Ryan Cox | Curriculum Vitae

Honorary Associate in Philosophy
Department of Philosophy
School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry
University of Sydney

phone: +61 426 050 207
e-mail: ryan.cox@sydney.edu.au
web: www.rdouglascox.com

Areas of Specialisation

• Philosophy of mind and action, epistemology, philosophy of language, ethics and political philosophy.

Areas of Competence

• Critical thinking, formal logic, philosophy of literature.

Current Position(s)

• 2017–Present. Honorary Associate, Department of Philosophy, University of Sydney.

Previous Positions

• 2020–2021. Associate Research Scholar / Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Princeton University.
• 2016–2017. Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Philosophy, University of Hamburg.
  • Project Title: The Language of Explanation.
  • Funding: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

Publications

• Published and Forthcoming
  • [9] Ryan Cox “Democracy and Social Equality,” Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy, forthcoming.
  • [8] Ryan Cox “Knowledge of Moral Incapacity,” Journal of Value Inquiry, 2021.
  • [7] Ryan Cox “Constitutivism about Instrumental Desires and Introspective Belief,” Dialectica, forthcoming.
  • [6] Ryan Cox “Introspection and Distinctness,” in A Materialist Theory of the Mind: 50 Years on, ed. Peter Anstey and David Braddon-Mitchell (Oxford University Press, 2022).
  • [5] Ryan Cox and Matthew Hammerton “Setiya on Consequentialism and Constraints,” Utilitas 33, no. 4 (2021): 474–79.
  • [4] Ryan Cox “Bromberger on the Syntax of Why-Interrogatives,” Lingua 274 (2020).
  • [3] Ryan Cox “Only Reflect,” Philosophical Topics 47, no. 2 (2019): 183–204.
  • [2] Ryan Cox “How Why-Interrogatives Work,” Synthese, 2019, 1–38.
  • [1] Ryan Cox “Knowing Why,” Mind & Language 33, no. 2 (2018): 177–97.
• Book Reviews
  • Ryan Cox “Review of T. Parent Self-Reflection for the Opaque Mind: An Essay in Neo-Sellarsian Philosophy” Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (2017).

Education

• 2011–2017 PhD. Philosophy, The Australian National University.
  • Thesis: Knowing Why: Essays on Self-Knowledge and Rational Explanation.
  • Supervisors: Daniel Stoljar (chair), David Chalmers, Daniel Nolan, Nicholas Southwood.
• 2021 (expected): Graduate Certificate in English Studies, Sydney University.
• 2013–2014 (6 months): Guest of the Faculty of Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, Cambridge University. Mentor: Dr. John Maier
• 2012–2012 (6 months): Visiting Student Research Collaborator, Department of Philosophy, Princeton University. Supervisor: Professor Michael Smith
• 2009–2011 M.A. Philosophy, The University of Western Australia.
  • Thesis: The Authority of Practical Knowledge
  • Supervisor: Nicholas Damnjanovic
• 2005–2009 B.A. Philosophy (Honours), The University of Western Australia.
  • Thesis: Democracy and Education: The Revised Democratic Threshold Principle
  • Supervisor: Michael Levine

Awards

• 2011 ANU Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship
  • Awarded annually on the basis of academic merit to the top student applicant for an Australian Postgraduate Award in the College of Arts and Social Sciences. Covers tuition, living expenses, and travel. Held for the duration of candidature.
• 2009 Theresa Symons Postgraduate Scholarship in Philosophy
  • Awarded annually on the basis of academic achievement. Contributes to living expenses.
• 2009 Julius Kovesi Memorial Prize
  • Awarded annually to the student who has the highest mark for honours in philosophy. Cash prize.
• 2008 Jean Rogerson Honours Studentship
  • Awarded on the basis of academic achievement. Awarded annually. Cash prize.
• 2008 S. A. Grave Prize in Philosophy
  • Awarded to the student who has shown the most outstanding ability in Level 3 philosophy units. Awarded annually. Cash prize.

Presentations

• 2021 PhilSoc (University of Western Australia)
  • What is the point of going to school? (with Luara Ferracioli)
• 2019 Current Projects Seminar (The University of Sydney)
  • What is the deliberative theory of self-knowledge?
• 2018 A Materialist Theory of the Mind: 50 Years On (The University of Sydney, Invited)
  • Introspection and Distinctness
• 2018 Moral Epistemology Conference (Australian Catholic University)
  • Knowledge of Moral Incapacities
• 2017 Current Projects Seminar (The University of Sydney)
  • Self-Knowledge and Made Up Minds
• 2017 Awesome Moral Philosophy Workshop (Australian National University, Invited)
  • Knowledge of Moral Incapacities
• 2017 PhilSoc (University of Western Australia)
  • Knowledge of Moral Incapacities
• 2017 Normative Capacities Workshop (Utrecht University, Invited)
  • Knowledge of Moral Incapacities
• 2017 Forschungskolloquium: Sprache & Welt (University of Hamburg)
  • How Why Interrogatives Work
• 2016 Forschungskolloquium: Praktische Philosophie (University of Hamburg)
  • Actions, Reasons, and Becauses
• 2016 Forschungskolloquium: Sprache & Welt (University of Hamburg)
  • Hyperintensional Context in Explanatory Language
• 2016 ANU PhilSoc Seminar (ANU Canberra)
  • Knowing Why
• 2016 Current Projects Seminar (The University of Sydney)
  • Knowing Why
• 2015 OZSW Conference (VU Amsterdam)
  • Excusing Facts.
• 2015 Sixth Salzburg Conference for Young Analytic Philosophy, SOPhiA (University of Salzburg)
  • Hyperintensional Contexts in Explanatory Language
• 2015 Responsibility—The Epistemic Dimension II (VU Amsterdam)
  • Moral Know How: Comments on Errol Lord’s “On the Intellectual Conditions for Responsibility”
• 2014 ANU PhilSoc Seminar (ANU Canberra)
  • Because and Why in Context
• 2014 Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference (ANU Canberra)
  • Knowing What and Knowing Why
• 2013 ANU PhilSoc Seminar (ANU Canberra)
  • Epistemic Conditions on Acting for a Reason
• 2013 Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference (UQ Brisbane)
  • Self-Knowledge and the Concept of a Person
• 2012 ANU PhilSoc Seminar (ANU Canberra)
  • Self-Knowledge and Rational Agency
• 2012 ANU Graduate Conference, Kioloa (ANU Kioloa)
  • Getting Clear on Transparency
• 2011 ANU Graduate Conference, Kioloa (ANU Kioloa)
  • Promotion for Humeans

Media and Outreach

• 2021 ABC Religion & Ethics
  • More persuasion, less evasion: What should we demand from our politicians in the name of democracy — and why? (with Luara Ferracioli)
• 2020 ABC Religion & Ethics
  • Universal childcare and inheritance tax: Related ways of addressing social inequality (with Luara Ferracioli)

Teaching

• Lecturer, Coordinator, and Preceptor (Princeton University)
  • 2020 Fall Philosophy of Mind
  • 2020 Fall Political Philosophy
• Lecturer and Coordinator (University of Sydney)
  • 2020 Sem 1 Democratic Theory.
  • 2019 July Intensive. Introductory Logic.
  • 2018 July Intensive. Introductory Logic.
• Lecturer/Co-Lecturer (University of Sydney)
  • 2021 Sem 1 A Brief Introduction to Critical Thinking (School of Medicine, University of Sydney)
  • 2020 Sem 1 A Brief Introduction to Critical Thinking (School of Medicine, University of Sydney)
  • 2019 Sem 2 Critical Analysis and Thought Leadership (School of Business, University of Sydney)
  • 2018 Sem 2 Democratic Theory.
  • 2018 Sem 2 Critical Analysis and Thought Leadership (School of Business, University of Sydney)
• Tutor / Teaching Assistant (University of Sydney)
  • 2019 Sem 2 Philosophy and Literature
  • 2019 Sem 2 Knowledge, Reason and Action.
  • 2019 Sem 2 Introductory Logic
  • 2019 Sem 2 Philosophy of Mind (Advanced).
  • 2018 Sem 2 Philosophy of Mind (Advanced).
  • 2018 Sem 2 Introductory Logic.
  • 2018 Sem 1 OLE Global Ethics.
  • 2018 Sem 1 Knowledge, Reason and Action.
  • 2017 Sem 2 Introductory Logic.
• Tutor / Teaching Assistant (University of Western Australia
  • 2011 Sem 1 Introduction to Critical Thinking.
  • 2010 Sem 2 Key Topics in Philosophy.
  • 2010 Sem 1 Introduction to Critical Thinking.
  • 2009 Sem 2 Key Topics in Philosophy.
  • 2009 Sem 1 Introduction to Critical Thinking.
• Tutor / Teaching Assistant (University of Notre Dame, Fremantle)
  • 2011 Sem 1 Introduction to Philosophy.
  • 2011 Sem 1 Introduction to Ethics.
  • 2010 Sem 1 Introduction to Philosophy.
  • 2009 Sem 2 Introduction to Philosophy.
• Guest Lecturer (University of Western Australia)
  • 2010 Key Topics in Philosophy (Two lectures on personal identity).
  • 2008 Topics in Philosophical Psychology (One lecture on the nature of love).

Service

• 2021 Reviewing: Synthese (x2), Erkenntnis (x1)
• 2020 Seniors Thesis Supervision, Princeton. Daniel Te.
• 2018 Reviewing: Synthese (x1), Erkenntnis (x1)
• 2017 Reviewing: Journal of Philosophical Research (x1), Philosophical Studies (x1)
• 2016 Reviewing: Journal of Applied Philosophy (x1).
• 2015 Reviewing: Dialectica (x1).
• 2012 Head Organiser: ANU Kioloa Graduate Student Conference.
• 2010 Facilitator: Hale School Philosothon.

References

• Professor Daniel Stoljar, Australian National University, School of Philosophy. (PhD Supervisor).
  • e-mail: daniel.stoljar@anu.edu.au
• Professor Nicholas J. J. Smith, University of Sydney, Department of Philosophy (Teaching reference).
  • e-mail nicholas.smith@sydney.edu.au
• Professor Alex Voorhoeve, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Philosophy Logic and Scientific Method (Research reference)
  • e-mail a.e.voorhoeve@lse.ac.uk

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