Curriculum Vita


Contact

Mail
University of Notre Dame, Department of Philosophy, 100 Malloy Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556-4619
Email
wrathius@gmail.com

Education

B.A.
Biola University, Philosophy (2006)
Ph.D.
University of Notre Dame, Philosophy (in progress)

Research Interests


Metaphysics
Free will, modality, material constitution, physicalism
Epistemology
Skepticism, justification, closure, content externalism

Presentations


November 16-17, 2007
"Warrant's Function" Midwest Regional Graduate Conference (Northern Illinois University).
November 2-3, 2007
"No Pairing Problem" Graduate Conference on the Philosophy of Mind (Virginia Tech University).
October 19-20, 2007
"Warrant is Unique" 12th Shapiro Graduate Conference (Brown University).
October 5-6, 2007
"Warrant is Unique," 59th Northwest Conference for Philosophy (Lewis and Clark College).
March 22-24, 2007
"In Defense of the Maxim," Society of Christian Philosophers Midwest Regional Meeting (University of Dubuque).
February 24, 2007
"Transfer Principles: Some Counterexamples," UCLA/USC Grad Student Philosophy Conference (University of California, Los Angeles).
February 23, 2007
"No Pairing Problem," Society of Christian Philosophers Pacific Regional Meeting (Azusa Pacific University).
January 12-14, 2007
"Classical Theism and Supervenience," Student Philosophy of Religion Conference (Rutgers University).
May 18-21, 2006
"Some Unsound Arguments for Incompatibilism," Society for Exact Philosophy (University of California, San Diego).
May 19, 2006
"Plato's Phaedo and the Argument from Affinity," Torrey Honors Institute Spring Colloquium (Biola University).
April-May, 2006
"Some Unsound Arguments for Incompatibilism," First Annual Online Philosophy Conference (Outstanding Undergraduate Paper). Commentator: John Martin Fischer (UC, Riverside).
February 16-18, 2006
"Some Unsound Arguments for Incompatibilism," Society of Christian Philosophers Pacific Regional Meeting (University of San Diego).
October 29, 2005
"Rights Externalism?," 10th Southern California Philosophy Conference (California State University, Northridge).
October 21, 2005
Comment on "A Paradox for Moderate Deontology," by Michael Huemer (University of Colorado at Boulder), 57th Northwest Conference for Philosophy (Seattle University).
April 2, 2005
"Recalibrating the Critical Power Objection," Pacific University Undergraduate Philosophy Conference.
April 2, 2005
Comment on "The Dual Character Hypothesis," by Paul DiRado (Whitman College), Pacific University Undergraduate Philosophy Conference.

Awards and Grants


2006-present
Eli Lilly Fellowship, University of Notre Dame
2005-2006
Fellow, Leopold Schepp Foundation
2004-2005
Humane Studies Fellow, Institute for Humane Studies

Professional Memberships


2004-present
American Philosophical Association

Service


2005-2006
Co-president, Association of Student Philosophers, Biola University
2005
Website development, Department of Philosophy, Biola University
2003-2005
President/Founder, The Forum (student-run speech and debate club)

References

Complete CV and references available on request.