnell MA (graduated 2014).


​Current Committees and Governance Groups

National Committees
  • Committee on University Academic Programmes (CUAP), University Representative.
  • DVC-A Committee, University Representative.
  • Work Integrated Learning Committee (subcommittee of DVC-A committee), Convener.
  • Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee, New Zealand Representative.  

Victoria University of Wellington: Committees
  • University Academic Committee, Convener.
  • University Learning and Teaching Committee, Convener.
  • University Work Integrated Learning Committee, Convener.
  • Victoria University of Wellington-UP Education Management Committee, Convener.
  • Victoria University of Wellington-UP Education Joint Board of Studies, Convener.
  • University Learning and Teaching Operations Group (Associate Deans, CSU Directors, Faculty Managers, Student Representatives), Convener.
  • University Senior Leadership Team, Member.
 
Victoria University of Wellington: Governance Groups
  • Curriculum Framework Project Governance Group, Sponsor.
  • Curriculum Management System Governance Group, Sponsor.
  • Learning and Teaching Transformation Governance Group, Member.
  • Student Success Programme Governance Group, Member.
  • Digital Learning Project Governance Group, Member.
  • Accommodation Governance Board, Member.
  • International Board, Member.

Australasian Association of Philosophy
  • Executive Committee, Convener.
  • Journals Committee, Convener.
  • Board of Directors, Member (CEO).


​Current External Research Grants

Religious and Moral Fictionalism: Marsden Grant, Royal Society of New Zealand, Principle Investigator (2021-2024).

​This is an abridged CV.  Feel free to contact me for a full CV.
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