PhD in Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin Dissertation: Speaking Indirectly: Non-Literal Meaning in Indian Philosophy

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1 Malcolm Keating Humanities Division Yale NUS College 16 College Avenue West Singapore Phone: url: Areas of specialization Indian Philosophy, Philosophy of Language Areas of competence Epistemology, Philosophy of Religion Employment 2015 Assistant Professor, Philosophy, Humanities Division, Yale NUS College, Singapore Education May 2015 PhD in Philosophy, Dissertation: Speaking Indirectly: Non-Literal Meaning in Indian Philosophy Focusing on the debate between Indian philosophers Mukulabhaṭṭa and Ānandavardhana about competing explanations of non-literal meaning, I argue that Mukulabhaṭṭa s proposal can be understood in the spirit of Gricean pragmatics, and is broadly successful. I also show that he tacitly appeals to reasoning known as arthāpatti to explain the interpretive process, a process which I conclude is a version of inference to the best explanation. Committee: Stephen Phillips (chair), Ray Buchanan, Josh Dever, Hans Kamp, Lawrence McCrea (external) 2006 MA in Philosophy, summa cum laude, University of Missouri at St. Louis 2000 BA in English, Spanish (with honors) Grove City College Publications Journal articles 2015 Thinking about Embedded Metaphors, Journal of Pragmatics, 88, The Cow is to be Tied Up: Sort-Shifting in Classical Indian Philosophy, History of Philosophy Quarterly. 30.4, Mukulabhaṭṭa s Defense of Lakṣaṇā: How We Use Words to Mean Something Else, but Not Everything Else, Journal of Indian Philosophy 41.4,

2 Book reviews 2015 Review of Amber Carpenter s Indian Buddhist Philosophy. Philosophy East & West. 65:4, October Review of Christopher G. Framarin s Desire and Motivation in Indian Philosophy. Journal of the American Oriental Society , Talks 2015 Mantras, Meaning, and the Mahāvākya: Explorations in Mīmāṃsā Pragmatics. Annual Conference for the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, Montreal, CA From Talking about Particular Things to Reasoning about their General Names: The Realist-Nominalist Debate in Uddyotakara, Kumārila and Śāntarakṣita. Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy Annual Meeting, SUNY-Binghamton University 2013 Against Inference: Ānandavardhana on the Status of Suggestive Language. New England Association for Asian Studies, Bridgewater State University 2012 How Can I Know What You Mean? Implication, Inference, and Dhvani. Annual Meeting for the Society of Ancient Greek Philosophy with the Society for the Study of Islamic Philosophy and Science 2012 Lakṣaṇā and Sort-Shifting in Mukulabhaṭṭa s Abhidhāvṛttimātṛka. Pacific APA, Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy 2011 Comments on Brian Cutter s Meaning, Use, and the Symmetry Objection to Epistemicism. MLK Conference 2010 Radical Contextualism, Apoha, and Word Meaning. MLK Conference 2009 Imagining Five Impossible Things. MLK Conference Teaching Primary Instructor 2015 Assistant Professor, Philosophy and Political Thought, Yale-NUS College, Fall Assistant Instructor, World Philosophy, 2014 Adjunct Instructor, Moral Reasoning, St. Edward s University, Austin, TX 2014 Assistant Instructor, Introduction to Philosophy, 2013, 2014 Instructor, Logic: Principles of Reasoning, Johns Hopkins University, Center for Talented Youth 2012 Assistant Instructor, Introduction to Philosophy, 2008 Adjunct Instructor, Online Introduction to Philosophy, City Colleges of Chicago 2008 Seminar Instructor, Religion and the Mind, Newberry Library in Chicago 2008 Adjunct Instructor, Ethics, Loyola University in Chicago 2007 Adjunct Instructor, Online Logic, Elgin Community College 2007 Adjunct Instructor, World Religions, Forest Park Community College 2

3 Teaching assistant : Symbolic Logic, Introduction to Philosophy, History of Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy of Knowledge, World Philosophy, Introduction to Philosophy of the Arts, Honors Knowledge & Valuation, and Philosophy of Religion Johns Hopkins University, Center for Talented Youth: Introduction to Philosophy University of Missouri at St. Louis: Major Questions, Bioethics, Significant Figures in Philosophy Sanskrit instruction 2015-present Independent study Sanskrit at Yale-NUS College Private Sanskrit Language Tutor, Austin, TX 2011 Instructor, Sanskrit Workshop at Om Vibrations and Yoga Music Experience, Boerne, TX Awards & honors 2014 Travel Grant, American Philosophical Association Competitive grant to attend and participate in the Teaching and Learning Seminar for early career scholars at the American Association of Philosophy Teachers 20th Biennial International Workshop- Conference Continuing Fellowship, Graduate School, Two or three students per academic year are nominated by the department based on major accomplishments and a well-defined program of research Billy Bob Draeger Graduate Research Fellowship in the Humanities, University of Texas at Austin Awarded from the College of Liberal Arts to humanities students based on academic merit Selected as Seminar Instructor, Newberry Library, Chicago IL, Religion and the Mind Course proposal for adult education humanities seminar was selected to be offered during the spring term. Pedagogical training 2014 Leadership Certificate in Inclusive Classrooms from UT Austin Drawing from the literature which continues to show that a discriminatory climate negatively impacts students transition to college, sense of belonging at the institution and academic success, this leadership certificate seminar provides tangible elements of course design, planning, and processes considered with an inclusive lens Teaching and Learning Seminar: American Association of Philosophy Teachers 20th Biennial International Workshop-Conference Selected as a grant-receiving participant in the seminar for early-career academics, which focused on reading pedagogical literature regarding how learning happens, how to design maximally effective courses, and how to improve classroom practice. 3

4 Service to the profession 2015 Referee, Philosophy East & West, Confluence: Online Journal of World Philosophies 2014-current Contributor, Indian Philosophy Blog, a scholarly group blog 2014 Session Chair, MLK Conference, Briana Toole: The Causal Theory and Fictional Names 2013 Referee, SAGAR: A South Asia Research Journal 2012 Referee, Journal of Comparative Philosophy, Erkenntnis Coordinator, Graduate Colloquia Series Professional Membership American Association of Philosophy Teachers American Association of Religion American Philosophical Association Society of Asian and Comparative Philosophy 4

5 References Stephen Phillips (dissertation chair) Professor, Departments of Philosophy & Asian Studies (512) Hans Kamp Visiting Professor, Departments of Philosophy & Linguistics Professor of Formal Logics & Philosophy of Language Universität Stuttgart (512) Josh Dever Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy (512) Ray Buchanan Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy (512) Larry McCrea (external committee member) Associate Professor, Department of Asian Studies Cornell University (607) Jennifer Greene (teaching) Associate Professor, Philosophy St. Edward s University jennifrg@stedwards.edu (512) Last updated: October 30, 2015 Typeset in 5