Adam Zweber

Curriculum Vitae

Areas of Specialization
Ethics
Metaethics
Philosophy of Science

Areas of Competence
Applied Ethics
Epistemology
Ethics of AI
Logic

Education
2016– 2023 PhD, Philosophy, Stanford University, Dissertation: Naturalism in Metaethics
Committee: Nadeem Hussain (Chair), Barry Maguire, Helen Longino, Krista Lawlor
2014–2016 MA, Philosophy, Western Michigan University
2009–2013 BA, Mathematics, Carleton College
magna cum laude

Peer-Reviewed Publications
Forthcoming (with Robert Smithson) Reviving the Philosophical Dialogue with Large Language
Models, Teaching Philosophy
2016 Fallibilism, Closure, and Pragmatic Encroachment, Philosophical Studies 173(10):
2745-2757.

Other Publications
2022 (with Kate Yuan), AI: 3 top risks and how to avoid them. The Enterprisers Project.
https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2022/11/ai-3-top-risks-avoid-them

Works in Progress
Experience and Naturalism (under review)
Reduction and Metaethical Naturalism (under review)

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 Cosmic Indifference (in progress)

Presentations
* = refereed
October 2023 Cosmic Indifference, Philosophy and Religion Departmental Colloquium, UNC-
Wilmington
June 2023 Cosmic Indifference, Fifth International Conference on Philosophy and Meaning in Life*
May 2023 Artificial Ethical Assistants and Moral Growth, International Conference on Computer
Ethics: Philosophical Enquiry 2023*
April 2023 Artificial Ethical Assistants and Moral Growth, Forum on Philosophy, Engineering, and
Technology, TU Delft (accepted, but declined)*
Mar. 2023 Cosmic Indifference, South Carolina Society for Philosophy Annual Conference*
Nov. 2022 Cosmic Indifference, AGENT, UT Austin*
Apr. 2021 Experiments in Living, Stanford Graduate Student Workshop
Mar. 2019 What is Naturalism?, Stanford Graduate Student Workshop
Sep. 2017 Explanation and Epistemic Closure, Berkeley-Stanford Epistemology Circle
Dec. 2015 Comments on Paul Blaschko “Belief and Agency”, Western Michigan University
Graduate Conference
Sep. 2015 Fallibilism, Closure, and Pragmatic encroachment, Western Michigan University “Brown
Bag” Lecture Series

Non-Philosophy Research Experience

Summer 2012 NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates, Department of Mathematics, James
Madison University, Supervisor: Josh Ducey
Summer 2011 Undergraduate Research Assistant, College of Pharmacy, Oregon State University,
Supervisor: Theresa Filtz

Teaching Experience
Primary Instructor
○ Introduction to Logic, University of North Carolina-Wilmington, Fall 2021- Spring 2023
○ Invitation to Philosophical Thinking, University of North Carolina-Wilmington, Fall 2021,
Spring 2023, Fall 2023
○ Philosophical Perspectives on Climate Change. Stanford University, Winter 2020.
○ Critical Thinking. Western Michigan University, Summer 2015, Online.
○ Deductive Logic. Western Michigan University, Fall 2015 and Spring 2016.

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 Graduate Teaching Assistant
○ Justice. Stanford University, Fall 2020.
○ Philosophy of Science. Stanford University, Fall 2019.
○ Philosophy of Physics. Stanford University, Winter 2019.
○ Introduction to Moral Philosophy. Stanford University, Spring 2018.
○ Mind, Matter, and Meaning. Stanford University, Fall 2017.
○ Critical Thinking. Western Michigan University, Fall 2014 and Spring 2015.

Pedagogical and Other Training

Inclusive Pedagogy Workshop, Stanford Philosophy Department, Spring 2021
Writing for a Broader Audience Workshop, Stanford McCoy Ethics Center, Fall 2018
Teaching Methods Seminar, Stanford Philosophy Department, Spring and Fall 2017

Awards and Fellowships

2021-2022 Stanford Ethics, Society and Technology Hub Grant: Beyond Greenwashing: Rethinking
the Role of the Fossil Fuel Industry for a Decarbonized World
2018-19 Stanford McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society Graduate Fellowship
2016 All-University Graduate Research and Creative Scholar Award, Western Michigan
University
2016 Philosophy Departmental Graduate Research and Creative Scholar Award, Western
Michigan University

Service
2024 Series Editor, ”AI and Teaching”, Blog of the APA
2018-2019 Graduate Student Professional Development Officer
2017-2018 Co-organizer- Stanford Graduate Student Workshop Lecture Series
2015 Co-organizer- Western Michigan University Graduate Conference
2014-2015 Conference Referee- Western Michigan University Graduate Conference
Referee - Synthese x2, Ethical Perspectives

References
Nadeem Hussain
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Stanford University
nadeem.hussain@stanford.edu
Barry Maguire
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Edinburgh
bmaguire@ed.ac.uk
Helen Longino
Clarence Irving Lewis Professor of Philosophy, Emerita, Stanford University
hlongino@stanford.edu

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Krista Lawlor
Henry Waldgrave Stuart Memorial Professor of Philosophy, Stanford University
krista.lawlor@stanford.edu

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