Evan Butts

Nationality: American

Course: PhD

Clusters: Epistemology and Mind & Cognition

Start date: 2008

Supervisors: Andy Clark, Duncan Pritchard & Jesper Kallestrup

Thesis topic

"Epistemology and Mind Extension".

Research Interests

Cognitive/Intellectual Virtues; Mind Extension; Metaphysics of Belief and Knowledge.

Previous degrees

• 2008: Philosophy MSc (with distinction, and with a specialisation in Mind, Language and Embodied Cognition), University of Edinburgh.
• 2007: B.A Cognitive Science (with high honours), University of Georgia.

Tutoring

• First Term, 2009-10: Greats: 'Plato to the Enlightenment', 'Mind, Matter and Language'.
• Second Term, 09-10: 'Morality, Rationality and Value', 'Knowledge and Reality'
• First Term, 2008-09: Logic, Introduction to Philosophy, Philosophy 2A.
• Second Term, 2008-09: Introduction to Philosophy, Philosophy 2A.

Presentation

• X-mas Epistemology Fest (11 Dec 2009): "Epistemic Supererogation and You"
• Michael Tye Workshop (6 November 2009): "Phenomenal Character and Access"
• Work in Progress Talk (18 July 2009): "A Fistful of Externalisms, and A Few Externalisms More?: The Relationship Among Various Types of Philosophical Externalism"
• Virtue Epistemology Workshop (22nd April, 2009): "Sosa on Perspective and the Distinction between Animal and Reflective Knowledge".
• Epistemology Research Group (8th April, 2009): 'The Cognitive in Epistemology'.
• Graduate Workshop in Epistemology (31 January 2009): "Forbidden Fruit: Truths With Zero or Negative Epistemic Value".
• Graduate Workshop in Epistemology (20 December 2008): "The Interface of Mind Extension and Epistemology".