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Cameron Jeffrey Boult
c/o Institute of Philosophy
Kardinaal Mercierplein 2 – bus 3200
BE-3000 Leuven
cameron.boult@hiw.kuleuven.be
www.cameronboult.weebly.com
Employment
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2015-
Postdoctoral Fellow (“Knowledge First Virtue Epistemology” Project),
KU Leuven
Education
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2010-2014
University of Edinburgh PhD Philosophy
Thesis: “Epistemic Responsibility and Radical Scepticism”
Supervisors: Prof. Duncan Pritchard (primary)
Dr. Allan Hazlett
Dr. Matthew Chrisman
Examiners: Prof. Ram Neta (external); Dr. Aidan McGlynn (internal)
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2009-10
2003-09
University of Edinburgh MSc Philosophy (distinction)
University of Winnipeg BA (hons) Philosophy (GPA 4.1)
Research Areas
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AOS
AOC
Epistemology
Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Mind, Ethics
Papers
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2013
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2013
Epistemic Principles and Sceptical Arguments: Closure and
Underdetermination, Philosophia.
Wittgensteinian Anti-Scepticism and Epistemic Vertigo, Philosophia (coauthored with Duncan Pritchard).
Book Reviews
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Forthcoming
Naturalizing Epistemic Virtue, Fairweather A. and Flanagan, O. (eds.),
Journal of Moral Philosophy.
Other Publications
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2010
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2008
How Crispin Wright Justifies Cornerstone Beliefs, Aporia: Journal of The St.
Andrews Philosophy Society.
Appearances as They Appear in Kant’s Theory of Knowledge, Hermes
Canadian Undergraduate Philosophy Journal.
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Work in Progress
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A Dilemma for McDowellian neo-Mooreanism (under review)
Justification, Excuse, and Cognitive Character (in preparation)
Epistemic Conditions on ‘Ought’: E=K as a Case Study (in preparation)
Knowledge and Normative Rules (in preparation)
Rules of Criticism and the Problem of Epistemic Normativity (in preparation)
Teaching
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2015
Contemporary Anglo-American Philosophy, KU Leuven.
Lecturer; introduction to core debates in philosophy of mind,
philosophy of language and logic, philosophy of religion, and
philosophy of action.
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2013
Philosophy of Science, University of Edinburgh.
Co-taught course; delivered lectures on theories of Scientific
Explanation, alternatives to the D-N Model.
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2013
Philosophy of Science, University of Edinburgh.
Led discussion sections on contemporary issues in philosophy of
science at first year level.
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2013
Knowledge and Reality, University of Edinburgh.
Led discussion sections on contemporary issues in epistemology
and metaphysics at second year level.
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2012
Philosophy of Science, University of Edinburgh.
Co-taught course; delivered lectures on theories of Scientific
Explanation, alternatives to the D-N Model.
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2012
Philosophy of Science, University of Edinburgh.
Led discussion sections on contemporary issues in philosophy of
science at first year level.
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2012
Knowledge and Reality, University of Edinburgh.
Led discussion sections on contemporary issues in epistemology
and metaphysics at second year level.
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2011
Philosophy of Science, University of Edinburgh.
Led discussion sections on contemporary issues in philosophy of
science at first year level.
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2011
Greats: From Plato to the Enlightenment, University of
Edinburgh. Led discussion sections on four core texts in the
history of philosophy at first year level (Plato, Aristotle, Descartes,
Berkeley).
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2010
Mind, Matter and Language, University of Edinburgh.
Led discussion sections on contemporary issues in philosophy of
mind and language at second year level.
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2009
“High School Enrichment Programme”, University of
Winnipeg. Led discussion sections on seminal issues in the history
of philosophy.
Conferences and Workshops
Refereed
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2015
“Justification and Excuse”, JustGroningen: Workshop on Epistemic
Justification, University of Groningen (Aug 2015).
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2014
“A Dilemma for McDowellian neo-Mooreanism”, European
Epistemology Network Meeting, Autonomous University of Madrid.
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2013
“Epistemic Deontology and Two Kinds of Rules”, Understanding
Value, Postgraduate Philosophy Conference, University of Sheffield.
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2013
“Perception, Deontology, and Two Kinds of Rules”, 2nd Vienna
Forum for Analytic Philosophy Graduate Conference, University
of Vienna.
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2012
“Epistemic Principles and Sceptical Arguments: Closure and
Underdetermination”, HUJI Graduate Conference in
Philosophy, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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2012
“What Motivates Premise Two of the Closure Argument?”,
European Epistemology Network Meeting, University of Bologna.
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2012
“Descartes and Scepticism: From Closure to
Underdetermination”, Bucharest Graduate Conference in Early
Modern Philosophy, University of Bucharest.
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2010
“Defending Gallagher’s Sub-Personal Defense of Direct
Perception”, BPS History and Philosophy of Psychology Section
Annual Conference, University of Edinburgh.
Non-Refereed
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2015
“Justification and Excuse”, Leuven-Bristol Workshop, KU Leuven
(May 2015).
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2015
“Epistemic Conditions on ‘Ought’: E=K as a Case Study”,
CLAW/RTAP Seminar, KU Leuven.
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2013
Response to Christoph Kelp’s “Epistemology Extended”, 2nd
Extended Knowledge Workshop: Varieties of Externalism,
University of Edinburgh.
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2013
“A Reply to Greco on Epistemic Deontology”, Workshop with
John Greco, University of Edinburgh.
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2013
Response to Sam Carter’s “The Assignment of Probabilities to
Global Sceptical Hypotheses”, Edinburgh Undergraduate
Dissertation Conference, University of Edinburgh.
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2013
Comments on Michael Williams’ “Responsibility and Reliability”,
Pragmatist Perspectives on Truth and Knowledge, University of
Edinburgh.
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2012
“Epistemic Deontology and Two Kinds of Rules”, Epistemology
Research Group ‘Epistemology X-mas Fest’, University of
Edinburgh.
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2011
“Epistemic Principles and Sceptical Arguments: Closure and
Underdetermination”, Epistemology Research Group
‘Epistemology X-mas Fest’, University of Edinburgh.
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2010
“Scepticism and Platitudes: Prospects for a Theoretical Diagnosis”,
University of Edinburgh Epistemology Research Group:
‘Epistemology X-mas Fest’, University of Edinburgh.
Outreach
• 2015 Participation in Open Online Course “Introduction to Epistemology”, KU Leuven.
Honours and Awards
University of Edinburgh
• 2014 School Research Support Grant for attendance at European Epistemology Network
Meeting, Autonomous University of Madrid (£340)
• 2013 School Research Support Grant for attendance at Cologne Summer School in
Philosophy on Radical Scepticism, University of Cologne (£140)
• 2013 School Research Support Grant for attendance at 2nd Vienna Forum for Analytic
Philosophy Graduate Conference, University of Vienna (£360)
• 2012 School Research Support Grant for attendance at HUJI Graduate Conference in
Philosophy, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (£400)
• 2012 School Research Support Grant for attendance at European Epistemology Network
Meeting, University of Bologna and Bucharest Graduate Conference in Early Modern
Philosophy, University of Bucharest (£550)
• 2010-2013 PPLS Philosophy PhD Developmental Studentship (£8000/year for 3 years
plus tuition)
• 2010-2013 Edinburgh Global Overseas Research Scholarship (£6,900/year for 3 years)
• 2009 Edinburgh Global Master’s Scholarship (£3000)
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University of Winnipeg
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2008 Victor Y. Shimizu Kant Prize
2008 William Burns Wittgenstein Prize
2008 Academic Proficiency Scholarship
2007 Doba & Maier Calof Memorial Scholarship in Philosophy
2007 Academic Proficiency Scholarship
2005 Academic Proficiency Scholarship
Service
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2015 Workshop co-organizer, 1st Leuven-Cologne Epistemology Meeting
2012-15 Reviewer, Episteme; Erkenntnis; International Journal for the Study of
Skepticism; Ratio
2014 Conference Assistant, Eidyn Conference on Normativity and Modality
2014 Selection Committee, Edinburgh Graduate Epistemology Conference
2013 Workshop Co-organizer, Pragmatist Perspectives on Truth and Knowledge
2012-13 Executive Committee Secretary, British Postgraduate Philosophy Association
2012-13 Seminar Coordinator, Edinburgh PhD Philosophy Work in Progress Seminar
2012 Committee Secretary, British Postgraduate Philosophy Association Annual
Conference
2012 Funding Applications, Edinburgh Graduate Epistemology Conference
2011-12 Convener, Scepticism Reading Group
References
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Prof. Duncan Pritchard Professor (FRSE), University of Edinburgh
Email: duncan.pritchard@ed.ac.uk
Dr. Allan Hazlett Lecturer, University of Edinburgh
Email: A.Hazlett@ed.ac.uk
Dr. Matthew Chrisman Lecturer, University of Edinburgh
Email: matthew.chrisman@ed.ac.uk
Prof. Ram Neta Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Email: neta@email.unc.edu
Dr. Beth Savickey Associate Professor, University of Winnipeg
Email: b.savickey@uwinnipeg.ca
Teaching References
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Dr. Alasdair Richmond Lecturer, University of Edinburgh
Email: A.Richmond@ed.ac.uk
Dr. Michela Massimi Lecturer, University of Edinburgh
Email: Michela.Massimi@ed.ac.uk
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