Peter Kung



C u r r i c u l u m V i t a e Click here for a printable version [pdf] of my CV.			home \| research \| papers \| teaching \| CV

Education	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	2004– 2002–2004 1997–2003	Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Pomona College Adjunct Instructor, New York University Summer Instructor, New York University

Areas of Specialization	Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology

Areas of Competence	Metaphysics, History of Modern Philosophy, Logic

Fellowships and Grants	2007 1997–2004	Wilson Career Enhancement Fellowship Honorable Mention Henry M. MacCracken Fellowship, New York University

Peer-Reviewed Articles	“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

Work in Progress	“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

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

Professional Presentations	April 2009	Commentary on Jared Bates, “Damming the swamping problem, reliably” APA Pacific Division Meeting, Vancouver, Canada
	March 2009	“Justification without vindication,” with Masahiro Yamada SoCal Epistemology Workshop, UCLA
	September 2008	“What makes a good skeptical thought experiment?” (commentator Evan Fales) Central States Philosophy Association Meeting, St. Paul, MN
	March 2008	“On having no reason” (commentator Matt Kotzen) APA Pacific Division Meeting, Pasadena, CA
	December 2007	“What makes a good skeptical thought experiment?” SoCal Epistemology Workshop, UCLA
	October 2007	“On having no reason” 11th Southern California Philosophy Conference, Cal State Northridge
	October 2006	“What we remember” Cal State Fullerton
	April 2006	Commentary on Janet Levin’s “Della Rocca on essentialism and modal intuitions” SoCal Epistemology Workshop
	October 2005	“Experiential memory” 10th Southern California Philosophy Conference, Cal State Northridge
	September 2005	Commentary on Masahiro Yamada’s “Action as control” Claremont Graduate University
	April 2005	“Imagination and possibility” University of California, Riverside
	October 2004	“Imaginability as a guide to possibility” 9th Southern California Philosophy Conference, University of California, Irvine
	July 2004	“Imagining, inside and out” Conference on Knowledge and Imagination, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
	March 2003	“How to avoid modal error” (commentator Josh Sheptow, UC Berkeley) Harvard-MIT Graduate Conference
	March 2003	Commentary on Nico Silins’s “Transmission failure failure” Columbia-NYU Graduate Conference
	March 2002	Commentary on Adam Wager’s “Sensitivity training” Columbia-NYU Graduate Conference
	October 2001	“Imagination and possibility”(commentator Bill Brewer, Oxford) Oxford Philosophy Graduate Conference
	April 2001	Commentary on Lisa Bortolotti’s “Bounded rationality and belief ascription” Columbia-NYU Graduate Conference
	April 1997	“Externalism and closure” Berkeley-Stanford Graduate Conference

Professional Service	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

College Service	2009–10	Faculty Executive Committee (elected) Division I (Humanities) Chair (elected)
	2008–09	Ethics Search Committee Curriculum Committee
	2007–08	(sabbatical) Political Philosophy Search Committee
	2006–07	Philosophy of Science Search Committee Teaching and Learning Committee Asian American Resource Center Advisory Board Philosophy Department Senior Exercise co-coordinator
	2005–06	President’s Teaching and Learning Task Force Teaching and Learning Committee Ethics Visiting Search Committee Social and Political Philosophy Visiting Search Committee Philosophy Department Senior Exercise co-coordinator
	ongoing	Philosophy Department web developer and webmaster Freshman adviser (2005–07, 2008–09)