W. Scott Clifton 225 Hall Auditorium, Miami University Oxford, OH 45056 (360) 621-2490

[email protected] sites.google.com/site/wscottclifton

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT 20152013-2014

Visiting Assistant Professor, Miami University Visiting Assistant Professor, College of Charleston

EDUCATION Ph.D. M.A. M.A. B.A. B.A.

Department of Philosophy, University of Washington-Seattle, 2013 Dissertation: Seduced into Caring: Virtue and the Life of the Reader (Chair: Ronald Moore) Department of Philosophy, University of Washington-Seattle, 2007 Department of Philosophy, Georgia State University, 2005 Thesis: Ways to Skin the Zombie-Cat: A Look at the Problems Associated with Chalmers’s Zombie-Argument (Chair: Reina Hayaki) Department of Philosophy, Auburn University, 2003 (with honors) Department of Literature, University of North Carolina-Asheville, 2000 (with honors)

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION: Ethics, Medical Ethics, Aesthetics AREAS OF COMPETENCE: Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Mind, Nietzsche PUBLICATIONS Peer-Reviewed Papers forthcoming

“A Notorious Example of Failed Mindreading: Dramatic Irony and the Moral and Epistemic Value of Art,” Journal of Aesthetic Education. forthcoming “Schopenhauer and Murdoch on the Ethical Value of the Loss of Self in Aesthetic Experience,” Journal of Aesthetic Education forthcoming “Trusting the Author: Narrative Tension and the Puzzle of Audience Anxiety,” Philosophy and Literature 2015 “Preserving the Natural Order of Learning: Brain-Based Pedagogy and the Value of Online Discussion Board Assignments,” Teaching Philosophy, 38 (1), pp. 1-19. 2014 “Non-Branching Moderate Moralism,” Philosophia, 42 (1), pp. 95-111. 2013 “Murdochian Moral Perception,” Journal of Value Inquiry, 47 (3), pp. 207-220.

Book Reviews 2013

Review of Keith Lehrer’s Art, Self, & Knowledge. Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 71(2), pp. 212-215.

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Popular Philosophy 2013 2012

“Is Omar the Nietzschean Overman?” In The Wire and Philosophy, ed. by Joanna Crosby, David Bzdak, and Seth Vannatta. Chicago, IL: Open Court Publishing, pp. 107-122. “Feeling Bad About Feeling Good: Is It Morally Wrong to Laugh at Sheldon?” In The Big Bang Theory and Philosophy, ed. by Dean A. Kowalski. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley and Sons/Blackwell, pp. 51-64.

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“Transcendental Arguments Against Psychological Egoism and Underdetermination” “What Do Terminal Patients Fear About Death? Conscious Dying” “What’s In a Feeling? Emotion Token-Individuation and Capgras Syndrome”

TEACHING

Lower-Level Undergraduate Miami University Introduction to Ethics (Fall 2015, 2 classes; Spring 2016, 2 classes) College of Charleston Introduction to Philosophy (Fall 2013, 2 classes; Spring 2014) Biomedical Ethics (Spring 2014, 2 classes) Introduction to Ethics (Fall 2013) University of Washington, Tacoma Introduction to the Philosophy of Human Rights (Spring 2013) University of Washington, Seattle Introduction to Philosophy (Spring 2010) Contemporary Moral Problems (Summer 2010, Summer 2012) Practical Reasoning (Summer 2008, Fall 2008) Contemporary Problems in Aesthetics (Spring 2009) Medical Ethics (Summer 2011, Spring 2012, Summer 2013) Kaplan University (online courses) Applied Ethics (2007-2009) Bioethics (Spring 2009) Georgia State University Critical Thinking (Fall 2004, 3 classes; Spring 2005, 3 classes; Summer 2005) Upper-Level Undergraduate Miami University Confronting Death (Fall 2015) Medical Ethics (Spring 2016) University of Washington, Seattle Nietzsche, the (Im)moralist (Fall 2011) Philosophy of Mind (Fall 2010) Philosophy and Literature (Fall 2009)

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HONORS AND AWARDS 2013 2012 2008, 2010, 2011 2005

International Teaching Learning Cooperative Grant, Lilly Conference On College and University Teaching and Learning – Bethesda University of Washington Graduate Program Dissertation Fellowship Graduate Student Travel Award, Graduate School Fund for Excellence and Innovation University of Washington Research Assistant Fellowship

CONFERENCES Presentations 2013 “Preserving the Natural Order of Learning“ (with Alexis McMillan-Clifton) Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching, Bethesda, MD, May 31-June 2 2012 “Structural and Aesthetic Narrative Tension in Films.” Society for the Philosophical Study of the Contemporary Visual Arts, APA Pacific Division, Seattle WA, April 6 2012 “Non-Branching Moderate Moralism.” American Society for Aesthetics Pacific Meeting, Asilomar, CA, April 11-13 2012 “Non-Branching Moderate Moralism.” APA Central Division, Chicago, IL, February 15-18 2011 “The Token-Individuation Problem for Pure Affective Theories of Emotion and Capgras Syndrome.” APA Eastern Division, 108th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., December 27-30 2011 “Moderate Moralism and Narrative Perspective.” American Society for Aesthetics Pacific Meeting, Asilomar, CA, March 30-April 1 2011 “Branching vs. Non-Branching Models and Moderate Moralism.” APA Pacific Division, 85th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 20-23 2010 “Branching vs. Non-Branching Models and Moderate Moralism.” 62nd Annual Northwest Philosophy Conference, Willamette University, Salem, OR, October 1-2 2010 “The Great Secret of Morals? Considerateness -- How Fiction and Imagination Can Improve Moral Decision-Making.” American Society for Aesthetics Eastern Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, April 16-17 2010 “What’s in a Feeling? An Argument for the Intentionality of Affect.” (poster) Toward a Science of Consciousness 2010, Tucson, AZ, April 12-17 2008 “A Wealth of Possibilities: How Fiction Can Make Readers Better Moral Agents.” 20th Biennial Congress of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, Chicago, IL, August 22-24 2008 “Learning from Fiction and How Fiction Should be Taught.” Cave Hill Philosophy Symposium: Conversations IV—Reflections on Tertiary Education, Department of History and Philosophy, University of West Indies-Cave Hill, Barbados, February 28-29



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2004 2004

“An Examination of Kripke’s Essentialism.” Graduate Student Conference, Department of Philosophy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, April 910 “An Examination of Kripke’s Essentialism.” Phi Sigma Tau Graduate Student Conference, Department of Philosophy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, April 3

Commentary 2013 Commentary on C. Thi Nguyen’s “Games as Landscape.” American Society for Aesthetics Pacific Meeting, Asilomar, CA, April 9-11 2012 Commentary on Alison Hepola’s “Fictional Realism: A Threat to Literary Cognitivism.” American Society for Aesthetics Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, October 24-27 2011 Commentary on Ira Newman’s “Narrativizing Shame: A Study in Moral Psychology and Literary Structure.” American Society for Aesthetics Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, October 26-29 2010 Commentary on Landon Schurtz’s “Moderate Moralism, or Something Close Enough.” American Society for Aesthetics Annual Meeting, Victoria, BC, Canada, October 27-30 2010 Commentary on Justin Kalef’s “A ‘Parallel Arguments’ Response to Harman’s Case for Appraiser Relativism.” 62nd Annual Northwest Philosophy Conference, Willamette University, Salem, OR, October 1-2 2010 Commentary on Jim Hamilton’s “Narrative, Fiction, Imagination.” American Society for Aesthetics Pacific Meeting, Asilomar, CA, April 7-9

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Service to the Profession • Referee, Teaching Philosophy • Session Moderator, Philosophy and Psychiatry, APA Pacific Division, Seattle, April 4-7 • Session Moderator, Philosophy of Mind, APA Pacific Division, Vancouver, BC, Canada, April 8-12 • Session Moderator, Structure and Literature, 20th Biennial Congress of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, Chicago, IL, August 22-24, 2008 Service to the Department • Invited Presentation: “Ethical Ideals in Artworks: Schopenhauer and Murdoch on Self-Lossness in Aesthetic Experience.” Aesthetics Work Group, College of Charleston, March 28, 2014 • Invited Guest Speaker (“Nietzsche” ), Lycaeum Philosophy Undergraduate Club, University of Washington, February 19, 2013 • Graduate Program Review Committee, Department of Philosophy, University of Washington, Seattle, 2011-2012 • Departmental Curriculum Committee, Department of Philosophy, University of Washington, Seattle, 2010-2011

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Invited Guest Speaker (“Schopenhauer’s Metaphysics”), Lycaeum Philosophy Undergraduate Club, University of Washington, November 15, 2011

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Library Committee, Department of Philosophy, University of Washington, Seattle, 2007-2009 Co-organizer, Fourth Biennial Graduate Student Conference, “Environmental Ethics,” University of Washington, Seattle, Seattle WA, October 5-6

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REFERENCES Ronald Moore, Professor University of Washington Department of Philosophy (206) 543-7847 [email protected]

Carole Lee, Assistant Professor University of Washington Department of Philosophy (206) 543-9888 [email protected]

Todd Grantham, Department Chair and Professor (teaching reference) College of Charleston Department of Philosophy (843) 953-8011 [email protected]

Thomas Nadelhoffer, Assistant Professor College of Charleston Department of Philosophy (843) 953-3012 [email protected]

Michael Blake, Professor University of Washington Department of Philosophy (206) 221-7859 [email protected]

Jonathan Neufeld, Associate Professor College of Charleston Department of Philosophy (843) 953-3961 [email protected]



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