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JESSE WADE BUTLER
Professor
Department of Philosophy and Religion
University of Central Arkansas
Irby Hall 118E
201 Donaghey Avenue
Conway, AR 72035
Phone: (501) 450-3207
Email: jbutler@uca.edu
Website: http://uca.edu/philosophy/facultystaff/jesse-butler/
Areas of Specialization: Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology, and Philosophy of Language
Areas of Competence: Logic and Critical Reasoning, Philosophy of Science (especially the Cognitive and Social Sciences), Cross-Cultural and Comparative Philosophy, Metaphysics, Ethics, and the History of Modern and Analytic Philosophy
EDUCATION
Ph.D. University of Oklahoma (Philosophy) 2006
B.A. University of Oklahoma (Philosophy major/ History of Science minor) 1996
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of Central Arkansas, Fall 2020 - Present
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of Central Arkansas, Fall 2013 - Spring 2020
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of Central Arkansas, Fall 2007 - Spring 2013
Program Specialist, Center for Applied Social Research, University of Oklahoma (data analysis and project development), Summer 2005 - Spring 2007
Instructor and Course Designer, Center for Independent and Distance Learning, University of Oklahoma, Fall 2003 - Fall 2005
Teaching Assistant, Department of Philosophy, University of Oklahoma, Fall 1999 - Spring 2006
GRANTS & AWARDS
University of Central Arkansas College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year Award, 2018
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute Participant, Buddhist East Asia: The Interplay of Religion, the Arts, and Politics, $3300 awarded, 2018
U.S. Fulbright Scholar Award, for teaching courses on “Self-Knowledge in American Philosophy and Literature” to students at Jinan University in Guangzhou, China, Award #6082, $70,000 awarded, September 2016 - June 2017
National Endowment for the Humanities Enduring Questions Grant, for development of a new course on “The Pursuit of Self-Knowledge through Philosophy and Literature,” $21,913 awarded, 2014-2017
Asian Studies Development Program Summer Institute Participant, Infusing Chinese and Japanese Religion, Art and Politics into the Undergraduate Curriculum, $500 awarded by the UCA Hunt / Farris Faculty Development Fund and $3500 awarded by the Asian Studies Development Program, 2014
University of Central Arkansas Research Council Summer Stipend for “The Roles of Language and Interpersonal Communication in Self-Knowledge” research project, $3,773 awarded, 2009
Kenneth R. Merrill Graduate Teaching Award, $800 awarded, 2004
University of Oklahoma Alumni Fellowship, $20,000 awarded, 1999-2003
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Rethinking Introspection: A Pluralist Approach to the First-Person Perspective. New Directions in Philosophy and Cognitive Science. Basingstoke, England: Palgrave Macmillan. 2013
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
“Transformations in Understanding: Lessons on Self and Culture from Teaching Abroad” pp. 21-31 in Narrative Inquiries from Fulbright Lecturers in China: Cross-Cultural Connections in Higher Education, Edited by Shin Freedman, Pat Munday, and Jeannette Cockroft, Philadelphia: Routledge. 2019
“Ecological Self-Understanding: A Cross-Cultural Epistemic Virtue in Contemporary Native American and Confucian Philosophy” Science, Religion and Culture Vol. 6, Number 1. 42-49. 2019
“Understanding the Nature of Mental States: Psychiatry, The Mind / Body Problem, and The Biopsychosocial Model of Medicine” pp. 41-58 in Bloomsbury Companion to the Philosophy of Psychiatry, Edited by Robyn Bluhm and Şerife Tekin. London, England: Bloomsbury. 2019
“Phenomenal Knowledge, Dualism, and Dreams” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective Vol. 4, Number 6. 12-18. 2015
“Knowledge, Objects, and the Objective NOW” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective Vol. 4, Number 2. 21-25. 2015
“Knowledge and NOW: What Is the Epistemic Standing of the Present Moment?” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective Vol. 3, Number 10. 5-11. 2014
“From Regulation to Virtue: A Critique of Ethical Formalism in Research Organizations” Co-authored with Timothy N. Atkinson. Journal of Research Administration Vol. 43, Number 1. 28-43. 2012
“Introspective Knowledge of Experience and Its Role in Consciousness Studies” Journal of Consciousness Studies Vol. 18, Number 2. 128-45. 2011
“Scan Thyself” in Philip K. Dick and Philosophy: Do Androids Have Kindred Spirits?, Edited by D. E. Wittkower. Peru, IL: Open Court Publishing Company. 2011
“Unterminated: The Integration of the Machines” in Terminator and Philosophy: I’ll Be Back, Therefore I Am, Edited by William Irwin, Richard Brown, and Kevin S. Decker. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 2009
“Cancer, HIV, and Terrorism: Translating Public Health Models for Prevention and Control to Counter-Terrorism” Co-authored with M. W. Foster. Critical Studies on Terrorism Vol. 1, Number 1. 81-94. 2008
“Cash Value: The Authenticity of Johnny Cash” in Johnny Cash and Philosophy: Ring of Truth. Edited by David Werther and John Huss. Peru, IL: Open Court Publishing Company. 2008
“A New Paradigm for Understanding Conflicts of Interest in Clinical Trials” Co-authored with M. D. Mumford and M. W. Foster. Philosophy and Ethics: New Research. Edited by L. V. Siegal. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. 2006
Book Reviews
Waking, Dreaming, Being: Self and Consciousness in Neuroscience, Meditation, and Philosophy by Evan Thompson. Journal of Buddhist Ethics.Vol. 26. 93-98. 2019
A New Understanding of Mental Disorders: Computational Models for Dimensional Psychiatry by Andreas Heinz. Metapsychology Online Reviews, Vol. 22, Number 36. 2018
The Interdisciplinary Science of Consumption Edited by Stephanie D. Preston, Morten L. Kringelbach, and Brian Knutson. Metapsychology Online Reviews, Vol. 19, Number 24. 2015
Language and The Ineffable: A Developmental Perspective and Its Applications by Louis S. Berger. Philosophical Psychology, Vol. 28, Number 1, 2015
The Situated Self by J. T. Ismael, Philosophy in Review, Vol. 30, Number 2. 2010
Describing Inner Experience? Proponent Meets Skeptic by Russell T. Hurlburt and Eric Schwitzgebel, Philosophy in Review, Vol. 28, Number 4. 2008
The New Science of Dreaming Three Volume Anthology Edited by Deirdre Barrett and Patrick McNamara, Metapsychology Online Review, Vol. 11, Number 52. 2007
Philosophy of the Social Sciences by Patrick Baert, Metapsychology Online Review, Vol. 10, Number 37. 2006
PRESENTATIONS
Professional Conference Presentations
“Ecological Self-Understanding” 24th World Congress of Philosophy, Beijing, China. August 18, 2018
“Comparative Approaches to Self-Knowledge” The Asian Studies Development Program 24th Annual National Conference, Washington D.C. March 2, 2018
“Ecological Self-Understanding: Identifying and Integrating a Cross-Cultural Virtue” Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy Annual Conference, Peking University, Beijing, China. June 11, 2017
“Ecological Self-Understanding: Towards an Integrative East-West Approach to Self-Environment Relations” The Asian Studies Development Program 22nd Annual National Conference, Washington D.C. March 19, 2016 and The 2016 UCA-ECNU Symposium: Humans and Nature in the Era of Globalization, Conway, AR. April 18, 2016
“Cross-Cultural Conceptions of Self” The Asian Studies Development Program 21st Annual National Conference, Branson, MO. March 20, 2015
“A Dilemma Concerning Phenomenal Knowledge” Toward a Science of Consciousness, Tucson, AZ. April 13, 2012 and Midsouth Philosophy Conference, Memphis, TN. February 16, 2013
“The Type / Token Distinction and the Understanding of Mental Phenomena in the Biopsychosocial Model” Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry, Philadelphia, PA. May 5, 2012
“Much-Needed Objectivity: Philip K. Dick and the Pursuit of Self-Knowledge” Annual Meeting of the Arkansas Philological Association, Conway, AR. October 7, 2011
“The Acquaintance Approach to Phenomenal Knowledge” Midsouth Philosophy Conference, Memphis, TN. March 5, 2011
“I’ll Be Your Mirror: Social Self-Knowledge and Rational Deference to Others” Midsouth Philosophy Conference, Memphis, TN. March 6, 2010
“On Acquaintance with Oneself” Science and Nonduality Conference, San Rafael, CA. October 24, 2009
“Poking Out McGinn’s Mind’s Eye” Co-presented with Eric Wilson and Nathan McCune. Midsouth Philosophy Conference, Memphis, TN. April 18, 2009
“Kinds of Introspection: A Pluralistic Model of First-Person Knowledge of Consciousness” Poster Presentation at the Toward a Science of Consciousness, Tucson, AZ. April 11, 2008
“The Epistemic Irreducibility of Phenomenal Knowledge” Midsouth Philosophy Conference, Memphis, TN. February 23, 2008
Invited Presentations and Public Talks
“Ecological Virtue and Vice in Chinese Buddhism” Invited Presentation and Discussion hosted by the Virtuous Conversations series through the Marshall T. Steel Center at Hendrix College, Conway, AR, February 12, 2020
“Cultural Diversity in Philosophical Research” Invited Discussion hosted by the PhiRe Club of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR, October 30, 2018
“Ecological Self-Understanding: A Cross-Cultural Epistemic Virtue” Invited Presentation and Discussion hosted by the Virtuous Conversations series through the Marshall T. Steel Center at Hendrix College, Conway, AR, October 26, 2018
“From Plato, Shakespeare, to The Great Gatsby: Teaching Western Philosophy and Literature in China” Public Panel Participant hosted by the Confucius Institute at the University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR, October 23, 2018
“The Science of Language” Invited Panelist for Science Wednesdays Public Panel discussions hosted by The UCA Society of Physics Students at Kings’ Live Music, Conway, AR, November 29, 2017
“Rethinking Introspection: A Pluralist Approach to the First-Person Perspective” Invited Lecture at Sun Yat-sen University Department of Philosophy, Guangzhou, China, June 21, 2017
“Ecological Self-Knowledge: Identifying and Integrating an Epistemic Virtue across Cultures” Invited Lecture at East China Normal University Department of Philosophy, Shanghai, China, April 26, 2017
“Mental Health and the Biopsychosocial Model of Medicine” Academic Seminar for the International School Association of Teachers Lecturing in English (ATLE) at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China, March 30, 2017
“The Value of Cross-Cultural Learning” Fulbright Lecture for the Consulate General of the United States, Guangzhou, China, December 16, 2016
“The Virtue of Open-Mindedness” South China University of Technology Annual Speech by International Scholars, Guangzhou, China, November 17, 2016
“Cross-Cultural Understanding of Human Nature: Integrating Eastern and Western Views of the Self” Guest Lecture for Nanjing Normal University Honors College, Nanjing, China, November 14, 2016, and Guest Lecture for the Overseas Education College of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, December 5, 2016
“How To Be Open-Minded Without Letting Your Brain Fall Out” Keynote Speech to International School Freshmen at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China, November 3, 2016, and Guest Lecture for Nanjing Normal University Honors College, Nanjing, China, November 15, 2016
“Ecological Self-Understanding: A Cross-Cultural Epistemic Virtue" Guest Lecture for the International School Association of Teachers Lecturing in English (ATLE) at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China, October 27, 2016, and Guest Lecture for the Overseas Education College of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, December 5, 2016
“Who am I? War and Peace Within” University of Central Arkansas Humanities Fair, Conway, AR, November 12, 2015
“What is Phenomenal Knowledge?” UCA Phi Sigma Tau Philosophy Research Forum, Conway, AR, November 11, 2014
“What am I? Perspectives on Self and Society” University of Central Arkansas Humanities Fair, Conway, AR, November 14, 2013
“Introspection and Blade Runner: The Philosophy of Self-Knowledge Meets A.I.” PhiRe Film and Lecture Series, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR, April 9, 2013
“Minds and Machines: The Possibility of Artificial Intelligence and What It Reveals About the Human Mind” Presentation and Panel Discussion with Charles Harvey and Ronald Novy, UCA College of Liberal Arts Exploring Our World seminar, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR, November 8, 2011
“Darwinism and American Religious Thought” Presentation and Panel Discussion with Jeff Williams and Phillip Spivey, UCA College of Liberal Arts Exploring Our World seminar, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR, February 19, 2011
“How Do You Know You Are Not An Android?” UCA Phi Sigma Tau Philosophy Research Forum, Conway, AR, November 16, 2010
“What is Consciousness?” University of Central Arkansas Humanities Fair, Conway, AR, November 12, 2009
“Philosophical Reflections on Artificial Intelligence: A Panel Discussion” with Charles Harvey and Ronald Novy, PhiRe Film and Lecture Series, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR, November 18, 2008
“Poking Out The Inner Eye” PhiRe Third Annual Interdepartmental Seminar: Perception, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR, October 23, 2008
“How To Be Open-Minded Without Letting Your Brain Fall Out”, Phire Film and Lecture Series, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR, March 18, 2008 and Arkansas Governor’s School Guest Speaker, Hendrix College, Conway, AR, July 1, 2008
“On Knowing What It Is Like: Self-Constitutive Knowledge of Our Own Conscious States” University of Oklahoma Department of Philosophy Colloquium, Norman, OK, November 17, 2006
“Conflicts of Interest in Clinical Trials” University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine's Research Forum, Oklahoma City, OK, July 7, 2006