Multiple Reductions Revisited

Justin Clarke-Doane Department of Philosophy New York University New York, NY 10003 [email protected] Education 2005 - 2011 Ph.D. Philosophy, New York University (anticipated) Dissertation: Morality and Mathematics Committee: Hartry Field (Chair), Thomas Nagel, Derek Parfit, Stephen Schiffer 2001 - 2005 B.A., Philosophy/Mathematics, New College of Florida * Thesis: Attribute-Identification in Mathematics Committee: Aron Edidin (Chair), Karsten Henckell, Douglas Langston Areas of Specialization Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mathematics, Metaethics Areas of Competence Epistemology, Ethics, Logic, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Science Honors and Awards 2010 – 2011 New York University Dean's Dissertation Fellowship 2005 – 2010 New York University Henry M. MacCracken Fellowship 2009 – 2010 Graduate Fellow, New York Institute of Philosophy Project on the Nature, Limits, and Significance of Disagreement 2005 – 2006 New York University Dean's Supplementary Fellowship 2001 – 2005 Florida Presidential Scholarship Journal Article 2008 “Multiple Reductions Revisited.” Philosophia Mathematica. Vol. 16. 244-255. [Note: This paper is a self-contained version of Chapter 2 of my undergraduate thesis.] Edited Volume (with Aldo Antonelli) Forthcoming special issue of the Review of Symbolic Logic on objectivity in mathematics with papers by Haim Gaifman, Joel Hamkins, Peter Koellner, Stewart Shapiro, Stephen Simpson, Neil Tennant, Hugh Woodin, and an introduction by me. Encyclopedia Entry 2007 “Justification.” Routledge Encyclopedia of American Philosophy, eds. John Lachs and Robert Talisse. New York: Routledge. * The public honors college of the state university system of Florida. 1 Presentations 2009 “Moral and Mathematical Disagreement,” invited talk to the Department of Practical Philosophy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden (April 30). 2009 “Flawless Disagreement in Mathematics,” invited talk to the Department of Philosophy, William Patterson University, Wayne, NJ (March 11). 2008 “Objectivity in Mathematics,” invited talk to the Philosophy of Science Club, New York University, New York, NY (April 20). 2006 “Multiple Reductions Revisited,” New Jersey Regional Philosophy Conference, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, NJ (Nov 4). 2006 “Property-Theory in Mathematics,” VIIth Annual Logic, Mathematics, and Physics Philosophy Graduate Conference, University of Western Ontario, Ontario, Canada (May 7). 2006 Comments on John Bengson's “Perceiving Fictions”, NYU/Columbia Philosophy Graduate Conference, New York University, New York, NY (April 1, 2). Works in Progress (* = related to dissertation) What is Absolute Undecidability?* Morality and Mathematics: The No Miracles Argument* Moral Realism and Mathematical Realism* Aesthetic Nihilism Platonic Semantics Grounding the Hierarchy (with Michael Raven) Realism about Mass, Pain, and Goodness and Realism about Universals Invited or Refereed Workshops 2010 Seventh Annual Metaethics Workshop, Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (September 22 – 26). 2009 Underdetermination in Science Workshop, Center for the Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (March 21 – 22). 2008 UT Austin Methodology Workshop, Department of Philosophy, University of Texas, Austin, TX. (August 12 – 16). 2006 Metaphysical Mayhem, Department of Philosophy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. (June 3 – 7). Magazine Column 2010 “Philosophy of Mathematics,” invited summary of my work in this area for a special issue of Imagine Magazine on contemporary philosophy (interviewees included Bas Van Fraassen and four Ph.D. candidates in philosophy) (March/April issue). Academic Service 2008 Conceiver and organizer, with Shieva Kleinschmidt, of the NYU Philosophy of Mathematics Conference (devoted to bringing together leading philosophers and mathematicians to discuss developments in the foundations of mathematics). 2009 Reviewer for the NYU/Columbia Philosophy Graduate Conference 2 2008 Co-organizer and Volunteer for the New York Institute of Philosophy Outreach Program (devoted to bringing philosophy to secondary schools, especially in underprivileged areas) 2007 Reviewer for the NYU/Columbia Philosophy Graduate Conference 2006 Reviewer and commentator for the NYU/Columbia Philosophy Graduate Conference Teaching as Instructor Graduate Spring 2011, Seminar in Logic (through Incompleteness) New School for Social Research Responsible for all aspects of the course. Spring 2010, Seminar in Logic (through Incompleteness) New School for Social Research Responsible for all aspects of the course. Undergraduate Summer 2009, Intermediate Logic New York University Responsible for all aspects of the course. Summer 2008, Introduction to Philosophy New York University Responsible for all aspects of the course. Spring 2008 , Philosophical Ethics Fordham University (Tarrytown campus) Responsible for all aspects of the course. Summer 2007 (with Jennifer Logan), History of Ancient Philosophy New York University Responsible for all aspects of the second half of the course (on Ancient Asian Philosophy). Summer 2007, Introduction to Logic The College of New Jersey Responsible for all aspects of the course. Summer 2006, Living and Dying New York University Responsible for all aspects of the middle third of the course (substitute for Melis Erdur). 3 Teaching as Assistant Spring 2010 (for John Richardson), Existentialism and Phenomenology New York University Responsible for half of the grading, two weekly TA sessions, and weeky office hours. Spring 2008 (for Nicholas Stang), Aesthetics New York University Responsible for all of the grading, two weekly TA-sessions, and weekly office hours. Fall 2008 (for Dale Jamieson), Ethics and the Environment New York University Responsible for half of the grading, two weekly TA sessions, and weekly office hours. Spring 2007 (for Jim Pryor), Central Problems of Philosophy New York University Responsible for a third of the grading, two weekly TA-sessions, and weekly office hours. 4