Sarah K. Paul
Visiting Instructor
Fall 2009
- Happiness (PHIL 150)
- Knowledge and Its Sources (PHIL 226)
Education
Ph.D Stanford University, Stanford, California, 2009
B.A. Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, 2002
Area of Specialization
Philosophy of Mind (especially Action Theory, Moral Psychology, and Epistemology of Mind)
Areas of Competence
Ethics (Normative and Applied), Epistemology, Philosophy of Language
Publications
“Intention, Belief, and Wishful Thinking: Setiya on ‘Practical Knowledge’,” Ethics v. 119, April 2009: 546-557.
“How We Know What We’re Doing,” forthcoming in Philosophers’ Imprint.
Presentations
“Double Effect, Single Explanation,” Pacific Division Meeting of the APA, 2010
“How We Know What We’re Doing: Intention, Belief, and Knowledge Without Observation,” University of Southern California, February 2009
“How We Know What We’re Doing: Intention, Belief, and Knowledge Without Observation,” University of California, Berkeley, January 2008
“Narrative Understanding and Practical Knowledge,” Central Division Meeting of the APA, 2007
“How We Know What We’re Doing: An Inferential Explanation of Practical Knowledge,” Fourth-Year Graduate Student Colloquium Series, Stanford University, May 2007
“The Semantics/Pragmatics Deride: Understanding Malapropisms,” Stanford-Berkeley-Davis Graduate Conference, 2005
Awards and Fellowships
- Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellowship, Stanford Introduction to the Humanities Program, Fall 2008
- Graduate Student Outstanding Paper Prize, Central Division Meeting of the APA, 2007
- Fulbright Grant, Germany, 2002-2003
- Distinction in Philosophy, Carleton College, 2002
- Phi Beta Kappa, 2002