| Peter W. Hanks |
Curriculum Vitae |
| Department of Philosophy University of Minnesota 817 Heller Hall Minneapolis, MN 55455 612-624-6415 pwhanks@umn.edu www.tc.umn.edu/~pwhanks |
106 Bedford St. SE Minneapolis, MN 55414 |
| Education | ||
| Ph.D. in philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, December 2002. | ||
| Dissertation: The Unity of the Proposition. Supervisor: John Searle. | ||
| B.A., Princeton University, May 1995, philosophy major. | ||
| Employment | ||
| Assistant Professor, tenure-track,University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2003- | ||
| present. | ||
| Visiting Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2006-2007. | ||
| Lecturer, University of California, Davis, 2002-2003. | ||
| Publications | ||
Papers |
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| "Conceiving of Pain," (with Brendan O'Sullivan), Dialogue, forthcoming. | ||
| "A Dilemma About Necessity," Erkenntnis 68, Jan. 2008, 129-148. | ||
| "The Content-Force Distinction," Philosophical Studies 134, May 2007, 141-164. | ||
| "How Wittgenstein Defeated Russell's Multiple Relation Theory of Judgment," | ||
| Synthese 154, Jan. 2007, 121-146. | ||
Reviews & Encyclopedia
Articles |
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| "Critical Study of Beyond Rigidity by Scott Soames," Noûs 40, March 2006, 184-203. | ||
| "Questions," The Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2nd Edition, Macmillan, 2006, | ||
| vol. 10, 32-37. | ||
| "Addendum to 'Propositions'," The Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2nd Edition, | ||
| Macmillan, 2006, vol. 8, 90-91. | ||
| "Review of Donald Davidson: Meaning, Truth, Language and Reality by Ernest | ||
| LePore and Kirk Ludwig," International Philosophical Quarterly 46, June 2006, 245-246. | ||
| "Review of Reference Without Referents by R.M. Sainsbury," Disputatio 1, May 2006, | ||
| 368-375. | ||
| "Review of The Mechanics of Meaning by David Hyder", Notre Dame Philosophical | ||
| Reviews, April 2004, 2,596 words (online). | ||
| Presentations | ||
| 2007 | ||
| "Structured Propositions as Types," University of Minnesota Department of | ||
| Philosophy Work in Progress Presentation, Oct. 2007, invited. | ||
| Comments on "Two Dogmas of Cognitive Science," by David Cole, Minnesota | ||
| Philosophical Society Meeting, Oct. 2007, invited. | ||
| "Structured Propositions as Types," University of Minnesota Center for Cognitive | ||
| Sciences Colloquium, Oct. 2007, invited. | ||
| "Millianism and the Problem of True Positive Existentials,"University of Minnesota | ||
| Program in Linguistics, Oct. 2007, invited. | ||
| "The Varieties of Content," Minnesota State, Mankato, Sept. 2007, invited. | ||
| 2006 | ||
| "The Varieties of Content," St.Cloud State University, Nov. 2006, invited. | ||
| "The Varieties of Content," UNC Chapel Hill, Nov. 2006, invited. | ||
| "Conceiving of Pain," (with Brendan O'Sullivan), Alabama Philosophical Society, | ||
| Oct. 2006, refereed. | ||
| "Reflexive Content and the Modal Argument," (with Brendan O'Sullivan), Central | ||
| Division APA, April 2006, refereed. | ||
| 2005 | ||
| Comments on "'That'-Clauses, Propositions, and Substitutivity," by Salvatore | ||
| Florio, Pacific Division APA, March 2005, invited. | ||
| "How Wittgenstein Defeated Russell's Multiple Relation Theory of Judgment," | ||
| Western Canadian Philosophical Association Meeting, Winnipeg, Canada, October 2005, refereed. | ||
| Comments on "Wittgenstein's Secreted Remarks on Godel," by Victor Rodych, | ||
| Western Canadian Philosophical Association Meeting, Winnipeg, Canada, October 2005, invited. | ||
| Comments on "A Defense of Content-Essentialism," by Tomas Hribek, Minnesota | ||
| Philosophical Society Meeting, University of St. Thomas, October 2005, invited. | ||
| 2004 |
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"Propositions
and Philosophy of Language", presentation to Textgroup, |
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| University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Feb.2004, invited. | ||
"A Dilemma About
Necessity", Central Division Meeting, American Philosophical |
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| Association, April 2004, refereed. | ||
"A Dilemma About
Necessity", Joint Session of the Mind/Aristotelian Society, |
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| University of Kent at Canterbury, July 2004, refereed. | ||
"Propositions",
presentation to the Linguistics Club, University of Minnesota, |
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| Twin Cities, April 2004, invited. | ||
"Davidson and
Searle on Animal Minds", Minnesota Philosophical Society, Oct. |
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| 204, refereed. | ||
"Questions, Orders
and Propositions" Santa Cruz Language and Linguistics |
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| ReadingGroup, Distinguished Visitors Series, University of California, Santa Cruz, Nov. 2004, invited. | ||
"Animal Minds
and Animal Behavior", Department of Philosophy, University of |
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| California, Santa Cruz, Nov. 2004, invited. | ||
2003 |
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| "Predication and Mood", Department of Philosophy, Bates College, Jan. 2003, | ||
| invited. | ||
| "Predication and Mood", Department of Philosophy, Harvard University, Jan. 2003, | ||
| invited. | ||
| "Predication and Mood", Department of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, Twin | ||
| Cities, Feb. 2003, invited. | ||
| "Comments on Silvio Mota Pinto’s 'The Tractatus and the Dispensability of | ||
| Mathematical Objects'", Pacific Division APA, March 2003, invited comments. | ||
| "A Dilemma About Necessity", Northwest Philosophy Conference, Reed College, | ||
| Oct. 2003, refereed. | ||
| "The Content-Force Distinction", Department of Philosophy, University of | ||
| Minnesota, Duluth, Dec. 2003, invited. | ||
| "Lecture on the Connectionism/Computationalism Debate", Philosophy of | ||
| Psychology Class, University of Minnesota, Duluth, Dec. 2003, invited lecture. | ||
2002 |
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| "Russell, Frege and the Unity of the Proposition", Department of Philosophy, | ||
| Indiana University, April 2002, invited. | ||
| "Russell, Frege and the Unity of the Proposition", Department of Philosophy, | ||
| University of St. Andrews, Scotland, May 2002, invited. | ||
| "Comments on Susan Schneider’s 'Direct Reference, Psychological Explanation, | ||
| and Frege Cases'", Pacific Division APA, April 2002, invited comments. | ||
| "The Content-Force Distinction", Department of Philosophy, University of | ||
| California, Davis, Oct. 2002, invited. | ||
2001 |
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| "What Propositions Could Not Be: A Benacerraf Problem for Russellianism", | ||
| Pacific Division Meeting, American Philosophical Association, April 2001, refereed. | ||
| "Russell, Frege and the Unity of the Proposition", Department of Philosophy, | ||
| University of California, Berkeley, Nov. 2001, invited. | ||
2000 |
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| “Attitude Reports and Semantic Intuitions”, Pacific Division APA, April 2000, refereed | ||
| Teaching | |
| Graduate Courses | |
| PHIL 8110: Metaphysics: Propositions | |
| PHIL 8993: Philosophy of Cognitive Science | |
| Undergraduate Courses | |
| PHIL 1001: Introduction to Logic | |
| PHIL 101: Introduction to Main Problems (UNC Chapel Hill) | |
| PHIL 112: Making Sense of Ourselves (UNC Chapel Hill) | |
| PHIL 1090: Freshman Seminar: Animal Minds | |
| PHIL 145: Language and Communication (UNC Chapel Hill) | |
| PHIL 3231: Philosophy and Language | |
| PHIL 4008: Philosophy of Action and Free Will | |
| PHIL 4231: Philosophy of Language | |
| Service | ||
| Departmental | ||
| Staffing and Awards Committee (Chair), Fall 2007 | ||
| Logic/Language/Mind Search Committee, 2006-2007 | ||
| Website Committee (Chair), 2004-present | ||
| Woodbridge Scholarship Committee, 2003-2004 | ||
| Professional | ||
| Referee for History and Philosophy of Logic, Synthese, Philosophical Papers, | ||
| Critica, Erkenntnis, Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic. | ||
| Referee for Blackwell Publishers, Oxford University Press | ||
| Awards | ||
| McKnight Summer Fellow, University of Minnesota (summer 2004). | ||
| University of Minnesota Summer Faculty Research Fellowship (summer 2004). | ||
| Fink Prize, Best Graduate Student Essay in Philosophy, University ofCalifornia, | ||
| Berkeley, April 2001. | ||
| Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor, University of California, Berkeley, May | ||
| 2000. | ||
| Dickinson Senior Thesis Prize, Princeton University, May 1995. | ||