Scott Kimbrough

Curriculum Vitae

Current Position

Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Division of Humanities at Jacksonville University

Address

Jacksonville University

Department of Philosophy

2800 University Boulevard North

Jacksonville, FL 32211

(904) 256-7118

skimbro@ju.edu

Education

Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, received August 1996.
B.A. Summa Cum Laude in Philosophy, Southwestern University, received May 1989.

Publications

“Humanizing Naturalism,” Florida Philosophical Review, vol.XIV, issue 1, Winter 2014, pp.1-14. (abstract)
"Explaining Compatibilist Intuitions about Moral Responsibility: A Critique of Nichols and Knobe", Florida Philosophical Review, vol.IX, issue 2, Winter 2009, pp.38-55. (abstract)(full text pdf)
"On Teaching Human Nature", in On the Human: A Project of the National Humanities Center (a web-site fostering teaching and research on the topic of human nature), 2008.
"Philosophy of Emotion and Ordinary Language", Florida Philosophical Review, vol.VII, issue 1, pp.92-107 (Summer 2007). (abstract)
"On Letting It Slide", in Bullshit and Philosophy, Open Court Press, pp.3-18 (2006). (abstract)
"Descartes on Physical Causes of Impaired Judgment", Journal of Philosophical Research, vol.30 (2005): pp.117-140). (abstract)
"Dreamers and Madmen: Descartes' Reliabilist Response", Southwest Philosophy Review, vol. 17, no. 1 (2000): pp.61-68. (abstract)
"Logical Proficiency and Rationality", Southwest Philosophical Studies, vol. 21 (Spring 1999), pp.55-62. (abstract), Full text pdf
"Anti-individualism and Fregeanism", The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 48 (October 1998), pp.470-482. (abstract)
"Kripke's Puzzle and the Practice of Logical Appraisal", Southwest Philosophical Studies, Volume 20 (Spring 1998), pp.66-74. (abstract)
"Belief Content and Compositionality", Southwest Philosophy Review, vol.13, no.1, 1997. (abstract)
Dissertation: Anti-Individualism, Dubitability and Responsibility (1996). (abstract)

Presentations

“On the Distinction Between Cognition and Emotion: Reply to Holtzmann,” American Philosophical Association (Savannah, GA), January 2018.
“A Critique of Greene’s Case for Meta-morality,” Florida Philosophical Association (Tampa, FL), November 2014.
"Darwinian Ethics," Philosophy Slam at Northstar Substation (Jacksonville, FL), February 2014.
“Humanizing Naturalism,” Presidential Address to the Florida Philosophical Association (DeLand, FL), November 2013.
"On the Reliability of Philosophical Intuition: Reply to Barnard," Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology (Austin, TX), March 2013.
"What Does Evolution Mean for Ethics?," First Coast Free Thought Society, February 2012.
"On Disgust Skepticism," Florida Philosophical Association (Fort Lauderdale, FL), November 2011.
"Confronting Your Inner Confabulator," Jacksonville Public Philosophy Workshop, September 17th, 2011.
"The Ethics of Disgust," Philosophy Slam sponsored by the Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium in Philadelphia, May 24, 2011.
"Against Selective Debunking: On the Role of Disgust in Moral Judgment," Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 2011.
"The Ethics of Disgust: What Disgusts You?," Philosophy Slam at Jacksons Grill, Jacksonville, FL, September 2010.
"In Defense of Rationalization: Living with Haidt's Moral Psychology," Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology Meeting, Atlanta, GA, April 2010.
"Perceptual Theories of Concepts and Contagious Behaviors: Comment on Sarnecki," Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology Meeting, Savannah, Georgia, April 2009.
"Science and Philosophy: The Philosophical Origins of Naturalism", Science and Engineering Lecture Series, Jacksonville University, February 2009.
"Experimental Philosophy and the Compatibilism Debate", Florida Philosophical Association (Daytona, FL), November 2008. (abstract)
"On Holding Responsible", University of Florida philosophy department colloquium series (Gainesville, FL), March 2007.
"Philosophy of Emotion and Ordinary Language", Florida Philosophical Association (Tampa, FL), November 2006.
"What Are Egyptian Artifacts Doing in the Art Museum?", Cummer Museum Temples and Tombs Lecture Series (Jacksonville, FL), November 2006.
"Who Are the Real Terrorists?", Philosophy Slam at Fuel Coffeehouse (Jacksonville, FL), October 2006.
"How a Cognitive Theory of Emotion Can Handle Emotion-Belief Conflict", Jacksonville University Faculty Research Symposium, March 2005.
"The Structure and Function of Bullshit", Philosophy Slam at Fuel Coffeehouse (Jacksonville, FL), March 2005.
"Is That Art?", Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, March 2004.
"On the Refusal to Defer", Florida Philosophical Association, November 2003. (abstract)
"Descartes on Theory and Practice: A Moral Solution to the Circularity Objection", Florida Philosophical Association, November 2002.
"Descartes on Soft Brains and Spastic Will", Florida Philosophical Association, November 2001.
"Dreamers and Madmen: Descartes' Reliabilist Response", Southwestern Philosophical Society (Austin, TX), November 2000.
"Descartes, Dreaming and Dropsy: Why Descartes Was a Reliabilist", Florida Philosophical Association, November 1999.
"Rational Contradictions", Florida Philosophical Association, November 1998.
"Logical Proficiency and Rationality", New Mexico and West Texas Philosophical Society, April 1998.
"Logical Proficiency and Rationality", Department of Philosophy, Texas A&M University, March 12, 1998.
"Anti-individualism and Fregeanism", Department of Philosophy, Eastern Illinois University, February 20, 1997.
"Anti-individualism and Fregeanism", Eastern APA, December 1997.
"Kripke's Puzzle and the Practice of Logical Appraisal", Department of Philosophy, Southwest Texas State University, May 1997.
"Anti-individualism and Fregeanism", North Texas Philosophical Association, April 1997.
"Kripke's Puzzle and the Practice of Logical Appraisal", New Mexico and West Texas Philosophical Society, April 1997.
"Kripke's Puzzle and Ordinary Practice: An Unexpected Interpretation of (and Solution to) Kripke's Puzzle", Mid-South Philosophy Conference, March 1997.
"Dummett's Case Against Holism: Comments on Fultner", Mid-South Philosophy Conference, March 1997.
"Kripke's Puzzle and Logical Appraisal", Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of Nebraska at Omaha, February 1997.
"Belief Content and Compositionality", Southwestern Philosophical Society (Kansas City), November 1996.
"Anti-individualism and Metaphysics", Department of Philosophy, Texas A&M University, September 12, 1996.
"Content, Compositionality and Belief", Central APA, April 1996.
"Searle on the Unconscious: Comments on Balog", New Jersey Regional Philosophy Association Meeting, November 1994.
"A Solution to Kripke's Puzzle and Its Implications for Neo-Russellianism", presented to the Graduate Philosophy Conference, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, April 1994.

Institutes

July 2015: American Association of Colleges and Universities Institute on Integrative Learning and the Departments, University of Delaware.
July 2012: National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar "Experimental Philosophy," led by Shaun Nichols and Ron Mallon at the University of Arizona.
June 2009: National Humanities Center Summer Seminar "Picturing the Present."
June 2007: National Humanities Center Summer Seminar "Human Nature," led by Alex Rosenberg, Jessie Prinz and Alan Buchanan. This seminar brought together faculty from southeastern universities representing diverse disciplines, including biology, psychology, philosophy, and others. The topic of the seminar was biologically informed theories of human nature, and the ethical implications of new technologies that may empower us to change human nature.
Summer 1996 Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium Summer Institute “Mind, World, and Language”, with John McDowell and Robert Brandom, Haverford College.

Teaching Experience

Professional Associations

American Philosophical Association
Florida Philosophical Association
Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology

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