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C u r r i c u l u m   V i t a e

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Peter Kung
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Education

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Ph.D. Philosophy, New York University
    Dissertation: “Imagination and Modal Epistemology”
    Committee: Ned Block (advisor), Paul Boghossian, Thomas Nagel

M.A. Philosophy, Stanford University

B.S.E., Computer Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania

Employment

 

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2004–

2002–2004

1997–2003

Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Pomona College

Adjunct Instructor,  New York University

Summer Instructor,  New York University

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Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology

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Metaphysics, History of Modern Philosophy, Logic

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Fellowships and Grants

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2007

1997–2004

Wilson Career Enhancement Fellowship Honorable Mention

Henry M. MacCracken Fellowship, New York University

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“Imagining as guide to possibility,” forthcoming in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research

“A neglected way of begging the question,” with Masahiro Yamada, forthcoming in American Philosophical Quarterly

“On having no reason: Dogmatism and Bayesian confirmation,” forthcoming in Synthese

“On the possibility of skeptical scenarios,” forthcoming in European Journal of Philosophy

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“You really do imagine it: Against error theories of imagination,” revise and resubmit at Noûs

“Imagining, inside and out,” under review by Erkenntnis

 “What makes a good skeptical thought experiment?” under review by Synthese

“There is no easy bootstrapping problem,” with Masahiro Yamada, under review by Philosopher's Imprint

“Justification without vindication,” with Masahiro Yamada, work in progress

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“Modal epistemology,” invited by Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (peer reviewed), work in progress.

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Professional Presentations spacer April 2009 Commentary on Jared Bates, “Damming the swamping problem, reliably”
APA Pacific Division Meeting, Vancouver, Canada
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SoCal Epistemology Workshop, UCLA
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Central States Philosophy Association Meeting,
St. Paul, MN
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“On having no reason” (commentator Matt Kotzen)
APA Pacific Division Meeting, Pasadena, CA

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SoCal Epistemology Workshop, UCLA
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11th Southern California Philosophy Conference,
Cal State Northridge
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Cal State Fullerton
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SoCal Epistemology Workshop
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10th Southern California Philosophy Conference,
Cal State Northridge
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Claremont Graduate University
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University of California, Riverside
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9th Southern California Philosophy Conference,
University of California, Irvine
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Conference on Knowledge and Imagination,
Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
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Harvard-MIT Graduate Conference
spacer March 2003 Commentary on Nico Silins’s “Transmission failure failure”
Columbia-NYU Graduate Conference
spacer March 2002 Commentary on Adam Wager’s “Sensitivity training”
Columbia-NYU Graduate Conference
spacer October 2001 “Imagination and possibility”(commentator Bill Brewer, Oxford)
Oxford Philosophy Graduate Conference
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Columbia-NYU Graduate Conference
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Berkeley-Stanford Graduate Conference
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Co-organizer, Southern California Philosophy Conference, 2009–10

Co-founder & organizer, SoCal Epistemology Workshop, April 2006

Session chair, APA Pacific Division Meetings, March 2004–2007

Referee for Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Inquiry, Journal of Philosophical Research, Philosopher’s Imprint, Oxford University Press

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College Service spacer 2009–10 Faculty Executive Committee (elected)
Division I (Humanities) Chair (elected)
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 Curriculum Committee
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Teaching and Learning Committee
Asian American Resource Center Advisory Board
Philosophy Department Senior Exercise co-coordinator
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Teaching and Learning Committee
Ethics Visiting Search Committee
Social and Political Philosophy Visiting Search Committee
Philosophy Department Senior Exercise co-coordinator
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ongoing

Philosophy Department web developer and webmaster
Freshman adviser (2005–07, 2008–09)