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
  "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
  "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
"Propositions and Philosophy of Language", presentation to Textgroup,
  University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Feb.2004, invited.
"A Dilemma About Necessity", Central Division Meeting, American Philosophical
  Association, April 2004, refereed.
"A Dilemma About Necessity", Joint Session of the Mind/Aristotelian Society,
  University of Kent at Canterbury, July 2004, refereed.
"Propositions", presentation to the Linguistics Club, University of Minnesota,
  Twin Cities, April 2004, invited.
"Davidson and Searle on Animal Minds", Minnesota Philosophical Society, Oct.
  204, refereed.
"Questions, Orders and Propositions" Santa Cruz Language and Linguistics
  ReadingGroup, Distinguished Visitors Series, University of California, Santa Cruz, Nov. 2004, invited.
"Animal Minds and Animal Behavior", Department of Philosophy, University of
  California, Santa Cruz, Nov. 2004, invited.
 
2003
  "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
  "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
  "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
  “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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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