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University of Wyoming
 

Marc Moffett

 

Associate Professor

Philosophy
 

Areas of Specialization

Metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind.

Areas of Competence

Philosophical logic, philosophy of science (esp. biology), 20th Century analytic.

Publications

 

Academic Appointments

2003, Department of Philosophy, University of Wyoming, Assistant Professor.    

 

Education

2003          University of Colorado, Ph.D. (Philosophy).

                  Dissertation: Communication, Meaning and the Attitudes: Toward a
                  General Theory of Content.

                  Advisor: Bealer. Committee: Bach, Tooley, Oddie, Shields, Michaelis.

2002          University of Colorado, M.A. (Philosophy).

1993          New Mexico State University, B.A. (Philosophy, Psychology; minor
                  Mathematics).

 

Publications

Articles

“Knowing facts and believing propositions: A solution to the Problem of Doxastic Shift”

Philosophical Studies, 115 (2003): 81-97.

“A note on the relationship between Mates’ Puzzle and Frege’s Puzzle”

Journal of Semantics, 19 (2002): 159-166.

 

Reviews/Abstracts

“Generalized quantifiers and NP conjunction in intensional algebraic logic (Abstract)”

Bulletin of Symbolic Logic, 10 (2003).

 

Work-in-Progress

Books

Knowledge Attributions: A Semantic Investigation into Some Epistemological Puzzles.

In progress.

Articles

    “Are ‘that’-clauses really singular terms?”

Completed, under review.
“A semantic diagnosis of the Gettier Problem”

Completed, under review.
“Fregean semantics and the problem of fine-grained genericity”

Completed, under review.
“Language, communication and the paradox of analysis: Some philosophical remarks on Plato’s Cratylus”

Completed, under review.
“Outline of a nonDavidsonian semantics for events”

Completed, under review.

  

Papers Presented

 

Dec. 2003     “A semantic analysis of the Gettier Problem”

Eastern Division APA, Washington, D.C. (upcoming).

July 2003      “Outline of a nonDavidsonian semantics for events”

It’s About Time: Theoretical and Experimental Perspectives on Tense, Aspect, Modality and Events, Michigan State University.

June 2003     “Knowledge attributions as generic sentences”

Third Barcelona Workshop on Issues in the Theory of Reference (Topic: General Terms), Barcelona, Spain.
Mar. 2003     “A solution to the problem of doxastic shift”

Pacific Division APA, San Francisco.
Dec. 2002     “Are ‘that’-clauses really singular terms?”

Eastern Division APA, Philadelphia.

Nov. 2002    “Knowing facts and believing propositions: A solution to the problem of doxastic shift”

Illinois Philosophical Association, Southern Illinois University.

Oct. 2002     “Knowing facts and believing propositions: A solution to the problem of doxastic shift”

The Creighton Club: New York Philosophical Association, Cornell University.

Oct. 2001     “‘That’-clauses, syntax and singular terms”

Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Washington State University.

Presented Commentaries

Sept. 2003    Comments on Danny Korman, “On the modal flexibility of causal laws”

Mountain-Plains Philosophy Conference, University of Wyoming, Laramie.

Oct. 2002     Comments on James Sage, “Two senses of ‘reliability’ in evolutionary epistemology”

Mountain-Plains Philosophy Conference, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Oct. 2001     Comments on Franz-Peter Griesmaier, “On explaining phenomenal consciousness”

Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Washington State University.

Departmental Service

2003, Philosophy Club Faculty Sponsor.

2004, Director, Philosophy Colloquium Series.

 

Fellowships and Awards

Graduate Student Travel Stipend Award, Eastern APA (2002).

Graduate Student Presentation Award, The Creighton Club (2002)

 

Courses

Undergraduate (frequently taught)

  • Philosophy of Language

  • Philosophy of MindIntroduction to Metaphysics and Epistemology

  • Introduction to Metaphysics and Epistemology

  • Foundations of Twentieth Century Philosophy 

Recent Graduate Seminars

  • Theories of Knowledge: Modal Epistemology