THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO

FACULTY OF ARTS

CURRICULUM VITAE

Section I
Personal

NAME: Robert James Harold STAINTON

DATE COMPILED: November 25, 2003 (Updated January 7, 2019)

DEPARTMENT: Philosophy

ADDRESS:
Stevenson Hall, Room 3126
1151 Richmond St.
London, ON Canada N6A 5B8

TELEPHONE:
Office phone: 519-661-2111 ext. 82757
Fax : (519) 661-3922

E-mail : rstainto@uwo.ca

Section II
Education

SECONDARY SCHOOLS (Date, Place):

1980-1984, Earl Haig Secondary School, Toronto, Ontario

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1984, Liceo N 1: Juana de Ibarbourou, Melo, Uruguay

UNIVERSITIES (Dates and Degrees):

Ph.D., Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1993)

Minor Concentration: Linguistics
Committee: Sylvain Bromberger (chair), Noam Chomsky, James Higginbotham
B.A. (Honours) with First Class Standing, Political Science and Philosophy, York University (1988)
B.A. (Specialized) magna cum laude, Philosophy, York University (1987)

DISTINCTIONS, HONOURS, FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS WITH DATES:

Rotary Paul Harris Fellowship (2018)

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USC Teaching Honour Roll, Award of Excellence (2011-12)
Elected to Royal Society of Canada (2012)
Listed by Macleans news magazine as one of Carleton’s “popular professors” (2002, 2003, 2004)
Province of Ontario, Premier’s Research Excellence Award (2002)
Member of the College of Reviewers, Canada Research Chairs Program (2001-)
Marston LaFrance Research Fellowship (2001)
Carleton University Research Achievement Award (1999)
Andrew W. Mellon Dissertation Year Fellowship (1992)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship (1990)
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities (1988)
M.I.T. Graduate Fellowship (1988-1993)
Glendon College Philosophy Prize (1988)
York University In-Course Scholarships (1985-87)
York University Entrance Scholarship (1984)

OTHER FORMAL EDUCATION:

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Postdoctoral Fellow, Instituto de

Investigaciones Filosóficas (Summer 1994)

Section III
Academic Career

PRESENT RANK AND STATUS OF APPOINTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF

WESTERN ONTARIO:
Distinguished University Professor (2011-)

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITY EMPLOYMENT AND OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE

(Institution(s), Rank(s) Held, Dates):

Institution Unit Rank Dates

A. Tenure Track Appointments
University of Department of Philosophy Full Professor 2006-2011
Western Ontario
University of Department of Philosophy Associate Professor 2004-2006
Western Ontario
Carleton University Department of Philosophy, the Tier II Canada Research 2001-2004
Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies Chair in Cognitive Science
(Cognitive Science), and the School
of Linguistics and Applied
Language Studies
Carleton University Department of Philosophy, the Associate Professor 1997-2001
Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies
(Cognitive Science), and the School
of Linguistics and Applied
Language Studies

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Carleton University Department of Philosophy Assistant Professor 1993-97
B. Adjunct Professorial Appointments
Carleton University Department of Philosophy and Adjunct Research Professor 2004-2009
Institute of Cognitive Science
University of Department of Philosophy and Adjunct Professor 2001-2004
Ottawa Faculty of Graduate and
Postdoctoral Studies
C. Visiting Positions
Australian National School of Philosophy, Research RSSS Visiting Fellow 2017-2018
University School of Social Sciences
University of Institute of Philosophy, School of Collaborative Stipendiary 2017-2018
London Advanced Study Visiting Fellow
Universidad de Maestría en Ciencias Cognositivas Académico Internacional August
Costa Rica Visitante 2011
Simon Fraser Department of Philosophy James S. McDonnell 2010-2011
University Distinguished Visiting
Professor of
Neurophilosophy
Dalhousie Department of Philosophy Professor of Philosophy Summer
University (visiting) 2006
University of Department of Philosophy Visiting Adjunct Research 2003-2004
Western Ontario Professor
Universidad de la Maestría en Filosofía, Facultad de Invited Professor December
República Humanidades 2001
(Montevideo,
Uruguay)
University of Puerto Department of Humanities Visiting Associate Professor Winter
Rico at Mayagüez term 1999
Rutgers University Center for Cognitive Science Visiting Researcher Winter
term 1997
University of Linguistics Department Visiting Scholar Winter
Massachusetts at term 1996
Amherst
D. Other Academic Employment
Salem State College Department of Philosophy Lecturer 1991
(Salem,
Massachusetts)
York University The Applied Linguistics Research Research coordinator for the 1988-91
Working Group (ALRWG) LE CAMP Project:
Pragmatics in Second
Language Situations

DATE AND TYPE OF FIRST APPOINTMENT AT UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN

ONTARIO (Continuous Service To Present):

Visiting Adjunct Research Professor, Department of Philosophy (2003-2004)

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PROMOTIONS:

Promoted to Distinguished University Professor in 2011

Promoted to Full Professor in 2006
Promoted to Associate Professor in 1997

TENURE (Date Conferred): 1996

ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS BY THE UNIVERSITY (Type, Date):

Institution Unit Position Dates

University of Graduate Program in Acting Director 2015-2016
Western Ontario Linguistics
University of Department of Philosophy Area Coordinator, Mind and 2005-2007,
Western Ontario Language Graduate Field 2013-16
University of Graduate Program in Director 2012-2014
Western Ontario Linguistics
University of Faculty of Arts and Associate Dean (Research and 2008-2010
Western Ontario Humanities Graduate Studies)
University of Faculty of Arts and Acting Associate Dean 2007-2008
Western Ontario Humanities (Research)
Carleton University Institute of Interdisciplinary Director, Doctoral Program in 2001-2003
Studies Cognitive Science
Carleton University Faculty of Arts and Social Clerk 1997-2000
Sciences
Carleton University Department of Philosophy Acting Chair September
1999
Carleton University Institute of Interdisciplinary Acting Chair September
Studies 1998
Carleton University Theoretical Linguistics Director 1996-1997
Organized Research Unit

LEAVE(S) GRANTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO OR OTHER

UNIVERSITIES (Type, Date):

A. Sabbatical Leave: Winter 1997; 2003-04; Winter 2011; 2017-18

B. Study Leave: Fall 2010

C. Leave of Absence, with or without salary (Please

indicate): Parental Leave with salary, Winter 2002

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 Section IV
Teaching Experience

GENERAL AREA(S) OF ACADEMIC SPECIALIZATION:

Areas of Specialization (Philosophy): Philosophy of language; Epistemology and philosophy of mind;

Philosophical issues in cognitive science
Areas of Specialization (Linguistics): Clinical and theoretical pragmatics; Formal semantics of natural
language

COURSES TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO AND ELSEWHERE

(Subject, Description and Level):

Teaching Assignments (2018-19):

Phil 2261F: Talking Philosophy
Phil 4210G/Ling 9453B/Phil 9614B: Survey of Philosophy of Language
Phil 9653A: Doctoral Proseminar

Subject Description (Course Title) Level Date

A. Graduate courses taught

Philosophy 9931B: Reading Course: J.J. Katz’ Ph.D. Winter 2017
Philosophy of Linguistics
Linguistics/Philosophy 9210B/9619B: Problems in Philosophy Ph.D. Winter 2017
of Language – Ordinary Language
Philosophy
Philosophy 9653A: Doctoral Proseminar Ph.D. Fall 2016

Philosophy 9925A: Reading Course: Grammar and M.A. Fall 2015

Inference
Linguistics 9500Y/9501Q: Graduate Research M.A. Fall 2013-15
Seminar
Linguistics/Philosophy 9453B/9614B: Philosophy of Language Ph.D. Winter 2015
Survey
Philosophy 9935B: Reading Course: Phenomenal Ph.D. Winter 2015
Intentionality
Philosophy 9613A: Kripke Ph.D. Fall 2014
Linguistics 9451A: Philosophy and Linguistics M.A. Fall 2013,
2016
Linguistics/Philosophy 9452A/9727A: Problems in Philosophy Ph.D. Fall 2012
of Language
Linguistics 9501A: Linguistics Research Seminar M.A. Fall 2012
(First year students)
Linguistics 9500Y: Linguistics Research Seminar M.A. Fall/Winter

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 (Second year students) 2012-13
Philosophy 9926B: Reading Course: History of Ph.D. Winter 2012
Philosophy of Language
Philosophy 9610B: Post-War Analytic Metaphysics Ph.D. Winter 2012
and Epistemology
Philosophy 9609A: Pre-War Analytic Metaphysics Ph.D Fall 2011
and Epistemology
Philosophy 9607A: The Semantics-Pragmatics Ph.D. Fall 2011
Boundary
Linguistics/Philosophy 9451: Graduate Seminar in Philosophy Ph.D. Winter 2010
and Linguistics
Linguistics/Philosophy 9670B/9401B: Semantics Ph.D. Winter 2009
Philosophy 574B: Problems in Philosophy of Mind: M.A. Winter 2007
Autism and the Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy Reading Course: Varying Approaches Ph.D. Fall 2006
to the Philosophy of Language
Philosophy 574A: Autism and the Philosophy of M.A. Fall 2005
Mind
Philosophy 784B: Words and Thoughts Ph.D. Winter 2005
Cognitive Science Language and Cognition Ph.D. Winter 2002
Philosophy Vagueness M.A. Winter 2001
Philosophy Lenguaje, Conocimiento y M.A. December
Comunicación 2001
Cognitive Science Ellipsis and the Syntax/Semantics Ph.D. Fall 1999
Interface
Philosophy Philosophy of Language: Chomsky M.A. Fall 1999
Cognitive Science Research Seminar Ph.D. Fall 1998,
1999
Philosophy Philosophy of Language: Dummett and M.A. Fall 1998
Frege
Philosophy Philosophy of Language: Gareth Evans M.A. Fall 1997
Philosophy Proseminar M.A. Fall 1998
Philosophy Davidson’s Action Theory M.A. Fall 1996
Philosophy Common Sense in Epistemology M.A. Fall 1995
Philosophy Mental Representation M.A. Spring 1995
Philosophy Philosophical Semantics M.A. Fall 1993
Linguistics Introduction to Linguistic Theory at an PhD [Tutorial Spring 1991
Advanced Level leader, under N.
Chomsky]
B. Undergraduate courses taught

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Philosophy 4210G: Problems in Philosophy of 400-level Winter 2017
Language – Ordinary Language
Philosophy
Philosophy 2260G: Introduction to Philosophy of 200-level Winter 2016,
Language 2017
Philosophy 4210G: Philosophy of Language 400-level Winter 2015
Survey
Philosophy 4997G: Reading Course: Philosophy 400-level Winter 2015
and Language
Philosophy 1260B: Talking Philosophy 100-level Winter 2015
Philosophy 2500F/G: Introduction to the Theory of 200-level Fall 2006,
Knowledge Winter 2014
Philosophy and 3270F/G: Philosophy and Linguistics 300-level Fall 2013,
Linguistics Winter 2012
Philosophy 4210F/G: Problems in Philosophy of 400-level Fall 2012,
Language Winter 2015
Philosophy 4080E: Contemporary Analytic 400-level Fall/Winter
Philosophy 2011-12
Philosophy 4210F: The Semantics-Pragmatics 400-level Fall 2011
Boundary
Philosophy 333G: Philosophy and Linguistics 300-level Winter 2011
Philosophy 405G: Problems in Philosophy of 400-level Winter 2007
Mind: Autism and the Philosophy of
Mind
Philosophy 246G: Introduction to Philosophy of 200-level Winter 2007
Mind
Philosophy 153F: Death 100-level Fall 2006
Philosophy 211G: Early Modern Philosophy 200-level Winter 2006

Philosophy 475F: Problems in Philosophy: Autism 400-level Fall 2005

and the Philosophy of Mind
Health Sciences HS202F: Critical Thinking in the 200-level Fall 2004
Health Sciences
Philosophy 225F: Introduction to Philosophy of 200-level Fall 2004
Language
Philosophy Seminar in Contemporary Philosophy 400-level Winter 2002
Linguistics, Mass Language and Communication 200-level Fall/Winter
Communication and 1993-1998,
Philosophy Fall 2000,
Winter 2002,
Fall 2002
Philosophy Mind and Truth 100-level Fall 1994,
1996, 2000,

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 Winter 2001

Philosophy Philosophy of Mind 200-level Winter 1994,

1995, Fall
2000
Philosophy Philosophy of Language 400-level Fall 1994,
1997-1999
Philosophy Epistemología Contemporánea 300-level Winter 1999
Philosophy Filosofía Analítica 400-level Winter 1999
Philosophy Introducción a la Filosofía Medieval 200-level Winter 1999
Linguistics Grammatical Theory 300-level Winter 1998
Philosophy Philosophy of Computing 300-level Fall 1996
Linguistics Semantics 300-level Fall 1995
Philosophy Personal Identity and Self 200-level Fall 1994

SUMMER SCHOOL, EXTENSION AND CONTINUING EDUCATION TAUGHT AT THE

UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO AND ELSEWHERE (Subject, Description and Level):

Subject Course Title Level Date

A. Graduate courses taught
Linguistics Reading Course: Conversational Impairments M.A. Summer
and Embodied Cognition 2006
Cognitive Science Límites entre Semántica y Pragmática M.A. Summer
2011
Philosophy Propectus Course: Higher Order Thought Ph.D. Summer
Theories of Consciousness 2010
Philosophy Rorty and Philosophy of Science M.A. Summer
1996
Philosophy Filosofía del Lenguaje y Lingüística: M.A. Summer
Interrogativos 1994
B. Undergraduate courses taught
Philosophy Reading Course: Formal Methods in 400- Summer
Epistemology and Language level 2018
Philosophy Topics in Philosophy of Language 400- Summer
level 2006
Linguistics, Mass Language and Communication 200- Summer
Communication, Philosophy level 2001
Philosophy Mind and Truth 100- Summer
level 1998

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Philosophy Philosophy of Computing 300- Summer
level 1998
Philosophy Symbolic Logic 300- Summer
level 1992

SUPERVISION (Name of Student, Project Title, Level, Date; if Chief Supervisor, please indicate):

Name of Project Title Level and Unit Date Chief

Student Supervisor
(Y/N)
Dylan Hurry Singular Thought and Proper Names Ph.D., Philosophy In Yes
progress
Chang Liu Slurs as Illocutionary Force Ph.D., Philosophy In Yes
Indicators progress
Jiangtian Li Semantics and Pragmatics of Ph.D., Philosophy In Yes
Polysemy progress
Peter Phenomenal Intentionality and Ph.D., Philosophy In Yes. Co-
Verveniotis Knowledge of Language progress supervisor
Christopher The Liar Paradox and Natural M.A., Linguistics 2017 Yes
Maligec Language Semantics
Justina Diaz CONICET Postdoctoral Fellow PDF, Philosophy 2017 Yes
Legaspe
Lauren Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis in M.A., Linguistics 2017 Yes
McIntosh Alzheimer’s Disease
Jiangtian Li Names are Also Polysemous M.A., Philosophy 2016 Yes

Alexandra Investigating the Relationships M.A., Linguistics 2016 Yes

Annibale between Word Embodiment, Word
Sensory Experience Ratings and
Semantic Representations in ASD and
NLD
Kristy Towards Discourses of Resilience: M.A., Linguistics 2016 Yes
Townshend Reframing Youth Mental Health
Lisa Pelot The Constellations of Empricism, Ph.D., Philosophy 2016 Yes
New Science, and Mind: In Hobbes,
Locke, and Hume
Steve Pearce Pure Representationalism about Ph.D., Philosophy 2016 No. Second
Propositional Attitudes reader
Jonathan Life A Biopsychological Foundation for Ph.D., Philosophy 2015 Yes
Linguistics
Fiona Schick How to Think About Thinking About M.A., Philosophy 2015 Yes
The Ontology of Hate Speech

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Chang Liu Saving Descriptivism from Kripke M.A., Philosophy 2015 Yes
Hongyu Zhou Visiting Doctoral Student in Ph.D., Philosophy 2015 Yes
Philosophy (China)
Nic McGinnis Philosophical Intuitions Ph.D., Philosophy 2015 Yes
Jessica Zhang Visiting Scholar in Theoretical and PDF, Linguistics 2014 Yes
Applied Linguistics (China)
Melissa The Debate about Time: Examining Ph.D., Philosophy 2014 Yes
MacAulay the Evidence from Our
Ordinary Experience Of Time
Guillaume Language, Mind, and Cognitive Ph.D., Philosophy 2014 No. Second
Beaulac Science reader
Monica Linguistic Strategies for Brevity on M.A., Linguistics 2014 Yes
McMillan Twitter
Jenny ‘Great God in Boots!’: The M.A., Philosophy 2013 Yes
Teplitsky Impredicative Argument for the
Existence of God
Lee-Anna The Resilience of a Refined Higher- Ph.D., Philosophy 2013 Yes
Sangster Order Thought Theory of
Consciousness
Lareina Tagalog Verbs and Situation Aspect M.A., Linguistics 2013 No. Second
Milambiling reader
Michael A Semantic-Pragmatic Account of M.A., Philosophy 2013 Yes
Levine Anti-Substitution Intuitions in Simple
Sentences
Lisa Farlow Perspectives on the Frame Problem M.A., Philosophy 2012 Yes
Sheldon Heuristics, Concepts, and Cognitive Ph.D., Philosophy 2011 No. Second
Chow Architecture: Toward Understanding reader
How the Mind Works
MacKenzie Pragmatic Communication among M.A., Linguistics 2011 Yes
Salt Individuals with Autism Spectrum
Disorders
Matt Quine’s Dogma of Linguistic M.A., Philosophy 2010 Yes
Cameron Empiricism
Julia Watt Practical Moral Persuasion Ph.D., Philosophy 2010 No. Second
reader
Philip Kuchar Naturalism, Norms, and Ph.D., Philosophy 2010 No. Second
Intentionality: The Substitutionary reader
Aspects of Mental Representations
Gareth Intuitions, Cross-Cultural Cognition, Ph.D., Philosophy 2010 No. Second
Doherty and Experimental Philosophy reader
Luke A Cognitive Approach to Ph.D., Philosophy 2009 Yes
Jerzykiewicz Benacerraf’s Dilemma

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Liv Smithies Contextualism in Epistemology and M.A., Philosophy 2009 Yes
Objective Standards
Kaja Jasinska The Relationship between Theory of M.A., Linguistics 2009 No. Second
Mind and Social Communication in reader
Children with Developmental
Language Impairment
Sarah Lublink Critical Thinking and the Ethics of Ph.D, Philosophy 2009 No.
Teaching Departmental
examiner
Aaron Barth Reconstructive and Natural Language Ph.D, Philosophy 2008 No. Second
Applications of Linguistic Analysis reader
Greg Andres The Meaning-Theoretic Basis of Ph.D, Philosophy 2007 No. Second
Logic reader
Dan Blair PREA Postdoctoral Fellow PDF, Philosophy 2004-06 Yes
Karen Externalism and Chomskyan M.A., Philosophy 2005 Yes
Stillwell Semantics Senate Medal
Catherine Canada Research Chair Postdoctoral PDF, Philosophy 2002-05 Yes
Wearing Fellow
Sam Scott Non-Referring Concepts: Evidence Ph.D., Cognitive 2003 Yes
from Cognitive Science Science
Senate Medal
Corinne Iten Canada Research Chair Postdoctoral PDF, Linguistics 2002-03 Yes
Fellow
Louise The Conditional Reading of M.A., Philosophy 2002 Yes
Vigeant Properties
Kristy Piecing Together the Puzzle: An Honours Thesis, 2002 Yes
Townsend Examination of the Relation between Psychology
Theory of Mind and Autism
Christopher SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship PDF, Philosophy 2000-02 Yes
Viger
Madeleine What Metaphors Are M.A., Philosophy 2000 Yes
Arseneault
Alex Taylor Crossing Divides: Avoiding M.A., Philosophy 1999 Yes
Incompatibility in Semantic and
Cognitive Theories
Ian Slater Soft Focus: A Critical Assessment of M.A., Philosophy 1998 No. Second
Antirealism in the Historical Context reader
Derrick On the Prospects for Jerry Fodor’s Honours Thesis, 1997 Yes
Lacelle LOT Hypothesis as the Basis of a Linguistics and
Theory of Linguistic Meaning Applied Language
Studies
David G.E. Moore and Responses to M.A., Philosophy 1997 Yes
Matheson Philosophically Sceptical Doubts Senate Medal

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Todd Verge Complex Adaptive Systems as Natural M.A., Philosophy 1996 Yes
Kinds
Arshia Definite Descriptions Honours Thesis, 1996 Yes
Asudeh Cognitive Science
Grant Baird Quine and Chomsky on Language M.A., Philosophy 1996 Yes
Indeterminacy: Is There a Debate? Senate Medal
Nada Khirdaji The Fate of the Wild Child: Applying M.A., Philosophy 1995 Yes
Feminist Epistemology to Chomskian
Linguistics
Chris Viger A Classifier System-Based Model of M.A., Philosophy 1994 No. Second
Some Characteristic Features of reader
Consciousness
Tim Kenyon Dennett, Memes, and the M.A., Philosophy 1993 No. Second
Construction of the Self reader

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 Section V
Grants, Consultantships & Publication

RESEARCH GRANTS (Other than Department: Source, Date, Amount,

Title of Project):

Source Date Amount Title of Project Co-investigators

(CAN$)
A. Government or Extra-University
Institute of December 8,369 Collaborative Visiting None
Philosophy, School of 22, 2017 [4,500 Fellowship
Advanced Studies, GBP]
University of London
Social Sciences and March 31, 51,460 Do Languages Really Exist? None
Humanities Research 2017
Council of Canada,
Insight Grant
Research School of December 8,342 Troubles with Phenomenal Daniel Stoljar (Co-
Social Sciences 19, 2016 [8,500 Intentionality PI)
Visiting Fellowship, AUD]
Australian National
University
Social Sciences and April 4, 72,850 Linguistic Pluralisms None
Humanities Research 2013
Council of Canada,
Insight Grant
Social Sciences and February 3, 14,814 Linguistic Meaning: History M. Cameron (Co-PI)
Humanities Research 2012 of Philosophy of Language
Council of Canada Aid
to Research
Workshops and
Conferences
Social Science and March 30, 59,680 New Perspectives on Speech J. Knobe
Humanities Research 2011 Acts (Collaborator); J.
Council of Canada. Turri (Principal
Standard (3 Year) Investigator)
Research Grant.
Social Science and March 30, 52,029 Aesthetic Judgments and the J. Young (Principal
Humanities Research 2011 New Philosophy of Investigator)
Council of Canada. Language
Standard (3 Year)
Research Grant.
Social Science and March 31, 82,840 History of Philosophy of R. Barney, B. Hill, H.
Humanities Research 2008 Language Lagerlund, C.
Council of Canada. Panaccio, M.
Standard (3 Year) Tweedale (Co-

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Research Grant. Investigators); R.
Elugardo
(Collaborator)
Social Science and March 31, 47,700 Varieties of Predication I. Paul (Principal
Humanities Research 2008 Investigator)
Council of Canada.
Standard (3 Year)
Research Grant.
Canadian Institutes of June 28, 152,793 Pragmatic Determinants of J. de Villiers (co-
Health Research. 2006 Literal Content in Autism Principal
Operating Grant Spectrum Disorder Investigator), P.
Szatmari (Co-
Investigator)
Social Science and March 31, 119,743 The Semantics-Pragmatics J. de Villiers, T.
Humanities Research 2005 Boundary from the Kenyon, I. Paul, C.
Council of Canada. Perspective of Cognitive Viger (Co-
Standard (3 Year) Science and Pragmatic Investigators) ;
Research Grant. Deficits in Autism R. Elugardo
(Collaborator)
Social Science and March 30, 208,799 Pragmatic Impairments in J. de Villiers
Humanities Research 2004 Pervasive Developmental (Principal
Council of Canada. Disorder Investigator), P.
Standard (3 Year) Szatmari (Co-
Research Grant. Investigator)
Ontario Ministry of April 1, 100,000 The Semantics-Pragmatics None
Science, Energy and 2002 Boundary from the
Technology Perspective of Cognitive
Science
Social Science and March 26, 210,990 The Semantics-Pragmatics S. Davis (Co-
Humanities Research 2002 Boundary and Pragmatic Investigator); R.
Council of Canada. Determinants of Literal Elugardo
Standard (3 Year) Content from (Collaborator)
Research Grant. the Perspective of Cognitive
Science.
Canada Research July 1, 2001 300,000 Integrating Speech and None
Chairs Program Vision
Social Science and March 30, 49,000 Philosophical Implications R. Elugardo
Humanities Research 1999 of Non-Sentential Speech (Collaborator)
Council of Canada.
Standard (3 Year)
Research Grant.
Consejo Nacional de June 21, 6,700 Interrogativos None
Ciencia y Tecnología 1994
(CONACYT), Mexico
B. University

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New International August 24, 3,495 Collaborations in None
Research Networks 2017 Linguistics with University
Award of Ghana School of
Languages
Smallman Fund May 31, 500 Publication assistance for None
2012 Sourcebook in History of
Philosophy of Language
Rosslyn Swanson May 31, 500 Publication assistance for None
Fund 2012 Sourcebook in History of
Philosophy of Language
Vice-President May 31, 1000 Publication assistance for None
Research, University 2012 Sourcebook in History of
of Western Ontario, Philosophy of Language
Matching Funds
Smallman Fund May 31, 1000 Publication assistance for None
2009 Michael Gregory’s
Proposals for a
Communication Linguistics
Academic May 1, 2008 22,300 Non-canonical Predication I. Paul (Director)
Development Fund
(Major)
Interdisciplinary September 70,500 Interdisciplinary I. Paul (co-Principal
Development 1, 2007 Approaches to Language Investigator)
Initiatives
Vice-President July 1, 2004 50,000 The Semantics/Pragmatics None
Research, University Boundary from the
of Western Ontario, Perspective of Cognitive
Matching Funds for Science
PREA
Dean of Arts and August 31, 32,000 The Semantics/Pragmatics None
Social Sciences, 2002 Boundary from the
Carleton University, Perspective of Cognitive
Matching Funds for Science
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dean of Arts and October 31, 4,000 Informational Integration None
Social Sciences, 2001 and the Linguistic and
Carleton University, Visual Input Systems
Dean’s Miscellaneous
Account
LaFrance Research July 1, 2001 20,000 Words and Thoughts None
Fellowship Award
Social Sciences and March 3, 3,000 Philosophical Implications None
Humanities Research 2000 of Non-Sentential Speech.
Council of Canada
GR-6

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Research Achievement July 1, 1999 15,000 Philosophical Implications None
Award of Non-Sentential Speech
Research and May 31, 1,000 Typesetting volume one of None
Publication Fund, 1997 Communication in
Carleton University Linguistics for Editions du
GREF
Social Sciences and April 29, 3,400 Deflationary Strategies in None
Humanities Research 1997. Cognitive Science
Council of Canada (Renewed
GR-6 April 9,
1998)
Research and September 3,000 Typesetting Philosophy and None
Publication Fund, 18, 1996 Linguistics for Westview
Carleton University Press
Research and June 5, 1996 345 Translation of the None
Publication Fund, manuscript “Aquinas on
Carleton University God’s Infinity”
Social Sciences and Aug. 10, 4,200 Semantic Types in Natural None
Humanities Research 1995 Language
Council of Canada (Renewed
GR-6 April 23,
1996)
Research and April 5, 2,000 Preparation of Philosophical None
Publication Fund, 1994 Perspectives on Language
Carleton University for Broadview Press
Social Sciences and Sept. 24, 6,000 Issues in the Epistemology None
Humanities Research 1993 of Linguistics
Council of Canada (Renewed
GR-6 Oct. 5,
1994)

CONSULTANTSHIPS (e.g., Reading Theses for Other Institutions,

Editorial Work, Refereeing, etc., with Dates):

A. External-to-University Examiner on Graduate Theses

Robert Stephens, Framing the Web: Cognitive Modularity and the Limits of Belief Revision. Ph.D.,
Department of Philosophy, McGill University, 2014.
Daiho Kitaoka, (Non)-Floating Numerical Quantifiers in Japanese. M.A., Department of Linguistics,
Memorial University, 2013.
Christina Behme, Cartesian Linguistics. Ph.D., Department of Philosophy, Dalhousie University, 2011.
Alison Hall, Free Pragmatic Processes and Explicit Utterance Content. Department of Linguistics,
University College London, 2008.
Mark Jary, Assertion and Mood. Ph.D., Department of Linguistics, University College London, 2005.
David Godden, Psychologism, Semantics and the Subject Matter of Logic. Department of Philosophy,

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Alona Soschen, On Subjects and Predicates in Russian. Ph.D., Department of Linguistics, University of
Ottawa, 2002.
Arthur Sullivan, Rigid Designation. Ph.D., Department of Philosophy. Queen’s University, 1999.
Manuela L. Ungureanu, Naturalism and Dualism in the Study of Language and Mind. Ph.D.,
Department of Philosophy, McGill University, 1998.

B. External-to-Department Examiner on Graduate Theses

Diana Botero, La adquisición en L2 de las cláusulas condicionales contrafactuales en pasado. Ph.D.,
Graduate Program in Hispanic Studies, University of Western Ontario, 2016.
Esperanza Ruiz Peña, ‘Alma’ o ‘Arma’: Evidencia de la Neutralizacion /l/, /r/ en la Variedad Dialectal
Andaluza de Sevilla. M.A., Graduate Program in Hispanic Studies, University of Western
Ontario, 2013.
Ana Faure, La Especificidad en L2 Español: Un Estudio con Hablantes de L1 Inglés y L1 Mandarín.
Ph.D., Graduate Program in Hispanic Studies, University of Western Ontario, 2010.
Barbara White, Annotating a Corpus of Biomedical Research Texts: Two Models of Rhetorical Analysis.
Ph.D., Department of French Studies, University of Western Ontario, 2009.
Chris McNorgan, Integrating Conceptual Knowledge Within and Across Representational Modalities.
Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, 2008.
Oxana Borzdyko, La Disjonction, L’Indéfinition et L’Interrogation : La Particule ‘Ci’ du Biélorusse.
Ph.D., Graduate Program in French, University of Western Ontario, 2004.
Kathy Barrath-Singh, Prototypes and the Perceptual Magnet Effect in the Perception of Vowels. Ph.D.,
Department of Psychology, Carleton University, 2000.
Darren J. Bender, Wildlife Movement in Fragmented Habitats. M.A., Ottawa-Carleton Institute of
Biology, Carleton University, 2000.
Walid Saba, A Pragmatic Approach to Quantification in Natural Language. Ph.D., School of Computer
Science, Carleton University, 1999.

C. Editorial Work
Commissioning Editor, Philosophy of Language: Connections and Perspectives book series. Rowman
and Littlefield (2018-).
Member of Editorial Board, International Review of Pragmatics (2009-)
Member of Editorial Board, Crítica: Revista Hispanoamericana de Filosofía (2008-)
Member of Editorial Committee, Cuestiones Filosóficas (2009-14)
Editor Responsible for Philosophy of Language, Canadian Journal of Philosophy (2002-2007)
Co-editor, Philosophy and Language section, Elsevier Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 2nd
Edition (2003-2005)
Member, Editorial Board, Carleton Studies in Cognitive Science (2002-2004)
Editor, Bulletin of the Canadian Philosophical Association (1994-2002)

D. Scholarly Referee:
Journals American Philosophical Quarterly; Applied Psycholinguistics; Atlantis: A Women’s
Studies Journal; Análisis Filosófico (Argentina); Australasian Journal of
Philosophy; Canadian Journal of Linguistics; Canadian Journal of Law and
Jurisprudence; Canadian Journal of Philosophy; The Carleton University Student
Journal of Philosophy; Crítica: Revista Hispanoamericana de Filosofía; Cuadernos

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 de Filosofía (Argentina); De Philosophie (Canada); Dialectica (Switzerland);
Dialogue; Diánoia; Elenkhos: Revista Semestral de la Sociedad Filosófica del
Uruguay; Ergo; Erkenntnis; European Journal of Analytic Philosophy; European
Journal for Philosophy of Science; Feminist Philosophical Quarterly; International
Review of Pragmatics; Journal of Consciousness Studies; Journal of Linguistics;
Journal of Philosophical Logic; Journal of Pragmatics; Journal of the American
Philosophical Association; Language Sciences; Legon Journal of the Humanities
(Ghana); Linguistica Atlantica; Lingua; Linguistics and Philosophy; Lodz Papers in
Pragmatics; Mind; Mind and Language; Noûs; Papeles Uruguayos de Filosofía;
Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences; Philosophers’ Imprint; Philosophical
Psychology; Philosophical Quarterly; Philosophical Studies; Philosophy and
Phenomenological Research; Philosophy Compass; Pragmatics & Cognition; Revue
Québécoise de Linguistique; Synthese; Teorema (Spain); Theoria (Sweden)
Book publishers Blackwell Publishing; Broadview Press; Cambridge University Press; CSLI
Publications; Oxford University Press; Palgrave Macmillan; Pearson Education
Canada; Seven Bridges Press; Springer
Grants and Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK); The British Academy; The British
Fellowships Council; Canada Council, The Trustees for the Killam Memorial Research
Fellowship; Les Fonds pour la Formation des Chercheurs et l’Aide à la Recherche
(Québec); Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (Belgium); The Leverhulme Trust
(UK); National Endowment for the Humanities (USA); Peter Wall Institute for
Advanced Study; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
(Standard Grant Competition)
Other American Philosophical Association; American Pragmatics Association, Canadian
Philosophical Association; Central States Philosophical Association; Conference on
Utterance Interpretation and Cognitive Models (Belgium); North American
Workshop on Pragmatics; Ontario Philosophical Society; Society for the Study of
Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour; Southern Society for
Philosophy and Psychology; Western Canadian Philosophical Association, World
Congress of Philosophy

PUBLICATIONS

[Notes: In every case of co-authored publication other than edited volume B12 below, I contributed at
least 50%. In the case of B12, I contributed approximately 25% of the work.]

BOOKS PUBLISHED (Title, Publisher, Place and Date of Publication, Number of Pages):

A. Books Authored
1. Words and Thoughts. Oxford University Press, Oxford: 2006. [248 pp.]
(Paperback edition, with corrections: 2009.)
2. Knowledge and Mind. (With J. Andrew Brook). The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA: 2000. [253 pp.]
(Paperback edition: 2001.)
3. Philosophical Perspectives on Language. Broadview Press, Peterborough, ON: 1996. [239 pp.]

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B. Books edited
1. Discourse, Structure and Linguistic Choice: The Theory and Applications of Molecular Sememics by
T. Price Caldwell. (Co-edited with Oliver Cresswell) Springer, Dordrecht: 2018. [134 pp.]
2. Sourcebook in the History of Philosophy of Language: Primary Source Texts from the Pre-Socratics
to Mill. (Co-edited with Margaret Cameron and Benjamin Hill). Springer, Dordrecht: 2017. [1102
pp.]
3. Linguistic Content: New Essays on the History of Philosophy of Language. (Co-edited with Margaret
Cameron). Oxford University Press, Oxford: 2015. [288 pp.]
4. The Semantics-Pragmatics Boundary in Philosophy. (Co-edited with Maite Ezcurdia). Broadview,
Peterborough, ON: 2013. [554 pp.]
5. Concise Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Language and Linguistics. (Co-edited with Alex Barber).
Elsevier, Oxford: 2010. [836 pp.]
6. Philosophy and Death: Introductory Readings. (Co-edited with Samantha Brennan) Broadview,
Peterborough, ON: 2010. [398 pp.]
7. Michael Gregory’s Proposals for a Communication Linguistics. (Co-edited with Jessica de Villiers).
Volume Two of Communication in Linguistics. Editions du GREF, Toronto: 2009. [340 pp.]
8. Compositionality, Context and Semantic Values: Essays in Honour of Ernie Lepore. (Co-edited with
Christopher Viger) Springer, Dordrecht: 2009. [281 pp.]
9. The Achilles of Rationalist Psychology. (Co-edited with Thomas M. Lennon). Springer, Dordrecht:
2008. [289 pp.]
10. Contemporary Debates in Cognitive Science. Blackwell, Oxford: 2006. [339 pp.]
[Chinese translation by Xiaoai Yang, China Science Publishing, 2015]
11. Ellipsis and Non-Sentential Speech. (Co-edited with Reinaldo Elugardo) Springer, Dordrecht: 2005.
[262 pp.]
12. New Essays in Philosophy of Language and Mind (Co-edited with Maite Ezcurdia & Christopher
Viger) Canadian Journal of Philosophy Supplementary Volume 30. University of Calgary Press,
Calgary: 2004. [449 pp.]
13. Papers in Honour of Michael Gregory. (Co-edited with Jessica de Villiers) Volume One of
Communication in Linguistics. Editions du GREF, Toronto: 2001. [395 pp.]
14. Perspectives in the Philosophy of Language: A Concise Anthology. Broadview Press, Peterborough,
ON: 2000. [352 pp.]
15. Philosophy and Linguistics. (Co-edited with Kumiko Murasugi) Westview Press, Boulder, CO:
1999. [285 pp.]

C. Volumes of Working Papers

1. Discourse in a Bilingual Setting: Working Papers at LE CAMP. Volume 2. Toronto: Applied
Linguistics Research Working Group (ALRWG), Glendon College of York University, 1992.
2. A LE CAMP Sourcebook. Volume 2. Toronto: Applied Linguistics Research Working Group
(ALRWG), Glendon College of York University, 1991.
3. A LE CAMP Sourcebook. Volume 1. (Co-edited with Alisa Hillier) Toronto: Applied Linguistics
Research Working Group (ALRWG), Glendon College of York University, 1990.
4. Discourse in a Bilingual Setting: Working Papers at LE CAMP. Volume 1. Toronto: Applied
Linguistics Research Working Group (ALRWG), Glendon College of York University, 1989.

ARTICLES PUBLISHED:

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A. Chapters in Edited Books (Title, Volume, Place, Publisher and Date of Publication, Page Numbers)
1. Quasi-Factives and Cognitive Efficiency. (With Axel Barceló) In K. Scott, B. Clark and R. Carston
(eds.) Relevance Theory: Pragmatics and Interpretation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
2019, pp. 53-65.
2. Two Questions about Interpretive Effects. (With Chris Viger) In G. Preyer (ed.) Semantics,
Pragmatics and Interpretation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, pp. 9-31.
3. Introduction. In T. Price Caldwell Discourse, Structure and Linguistic Choice. Edited posthumously
by O. Cresswell and R. Stainton. Dordrecht: Springer, 2018, pp. xv-xxxii.
4. Contextualism in Epistemology and Relevance Theory. (With Mark Jary) In Jonathan Jenkins
Ichikawa (ed.) The Routledge Handbook of Epistemic Contextualism. London: Routledge, 2017, pp.
480-492.
5. Introduction. (With Margaret Cameron) In M. Cameron and R.J. Stainton (eds.) Linguistic Content:
New Essays on the History of Philosophy of Language. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015, pp.
1-15.
6. La Psicología de la Justificación. (With Ángeles Eraña) In Patricia King, Juan González and Eduardo
González de Luna (eds.) Ciencias Cognitivas y Filosofía: Entre la Cooperación y la Integración.
Mexico City: Editorial MA Porrúa, 2014, pp. 181-199.
7. Philosophy of Linguistics. In S. Goldberg (ed.) Oxford Handbooks Online. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2014.
8. Introduction. (With Maite Ezcurdia) In M. Ezcurdia and R. Stainton (eds.) The Semantics-Pragmatics
Boundary in Philosophy. Broadview, Peterborough, 2013, pp. xiii-xxxiv.
9. The Role of Psychology in the Philosophy of Language. In D. Graff Fara and G. Russell (eds.)
Routledge Companion to the Philosophy of Language. London: Routledge, 2012, pp. 525-532.
10. Differential Pragmatic Abilities and Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Case of Pragmatic
Determinants of Literal Content. (With Jessica de Villiers and Brooke Myers) In M. Macaulay and
P. Garcés-Blitvich (eds.) Pragmatics and Context. Toronto: Antares, 2012, pp. 21-42.
11. Identity through Change and Substitutivity Salva Veritate. (With Reinaldo Elugardo) In M.
O’Rourke et al. Time and Identity. Topics in Contemporary Philosophy, Vol. 6. Cambridge, MA:
MIT Press, 2010, pp. 113-128.
12. Philosophy of Language. In L. Cummings (ed.) The Pragmatics Encyclopedia. London: Routledge,
2010, pp. 348-353.
[Turkish translation by Mustafa Yesil: “Dil Felsefesi”. Ilahiyat Fakultesi Dergisi Vol. 20(1),
2015, pp. 165-175.]
13. Contextualism in Epistemology and the Context Sensitivity of ‘Knows’. In J.C. Campbell, M.
O’Rourke and H. Silverstein (eds.) Knowledge and Skepticism. Topics in Contemporary
Philosophy, Vol. 5. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2010, pp. 113-139.
14. Introduction. (With Thomas M. Lennon) In T.M. Lennon and R.J. Stainton (eds.) The Achilles of
Rationalist Psychology. Dordrecht: Springer, 2008, pp. 1-18.
15. Pragmatic Abilities in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Case Study in Philosophy and the Empirical.
(With Jessica de Villiers and Peter Szatmari) In P.A. French and H.K. Wettstein (eds.) Philosophy
and the Empirical. Volume XXXI of Midwest Studies in Philosophy. Oxford: Blackwell, 2007, pp.
292-317.
16. On Restricting the Evidence Base for Linguistics. (With Corinne Iten and Catherine Wearing) In P.
Thagard (ed.) Philosophy of Psychology. Volume 12 of Handbook of the Philosophy of Science.
Oxford: Elsevier, 2006, pp. 219-246.
17. Neither Fragments Nor Ellipsis. In L. Progovac et al. (eds.) The Syntax of Nonsententials:

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 Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Linguistics Today Series. Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2006, 93-
116.
18. Meaning and Reference: Some Chomskyan Themes. In E. Lepore & B. Smith (eds.), Handbook of
Philosophy of Language. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006, pp. 913-940.
19. Really Intriguing, that Pred NP! (With Ileana Paul) In M. Radisic & C. Gurski (eds.) CLA Annual
Conference Proceedings/Actes du congrès de l’ACL, 2006, pp. 1-10.
20. Grice, Herbert Paul (1913-88). In J. Shook (ed.) Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers.
Bristol: Thoemmes Press, 2005, pp. 983-988.
21. Null Complements: Licensed by Syntax or by Semantics-Pragmatics? (With Corinne Iten, Marie-
Odile Junker, Aryn Pyke, and Catherine Wearing) In Marie-Odile Junker, Martha McGinnis and
Yves Roberge (eds.) CLA Annual Conference Proceedings/Actes du congrès de l’ACL, 2005, pp. 1-
15.
22. Introduction. (With Reinaldo Elugardo) In R. Elugardo & R. Stainton (eds.) Ellipsis and Non-
Sentential Speech. Dordrecht: Springer, 2005, pp. 1-26.
23. In Defense of Non-Sentential Assertion. In Z. Szabo (ed.) Semantics vs. Pragmatics. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2005, pp. 383-457.
24. Metaphysics, Substitution Salva Veritate and the Slingshot Argument. In K. Brown (ed.)
Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 2nd Edition. Oxford: Elsevier, 2005, Vol. 8, pp. 73-82.
25. Objects, Properties and Functions. In K. Brown (ed.) Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 2nd
Edition. Oxford: Elsevier, 2005, Vol. 9, pp. 5-14.
26. The Context Principle. In K. Brown (ed.) Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 2nd Edition.
Oxford: Elsevier, 2005, Vol. 3, pp. 108-115.
27. Introduction. (With Maite Ezcurdia and Christopher Viger) In M. Ezcurdia, R. Stainton & C. Viger
(eds.) New Essays in Philosophy of Language and Mind. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2004,
pp. vii-xiii.
28. Quantifier Phrases, Meaningfulness “in isolation”, and Ellipsis. In S. Davis and B. Gillon (eds.)
Semantics: A Reader. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, pp. 846-865. [Anthology reprint of a
1998 article, below.]
29. The Pragmatics of Non-Sentences. In L. Horn & G. Ward (eds.) Handbook of Pragmatics. Oxford:
Blackwell, 2004, pp. 266-287.
30. Grasping Objects and Contents. (With Reinaldo Elugardo) In A. Barber (ed.) Epistemology of
Language. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, pp. 257-302.
31. Varieties of Empiricism. (With David Matheson) In Y. Bouchard (ed.) Perspectives on Coherentism.
Aylmer, Quebec: Éditions du Scribe, 2002, pp. 99-113.
32. “Obviously Propositions are Nothing...”: Russell and the Logical Form of Belief Reports. (With
Lenny Clapp) In G. Preyer & G. Peter (eds.) Logical Form and Language. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2002, pp. 409-420.
33. Communicative Events as Evidence in Linguistics. In J. de Villiers & R.J. Stainton (eds.) Papers in
Honour of Michael Gregory. Volume One of Communication in Linguistics. Toronto: Editions du
GREF, 2001, pp. 329-346.
34. Remarks on the Syntax and Semantic of Mixed Quotation. In K. Murasugi & R.J. Stainton (eds.)
Philosophy and Linguistics. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1999, pp. 259-278.
35. Fodor’s New Theory of Computation and Information (With J. Andrew Brook) In G.W. Cottrell
(ed.) Proceedings of the Eighteenth Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. New York:
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1996, pp. 86-91.

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B. Articles in Refereed Journals (Title, Journal, Volume, Date, Page Numbers)
1. An Anscombean Reference for and ‘I’? (With Andrew Botterell). Croatian Journal of Philosophy
Vol. 18(54), 2018, pp. 343-361.
2. Re-Reading Anscombe on ‘I’. Canadian Journal of Philosophy Vol. 49(1), 2018, pp. 70-93.
3. Logical Form and the Vernacular Revisited. (With Andrew Botterell) Mind and Language Vol. 32(4),
2017, pp. 495-522.
4. Full-On Stating. Mind and Language Vol. 31(4), 2016, pp. 395-413.
5. Cuasi-factivos. (With Axel Barceló) Elenkhos Vol. 1(1), 2016, pp. 65-88.
6. A Deranged Argument Against Public Languages. Inquiry Vol. 59(1), 2016, pp. 6-32.
7. Revisiting Pragmatic Abilities in Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Follow-Up Study with Controls.
(With J. de Villiers and B. Myers) Pragmatics and Cognition Vol. 21 (2), 2014, pp. 253-269.
8. Herder and Pragmatics: Critical Notice of After Herder by Michael Forster. International Review of
Pragmatics Vol. 5(1), 2013, pp. 117-127.
9. In Defense of Public Languages. Linguistics and Philosophy Vol. 34(5), 2012, pp. 479-488.
10. Pragmatic Impairments. International Review of Pragmatics Vol. 3(1), 2011, pp. 85-97.
11. The Contribution of Domain Specificity in the Highly Modular Mind. (With Axel Barceló and
Ángeles Eraña) Minds and Machines Vol. 20(1), 2010, pp. 19-27.
12. Perry, Wittgenstein’s Builders and Metasemantics. Pragmatics & Cognition Vol. 17(2), 2009, pp.
203-221.
13. Terminological Reflections of an Enlightened Contextualist. Philosophy and Phenomenological
Research Vol. 73(3), 2006, pp. 460-468.
14. Revenge. Crítica. Vol. 38(#112), 2006, pp. 3-20.
15. Quotation: Innocence and Compositionality without Demonstration. (With Andrew Botterell) Crítica
Vol. 37(#110), 2005, pp. 3-33.
16. Shorthand, Syntactic Ellipsis, and the Pragmatic Determinants of What Is Said. (With Reinaldo
Elugardo) Mind & Language Vol. 19(4), 2004, pp. 442-471.
17. On “The Denial of Bivalence is Absurd”. (With Francis Jeffry Pelletier) The Australasian Journal
of Philosophy Vol. 81 (3), 2003, pp. 369-382.
18. Speaker Meaning and Davidson on Metaphor: A Reply to McGuire. Dialogue Vol. 42(1), 2003, pp.
345-354.
19. Logical Form and the Vernacular. (With Reinaldo Elugardo) Mind and Language Vol. 16(4), 2001,
pp. 393-424.
20. Objects and Senses and Substitutions. Dialogue Vol. 39(3), 2000, pp. 593-599.
21. The Meaning of ‘Sentences’. Nous Vol. 34(3), 2000, pp. 441-454.
22. Holisme et homophonie. (With Madeleine Arseneault) Dialogue Vol. 39(1), 2000, pp. 123-127.
23. Interrogatives and Sets of Answers. Crítica Vol. 31(#91), 1999, pp. 75-90.
24. Robust Belief States and the Right/Wrong Dichotomy. Disputatio Vol. 6, 1999, pp. 19-27.
25. Unembedded Definite Descriptions and Relevance. Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses (Special
issue on Relevance Theory) Vol. 11, 1998, pp. 231-239.
26. Quantifier Phrases, Meaningfulness “in Isolation” and Ellipsis. Linguistics and Philosophy Vol.
21(3), 1998, pp. 311-340.
27. The Deflation of Belief States. Crítica Vol.29(#85), 1997, pp. 95-119.
28. What Assertion Is Not. Philosophical Studies Vol. 85(1), 1997, pp. 57-73.
29. Utterance Meaning and Syntactic Ellipsis. Pragmatics and Cognition Vol. 5(1), 1997, pp. 49-76.
30. The Deflation of Belief Contents. Crítica Vol. 28(#84), 1996, pp. 63-82.
31. Non-Sentential Assertions and Semantic Ellipsis. Linguistics and Philosophy Vol. 18(3), 1995, pp.

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 281-296.
32. A Note on Pedir and Control in Spanish. Cahiers Linguistiques d’Ottawa Vol. 23, 1995, pp. 11-22.
33. Indeterminacy, Opacity and the Identity Theory. Crítica Vol. 27(#80), 1995, pp. 49-56.
34. Using Non-Sentences: An Application of Relevance Theory. Pragmatics and Cognition Vol. 2(2),
1994, pp. 269-284.

C. Article-length “Critical Notices” in Refereed Journals

1. Review Essay: Fodor’s Concepts: Where Cognitive Science Went Wrong. (With Christopher Viger)
Synthese Vol. 123, 2000, pp. 131-151.
2. Nota Bibliográfica : Fundamentos de Lógica Simbólica de Rosa F. Martínez Cruzado. Crítica Vol.
31(#91), 1999, pp. 108-116.
3. Fodor’s New Theory of Content and Computation. (With J. Andrew Brook) Mind and Language Vol.
12(3/4), 1997, pp. 459-474.

D. Brief Dictionary and Encyclopedia Entries

1. Bromberger, Sylvain (1924 -). (With Lenny Clapp) In J. Shook (ed.) Dictionary of Modern American
Philosophers. Bristol: Thoemmes Press, 2005, pp. 352-354.
2. Cartwright, Richard L. (1925 -). In J. Shook (ed.) Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers.
Bristol: Thoemmes Press, 2005, pp. 444-445.
3. Cornman, James W. (1929-1978). In J. Shook (ed.) Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers.
Bristol: Thoemmes Press, 2005, pp. 544-545.
4. Thomason, Richmond H. (1939 -). In J. Shook (ed.) Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers.
Bristol: Thoemmes Press, 2005, pp. 2407-2408.

E. Technical Reports
1. The Semantics and Syntax of Null Complements. (With Marile-Odile Junker & Catherine Wearing)
Carleton University Cognitive Science Technical Reports, Report #2006-03, 2006.
2. Linguistic Interpretation and Cognitive Science. Carleton University Cognitive Science Technical
Reports, Report #2001-04. [http://www.carleton.ca/iis/TechReports/], 2001.
3. Some Aspects of Minors. Discourse in a Bilingual Setting: Working Papers at LE CAMP, Vol.2.
Toronto: Applied Linguistics Research Working Group (ALRWG), 1992, pp. 69-112.
4. Field of Discourse at LE CAMP. (With F.A. Clark) Discourse in a Bilingual Setting: Working Papers
at LE CAMP, Vol.2. Toronto: Applied Linguistics Research Working Group (ALRWG), 1992, pp. 2-
13.
5. Remarks on Introduction to Functional Grammar. Discourse in a Bilingual Setting: Working Papers
at LE CAMP, Vol.2. Toronto: Applied Linguistics Research Working Group (ALRWG), 1992, pp.
123-139.
6. On Coding Mood. Discourse in a Bilingual Setting: Working Papers at LE CAMP, Vol.1. Toronto:
Applied Linguistics Research Working Group (ALRWG), 1989, pp. 86-95.
7. Market Place. Discourse in a Bilingual Setting: Working Papers at LE CAMP, Vol.1. Toronto:
Applied Linguistics Research Working Group (ALRWG), 1989, pp. 101-112.

F. Magazine Articles & Miscellaneous Non-Refereed Publications

1. Preface. In M. Cameron, B. Hill and R. Stainton (eds.) Sourcebook in the History of Philosophy of
Language. Dordrecht: Springer, 2017, pp. v-vi.
2. John Wilkins. In M. Cameron, B. Hill and R. Stainton (eds.) Sourcebook in the History of

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 Philosophy of Language. Dordrecht: Springer, 2017, pp. 685-686.
3. Foreword. In M. Macaulay and P. Garcés-Blitvich (eds.) Pragmatics and Context. Toronto: Antares,
2012, pp. v-vi.
4. Make the rich pay. University Affairs. Vol. 42 (December), 2001, p. 37.
5. Cracking the Language Code. The Philosopher’s Magazine. (Invited submission on contemporary
philosophy of language.) Vol. 15 (Summer), 2001, pp. 40-42.
6. Living Philosophers: Willard V. Quine. Philosophy Now. Vol. 28, 2000, p. 43.
7. Academic Environments: Research and Teaching at Universities and Colleges. (With B. McElhinny
and others) Proceedings of the 1989 Mellon Fellows’ Conference on Teaching. Princeton, NJ: The
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, 1989, pp. 48-53.

FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS

1. Register and Slurs: A Case Study in Meaning Pluralism. (With Justina Diaz-Legaspe and Chang
Liu). Mind and Language.
2. Verbing and Nouning. (With Grace Gomashie) In T.K. Shackelford and V.A. Weekes-Shackelford
(eds.) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Dordrecht: Springer.

BOOK REVIEWS (Title and Author of Book Reviewed, Journal, Volume, Date and Page
Numbers):
1. Brevity, by Laurence Goldstein. (With Monica McMillan) Philosophy in Review Vol. 34(6), 2014,
pp. 305-308.
2. Lying, Misleading and What Is Said, by Jennifer Mather Saul. (With Melissa MacAulay) Philosophy
in Review Vol. 33(5), 2013, pp. 403-405.
3. Clinical Pragmatics, by Louise Cummings. Journal of Linguistics Vol. 46(2), 2010, pp. 499-502.
4. Hegel’s Philosophy of Language, by Jim Vernon. Philosophy in Review Vol. 29(3), 2009, pp. 226-
228.
5. An Essay on Names and Truth, by Wolfram Hinzen. (With Ileana Paul) Mind Vol. 118, 2009, pp.
471-475.
6. French Theory, by François Cussett. Translated by Jeff Fort. Philosophy in Review Vol. 28(6), 2008,
pp. 400-402.
7. Locke, Language and Early-Modern Philosophy, by Hannah Dawson. Philosophy in Review Vol.
28(5), 2008, pp. 326-329.
8. The Things We Mean, by Stephen Schiffer. The Philosophical Review Vol. 115(1), 2006, pp. 124-
127.
9. Insensitive Semantics, by Herman Cappelen & Ernie Lepore. (With Catherine Wearing) Journal of
Linguistics Vol. 42, 2006, pp. 187-190.
10. Unshadowed Thought, by Charles Travis. (With Reinaldo Elugardo) The Philosophical Review Vol.
111(3), 2002, pp. 542-545.
11. Concepts: Core Readings, edited by Eric Margolis and Stephen Laurence. Philosophy in Review
Vol. 20(2), 2000, pp. 137-139.
12. Meaning, Creativity and the Partial Inscrutability of the Human Mind, by Julius M. Moravcsik.
Philosophy in Review Vol. 19(5), 1999, pp. 364-366.
13. Syntactic Theory and the Structure of English: A Minimalist Approach, by Andrew Radford.
Philosophy in Review Vol. 18(3), 1998, pp. 229-232.
14. Consciousness and the Origins of Thought, by Norton Nelkin. Philosophy in Review Vol. 17(6),

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 1997, pp. 434-436.
15. Language, Thought and Consciousness, by P. Carruthers. Language Vol. 73(3), 1997, pp. 688-689.
16. Connectionism and the Philosophy of Psychology, by T. Horgan and J. Tienson. Canadian
Philosophical Reviews Vol. 16(6), 1996, pp. 42-43.
17. What Else Can I Tell You? A Pragmatic Study of English Rhetorical Questions as Discursive and
Argumentative Acts, by Cornelia Ilie. Language Vol. 72(2), 1996, pp. 429-430.
18. Dynamics of Meaning: Anaphora, Presupposition, and the Theory of Grammar, by Gennaro
Chierchia. Canadian Philosophical Reviews Vol. 15(5), 1995, pp. 314-316.

PAPERS READ (Title, Occasion, Date):

A. To Learned Societies

Slurs and “Warm-Hearted” Uses. (With Justina Diaz Legaspe) Sixth Davis Philosophy Extravaganza
(DEX), University of California-Davis, March 26, 2018. Also delivered at XI Congreso
Centroamericano de Filosofía, Universidad de Panamá, October 17, 2018.
Anscombe and ‘I’. (With Andrew Botterell) Annual Conference on Philosophy and Linguistics, Inter-
University Center, Dubrovnik, Croatia, September 5, 2017.
Use-Theoretic Meaning, Register and Slurs. (With Justina Diaz Legaspe, Michael Korngut, Jiangtian Li
and Chang Liu) Seventh Workshop on Language, Cognition and Context, Valparaiso, Chile, May
26, 2017.
Quasi-Factives and Cognitive Effort. (With Axel Barceló) Mutual Belief in Pragmatics Conference,
Shan’xi University, China, August 20, 2016.
Two Questions about Interpretive Effects: Comments on Lepore and Stone’s Imagination and
Convention. (With Christopher Viger) Faculty of Foreign Languages, Shan’xi University, China,
August 22, 2016.
Quasi-Factives. Sixth Workshop on Language, Cognition and Context, Montevideo, Uruguay, August
22, 2015.
Full-on Stating. Davis Extravaganza Philosophy Conference (DEX3), Davis, CA, March 30, 2015. Also
delivered at the Canadian Philosophical Association, University of Ottawa, May 31, 2015.
Asserting versus Merely Communicating. Fifth Workshop on Language, Cognition and Context, Villa
de Leyva, Colombia, May 23, 2014.
Revisiting Logical Form and the Vernacular. Philogical III, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá,
Colombia, February 12, 2014. Also delivered at the Sixth Workshop on Language, Cognition and
Context, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay, August 22, 2015.
What Individuates Assertion? (With John Turri) World Congress of Philosophy, University of Athens,
Greece, July 6, 2013.
Metaphysical and Semantic Pluralisms. II Congreso de la Asociacíon Latinoamericana de Filosofía
Analítica, Buenos Aires, August 23, 2012.
What Is A Pragmatic Impairment? Plenary address at the Cognition, Conduct and Communication
Conference, University of Lodz, Poland, October 7, 2011.
In Defense of Public Languages. Canadian Philosophical Association, University of New Brunswick,
May 30, 2011.
Pragmatic Impairments. Third Workshop on Language, Cognition and Context, Valparaiso, Chile,
August 4, 2010.
Are All Pragmatic Abilities of a Piece? Evidence from Autism Spectrum Disorder. (With Jessica de

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 Villiers) Canadian Philosophical Association, Carleton University, May 28, 2009.
Words and Thoughts. Book symposium on Words and Thoughts, Canadian Philosophical Association,
University of Saskatchewan, May 28, 2007.
Pragmatic Abilities in Autism. (With Jessica de Villiers) 18th Euro-International Systemic Functional
Linguistics Conference, Gorizia, Italy, July 20, 2006.
Really Intriguing, that Pred NP! (With Ileana Paul) Canadian Linguistic Association Conference, York
University, May 29, 2006. Also delivered at the 9th Bilingual Workshop in Theoretical Linguistics,
University of Western Ontario, December 9, 2005.
Identity through Change and Substitutivity Salva Veritate. (With Reinaldo Elugardo) Ontario
Philosophical Society, Wilfred Laurier University, November 6, 2004. Also delivered at the Inland
Northwest Philosophy Conference, University of Idaho, April 1, 2005 and at New University, Lisbon,
June 6, 2005.
Revenge. Canadian Philosophical Association, Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 29, 2004.
Null Complements. (With Corinne Iten, Marile-Odile Junker, Aryn Pyke and Catherine Wearing)
Canadian Linguistic Association, University of Manitoba, May 30, 2004.
Contextualism in Epistemology and the Context Sensitivity of ‘Knows’. Inland Northwest Philosophy
Conference, Pullman, Idaho, April 30, 2004. Also delivered as the Closing Address at PhilMiLCog
2005, University of Western Ontario, April 3, 2005.
Invited Panelist on Relevance and Lexical Pragmatics, International Pragmatics Association, University
of Toronto, July 17, 2003.
On “The Denial of Bivalence is Absurd”. (With Francis Jeffry Pelletier) Society for Exact Philosophy,
Simon Fraser University, May 15, 2003.
Speaker Meaning and Davidson on Metaphor. Ontario Philosophical Society, Ryerson University,
February 2, 2002.
Non-Sentential Speech Acts: A Reply to Stanley. (With Reinaldo Elugardo) Invited paper at the
Conference on Context, Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, UNAM, Mexico City, October 30,
2001.
Coordination and Two Notions of What Is Said. (With Patrick Rysiew) Invited paper at the Conference
on Context, Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, UNAM, Mexico City, October 31, 2001.
Linguistic Interpretation and Cognitive Science. Invited opening address, Philosophy and Cognitive
Science Graduate Student Conference, Carleton University, September 28, 2001.
From Structure to Content in Two Ways: The Case of Interrogatives and Asking. Invited address
presented at “From Signals to Structured Communication”, a symposium sponsored by the Cornell
Cognitive Studies Program, Cornell University, May 4, 2001.
Grasping Objects and Contents. (With Reinaldo Elugardo) Epistemology of Language Conference,
University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England, July 10, 2000.
Varieties of Empiricism. (With David Matheson) Canadian Philosophical Association, Edmonton,
Alberta, May 25, 2000 and Coherentism in Epistemology Conference, Dominican College of
Philosophy and Theology, Ottawa, September 29, 2001.
Reflections on Fodor’s Concepts. (With Christopher Viger) XIV Congreso Interamericano de Filosofía,
Invited Panel on Language and Mind, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico, August
16, 1999. Proceedings published on CD-ROM, by Asociación Filosófica de México.
How to do things with words (not sentences) Panel on Literal Meaning, PRAGMA99, Tel Aviv, Israel,
June 14, 1999.
The Meaning of ‘Sentences’, Canadian Philosophical Association, University of Sherbrooke,
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Logical Form and the Vernacular. (With Reinaldo Elugardo) Invited Panel at the Canadian Philosophical
Association, University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, June 5, 1999.
A Russellian Argument for the Non-singularity of Mass Nouns? Invited Panel on Mass Nouns, Ontario
Philosophical Society, Queen’s University, October 24, 1998.
“Obviously Propositions are Nothing...” Central States Philosophy Association Meeting, hosted by Iowa
State University, Clive Iowa, October 16, 1998.
Logical Form and Speaker’s Meaning. Invited Panel on Logical Form. American Philosophical
Association Central Division, Chicago, May 8, 1998.
Interrogatives and Sets of Answers. Ontario Philosophical Society, University of Toronto, November 1,
1997 and Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, New Orleans, April 10, 1998.
Quotation, Demonstration and Innocence. Western Canadian Philosophy Association, Winnipeg,
Manitoba, October 24, 1997 and World Congress of Philosophy, Boston, August 10, 1998.
A Taxonomy of Ellipsis. International Systemic Functional Congress, York University, Toronto, July
21, 1997.
Arthur Collins on Belief and Epistemic Risk, I and II. Part One delivered to the Mid-South Philosophy
Conference, University of Memphis, March 1, 1997; Part Two presented to the Canadian
Philosophical Association, Memorial University of Newfoundland, June 2, 1997.
Unembedded Definite Descriptions, Ellipsis and Generalized Quantifiers. Canadian Philosophical
Association, Brock University, June 1, 1996.
Remarks on the Syntax and Semantics of Mixed Quotation. Canadian Philosophical Association, Brock
University, May 28, 1996.
Computationalism and Intentionalism in the Philosophy of Mind. (With J. Andrew Brook) Workshop
offered at the Canadian Philosophical Association, Université du Québec à Montréal, June 3, 1995.
What We Believe: Segal contra Higginbotham on ILFs. Ontario Philosophical Society, York University,
Toronto, November 5, 1994.
Dummett on Assertion. El XIII Simposio Internacional de Filosofía del Instituto de Investigaciones
Filosóficas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, August 16, 1994.
The Ideational Content of Which-Interrogatives. International Systemic Functional Congress, University
of Gent, Belgium, August 1, 1994.
Intention and Convention in Communication. (With Paul Pietroski and Kate Talmage) Workshop
offered at the 1994 Canadian Philosophical Association, Calgary, Alberta, June 8, 1994.
Minor Clauses: An Epistemological Problem. International Systemic Functional Congress, University of
Victoria, July 23, 1993.

B. Commentaries at Scholarly Conferences

Demonstrative Phrases and the Hearer: Comments on Ryan Doran. Canadian Philosophical Association,
University of Ottawa, May 31, 2015.
Comments on Capraru’s ‘A Solution to the Problem of Access for Russellian Theories of Belief’. Pacific
Division of the American Philosophical Association, San Francisco, March 27, 2013.
Los Quiero Mucho, Pero... Commentary on Eraña and García-Ramírez. Workshop on Philosophy of
Language and Mind from a Cognitive Perspective, Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, UNAM,
Mexico City, December 9th, 2011.
On the Alleged ‘Uselessness’ of Derogatory Words. Canadian Philosophical Association, University of
British Columbia, June 1, 2008.
I Agree, But... Author Meets Critics Panel on Words and Thoughts, American Philosophical
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Replies to my Ferocious and Sadistic Critics: Comments on Maitra and Merchant. Rutgers Workshop in
Semantics, Rutgers University, October 5, 2007.
Autism, Wittgenstein and Concepts: Comments on L. Radenovic & J. Connelly. Canadian Philosophical
Association, University of Saskatchewan, May 28, 2007.
Assertion, Truth-Aptness and Conceptual Deflationism: Comments on Bar-On and Simmons. Workshop
on Language, Context and Cognition. Punta del Este, Uruguay, May 17, 2006.
Comments on Barceló & Eraña. 4th Workshop on Language and Reasoning from a Cognitivist
Perspective, Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, UNAM, Mexico City, February 21, 2005.
Comments on Pietroski. Third Michigan Philosophy and Linguistics Workshop, University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI, November 20, 2004.
Comments on Cappelen and Lepore’s “Context Shifting Arguments”. Invited panel on Moderate and
Radical Pragmatics. American Philosophical Association, Central Division, Cleveland OH, April 26,
2003.
Carnap and Wittgenstein on What Cannot Be Said: Comments on Loomis. American Philosophical
Association, Pacific Division, San Francisco CA, March 26, 2003.
Non-propositional Conjunction: Comments on Barry Schein. Rutgers University Semantics Workshop,
New Brunswick, NJ, May 18, 2001.
Substitution, Reference, and Translation: Comments on Deutsch. American Philosophical Association,
Pacific Division, San Francisco CA, April 1, 2001.
On What They’re All Saying: Comments on Kent Bach. (Invited panelist). Inland Northwest Philosophy
Conference, Pullman Idaho, March 24, 2000.
Words and Hammers: Comments on S. Geisz. Central States Philosophy Conference, Norman OK,
October 29, 1999.
Semantic Decomposition and Fodor’s Reasons: Comments on D. Brown. Canadian Philosophical
Association, University of Ottawa, May 27, 1998.
Donkey Anaphora, Peirce’s Puzzle and Logical Notation: Comments on B. Gillon. Canadian
Philosophical Association, Memorial University, Newfoundland, June 1, 1997.
Resting On: Comments on Furman. Mid-South Philosophy Conference, University of Memphis,
February 28, 1997.
Comments on Vanderveken’s ‘La logique illocutoire et l’analyse du discours’. Canadian Philosophical
Association, Brock University, June 1, 1996.
Mastery and Appearance: Comments on A. Barber. Canadian Philosophical Association, Université du
Québec à Montréal, June 5, 1995.
How to Higgy a Frege-Church: Comments on P. Pietroski. Canadian Philosophical Association,
Calgary, Alberta, June 8, 1994.

C. Papers Delivered to Other Academic Bodies

[Note: Papers which were also given at learned societies – and which therefore appear above, possibly
under a slightly different title – are marked with an asterisk.]

Discussion of “Full-On Stating”. Department of Philosophy, the University of Sheffield, May 17, 2018.
*Slurs and “Warm-Hearted” Uses. (With Justina Diaz Legaspe) Department of Linguistics and Basque
Studies, University of the Basque Country, May 8, 2018.
Discussion of “Pragmatic Impairments in Autism Spectrum Disorder”, Department of Linguistics and
Basque Studies, University of the Basque Country, May 7, 2018.
An Anscombean Reference for ‘I’? (With Andrew Botterell) Department of Philosophy, New College of

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 the Humanities, May 2, 2018. Also delivered at: the Centre for Logic and Language, University of
London, May 15, 2018; and the Department of Philosophy, University of Manchester, May 22,
2018.
Discussion of “Philosophy of Linguistics”. Department of Philosophy, University of Bristol, April 10,
2018.
Re-reading Anscombe on ‘I’. Arché Language and Mind Group, University of St. Andrews, April 3,
2018. Also delivered at: Department of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario, September 28,
2018.
Discussion of “Logical Form and the Vernacular Revisited”, Melbourne Logic Seminar, University of
Melbourne, November 7, 2017.
Register and Slurs: A Case Study in Meaning Pluralism. (With Justina Diaz Legaspe and Chang Liu).
Pragmatics Research Group, University College London, December 6, 2017. Also delivered at: the
Department of Philosophy, University of Queensland, November 10, 2017; the Department of
Philosophy, University of Reading, January 18, 2018; the Philosophy Society, University of
Oxford, February 16, 2018; and the Department of Philosophy, University of Sheffield, May 18,
2018.
*Quasi-Factives and Cognitive Efficiency. (With Axel Barceló). ARC Centre of Excellence for the
Dynamics of Language, Australian National University, October 27, 2017. Also delivered to the
Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics, University of Oxford, January 15, 2018.
*Discussion of “Two Questions about Interpretive Effects”, Philosophy of Mind Work-in-Progress
Group, Australian National University, November 1, 2017.
Do Languages Really Exist? School of Languages, University of Ghana, September 26, 2017. Also
delivered at: the Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines, Mohammed V University, Rabat,
Morocco, February 12, 2018; the Centre for Research in English Language and Linguistics
(CRELL), University of Roehampton, February 20, 2018; the Philosophy Society, University of
St. Andrews, April 2, 2018; the Department of Philosophy, University of East Anglia, June 7,
2018; and Department of Philosophy, Dalhousie University, November 16, 2018.
Five Conceptions of Semantics, Two Day Workshop for Faculty and Graduate Students, School of
Languages, University of Ghana, September 19-20, 2017.
Discussion of “Contextualism in Epistemology and Relevance Theory”, Department of Philosophy,
University of Ghana, September 25, 2017.
*Anscombe and ‘I’. (With Andrew Botterell). Department of Philosophy, Universidad Alberto Hurtado,
Santiago, Chile, May 24, 2017. Revised version delivered at the Department of Philosophy,
Australian National University, November 2, 2017 and the Department of Philosophy, University
of Reading, January 19, 2018.
*Derogación y Evaluación: Teoría del uso y Términos evaluativos. (With Justina Diaz Legaspe, Michael
Korngut, Jiangtian Li and Chang Liu). Sociedad Argentina de Análisis Filosófico, Buenos Aires,
Argentina, May 23, 2017. Revised version also delivered in English under the title “Use-Theoretic
Meaning, Register and Slurs” at the Department of Philosophy, University of Queensland,
November 10, 2017.
Contextualism and Relevance Theory. Linguistic Talks at Western, University of Western Ontario,
October 23, 2015. Revised version delivered at the Department of Philosophy, University of
Ghana, September 25, 2017.
Logical Form and the Vernacular Revisited. (With Andrew Botterell) Department of Philosophy,
Universidad del Caribe, Cancún, Mexico, January 26, 2016. Also delivered to the Melbourne
Logic Seminar, University of Melbourne, November 7, 2017.

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*Cuasi-Factivos. (With Axel Barceló) Department of Philosophy, Universidad del Caribe, Cancún,
Mexico, January 29, 2016.
Discussion of “Contextualism in Epistemology and the Context Sensitivity of ‘Knows’”. Department of
Philosophy, Northern Illinois University, August 26, 2014.
*Sub-Sentences Strike Back: Revisiting Logical Form and the Vernacular. Department of Philosophy,
University of Waterloo, September 27, 2013.
Pragmatic Abilities in Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Follow-Up Study. (With Jessica de Villiers and
Brooke Myers) Workshop on Clinical Linguistics, Center for the Study of Mind in Nature, University
of Oslo, May 24, 2013. Also delivered to the Mind, Language and Logic Group, University of
Stockholm, May 17, 2013.
Linguistic Pluralism, Part II: Epistemology. Center for the Study of Mind in Nature, University of Oslo,
May 23, 2013.
Linguistic Pluralism, Part I: Metaphysics. Center for the Study of Mind in Nature, University of Oslo,
May 22, 2013.
*What Individuates Assertion? (With John Turri) Department of Philosophy, University of Stockholm,
May 16, 2013.
Qué Distingue a la Aseveración? (With John Turri) Departemento de la Historia de Filosofía,
Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay, August 17, 2012.
*In Defense of A Good Old-Fashioned Linguistics and Semantics. Department of Linguistics, Simon
Fraser University, January 20, 2011. Also delivered to the Department of Philosophy, UBC-
Okanagan, March 3, 2011.
Tres Malos Argumentos a favor de la Biolinguística. Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas,
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, November 11, 2010.
* Discapacidades Pragmáticas. Centro de Estudios Filosóficos, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.
October 13, 2010.
*Pragmatic Impairments. Department of Philosophy, University of Victoria, September 14, 2010. Also
delivered at: the Department of Philosophy, Simon Fraser University, September 17, 2010; and the
Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia, September 24, 2010.
The Role of Psychology in the Philosophy of Language. Department of Humanities, The Indian Institute
of Technology at Bombay, Mumbai, India, December 23, 2009. Also delivered at: Department of
Philosophy, Wayne State University, February 5, 2010; Department of Philosophy, Carleton
University, March 5, 2010; Department of Philosophy, University of South Florida, March 18, 2010;
and Department of Philosophy, Washington University-St. Louis, October 28, 2010.
*Are All Pragmatic Abilities of a Piece? Evidence from Autism Spectrum Disorder. (With J. de Villiers)
Keynote address at Western Interdisciplinary Student Symposium on Language Research, University
of Western Ontario, March 7, 2009. Also delivered at The Kline Workshop, University of Missouri at
Columbia, April 24, 2009.
Perry, Wittgenstein’s Builders and Sententialism in Metasemantics. Department of Philosophy, York
University, Toronto, September 12, 2008. Also delivered to the Department of Philosophy, Kansas
State University, Manhattan, KS, January 22, 2009.
The Contribution of Domain Specificity in the Highly Modular Mind. (With A. Barceló and A. Eraña)
Second Workshop in Language, Cognition and Context. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba,
Argentina, August 16, 2008. Also delivered at the Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced
Studies, University of London, London, England, December 4, 2008.
Are All Pragmatic Abilities of a Piece? New Evidence from Autism Spectrum Disorder. Plenary address
at the Second Conference on Utterance Interpretation and Cognitive Models, Université Libre de

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 Bruxelles, Brussels, July 19, 2008. Also delivered as a keynote address at The First North American
Workshop on Pragmatics, Glendon College of York University, Toronto, ON, October 3, 2008.
Perry’s Augustinian Picture Revisited. Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de México, February 25, 2008. Also delivered in Spanish at the Facultad de Humanidades,
Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay, August 12, 2008.
‘No one speaks a possible human language’: Chomsky on the Methodology and Ontology of Language.
Transatlantic Seminar, University of Western Ontario, February 8, 2008.
Non-Sentences: A Life on the Linguistic Periphery. Linguistics Interdisciplinary Seminar, University of
Western Ontario, September 21, 2007.
Autism Spectrum Disorder and the Semantics/Pragmatics Boundary. (With J. de Villiers & P. Szatmari)
Department of Philosophy, University of Oklahoma, March 2, 2007 and Centre for Cognitive
Science, Carleton University, May 16, 2007.
The Varieties and Plausibility of Sentence Primacy. Department of Philosophy, Dalhousie University,
August 25, 2006 and MITing of the Minds 07, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, January 27, 2007.
Meaning and Reference: Some Chomskyan Themes. Workshop on Language, Context and Cognition.
Punta del Este, Uruguay, May 19, 2006.
Three Familiar Reasons for Restricting the Evidence Base for Semantics, and Why Each Fails.
Semantics and Psychological Evidence Workshop, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, April 15,
2005.
* Contextualism in Epistemology and the Context Sensitivity of ‘Knows’. Department of Philosophy,
University of Waterloo, November 12, 2004 and Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto,
October 4, 2007.
* Null Complements. (With C. Iten, M.O. Junker, A. Pyke and C. Wearing) Linguistics Program,
University of Western Ontario, London, January 29, 2004.
* Revenge. Department of Philosophy, Carleton University, December 12, 2003.
Shorthand, Syntactic Ellipsis, and the Pragmatic Determinants of What Is Said. Department of
Philosophy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AL, September 27, 2002.
Words and Thoughts. The 24th Annual Marston LaFrance Fellowship Lecture. Faculty of Arts and
Social Sciences, Carleton University, September 25, 2002. Also delivered in modified form at the
Department of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, May 1, 2003, and the Small
Structures Conference, Humanities Center, Wayne State University, September 27, 2003.
* Quotation, Demonstration and Innocence. (With A. Botterell) Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology
Doctoral Program, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, October 25, 2002.
Significado del Hablante y la Metáfora en Davidson. Departamento de Filosofía de la Facultad de
Humanidades, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, Mexico, October 29,
2001.
The Pragmatics of Non-Sentences. TUNGS/Cognitive Science, McGill University, January 26, 2001.
Three part “Ciclo de Conferencias” : “En defensa de la existencia de afirmaciones no oracionales”, “La
elipsis y la afirmación no oracional” and “La captación de objetos”. Departments of Philosophy and
Linguistics, Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 2-3,
2000.
* Varieties of Empiricism. (With D. Matheson) Department of Philosophy, University of Central
Florida, January 18, 2000, and Colloquium of Distinguished York University Graduates in
Philosophy, part of York University’s fortieth anniversary celebrations, March 3, 2000.
Variedades del Empirismo. (Spanish version of above.) Instituto de Filosofía, Universidad de la

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* The Meaning of ‘Sentences’. Department of Philosophy, Dalhousie University, November 26, 1999,
and Department of Philosophy, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, March 10, 2000.
* “Obviously Propositions are Nothing...”. Department of Linguistics, Concordia University, November
5, 1999; also delivered to the Linguistics Circle of Halifax, St. Mary’s University, November 25,
1999.
* Logical Form and the Vernacular. (With R. Elugardo) University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, three
day “Ciclo de Conferencias”, April 8, 10 and 13, 1999. (Portions also presented at the Illinois State
University/Illinois Wesleyan University Joint Philosophy Colloquium, Bloomington-Normal, October
19, 1998.)
“Presentación” of the book Fundamentos de Lógica Simbólica, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez,
March 15, 1999.
Robust Belief States and the Right/Wrong Dichotomy. Department of Philosophy, York University,
Toronto, September 28, 1998.
Three Arguments for the Deflation of Belief States. Conference on Content, University of St. Andrews,
Fife, Scotland, June 6, 1998.
* Interrogatives: A Case Study in Meaning as Reference and Use. Philosophy Department, Concordia
University, October 17, 1997.
Conceptos. Grupo de Investigación Indeterdisciplinaria en Ciencia Cognitiva, Centro de Neurobiología,
Campus Juriquilla, Querétaro, Mexico, March 18, 1997.
Fodor and LePore on Lexical Complexity. Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, Universidad
Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, March 13, 1997.
Semantics in Cognitive Science. Lecture in the What is cognitive science? Series, Rutgers University
Center for Cognitive Science, February 6, 1997.
How Not to Argue Against the Identity Theory. Department of Philosophy, University of Guelph,
November 18, 1996.
* Unembedded Descriptions. Mind/Language Group, Department of Philosophy, McGill University,
April 19, 1996 and PATF/Department of Philosophy, Smith College, Northhampton, MA, April 26,
1996.
G.E. Moore and Common Sense Realism. Philosophy Section, Department of Humanities, University of
Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, February 13, 1996.
* Unembedded Descriptions and Ellipsis: Logical and Metaphysical Reflections. Philosophy Section,
Department of Humanities, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, February 13, 1996.
* What Assertion Is Not. Department of Philosophy, University of Central Florida, Orlando FL, January
24, 1996.
Remarks on Syntactic Ellipsis. Mind/Language Group, Department of Philosophy, McGill University,
December 8, 1995.
El Significado de Oraciones Interrogativas y Preguntas a Sistemas Expertos. Dirección de la Maestría en
Inteligencia Artificial, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico, July 8, 1994.
Sentence Fragments? Department of Linguistics, University of Ottawa, January 18, 1994.
Understanding Modularity. Carleton University Cognitive Science Seminar, October 15, 1993 and
Grupo de Ciencia Cognitiva, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, August 26, 1994.
Texts as Evidence in Linguistics. ALRWG Spring Colloquium, York University, Toronto, April 8, 1994.
Philosophy of Language and Foreign Language Teaching. Beckett Institute, Melo, Uruguay, August 12,
1992.
The Interpretation of Non-Sentences. M.I.T. Linguistics Section Post-Generals Workshop, Cambridge,

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In Praise of Open Questions. ALRWG Spring Colloquium, York University, Toronto, April 20, 1991.
Intersections & Interrogatives. Glendon College Conversazioni Series, Toronto, April 12, 1991.

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 Section VI
University Service

COMMITTEES (Department, Faculty or University, Title of

Committee, Position Held, Dates):

Department, Faculty Title of Committee Position Held Dates

or University
At Western
Program in Linguistics Linguistics Graduate Board Member 2011-
2017
Department of Nominating Committee Member 2015-
Philosophy 17
Department of Ad Hoc Ranking Committee for CGC- Member 2016
Philosophy Masters Applications
Faculty of Health Search Committee, Director of the School Member 2015-
Sciences of Communication Sciences and Disorders 16
Department of Ad Hoc Undergraduate Curriculum Member 2015
Philosophy Committee
Department of Ad Hoc Committee on Grading Rubrics Member 2015
Philosophy
Department of Mind and Language Graduate Field Area Chair 2013-
Philosophy 16
Department of Workload Committee Member 2014-
Philosophy 15
Department of Graduated Admissions Committee Member 2013-
Philosophy 16
Department of Visiting Speakers Committee Member 2013-
Philosophy 15
Faculty of Arts and Ad Hoc Vetting Committee for SSHRC Member 2011-
Humanities Insight Applications 14
Department of Ad Hoc Committee on the Doctoral Member 2013-
Philosophy Prospectus Course 14
Department of Nominating Committee Member 2012-
Philosophy 13
University Distinguished University Professor Member 2012-
Committee 14
Department of Ad Hoc Committee on the Doctoral Chair 2013
Philosophy Proseminar
Department of Ad Hoc Ranking Committee for SSHRC Member 2011
Philosophy Doctoral Applications
Faculty of Arts and Awards and Distinctions Committee Member 2011-
Humanities 2013
Faculty of Arts and Ad Hoc Vetting Committee for SSHRC Member 2011
Humanities Insight Applications

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Department of Ad Hoc Committee on Comprehensive Member 2009
Philosophy Exams
Senate Review Committee for the Vice-President Member 2009
(Research & International Relations)
Program in Linguistics Linguistics Graduate Board Member 2008-
2009
School of Graduate and Graduate Education Council: Member 2008-
Postdoctoral Studies Accommodations and Appeals Committee 2010
Senate Operations/Agenda Committee Member 2008-
2010
University University Research Board Alternate Member 2008-
(Replacement for 2009
Sabbaticant)
University Senate Representative of the 2007-
Faculty of Graduate 2010
Studies
University Educational Partnerships Advisory Representative of 2007-
Council Faculty of Arts & 2010
Humanities
University Core Planning Group Member 2007-
2010
Senate Nominating Committee Member 2007-
2008
Department of Graduate Program Advisory Committee Member 2005-
Philosophy 2007
Department of Social Committee Member from faculty 2005-
Philosophy 2007
Department of Philosophy Club Liaison Sole member 2004-
Philosophy 2005
Department of Appointments Committee Member 2004-
Philosophy 2006
Department of Philosophy of Science Comprehensive Member 2004-
Philosophy Examination Committee 2007
Department of Metaphysics and Epistemology Member 2004-
Philosophy Comprehensive Examination Committee 2007
Department of Graduate Affairs Committee Member 2004-
Philosophy 2007
Department of Annual Performance Evaluation Member 2005
Philosophy Committee (APE)
At Carleton
Department of Career Development Increase Committee Member 2000-
Philosophy 2003
Carleton University Senate Financial Review Committee Member 2001-
2003

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Carleton University President’s Advisory Committee on the Member 2002
Selection of a Dean
Faculty of Arts and Faculty Grant Application Review Member 2001-
Social Sciences Committee 2002
Program in Cognitive Personnel Search Committee – Chair 2001-
Science Postdoctoral Fellows 2002
School Linguistics and Long-Range Planning Committee Co-Chair 2000-
Applied Language 2002
Studies
Carleton University Graduate Programs and Planning Member 2000-
2001
Department of Personnel Search Committee Member 2001
Philosophy
Faculty of Arts and Dean’s Personnel Search Committee -- Member 2001
Social Sciences Director of the School of Linguistics and
Applied Language Studies
School of Linguistics Personnel Search Committee Member 2001
and Applied Language
Studies
Carleton University President’s Task Force on Faculty Member 2000
Recruitment and Retention
Department of Personnel Search Committee – Senior Member 2000
Philosophy half-time position
School of Linguistics Career Development Increase Committee Member 2000
and Applied Language
Studies
School of Linguistics Personnel Committee (including Chair 1999-
and Applied Language Promotions and Tenure) 2000
Studies
Department of Visiting Speaker Committee Co-Chair 1999
Philosophy
Department of Promotions and Tenure Committee Member 1999
Philosophy
Program in Cognitive Graduate Admissions Committee Chair 1998-
Science 1999
College of Humanities Personnel Search Committee Member 1998

Department of Visiting Speaker Committee Chair 1994-

Philosophy 1998
Department of Personnel Search Committee Member 1998
Philosophy
Faculty of Arts and College of Humanities Advisory Board Member 1995-
Social Sciences 1998

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Program in Cognitive Programs and Planning Committee Member 1995-
Science 1998
School of Linguistics Promotions and Tenure Sub-Committee Member 1997-
and Applied Language 1998
Studies
School of Linguistics Linguistics Lecture Series Committee Member 1997-
and Applied Language 1998
Studies
Department of Career Development Increase Committee Member 1997
Philosophy
College of Humanities Personnel Search Committee Member 1996

Program in Cognitive Distinguished Lecture Series Committee Chair 1994-

Science 1996
Department of Curriculum Committee Member 1994
Philosophy
Faculty of Arts Planning Committee for a Doctoral Member 1994
Program in Cognitive Science
Department of Core Curriculum Sub-Committee Member 1993
Philosophy

OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNIVERSITY:

Conference Organizing
Co-Organizer, Seventh Workshop on Language, Cognition and Context, Valparaiso, Chile, May 26-28,
2017.
Co-Organizer, Sixth Workshop on Language, Cognition and Context, Montevideo, Uruguay, August 21-
23, 2015.
Organizer, Panel on Lepore and Stone’s Imagination and Convention, Canadian Philosophical
Association, Brock University, May 27, 2014.
Co-Organizer, Fifth Workshop on Language, Cognition and Context, Villa de Leyva, Colombia, May
23-25, 2014.
Comité Académico, IV Encuentro de Filosofía y Ciencia Cognitiva, Sociedad Argentina de Análisis
Filosófico (SADAF), Buenos Aires, November 12-14, 2014.
Comité Académico, Segundo Congreso de la Sociedad Filosófica del Uruguay, Universidad de la
República, Montevideo, August 14-16, 2014.
Comité Académico, III Encuentro de Filosofía y Ciencia Cognitiva, Sociedad Argentina de Análisis
Filosófico (SADAF), Buenos Aires, November 14-16, 2012.
Comité Académico, II Congreso de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Filosofía Analítica (ALFAn),
Buenos Aires, August 21-24, 2012.
Co-Organizer, Fourth Workshop on Language, Cognition and Context, Pisac, Peru, July 17-20, 2012.
Co-organizer, Third Workshop on Language, Cognition and Context, Valparaiso, Chile, August 4-6,
2010.
Co-organizer, 6th International Symposium of Cognition, Logic and Communication: Formal Semantics

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 and Pragmatics, Riga, Latvia, April 23-25, 2010.
Co-organizer, Panel on History of Philosophy of Language, Canadian Philosophical Association,
Carleton University, May 28, 2009.
Co-organizer, Workshop on Non-Canonical Predication, University of Western Ontario, May 15-17,
2009.
Co-organizer, Second Workshop on Language, Cognition and Context, Universidad Nacional de
Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina, August 14-16, 2008.
Organizer, Panel on Henry Laycock’s Words without Objects, Canadian Philosophical Association,
University of British Columbia, June 3, 2008.
Co-organizer, First Workshop on Language, Cognition and Context, Punta del Este, Uruguay, May 17-
19, 2006.
Organizer, Panel on Insensitive Semantics, Canadian Philosophical Association, University of Western
Ontario, May 30, 2005.
Organizer, Panel on the Semantics/Pragmatics Boundary from the Perspective of Cognitive Science,
International Pragmatics Association, Riva del Garda, Italy, July 14, 2005.
Co-organizer, Conference on Recent Research in Semantics, Carleton University, October 17-19, 2003.
Co-convenor, International Systemic Functional Congress and Summer Institute, Carleton University,
July 22-27, 2001.
Co-organizer, “Mente, Lenguaje y Mundo (Mind, Language and World)” conference, Tlaxcala, Mexico,
March 12-17, 2001.
Co-organizer, Panel on “Language, Abduction and Computation”, Canadian Philosophical Association
meetings, Laval University, May 26, 2001.
Co-organizer of the first Harvard-M.I.T. Graduate Student Philosophy Colloquium, November 6-8,
1992.

Section VII
Community Service

(List Organization, Position Held, if any, and Dates of Service):

A. Non-academic Community Talks:

How Does Language Shape Experience? Plenary address at Thames Valley Model United Nations,
London, ON, June 3, 2016.
Philosophical Background to Life of Pi. Guest lecture at Central High School, London, ON, April 16,
2012.
Is Sports Fishing Barbaric? Landon Library, April 26, 2012.
Are We Born to Talk? London Public Library, London, Ontario, October 14, 2004. Also delivered to
UWO Philosophy Club, March 17, 2005.
Correct Speech – Does It Really Matter? Lecture delivered to the Second Annual Student Conference,
The Adult High School, Ottawa, Ontario, April 20, 1994.
Are Brookfield and Meyers Critical Thinkers? Guest lecture on Critical Thinking, to the Seminar on
University Teaching, Carleton University, February 16, 1998.

B. Academic Community Committees

Co-organizer of the Ontario-Area Roundtable on Philosophy of Language, 2000-2017.
Chair, Insight Grants Panel, Philosophy Committee, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

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Canadian Philosophical Association Ad Hoc Committee on Hiring Practices, 2001.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Doctoral Fellowships National Selection
Committee, Humanities Adjudication Sub-Committee, 2000 and 2001.
Program Committee, Canadian Philosophical Association meetings, Laval University, May 24-27, 2001.
Program Committee, Canadian Philosophical Association meetings, University of Alberta, May 24-27,
2000.

C. Tenure/Promotion Referee for:

University of Iceland, Promotion to Associate Professor, 2018

Rutgers University, Promotion to Board of Governors Professor, 2014
Rutgers University, Promotion to Full Professor, 2014
University of California – Davis, Tenure and Promotion to Associate, 2011
Roehampton University, Promotion to Reader, 2011
Washington University in St. Louis, Tenure and Promotion to Associate, 2010
Memorial University, Tenure and Promotion to Associate, 2009
York University, Tenure and Promotion to Associate, 2007
University of Virginia, Promotion to Full Professor, 2007
University of Calgary, Tenure and Promotion to Associate, 2007
Northwestern University, Promotion to Full, 2007
University of Oklahoma, Tenure, 2005
University of California at Irvine, Tenure and Promotion to Associate, 2005
Buffalo State, Tenure and Promotion to Associate, 2002
Vassar College, Tenure and Promotion to Associate, 2002

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