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Roger Clarke

rclarke at interchange dot ubc dot ca

University of British Columbia
Department of Philosophy
1866 Main Mall E370
Vancouver, BC
Canada V6T 1Z1

Education

2005-2012:        Ph.D., Philosophy, University of British Columbia. Dissertation Committee: Chris Stephens (primary supervisor), Paul Bartha, Adam Morton, Patrick Rysiew. Dissertation defence: December 5, 2011. Degree conferred: May 2012 (expected).

1999-2003:        B.Sc. (Honours), Mathematics and Philosophy, University of Toronto. With High Distinction.

Areas of Research

Areas of Specialization: Epistemology, formal epistemology

Areas of Competence: Mathematical logic, free will/moral responsibility, philosophy of science, philosophy of language

Publications

Forthcoming:  "How to Manipulate an Incompatibilistically Free Agent". American Philosophical Quarterly.

2010:             "'The Ravens Paradox' Is a Misnomer". Synthese 175(3): 427-440. DOI: 10.1007/s11229-009-9560-6.

Conference Presentations

Refereed

April 2011:            "No Contradiction in the Preface". Northwestern-Notre Dame Graduate Epistemology Conference, South Bend, IN.

October 2010:      "Belief, Assertion, and Context". Western Canadian Philosophical Association, Calgary, AB.

November 2009:   "Contextualizing Degrees of Belief". Workshop Epistemology, Context, and Formalism, Nancy, France.

May 2009:           "'The Ravens Paradox' Is a Misnomer". Society for Exact Philosophy, Edmonton, AB.

April 2009:           "'The Ravens Paradox' Is a Misnomer". American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meetings, Vancouver, BC.

March 2008:         "How to Manipulate an Incompatibilistically Free Agent". American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meetings, Pasadena, CA.

October 2006:      "Information, Internalism and Testimony". Western Canadian Philosophical Association, Vancouver, BC.

February 2005:     "God, Freedom, and Cheating at Computer Games". Rocky Mountain Student Philosophy Conference, Boulder, CO.

May 2003:            "Against Time without Change". University of Toronto Graduate Student Philosophy Conference, Toronto, ON.

Comments

April 2012:            Comments on Armin Schulz's "Preferences vs. Desires: Debating the Structure of Conative States". American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meetings, Seattle, WA.

April 2011:            Comments on Paul Weirich's "Decisions without Sharp Probabilities". American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meetings, San Diego, CA.

Teaching

Instructor

• PHIL 220: Symbolic Logic I                                            (Fall 2009, Spring 2012)
  

 TA

• PHIL 100/101: Introduction to Philosophy                         (Fall 2005-Spring 2006, Spring 2010, Fall 2010,   Spring 2011, Summer 2011)
  
• PHIL 120: Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking         (Fall 2006)
• PHIL 211: Greek Philosophy I                                         (Fall 2011)
  
• PHIL 220: Symbolic Logic I                                            (Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008)
• PHIL 240: Knowledge and Reality                                   (Fall 2008)
  
• PHIL 320: Symbolic Logic                                              (Spring 2007)
• PHIL 338: Philosophy of Law                                          (Spring 2009)
  

Marker 

• Logic                                                                 (Summer 2006, Langara College)
• Metaphysics and Epistemology                           (Summer 2006, Langara College)
  

Professional Activities

Member of:        American Philosophical Association; Canadian Philosophical Association; Society for Exact Philosophy.

Referee for:       American Philosophical Quarterly; Canadian Journal of Philosophy; Dialogue; Synthese.

2011:                Research Assistant, under Andrew Burton-Jones (Sauder School of Business, UBC). [Explained and adapted philosophical texts for research on information systems.]

2010:                Completed Instructional Skills Workshop at UBC's Centre for Teaching and Learning Technology

2008-09:           UBC Philosophy Department Search Committee

2006:                Research Assistant, under Alan Richardson. [Formatted bibliography and references for Cambridge Companion to Logical Empiricism.]

2005-present:    Executive Committee, CUPE 2278. Co-President, 2007-08. Chair, Grievance Committee, 2006-present. Chair, Bargaining Committee, 2010-11.

Awards and Scholarships

2009-10:                 Pacific Century Scholarship (UBC)

2008-09:                 SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship

2007-08, 2009-10:   University Graduate Fellowship (UBC)

2005-06:                 Graduate Entrance Scholarship (UBC)

 

 

Last updated: December 6, 2011

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Roger Clarke

rclarke at interchange dot ubc dot ca