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Curriculum Vitae (Abridged Web Version)

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2010-	Assistant Professor , Department of Philosophy, Old Dominion University
2008-10	Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Old Dominion University
2007-08	Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Winnipeg
2005-06	SSHRC Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Philosophy, University of Windsor
2004	Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Philosophy, University of Winnipeg

Areas of Specialty : Epistemology and Metaphysics; History and Philosophy of Logic;
Theory of Reasoning and Argument; Philosophy of Mind
Areas of Competence : History of Modern and Analytic Philosophy; Logic (formal and informal); Philosophy of Language

EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Philosophy (2004)
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
Dissertation Title: Psychologism, Semantics and the Subject Matter of Logic.
M.A. in Philosophy (1997)
York University, North York, Ontario
Hons. B.A. in Philosophy (1995)
Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario

REFERENCES
Prof. Nicholas Griffin, McMaster University
Prof. David Hitchcock, McMaster University
Prof. Douglas Walton, University of Windsor
Prof. Robert C. Pinto, University of Windsor
Prof. Ralph Johnson, University of Windsor

PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Articles; Professional Journal

1. ' The importance of belief in argumentation: Belief, commitment and the effective resolution of a difference of opinion,'Synthese, forthcoming.
   [Online first at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11229-008-9398-3 ]
2. 'On common knowledge and ad populum: Acceptance as grounds for acceptability,’ Philosophy & Rhetoric, 41(2), 2008, pp.101-129.
3. ‘Departmental boundaries within the corporate body of theory: Quine on the holistic foundations of logic,’ Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review, 45(3), 2006, pp. 505-528.
4. ‘Psychologism in the logic of John Stuart Mill: Mill on the subject matter and foundations of ratiocinative logic,’ History and Philosophy of Logic, 26(2), 2005, pp. 115-143.
5. ‘Deductivism as an interpretative strategy: A reply to Groarke’s defense of reconstructive deductivism,’ Argumentation and Advocacy: Journal of the American Forensic Association, 41(3), 2005, pp. 168-183.
6. ‘Arguing at cross-purposes: Discharging the dialectical obligations of the coalescent model of argumentation,’ Argumentation: An International Journal on Reasoning, 17(2), 2003, pp. 219-243.

Co-Authored

7. Godden and Griffin. ‘Psychologism and the development of Russell’s account of propositions,’ History and Philosophy of Logic, 30(2), 2009, pp. 171-186.
8. Godden and Walton. ‘Defeasibility in judicial opinion: Logical or procedural?’ Informal Logic: Reasoning and Argumentation in Theory and Practice, 28(1), 2008, pp. 5-15.
9. Godden and Walton. ‘Advances in the theory of argumentation schemes and critical questions,’ Informal Logic: Reasoning and Argumentation in Theory and Practice, 27(3), 2007, pp. 267-292.
10. Godden and Walton. ‘A theory of presumption for everyday argumentation,’ Pragmatics & Cognition, 15(2), 2007, pp. 313-346.
11. Godden and Walton. ‘Argument from expert opinion as legal evidence: Critical questions and admissibility criteria of expert testimony in the American legal system,’ Ratio Juris, 19(3), 2006, pp. 261-286.
12. Walton and Godden. ‘Persuasion dialogue in online dispute resolution,’ Artificial Intelligence and Law, 13(2), 2005, pp. 273-295.
13. Godden and Walton. ‘Denying the antecedent as a legitimate argumentative strategy: A dialectical model,’ Informal Logic: Reasoning and Argumentation in Theory and Practice, 24(3), 2004, pp. 219-243.

Edited Collections

14. Informal Logic Special Issue on Douglas Walton, 27(1), 2007. Including ‘Editor’s Introduction’ (pp. 1-4) and ‘A bibliography of Douglas Walton’s published works, 1971-2007’ (pp. 135-147).

Contributions to Edited Collections
Co-Authored

15. Walton and Godden. ‘Rescher on dialogue systems, argumentation and burden of proof’ in R. Almeder (ed.), Rescher Studies: A Collection of Essays on the Philosophical Work or Nicholas Rescher, Reading Rescher (vol.2), pp. 401-427. Frankfurt: Verlag Ontos 2008.
16. Walton and Godden. ‘Informal logic and the dialectical approach to argument,’ in H.V. Hansen and R.C. Pinto (eds.), Reason Reclaimed, pp. 3-17. Newport News, VA: Vale Press, 2007.
17. Walton and Godden. ‘The impact of argumentation on artificial intelligence,’ in M.A. van Rees and P. Houtlosser (eds.), Considering Pragma-Dialectics, pp. 287-299. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006.

Peer-Reviewed Articles; Graduate Student Journal

18. ‘The problems of individuality and incommensurability in Raz’s The Morality of Freedom,’ De Philosophia, 15(2), 1999, pp. 33-50.
19. ‘Language and acquisition in Chomskian theory,’ Discourse, 4, 1998, pp. 52-64.
20. ‘Nehamas’ Life as Literature: A case for the defence,’ Kinesis, 23(2), 1996, pp. 29-46.

INVITED TALKS, CONFERENCES, DEPARTMENTAL TALKS AND BOOK REVIEWS

Invited Talks

1. ‘Theory of logic in the 19 th century: Whately, Mill, Boole, Bolzano, and Frege on the nature and subject matter of logic,’ Simon Fraser University, Graduate Seminar in the History of Logic, March 17, 2006.

Conferences Presentations and Contributions to Conference Proceedings

1. ‘The importance of belief in argumentation: Belief, commitment and the effective resolution of a difference of opinion,’ Dissensus and the Search for Common Ground, Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation, June 6-9, 2007.
2. ‘The adequacy of foundationalism and coherence as regulative models of belief change,’ International Society for the Study of Argumentation (ISSA), 6th International Conference on Argumentation, at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, June 27-30, 2006.
3. ‘Reconstruction and representation: Deductivism as an interpretative strategy,’ in J.A Blair, D. Farr, H.V. Hansen, R.H. Johnson and C.W. Tindale (eds.), Informal Logic @ 25: Proceedings of the Windsor Conference. Windsor, ON: Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation, 2003.
4. ‘On Toulmin's fields and Wittgenstein's later views on logic,’ in F.H. van Eemeren, J.A. Blair, C.A. Willard and A.F. Snoeck Henkemans (eds.), Proceedings of the Fifth Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation. Amsterdam: Sic Sat, 2003, pp. 368-375.
5. ‘On the relation of argumentation and inference,’ in H.V. Hansen, C.W. Tindale, J.A. Blair, R.H. Johnson and R.C. Pinto (eds.), Proceedings of the Fourth OSSA Conference: Argumentation and its Applications. Windsor, ON: Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation, 2002.
6. ‘Psychologism in contemporary argumentation theory,’ in Hans V. Hansen, Christopher W. Tindale, and Elmar Sveda (eds.), Proceedings of the Third OSSA Conference: Argumentation at the Century's Turn. St. Catherines, ON: Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation, 2000.
7. ‘Reference, reduction and mental discourse,’ Ontario Philosophical Society, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, October, 2000.

Co-Authored

12. Walton and Godden. ‘Redefining knowledge in a way suitable for argumentation,’ in H.V. Hansen et. al. (eds.), Dissensus and the Search for Common Ground, CD-ROM. Windsor, ON: Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation, 2007.
13. Walton and Godden. ‘Alternatives to suspicion and trust as conditions for challenge in argumentative dialogue,’ i n P. Riley (ed.), Engaging Argument: Selected Papers from the 2005 NCA/AFA Summer Conference on Argumentation, pp. 438-444. Washington DC, National Communication Association, 2006.
14. Walton and Godden. ‘The nature and status of critical questions in argumentation schemes,’ in D. Hitchcock (ed.), The Uses of Argument: Proceedings of a conference at McMaster University, pp. 476-484. Hamilton, ON: Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation, 2005.
15. Griffin and Godden. ‘Psychologism and the development of Russell’s theory of propositions,’ American Philosophical Association (Bertrand Russell Society), Boston, MA, Dec. 28, 2004.

Commentaries

1. ‘Commentary on A. Aberdein: “Argumentation Schemes and Communities of Argumentational Practice”,’ Argument Cultures, Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation, Windsor, ON, June 3-6, 2009.
2. ‘Commentary on E.C.W. Krabbe: “Predicaments of the Concluding Stage”,” in H.V. Hansen, et. al. (eds.), Dissensus and the Search for Common Ground, CD-ROM. Windsor, ON: OSSA, 2007.
3. ‘Commentary on D. Jacquette: “Two Sides of Any Issue”,’ The Uses of Argument, Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation, Hamilton, ON, May 18-21, 2005.
4. ‘Commentary on M. Allen: “A Road Less Travelled”,’ American Philosophical Association (Bertrand Russell Society), Boston, MA, Dec. 28, 2004.
5. ‘Commentary on J. Plug: “Indicators of obiter dicta”,’ in H.V. Hansen, C.W. Tindale, A.V. Colman (eds.), Proceedings of the Second OSSA Conference: Argumentation and Rhetoric. St. Catherines, ON: Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation, 1998.

Departmental Talks

1. ‘On common knowledge and ad populum,’ University of Windsor Philosophy Department Dry-Run Speaker Series, February 22, 2006.
2. ‘Frege on the nature of philosophy,’ University of Windsor Philosophy Department Graduate Seminar Series, February 16, 2006.
3. ‘Can we change our minds about everything? Quine on the revisability of belief,’ University of Winnipeg Philosophy Department Colloquia Series, January 26, 2005.

Book Reviews

1. ‘Review of: Mark Vorobej, A Theory of Argument,’ History and Philosophy of Logic, 30(1), 2009, pp. 101-102.
2. ‘Review of: Frans van Eemeren and Rob Grootendorst, A Systematic Theory of Argumentation: The Pragma-Dialectical Approach,’ Philosophy in Review, 25(1), 2005, pp. 72-75.
3. ‘Review of: Christopher W. Tindale, Acts of Arguing: A Rhetorical Model of Argument,’ Philosophy in Review, 20(5), 2000, pp. 384-386.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1. Introduction to Philosophy (Phil 110P), Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009 (assigned)
   Old Dominion Univeristy, Norfolk, Virginia, Lecturer
2. Abduction & Inference to the Best Explanation (Phil 3301.6), Winter 2008
   University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Visiting Assistant Professor
3. Values and the Human Condition (Intro) (Phil-1002.6), Winter 2008; Spring 2008
   University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Visiting Assistant Professor
4. Philosophy of Mind (Phil 2264.3), Fall 2007
   University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Visiting Assistant Professor
5. Introduction to Logical Reasoning (Phil 1301.6 ), Fall/Winter 2007-08
   University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Visiting Assistant Professor
6. Reasoning About Weird Things (Phil 01-34-266), Winter 2006
   University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Sessional Lecturer
7. Reasoning Skills (Phil 01-34-160), Fall 2005; Winter 2004
   University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Sessional Lecturer
8. Logic (Phil 35.2302/6), Fall/Winter 2004-05
   University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sessional Lecturer
9. Descartes to Hume: Modern Epistemology and Metaphysics (PHIL 2C06E), Fall/Winter 2002-03
   McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Sessional Lecturer
10. Reasoning & Argumentation (PY / CS 201), Winter 2002
    Wilfrid Laurier University ( Brantford Campus), Brantford, Ontario, Sessional Lecturer
11. Teaching Assistant, September 1998 to April 2002, and September 2003 to April 2004
    Courses: (i) Formal Logic; (ii) Critical Thinking; (iii) Philosophy of Psychology (Descartes, Freud, Foucault); (iv) Modern Epistemology & Metaphysics (Descartes to Hume).
    McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

2005-2006 - SSHRC Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship
2004 - Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship (Institutionally awarded)
2002-2003 - Ontario Graduate Scholarship
2000-2002 - SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship
2001-2002 - McMaster Graduate Scholarship (Declined by candidate)
2000-2001 - Ontario Graduate Scholarship (Declined by candidate)
2000-2001 - McMaster Graduate Scholarship (Declined by candidate)
2000-2001 - James F. Harvey & Helen S. Harvey Travel Scholarship (McMaster)
2000-2001 - Albert Shalom Travel Scholarship (McMaster)
1999-2000 - Ontario Graduate Scholarship
1999-2000 - McMaster Graduate Scholarship (Declined by candidate)
1998-1999 - McMaster Graduate Scholarship

ACADEMIC RESEARCH & ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

1. Research and Administrative Assistant, January 2007 to July 2007.
   Centre for Research in Reasoning, Argumentation and Rhetoric
   University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
2. SSHRC Post-doctoral Research Fellow, January 2005 to December 2006.
   University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
   Project: Developing Standards for Argument Evaluation: Epistemology, Evidence and Psychology of Reasoning
   Supervisors: Prof. R.C. Pinto, Prof. J. Anthony Blair, Prof. Ralph Johnson
3. Post-doctoral Research Fellow, May 2004 to December 2004
   University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba
   Project: Argumentation schemes as normative models for defeasible argument
   Supervisor: Prof. Douglas Walton
4. Research Assistant / Group Coordinator, September 2003 to April 2004
   The Bioethics Research Group, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
5. Research Assistant, September 1995 to December 1996
   York University, Toronto, Ontario

SERVICE TO DEPARTMENT AND COLLEGE

• 2008 - Teaching Committee, College of Arts and Letters, Old Dominion University
• 2006, Oct. Organised and presented a 3 hour workshop on composing successful SSHRC and OGS grant applications for Windsor Philosophy graduate students.
• 2005, Oct. Offered grant-writing workshop (above) for Windsor Philosophy students.
• 2000-2003 Graduate Student Representative to the McMaster, Guelph, Wilfrid Laurier Joint Philosophy PhD Program Committee.
• 2002, Jan. Designed and presented an invited information session on Academic Integrity to a Year 1 Science Inquiry class. This session sought to engage introductory students with the two questions: What is academic integrity? and Why is it important?
• 1999-2001 Co-Chair of the McMaster University Philosophy Department Speaker Series
• 2001, Aug. Composed a Grant Writing Dossier for McMaster Philosophy Graduate Students.
• 2000, Sept. Organised and presented a workshop on composing successful SSHRC grant applications for McMaster Philosophy graduate students.

SERVICE TO PROFESSION

• Guest editor, Informal Logic, Special Issue on Douglas Walton (2007)
• Managing editor, Dissensus and the Search for Common Ground Conference Proceedings, Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation, June 6-9, 2007
• Occasional reviewer for (i) Argumentation (2009, 2007, 2005, 2004), (ii) Informal Logic (2009, 2007), (iii) Journal of Philosophical Research (2009), (iv) History and Philosophy of Logic (2008), (v) Australasian Journal of Philosophy (2007), (vi) Cambridge University Press (2006), (vii) Argumentation and Advocacy (2006), and (viii) Dialogue (2004). .
• Member of the program committee for Ontario Society for the Study of Argument conferences:
  (i) Dissensus and the Search for Common Ground, Windsor, Ontario, June 2007,
  (ii) The Uses of Argument , Hamilton, Ontario, May 2005.
• Member of the Award Committee for the J. Anthony Blair Student Essay Prize in Argumentation, 2009
• Webmaster for the Association for Informal Logic and Critical Thinking (AILACT), June 2007 - present

WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS

• Designer & Facilitator: Writing Successful Research Grant Proposals, (2 ½ hrs; invited) October 2006
  Department of Philosophy, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
  Previously given at University of Windsor October 2005; McMaster University Sept. 2000
• Facilitator: Stimulating Effective Discussion (1 ½ hrs; invited), September 2006
  Centre for Leadership in Learning, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
• Facilitator: Grading Student Papers (1 ½ hrs; invited), September 2003
  Centre for Leadership in Learning, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
  Previously given at McMaster University Sept. 2001 and Sept. 2002.
• Facilitator: The First Tutorial (1 ½ hrs; invited), September 2003
  Centre for Leadership in Learning, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
• Designer & Facilitator: Dealing with Academic Dishonesty in Your Classroom, (2 hrs; invited) November 2001
  Centre for Leadership in Learning, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Participant: Don McCabe Conference on Academic Integrity (1-day workshop) 2002
  University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
• Participant: Principles and Practice of University Teaching, May 2001 to June 2001
  Topics included: effective lecturing, making presentations, problem-based learning, leading small groups, course design, constructing tests and student evaluation.
  Centre for Leadership in Learning, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
• Participant: Technology in Teaching (2-day workshop) Dec. 2000
  Centre for Leadership in Learning, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
• Participant: Leading Small Groups (6-week course) Nov. 2000
  Centre for Leadership in Learning, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
• Participant: Effective Lecturing (6-week course) Oct. 2000
  Centre for Leadership in Learning, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Canadian Philosophical Association (CPA)
• American Philosophical Association (APA)
• International Society for the Study of Argumentation (ISSA)
• History of Early Analytic Philosophy Society (HEAPS)
• Association for Informal Logic and Critical Thinking (AILACT)

(July 2009)

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