(WILLIAM) DEREK BOWMANCurriculum Vitae

EDUCATIONBROWN UNIVERSITY

Ph.D., Philosophy, Brown University, 2013DISSERTATION: Utopian Social Models and the Ideal Theory Debate COMMITTEE: David Estlund (chair), Sharon Krause, Charles Larmore

NEW YORK UNIVERSITYM.A., Humanities and Social Thought, 2002THESIS: A Critique of the Treatment/Enhancement Distinction in Norman Daniels’s Theory of Just Health CareADVISOR: Frances Kamm

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIAA.B., Philosophy (Minor: Anthropology), 1999

ACADEMIC POSITIONSPROVIDENCE COLLEGE

Visiting Assistant Professor in Philosophy, Spring 2016Special Lecturer in Philosophy, Fall 2013 - Fall 2015

CLARK UNIVERSITYVisiting Lecturer in Philosophy, Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATIONEthics and Political Philosophy

AREAS OF COMPETENCEAncient Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy, Epistemology

RESEARCHPUBLICATIONS

“Philosophy Hitherto: A Reply to Frodeman and Briggle.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 5, no. 3 (2016): 85-91.

WORKS IN PROGRESS“Why Assume Full Compliance?”“Political Moralists in King Arthur’s Court” “What is Feasibility, and Why Does it Matter?”“The Circumstances of Justice” “Modality and (Republican) Freedom”

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TEACHING PROVIDENCE COLLEGE

Biomedical EthicsIntroduction to PhilosophyDevelopment of Western Civilization (Philosophy)Monsters, Magic, and Mothers

CLARK UNIVERSITY Personal Values

BROWN UNIVERSITYCritical Reasoning World Philosophy (pre-college)Weakness of Will (pre-college)

TULANE UNIVERSITYIntroduction to Philosophy

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIAIntroduction to Philosophy

ADDITIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE WRITING TUTOR, BROWN UNIVERSITY

Brown University Writing Center (2011-2013)

TEACHING ASSISTANT, BROWN UNIVERSITYPhilosophy of Law (David Estlund)Marxism (Charles Larmore)Early Modern Philosophy (Charles Larmore)Political Philosophy (David Estlund)

TEACHING ASSISTANT, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIAIntroduction to Philosophy (Ashley Sherman)Introduction to Ethics (Victoria Kamsler)

PRESENTATIONSINVITED PRESENTATIONS

“Possibility and Utopia in Plato’s Republic,” University of New England, September 2013; Sponsored by the University of New England Philosophy Club.

“Political Moralists in King Arthur’s Court,” Clark University, April 2013; Co-sponsored by the Philosophy Department, The Higgins School for the Humanities, and the Philosophy Department’s Jefferson Fund.

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PAPERS PRESENTED AT BROWN UNIVERSITY“The Importance of Taking Things for Granted,” Philosophy Graduate Forum, March 2012

“Political Moralists in King Arthur’s Court,” Graduate Political Philosophy Workshop, Oct 2011

“Possibility and Utopia in the Republic,” Graduate Political Philosophy Workshop, April 2011

“Doxastic Moralism,” Philosophy Graduate Forum, March 2011

“Modality and Freedom: Analyzing Pettit’s Conditions for Non-domination,” Graduate Political Philosophy Workshop, Dec 2009

“In Defense of Ideal Theory,” Graduate Political Philosophy Workshop, Nov 2008 “Too Many Thoughts about ‘One Thought Too Many,’” Philosophy Graduate Forum, Sept 2007

“The Problem of Rectification for Nozick’s Entitlement Theory,” Philosophy Graduate Forum, Feb 2007

COMMENTS“Recklessness, Timidity, and Fanaticism: A Paradox for Small Probabilities and Enormous Values” by Nick Beckstead, Brown University Philosophy Graduate Conference, November 2010

“Liberal Patriotism Revisited” by Maren Behrnsen, Brown University Philosophy Graduate Conference, Nov 2009

"Taking Diversity Seriously: Experimental Philosophy, Synchronic and Diachronic Approaches to the Study of Concepts" by Chris Zarpentine, Brown University Philosophy Graduate Conference, Nov 2008

“The 'Geach-Frege' Dilemma for Non-Cognitive Fictionalists” by Dan Demetriou, Brown University Philosophy Graduate Conference, Oct 2007

PROFESSIONAL SERVICEPresident, Philosophy Graduate Forum, Brown University (2009-2010)

Vice-President, Philosophy Graduate Forum, Brown University (2007-2009)

Co-organizer (with Sean Aas), Graduate Political Philosophy Workshop, Brown University (2008-2009)

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Co-organizer (with Kateryna Samoilova), 12th Annual Graduate Conference in Philosophy, Brown University (2006)

GRADUATE SEMINARS (at Brown unless otherwise noted; * = Audited)POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

Democratic Authority (David Estlund)Realism and Utopianism in Normative Political Philosophy (Estlund)*Groups as Agents (Estlund)*Liberal Rights and Democratic Theory: Two New Books (Estlund) Contractarianism and Its Limits (Charles Larmore) Freedom (Larmore)*Philosophy of John Rawls (Larmore)Politics of Gender (Sharon Krause)Freedom, Power, and Political Action (Krause)*Civic Virtue and Duties of Citizenship (Jason Brennan)

ETHICS AND PRACTICAL REASON Moral Psychology (Nomy Arpaly)Moral Psychology in Literature (Arpaly)Philosophy of Bernard Williams (Larmore)Kantian Ethics (Michael Rolf) *Instrumental Reason (Jamie Drier)*Reasons and Rationality (Derek Parfit and T.M. Scanlon, Harvard)

PLATOLate Plato (Mary Louise Gill)*Plato's Republic (Gill)

EPISTEMOLOGY AND MIND Rational Belief and Self-doubt (David Christensen)Emergentism and Epiphenomenalism (Jaegwon Kim)

NON-DEGREE GRADUATE COURSESPhilosophy, Tulane University (2004-2006), (transferred to Brown)Philosophy, University of Georgia (2002-2004), (transferred to Tulane)

PROFESSIONAL REFERENCESDavid Estlund, Lombardo Family Professor of HumanitiesPhilosophy, Brown University David_Estlund@brown.edu (401) 863-3096

Charles Larmore, W. Duncan MacMillan Family Professor in the HumanitiesPhilosophy, Brown University Charles_Larmore@brown.edu (401) 863-3001

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Sharon Krause, Professor of Political SciencePolitical Science, Brown University Sharon_Krause@brown.edu (401) 863-6095

Vance Morgan, ProfessorPhilosophy, Providence Collegethorsen@providence.edu (401) 865-1258

Scott Hendricks, Associate Professor Philosophy, Clark University shendricks@clarku.edu (508) 793-7551

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