TIMOTHY J. PAWL Curriculum Vitae March 2014 University of St. Thomas, JRC 241 2115 Summit Avenue Saint Paul, MN 55105 Webpage: sites.google.com/site/timpawl/home

Office: JRC 243 Phone: (651) 962-5364 Fax: (651) 962-5340 Email: timpawl [at] stthomas.edu

EDUCATION Ph.D., Philosophy, Saint Louis University, October 2008 Dissertation: A Thomistic Account of Truthmakers for Modal Truths Committee: Eleonore Stump (Chair), Scott Berman, and Joseph Salerno M.A., Philosophy, Saint Louis University, August 2007 Graduate coursework as a visiting student at the University of Notre Dame, Department of Philosophy, 2005-2006 B.A., Philosophy and Theology, Magna Cum Laude, Valparaiso University, May 2003

ACADEMIC POSITIONS AND EMPLOYMENT Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Saint Thomas, 2014Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Saint Thomas, 2008-2014 Visiting Assistant Professor through the Analytic Theology Residential Fellowship, funded by the John Templeton Foundation and the Center for Philosophy of Religion, at the University of Notre Dame, 2012-2013 Dissertation Fellow, Center for Philosophy of Religion, University of Notre Dame, 2007-2008 Instructor, Saint Louis University, 2006-2007 Research Assistant, Alvin Plantinga, 2005-2006 Henle Research Assistant, Eleonore Stump, 2004-2005

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION Analytic Metaphysics, Thomistic Philosophy (esp. Metaphysics), Philosophy of Religion

AREAS OF COMPETENCE Epistemology, Logic

PUBLICATIONS: PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES 11. “Temporary Intrinsics and Christological Predication,” Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion vol. 7, forthcoming, 2015. 10. “A Solution to the Fundamental Philosophical Problem of Christology,” The Journal of Analytic Theology, forthcoming. 9. “Change, Difference, and Orthodox Truthmaker Theory,” The Australasian Journal of Philosophy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00048402.2013.839726.

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8. “The Freedom of Christ and The Problem of Deliberation,” International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 2014 DOI 10.1007/s11153-014-9447-4. 7. “The Freedom of Christ and Explanatory Priority,” Religious Studies, available on CJO 2013 doi:10.1017/S0034412513000309. 6. “Stone's Evidential Atheism: A Critique,” Faith and Philosophy, 30.3 (2013): 317-329. 5. “Heavenly Freedom: A Response to Cowan” (coauthored with Kevin Timpe), Faith and Philosophy 30.2 (2013): 188-197. 4. “Traditional Christian Theism and Truthmaker Maximalism,” The European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 4.1 (2012): 197-218. 3. “Transubstantiation, Tropes and Truthmakers,” The American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 86.1 (2012): 71-96. 2. “The Possibility Principle and the Truthmakers for Modal Truths,” Australasian Journal of Philosophy 88.3 (2010): 417-428. 1. “Incompatibilism, Sin, and Free Will in Heaven” (coauthored with Kevin Timpe), Faith and Philosophy 26.4 (2009): 398-419.

PUBLICATIONS: BOOK CHAPTERS AND INVITED ARTICLES 4. “Nine Problems (And Even More Solutions) for Powers Accounts of Possibility” in Putting Powers to Work: Causal Powers in Contemporary Metaphysics (ed. Jonathan D. Jacobs, Oxford University Press, USA, 2014): forthcoming. 3. “The Five Ways” in The Oxford Handbook of Thomas Aquinas (ed. Brian Davies and Eleonore Stump, Oxford University Press, USA, 2012): 115-131. 2. “The Five Ways” in Just the Arguments: 100 of the Most Important Arguments in Western Philosophy (ed. Michael Bruce and Steven Barbone, Wiley-Blackwell, 2011): 9-17. 1. “St. Thomas Aquinas on Blameworthiness and the Virtue of Faith,” invited by Journal of Postgraduates in Wuhan University 21.4 (2005): 21-26.

PUBLICATIONS: ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES “Divine Immutability”, The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2009 [ http://www.iep.utm.edu/div-immu/ ] “St. Thomas Aquinas” The Literary Encyclopedia. 2009 [ http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=135 ]

PUBLICATIONS: REVIEWS AND BOOKNOTES James E. Dolezal’s God without Parts: Divine Simplicity and the Metaphysics of God’s Absoluteness, Pickwick Publications, 2011; Faith and Philosophy, 30.3 (2013): 480-486. Lukáš Novák, Daniel D. Novotný, Prokop Sousedík, and David Svoboda (eds.) Metaphysics: Aristotelian, Scholastic, Analytic, Ontos Verlag, 2012; Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, 2012. http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/36444-metaphysics-aristotelian-scholastic-analytic/ Paul Weingartner’s God’s Existence: Can it be Proven? A Logical Commentary on the Five Ways of Thomas Aquinas, Ontos Verlag, 2010; The European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 3:1 (2011): 243-248.

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Mark Ian Thomas Robson’s Ontology and Providence in Creation: Taking Ex Nihilo Seriously, Continuum, 2008; Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, 2009. http://ndpr.nd.edu/review.cfm?id=16708 Peter van Inwagen’s The Problem of Evil (O.U.P, 2006), in Religious Studies Review 36.1 (2010): 52-53. [booknote] Christian Moevs’ The Metaphysics of Dante’s Comedy (O.U.P., 2005), in Religious Studies Review 32.2 (2006): 115. [booknote]

PRESENTATIONS: PAPERS “Change, Difference, and Orthodox Truthmaker Theory.” Minnesota Philosophical Society Meeting. St. Paul, MN, October 2013. “Conciliar Christology: A Metaphysical Model.” Wake Forest Hylemorphism Workshop. Winston-Salem, NC, June 2013. “Temporary Intrinsics and Christological Predication” Notre Dame Center for Philosophy of Religion Discussion Group. South Bend, IN, April 2013. “A Second Problem of Foreknowledge and Freedom: Aquinas on Christ’s Human Knowledge.” Unum, Verum, Bonum. Lisbon, Portugal, April 2013. “Conciliar Christology and the Problem of Incompatible Predications.” The Eighth Annual Philosophy of Religion Conference at Baylor University, Waco, TX, March 2013. “Conciliar Christology and the Problem of Incompatible Predications.” First Annual LA Theology Conference, Los Angeles, CA, January 2013. “Conciliar Christology and the Problem of Incompatible Predications.” Notre Dame Center for Philosophy of Religion Discussion Group. South Bend, IN, November, 2012. “The Freedom of Christ.” Writing Retreat and Workshop on Divine Freedom, Tallahassee, FL, March 2012. “A Problem (and Solution) for Powers Accounts of Possibility.” Putting Powers To Work Conference Workshop, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, April 2011. “Another Problem of Foreknowledge and Freedom: Aquinas on the Knowledge of Christ’s Human Soul.” The Metaphysics of Aquinas and its Modern Interpreters: Theological and Philosophical Perspectives, Fordham University, New York, NY, March, 2011. “Transubstantiation and Truthmakers.” American Catholic Philosophical Association, New Orleans, LA, November, 2009. “Prayer to an Immutable God.” Departmental Colloquium, University of St Thomas, St. Paul, MN, March, 2009. “A Critique of Armstrong’s Possibility Principle.” Central States Philosophy Association Conference, St. Paul, MN, September, 2008. “A Thomistic Account of Truthmakers for Modal Truths. University of Saint Thomas, St. Paul, MN, February, 2008. “The Pairing Problem: An Analysis and a Dualistic Response.” Saint Louis University Graduate Student Conference, Saint Louis University, MO, October, 2007. “Aquinas on Blame for Lacking Faith.” Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN, February, 2007. “Heavens No; Don’t Take My Freedom: Incompatibilism, Sin, and Free Will in Heaven.” Coauthored with Kevin Timpe. Society of Christian Philosophers Western Regional Meeting, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA, February, 2007. (Presented by Kevin Timpe).

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PRESENTATIONS: COMMENTS “Comments on ‘The Divided Brain and the Spiritual Sense of Scripture’ by Andrew Pinsent.” Response to a paper by Fr. Andrew Pinsent at the LOGOS workshop on Divine Revelation, Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, June 2011. “Comments on ‘Powerful Perdurance: Linking Parts with Powers.” Response to a paper by Neil Williams at Putting Powers to Work, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, April 2011. “Comments on ‘Substance and Personal Identity.’” Response to a paper by Alexander Pruss at the American Catholic Philosophical Association, New Orleans, LA, November, 2009. “Salvation and Indirect Doxastic Voluntarism.” Response to a paper of Josh Heter’s at the 2006 Saint Louis Philosophy Graduate Student Conference, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, September, 2006. “Three Remarks Concerning Moral Responsibility and Transfer Principles.” Response to a paper of Andrew M. Bailey’s at The Society of Christian Philosophers. Western Regional Meeting, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, February, 2006

GRANTS Principal Investigator (along with Dr. Gloria Frost), "Perennial Conceptions of the Divine: An Analytical Investigation." Award from the John Templeton Foundation. Amount: $198,358. Funding Period: January 2015 to August 31, 2017. Analytic Theology Cluster Group Grant Recipient (with Mark McInroy), sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation and the Center for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame, Spring 2013. Teaching Enhancement Grant, University of St. Thomas, 2012. Research Grant Recipient, University of St. Thomas, 2011. Aquinas Chair Grant Recipient, University of St. Thomas, 2009. Aquinas Chair Grant Recipient, University of St. Thomas, 2008.

AWARDS AND HONORS Analytic Theology Summer Stipend Recipient, sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation and the Center for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame: Summers 2012, 2013, and 2014. Analytic Theology Residential Fellowship, funded by the John Templeton Foundation and the Center for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame, 2012-2013. Publication Incentive Award, St. Thomas Summer Seminars in Philosophy of Religion and Philosophical Theology (sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation) for: (i) “The Five Ways” in The Oxford Handbook of Thomas Aquinas (ed. Brian Davies and Eleonore Stump, Oxford University Press, USA, 2012): 115-131. (ii) “Traditional Christian Theism and Truthmaker Maximalism,” The European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 4.1 (2012): 197-218. (iii) “Transubstantiation, Tropes and Truthmakers.” The American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 86.1 (2012): 71-96.

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(iv) “Heavenly Freedom: A Response to Cowan” (coauthored with Kevin Timpe), Faith and Philosophy 30.2 (2013): 188-197. (v) “Stone's Evidential Atheism: A Critique,” Faith and Philosophy, 30.3 (2013): 317-329. (vi) “The Freedom of Christ and Explanatory Priority,” Religious Studies, forthcoming. (vii) “A Solution to the Fundamental Philosophical Problem of Christology,” The Journal of Analytic Theology, forthcoming. (viii) “Temporary Intrinsics and Christological Predication,” Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion, forthcoming. Presentation Incentive Award, St. Thomas Summer Seminars in Philosophy of Religion and Philosophical Theology (sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation) for (i) “The Freedom of Christ.” (ii)-(iii) “Another Problem of Foreknowledge and Freedom: Aquinas on the Knowledge of Christ’s Human Soul” (iv)-(v) “Conciliar Christology and the Problem of Incompatible Predications” (vi) “Conciliar Christology: A Metaphysical Model.” Faculty Partnership Recipient (with William Cavanaugh), University of St. Thomas, Spring 2009. Alpha Sigma Nu (The National Jesuit Honor Society), Member, Saint Louis University, 2007. Pass with Distinction, Saint Louis University doctoral oral comprehensive examination, Department of Philosophy, December, 2007. Phi Beta Kappa (Academic Honor Society), Member, Saint Louis University, 2007. James Collins Memorial Scholarship for excellence in graduate studies in philosophy, Saint Louis University, 2005-2006. Fellowship from Saint Louis University to study at the University of Notre Dame’s Department of Philosophy through the Midwest Consortium of Catholic Graduate Schools Inter University Visitation Program, 2005-2006. Phi Sigma Tau, Valparaiso University, 2002.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Leader (along with Mark McInroy), Analytic Theology Cluster Group Grant, sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation and the Center for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame, Spring 2014. Participant, Logos Philosophical Theology Workshop, The Center for Philosophy of Religion (Notre Dame), Notre Dame, each May, 2009 – 2014 (2010 meeting held at Rutgers). Chair: 2009, 2010. Commentator: 2011. Participant, Wake Forest Hylemorphism Workshop. Winston-Salem, NC, June 2013. Participant, Writing Retreat and Workshop on Divine Freedom, Tallahassee, FL, March 2012. Participant, St. Thomas Summer Seminars in Philosophy of Religion and Philosophical Theology, University of St. Thomas (MN): June 15- July 2, 2010 and June 13- July 1, 2011. Participant, “Metaphysics, Ethics, and Politics in the Thomistic and Analytic Traditions.” A weeklong seminar sponsored by the Witherspoon Institute, Princeton University. August, 2006.

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Participant, Calvin College Seminars in Christian Scholarship, CCCU Disciplinary Workshop on Philosophy: “What Does it Mean to Be a Christian Philosopher Today?” July, 2005. Member, The American Catholic Philosophical Association Member, The American Philosophical Association Member, Society for Catholicism and Analytical Philosophy Member, The Society of Christian Philosophers Member, The Society for Medieval Logic & Metaphysics

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Organizer, Society of Christian Philosophers Satellite Sessions, American Catholic Philosophical Association (2014-) Assistant Editor, American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly (2013-) Committee Member, Midwest Annual Workshop in Metaphysics (MAWM), mawm.org. Member, Society of Christian Philosophers Committee for Outreach to Central and Eastern Europe. Article Referee: American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, American Philosophical Quarterly, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Bloomsbury, British Journal for the History of Philosophy, Erkenntnis, Faith & Philosophy, History of Philosophy Quarterly, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, The Journal of Analytic Theology, Mind, Modern Theology, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Philosophia, The Philosophical Quarterly, Polish Journal of Philosophy, Res Philosophica, Sophia, The Thomist. Book Manuscript Referee:

Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Routledge.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE Philosophy 365: Natural Philosophy and Metaphysics, University of St. Thomas Philosophy 214: Introductory Ethics, University of St. Thomas Philosophy 115: The Philosophy of the Human Person, University of St. Thomas Philosophy 105: Historical Introduction to Philosophy, Saint Louis University

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GRADUATE COURSEWORK IN PHILOSOPHY (* indicates course audited) Contemporary Philosophy Metaphysics Contemporary Metaphysics Physicalism and Dualist Alternatives Epistemology Experimental Knowledge Advanced Logic

(Peter van Inwagen) (Alicia Finch) (Jaegwon Kim) (Joe Salerno) (Kent Staley) (Joe Salerno)

Philosophy of Religion

Christian Theism and Philosophy Religion & Science: Conflict or Concord?* The Problem of Evil The Existence of God

(Alvin Plantinga) (Alvin Plantinga) (Eleonore Stump) (Richard Swinburne)

History of Philosophy

Plato and Metaphysics

(Scott Berman)

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Aristotle’s Metaphysics* Aristotle’s Metaphysics Augustine’s City of God Aquinas’s Metaphysics Aquinas’s Ethics Aquinas on Truth* Medieval/Early Modern Skepticism Kant’s First Critique

(Michael Loux) (Monte Johnson) (Jack Marler) (Eleonore Stump) (Colleen McCluskey) (John O’Callaghan) (Dominic Perler) (William Charron)

REFERENCES Name Sandra Menssen Michael Rea Eleonore Stump Thomas Sullivan

School U. of St. Thomas Notre Dame Saint Louis University U. of St. Thomas (retired)

Email Address slmenssen @ sthomas.edu mrea @ nd.edu stumpep @ slu.edu tdsullivan @ stthomas.edu

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