Chris Tillman
Department of Philosophy :: University of Manitoba :: 454 University College Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2
http://sites.google.com/site/christillman/home :: chris.tillman@gmail.com :: Erdös Number: 6
Employment
Professor of Philosophy, University of Manitoba, 2019-present
Associate Professor of Philosophy (tenured), University of Manitoba, 2013-2019
Associate Professor of Philosophy (untenured), University of Manitoba, 2012-2013
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Manitoba, 2007-2012
Lecturer, University of Manitoba, 2006-2007
Education
Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Rochester, 2007
M.A., Philosophy, University of Rochester, 2005
B.A. (Honors), Philosophy, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2001
Areas
Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Art, Logic, Epistemology
Publications
Edited Volume
2023 The Routledge Handbook of Propositions. (with Adam Murray) New York: Routledge.
Journal Articles and Book Chapters (* = invited)
2024 "Creature Features: Fictional, Mythical, and Imaginary Realism." (with Joshua Spencer) Canadian Journal of Philosophy*
2023 "The Metaphysics of Propositions: Foundational Issues, Historical Accounts, and Contemporary Theories." (with Adam Murray) The Routledge Handbook of Propositions.*
2023 "Hylomorphic Propositions." (with Ben Caplan and Eileen Nutting) The Routledge Handbook of Propositions.*
2020 "Advanced D&D (Dan Korman and Debunking)." (with Joshua Spencer) Analysis 80(3): 514-33.
2019 "Necessity of Origins and Multi-Origin Art." (with Joshua Spencer) Inquiry 62:7, 741-754.
2018 "Constitutive Essence and Partial Grounding." (with Eileen S. Nutting and Ben Caplan) Inquiry 61.2: 137-161.
2016 “Essence Facts and Explanation.” Thought: A Philosophy Journal 5(3): 190-195.
2016 “The Matter of Serial Fiction.” Res Philosophica 93(2): 425-439.
2015 “Not the Optimistic Type.” (with Ben Caplan, Brian McLean, and Adam Murray) In Hunter, D. and G. Rattan, eds. New Essays on the Nature of Propositions. London: Routledge.
2013 “Not the Optimistic Type.” (with Ben Caplan, Brian McLean, and Adam Murray) Canadian Journal of Philosophy 43(5-6): 575-589. Reprinted in 2015.
2013 “Benacerraf’s Revenge.” (with Ben Caplan) Philosophical Studies 116(1): 111-129.
2012 “Musical Materialism and the Inheritance Problem.” (with Joshua Spencer) Analysis 72(2): 252-259.
2012 “Propositions and Parthood: The Universe and Anti-Symmetry.” (with Gregory Fowler) Australasian Journal of Philosophy 90(3): 525-539.
2012 “Reconciling Justificatory Internalism and Content Externalism.” Synthese 187(2): 419-440.
2012 “Semantic Stipulation and Knowledge De Re.” (with Joshua Spencer) In W. Kabasenche, M. O’Rourke, and M. Slater, eds. Topics in Contemporary Philosophy Volume 10: Reference and Referring. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 119-148.
2011 “Musical Materialism.” British Journal of Aesthetics 51(1): 13-29.
2010 “Parts of Singletons.” (with Ben Caplan and Patrick Reeder) The Journal of Philosophy 107(10): 501-33.
2005 “A Millian Propositional Guise for One Puzzling English Gal.” Analysis 65(3): 251-258.
Presentations (* = invited)
2023
October: "Science, Fiction", (with Joshua Spencer) WCPA (Commentator: Christopher Mole)
August: "Creature Features", (with Joshua Spencer) PhilComiCon, CJP/Denison University, Columbus, OH*
August: "Lewis's Dilemma and Propositional Structure", (with Adam Murray) ECAP 11, Central European University, Vienna
July: "Creature Features", (with Joshua Spencer) American Society for Aesthetics Rocky Mountain Division Meeting, Santa Fe, NM
May: "The Metaphysics of Repeatable Artworks", Co-Predication and Property Versatility Workshop, Banff, AB*
2022
November: "Lewis's Dilemma and Propositional Structure", (with Adam Murray) Marist College*
June: "Lewis's Dilemma and Propositional Structure", (with Adam Murray) 6th Italian Conference on Analytic Metaphysics and Ontology, University of L'Aquila
2021
November: "Propositions Beyond Comprehension", WCPA (Commentator: Bryson Brown)
2019
June: “Creature Features”, (with Joshua Spencer) CPA*
May: “E ↛ N”, (with Joshua Spencer and Adam Murray) University of Nevada, Las Vegas*
May: “The Matter of Serial Fiction”, Philosophy Club, University of Nevada, Las Vegas*
March: “E ↛ N”, (with Joshua Spencer and Adam Murray) University of Kansas*
February: “E ↛ N”, (with Joshua Spencer and Adam Murray) University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee*
2018
October: Comments on Peter Alward's "Musical Ontology and the Question of Abstracta," WCPA*
2017
May: "Things Dreamt Of," (with Joshua Spencer), CPA/CSA*
January: Comments on Jacob Archambault's "Powers Presentism," Eastern APA*
2016
November: "Hylomorphic Propositions," (with Ben Caplan and Eileen Nutting), Metaphysics of Propositions Workshop, University of Manitoba*
May: “Multi-Origin Art,” (with Joshua Spencer) CPA/CSA*
2015
June: “Unperformable Works for Performance and Musical Ontology,” CPA/CSA*
June: Comments on Timothy Juvshik, “Dodd on the Causal Efficacy of Abstracta,” CPA*
May: “Brutal Propositions,” (with Ben Caplan), SEP*
March: “The Matter of Serial Fiction,” Auburn Ontology of Art Workshop*
2014
October: “Gettier Cases and Skepticism about Induction,” Westwood Collegiate*
September: “The Matter of Serial Fiction,” Current Research in Metaphysics, University of Alberta*
February: “A Plea for Moderate Brutalism,” (with Ben Caplan), Central APA (Commentator: Dilip Ninan)
February: “Dion, Theon, and Many Minds,” Philosophy Café, Grant Park High School*
2013
October: Comments on Alexey Aliyev, “Against Musical Perdurantism,” ASA*
October: “Not the Optimistic Type,” (with Ben Caplan and Adam Murray), WCPA (Commentator: Peter Hanks)
October: “A Plea for Moderate Brutalism,” (with Ben Caplan), University of Manitoba*
June: “A Plea for Moderate Brutalism,” (with Ben Caplan), CPA*
March: Comments on Meghan Sullivan, “An A-Theory without Tense Operators,” Theoretical Virtues in Metaphysics, WMU*
2012
October: “King and Soames on Propositions,” (with Ben Caplan), WCPA (Commentator: Jill Isenberg)
October: Comments on James O. Young’s “The Poverty of Musical Ontology,” WCPA*
October: “King and Soames on Propositions,” (with Ben Caplan), SEP
May: “Maintaining Musical Materialism,” Art and Metaphysics Conference, Lingnan University*
2011
October: Comments on Octavian Ion’s “Frege Cases and the Efficacy of Broad Psychological Explanation,” WCPA*
August: “Russellianism and Representation” (with Ben Caplan), Syracuse Philosophy Annual Workshop and Network (SPAWN), Syracuse University* (Commentator: Byeong Uk-Yi)
April: Comments on Tyler Hildebrand’s “Genuine Empirical Metaphysics,” Pacific APA*
April: “The World is Full of Possibilities,” University of Toronto*
April: Comments on Jeffrey Snapper’s “Why the Vagueness Argument is Unsound,” Central APA*
2010
October: “We Are All Skeptics Now,” SkeptiCamp Winnipeg* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsm4DQ5sE0I
October: Comments on Peter Alward’s “Description, Disagreement, and Fictional Names,” WCPA*
May: “Parts of Singletons” (with Ben Caplan), CPA
April-May: “Semantic Stipulation and Knowledge De Re” (with Joshua Spencer), INPC (Commentator: David Shier)
March: “Parts of Singletons” (with Ben Caplan and Patrick Reeder), Pacific APA
March: “Metaphysics of Ordinary Objects,” UMFM Research Podcast* http://umanitoba.ca/news/blogs/blog/2010/03/17/campus-cast-chris-tillman/
March: “Propositions and Parthood: The Universe and Anti-Symmetry,” SEP
February: “Propositions and Parthood: The Universe and Anti-Symmetry” (with Gregory Fowler), Central APA (Commentator: Cody Gilmore)
2009
October: Comments on Robert Hudson’s “Carnap, the Principle of Tolerance, and Empiricism,” Western CPA*
May: “Parts of Singletons” (with Ben Caplan), SEP
February: “Musical Materialism,” Central APA (Commentator: Ben Caplan)
2008
October: “Propositions and Parthood: The Universe and Anti-Symmetry,” University of Manitoba*
June: Comments on Noa Latham’s “Fundamental Laws and Properties,” CPA*
June: Comments on Arash Farzam-Kia’s “Don’t Bite That Metaphysical Bullet: Presentism, Eternalism, and Ontology,” CPA*
May: “Necessarily, Everything Necessarily Exists,” SEP
April: “Necessarily, Everything Necessarily Exists,” Central APA (Commentator: Scott Berman)
March: “Necessarily, Everything Necessarily Exists,” SSPP
2007
November: “Musical Materialism,” University of Manitoba*
October: “Priest on the Hooded Man Paradox,” WCPA
October: Comments on Derek Postnikoff’s “Martinich: Up to Scratch?” WCPA*
May: Comments on Sam Cowling’s “Advanced Modalizing and the Generality of Modality,” CPA*
May: “Epistemic Contextualism and Semantic Blindness,” International Conference on Linguistics and Epistemology, University of Aberdeen
April: “Semantic Stipulation and Knowledge De Re,” Central APA (Commentator: Bradley Armour-Garb)
March: “Semantic Stipulation and Knowledge De Re,” Linguistics Department Colloquium, University of Manitoba*
January: “Semantic Stipulation and Knowledge De Re,” University of Winnipeg*
2006
November: “Semantic Stipulation and Knowledge De Re,” World Philosophy Day Conference, University of Manitoba*
April: “Contextualism, Iterated Attitude Reports, and Generality,” University of Manitoba*
March: “Counterfactuals and Context: If It Were the Case that Counterfactuals Behaved Differently in Indirect Reports, They Might be Context-Sensitive,” Pacific APA (Commentator: Peter Alward)
2005
December: “Contextualism, Iterated Attitude Reports, and Generality,” Eastern APA (Commentator: Peter Ludlow)
October: “Contextualism, Iterated Attitude Reports, and Generality,” Creighton Club New York State Philosophical Association, Cornell University (Commentator: Roald Nashi)2005, October: Comments on Robert Hudson’s “The Empirical Basis to Skepticism,” WCPA*
October: “Contextualism, Iterated Attitude Reports, and Generality,” WCPA (Commentator: Catherine Manoukian)
April: “Epistemic Two-Dimensionalism, Primary Intensions, and Compositionality,” University of Rochester*
April: Comments on Julie Yoo’s “Objects, Kinds, and Coincidence,” Central APA*
February: “Another Paper on Content Externalism and Self-Knowledge,” 3rd Free University of Amsterdam Graduate Conference in Epistemology: Rational Belief and Knowledge, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2004
November: Comments on Anthony Coleman’s “Contextualism and Isolation,” University of Rochester Graduate Epistemology Conference*
February: “Contextualism is False,” Syracuse University Graduate Conference (Commentator: Jeremy Pierce)
Teaching
University of Manitoba
2023 Fall: Philosophy of Religion
2023 Winter: Fundamentals of Philosophy of Language
2023 Winter: Introduction to Logic
2022 Fall: Metaphysics
2022 Winter: Intermediate Logic
2022 Winter: Metaphysics Seminar: Naming and Necessity
2021 Fall: Fundamentals of Philosophy of Language
2021 Winter: Introduction to Logic
2021 Winter: Intermediate Logic
2020 Winter: Metaphysics
2020 Winter: Metaphysics Seminar: The Metaphysics of Propositions
2018 Winter: Metaphysics
2018 Winter: Intermediate Logic
2017 Fall: Philosophical Logic Seminar: Non-Classical Logic and Metaphysics
2017 Fall: Fundamentals of Philosophy of Language
2017 Winter: Fundamentals of Philosophy of Language
2016 Fall: Metaphysics Seminar: Fictional Objects
2016 Fall: Metaphysics
2016 Winter: Fundamentals of Philosophy of Language
2015 Fall: Metaphysics Seminar: Objects: Nothing Out of the Ordinary
2015-2016: Introduction to Theory of Knowledge
2015 Winter: Metaphysics Seminar: New Work on Metaphysics of Propositions
2014-2015: Introduction to Theory of Knowledge
2014 Fall: Metaphysics
2014 Winter: Metaphysics Seminar: New Thinking about Propositions
2013 Fall: Metaphysics
2013-2014: Introduction to Logic
2013 Winter: Philosophy of Physics
2012-2013: Modern Logic and Philosophy of Logic
2012 Fall: Metaphysics Seminar: The Logic and Metaphysics of Intentionality
2012 Winter: Metaphysics Seminar: Modality without Worlds
2011-2012: Introduction to Theory of Knowledge
2011 Fall: Metaphysics
2011 Winter: Fundamentals of Philosophy of Language
2011 Winter: Logic Seminar: Logic for Philosophy
2010-2011: Introduction to Logic
2010 Fall: Metaphysics
2010 Winter: Introduction to Theory of Knowledge
2010 Winter: Metaphysics Seminar: The Structure of Objects
2008-2009: Introduction to Logic
2008-2009: Introduction to Theory of Knowledge
2008 Winter: Directed Readings in Philosophy of Language: Naming and Necessity and Beyond
2008 Winter: Fundamentals of Philosophy of Language
2008 Fall: Metaphysics Seminar: The Nature and Structure of Content
2007-2008: Introduction to Theory of Knowledge
2007 Fall: Epistemology Seminar: The Philosophy of Philosophy
2007 Summer: Directed Readings in Metaphysics: Metaphysics of Modality
2007 Winter: Critical Thinking
2007 Winter: Directed Readings in Metaphysics: Philosophy of Time
2006-2007: Introduction to Theory of Knowledge
2006 Fall: Metaphysics Seminar: Existence and Nonexistence
University of Rochester
2006 Spring: Ancient Philosophy, Contemporary Problems
2005 Fall: Philosophical Problems of Space and Time
2005 Summer: Introduction to Logic
2005 Spring: Objects, Persons, and Identity
2004 Fall: Paradoxes
2004 Summer: Introduction to Logic
Graduate Supervision
In progress: Justin Plumridge, Supervisor
In progress: Shamima Akter, Co-supervisor with Adam R. Murray
In progress: Gregory Glatz, Supervisor
In progress: Christine Hildebrand, Co-supervisor with R.J. Leland
2022: Tumpa Bithy, "Millian Direct Reference Theory and the Problems Posed by Non-Referring Names," Co-supervisor (Program Assistant with the Economic Law and Policy Program at IISD)
2016: Ali Sarvi, “Truth in Fiction,” Committee Member
2014: Damian Melamedoff, “Invariantist Nihilism,” Supervisor (Ph.D., University of Toronto; Assistant Professor, NYU Shanghai)
2012: Jamie Hebert, “Moral Intuitionism,” Committee Member (Tire Chalet COO)
2011: Curtis Kehler, “Time for a Change: A Refutation of Presentism,” Supervisor (Instructor, Brandon University)
2011: Richard Ksiazek, “The Spatially Restricted Theory of Mereological Composition,” Supervisor (Computer Sales Supervisor, University of Manitoba)
2010: John Dyck, “Did Bach Compose Musical Works? An Examination of Goehr’s Watershed Date,” Committee Member (Ph.D. CUNY; Instructor, Auburn University)
2010: Daniel Rabinoff, Supervisor (Ph.D. University of Toronto; Data scientist)
2009: Justin Dallmann, “Confirming Metaphysics: A Generalization of the Paradox of Confirmation,” Committee Member (Ph.D., University of Southern California; Data Scientist with the City of Winnipeg)
2009: Adam Murray, “The Metaphysics of Modality: Nature Realism,” Supervisor (Ph.D. University of Toronto; Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba)
2007: Paul Daniels, “Traveler’s Dilemma,” Committee Member (Ph.D. Monash University; Adjunct Research Affiliate, Monash University)
Professional Service
Refereeing (* = multiple assignments)
Conferences
Canadian Philosophical Association*, Canadian Society for Aesthetics*, Jury Member for CPA Student Essay Prize, CUNY Graduate Conference in Aesthetics*, Pacific American Philosophical Association*, Society for Exact Philosophy*, University of Rochester Graduate Epistemology Conference*, Western Canadian Philosophical Association*
Journals
Analysis, Australasian Journal of Philosophy*, British Journal of Aesthetics*, Canadian Journal of Philosophy*, dialectica*, Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review*, Inquiry, Journal of Art and Art Criticism*, Journal of Philosophical Logic, Journal of Philosophical Research*, Journal of Philosophy, Metaphysics, Mind*, Noûs, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly*, Philosophical Papers, Philosophical Quarterly, Philosophical Studies*, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Synthese*
Encyclopediae
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Conference Organization
2024: Program Chair, Philosophy of Language, Canadian Philosophical Association Annual Meeting, McGill University
2023: Program Chair, Philosophy of Language, Canadian Philosophical Association Annual Meeting, York University
2022: Co-organizer (with Adam Murray), 58th Annual Meeting of the Western Canadian Philosophical Association, University of Manitoba
2019: Program Committee Member, Pacific APA
2016: Organizer, Metaphysics of Propositions Workshop, University of Manitoba
2016: Organizer, Joint Symposium of the Canadian Philosophical Association and the Canadian Society for Aesthetics, University of Calgary
2014: Program Chair, Epistemology, Canadian Philosophical Association Annual Meeting, Brock University
2013: Organizer, 50th Annual Meeting of the Western Canadian Philosophical Association, University of Manitoba
2011: Co-organizer (with Esa Diaz-Leon), 39th Annual Meeting of the Society for Exact Philosophy, University of Manitoba
2010: Co-organizer (with Dwayne Raymond), Joint University of Manitoba-University of Regina Graduate Philosophy Symposium, University of Regina
2010: Organizer, Canadian Philosophical Association Philosophy in the Schools Roundtable
2008: Co-organizer (with Karen Zoppa), Canadian Philosophical Association Philosophy in the Schools Roundtable
2004: Organizer, University of Rochester Graduate Epistemology Conference
Departmental Service
2023-24: Instructor I/II Search Committee
2023-present: Budget Committee
2023-present: CPAC Committee
2023-present: Philosophy Credit Evaluation Committee
2023: OA4 Search Committee
2022: AA1 Search Committee
2021-present: Graduate Studies Chair
2021: Search Committee
2017-18: Search Committee
2015-18: Graduate Studies Chair
2015: Acting Graduate Studies Chair
2013: Philosophy Headship Search Committee
2012: Associate Department Head
2011-2013: Marking Vetting Committee
2011: Acting Graduate Studies Chair
2009-15: Graduate Studies Committee
2007-08: Search Committee
2006-15: Philosophy Colloquium Committee
2006-10: Comprehensive Exam Committee (Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language, Philosophical Logic, Epistemology)
2006-07: Search Committee
University Service
2022-present: Arts Faculty Council
2020-present: Tenure and Promotion Committee
2018-present: Arts Policy Committee
2013-2015: Arts Nominating Committee
2010-2012: Teaching Excellence Committee
2010-2012: Arts Research Council
2011-2012: Local Discipline Committee
Community Service
2007-present: Philosophy in the Schools Manitoba Initiative