Curriculum Vitae
STUART BROCK

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

​Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Literature.

​Areas of Competence

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

Academic Positions

  • Associate Professor, Philosophy Programme, Victoria University of Wellington, 2014–present.
  • 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.​

Administrative Positions

  • Associate Dean (Academic Programmes), Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, 2016–present.
  • 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 (2017-2019)

  • PHIL 105: The Big Questions
  • PHIL 106: Contemporary Ethical Issues
  • PHIL 107: Philosophy of Media and the Arts
  • PHIL 123: Critical Thinking
  • PHIL 201: Knowledge and Reality
  • PHIL 445: Contemporary Approaches to Philosophy
  • FHSS 103: Great Ideas
  • FHSS/HRIR 207: The Future of Work
  • FHSS 302: BA Internship
  • SCIS 414: Science and Humanities

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).
 
Edited Collections
  • Fictional Objects, co-edited with Anthony Everett (ed.), Oxford University Press (2015).
 
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.
 
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).
  • 'Causal Reference and Empty Terms' The Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Reference, Stephen Biggs and Heimir Geirsson (eds.), Routledge (forthcoming 2019).
 
Short Discussion Notes and Book Reviews:
  • ‘Modal Fictionalism: A Response to Rosen.’ Mind, 102 (1993) pp 147-150 [published as a student].
  • Book Review: Modality by Joseph Melia Australasian Journal of Philosophy, (2005).
  • Book Review: Lying, Misleading and What is Said by Jennifer Saul, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, (2013) pp. 831-832.
  • Book Review: Reference and Existence by Saul Kripke, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, (2014).
  • Book Review: Time in Fiction by Craig and Emily Caddick Bourne, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, (forthcoming, 2017).

Presentations (From 2010)

  • ‘The Puzzle of Imaginative Failure,’ Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference, University of New South Wales, Australia (July 2010)
  • ‘The Puzzle of Imaginative Failure,’ Waikato University (September 2010)
  • ‘The Misfire Solution to the Puzzle of Imaginative Failure,’ (Invited Paper) Michigan University (February 2011)
  • ‘Fiction, Morality and Imagination,’ Turin University, Italy (May 2011)
  • ‘The Phenomenological Objection to Fictionalism’ (Invited Paper) Turin University, Workshop on Fiction and Social Objects (May 2011)
  • ‘The Phenomenological Objection to Fictionalism,’ The Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference, Otago University, New Zealand (July 2011)
  • ‘A Puzzle About Fictional Characters,’ The Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference, University Wollongong, Australia (July 2012)
  • ‘Fictionalism, Fictional Characters, and Fictionalist Inference,’ The Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference, University of Queensland, Australia (July 2013)
  • ‘Fictional Characters and Nuances of Fictionalism,’ The World Congress of Philosophy, University of Athens, Greece (August 2013)
  • ‘Fictionalism, Fictional Characters, and Fictionalist Inference,’ The Korean Society for Analytic Philosophy Conference, Seoul National University, South Korea (August 2013)
  • ‘Is There Enough Progress in Philosophy?’ Invited Speaker, Australian National University (July 2014)
  • ‘The Objects of Thought’ Invited commentary at APA Pacific Division Meeting (April 2015) – paper presented in absentia.
  • 'Religious Fictionalism' Invited speaker at a workshop on Fictionalism, Hamburg University, Germany.

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 (graduating 2018).
  • Secondary Supervisor, Felice Marshal PhD (graduating 2018).

MA Supervision
  • 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).

Other Professional Activity (From 2010)

​Philosophy Programme:
  • Programme Director, Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Programme (2018-present)
  • Conference Organizer, Mini-Conference celebrating the work of Kendall Walton, Victoria University of Wellington (March 2008)
  • Convenor of the Philosophy Research Seminar Series (2008-2010, 2012-2014)
  • Philosophy Placement Officer (2012-2015)
  • Undergraduate Coordinator (2019-present)
 
New Zealand Association of Philosophy:
  • Victoria University Representative, 2017-present

​Australasian Association of Philosophy:
  • Treasurer, Australasian Association of Philosophy, 2010-2014
  • Member of Council, 2010-2015
  • Member of the Executive, 2010-2015
  • Member of the Philosophy in Higher Education Committee, 2010-2012
  • Member of the Journals ERA Ranking Committee, 2010-2011
  • Member of the Committee to Improve Relations between Divisions, 2010-2011
  • Member of the Finance Committee, 2014-2015
  • Conference Liaison Officer, Australasian Association of Philosophy, 2011-2012
  • Conference Organizer, Australasian Association of Philosophy (NZ), 2012
  • Convenor of the Philosophy in the Community Committee, 2013-2015
  • World Congress of Philosophy, Organizing Committee 2016-present
  • Conference Organiser, Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference, 2018
  • Member of the Board of Directors, Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference, 2018-present
 
Journal Editing:
  • Associate Editor of the Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 2014-present
  • Guest Editor for the Australasian Philosophical Review, 1.2: 2017.
 
Other Contributions to the Research Environment:
  • Insight Grants Evaluation Panel for Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), 2013.
  • Grading of MA thesis: Australian National University, Jonathan Andy Tapsell, Models of Philosophical Thought Experimentation, 2014
 
Community (New Zealand):  
Academic Programme Reviews:
  • Chair of the Review Panel for the Science and Society Programme, Victoria University of Wellington (2016)
  • Chair of the Review Panel for the Biology, Marine Biology and Ecology and Biodiversity Programmes, Victoria University of Wellington (2012)
  • External Panel Member reviewing the Philosophy Department, University of Otago (2012)
 
Victoria University of Wellington: University-Level Contributions
  • Member of the University Preparation Board of Studies (2010)
  • Member of University Learning and Teaching Strategy Group (2010)
  • Evaluation of Research Grant proposals for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) (2010)
  • Member of University Student Experience Strategy Group (2010)
  • Member of the Steering Group to Review Undergraduate Education at Victoria (2011)
  • Member of the VicTeach Advisory Committee (2014-present)
  • Convenor of the VicTeach Finance and Review Committee (2014-present)
  • Member of the Victoria Advisory Group for the Online Enrolment System (2015-2016)
  • Member of the Victoria Research Establishment Grant Committee (2015-2018)
  • Member of the Victoria Learning and Teaching Committee (2016-2018)
  • Member of the VUW Academic Committee, (2016-2018)
  • Member of University Academic Board (2017-2018)
 
Victoria University of Wellington: Faculty-Level Contributions
  • Convener FHSS Academic Committee (2007-2010; 2016-2018)
  • Convener of the FHSS Postgraduate Committee (2015-2016)
  • Convener of the Working Party reviewing the Bachelor of Arts (2016)
  • Member of the FHSS Management Team (2015-2018)
  • Member of the Faculty of Education Academic Committee (2016-2018)
  • Member of the Master of Arts Working Party, FHSS (2011-2012)
  • Member of the FHSS Learning and Teaching Committee (2011-2015)
  • Member of the VicTeach Advisory Committee (2014-present)
  • Member of the FHSS Research Committee (2015-2016)
  • Member of Te Maruako Aronui / FHSS Learning, Teaching and Equity Committee (2017-2018)
 
This is an abridged CV.  Feel free to contact me for a full CV.
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