Curriculum Vitae

Jonathan R. Barker
Tribble Hall B301 // Department of Philosophy
Wake Forest University // Winston-Salem, NC 27109
jrbarker.weebly.com // barkerjr@wfu.edu

APPOINTMENTS
Wake Forest University
Visiting Assistant Professor (2019 – 2020)

EDUCATION
University of Virginia
PhD in Philosophy (2018)
Dissertation: Grounding and Its Limits
Committee: Trenton Merricks (director), Elizabeth Barnes, Ross Cameron

University of Notre Dame

Visiting Graduate Fellowship at the Center for Philosophy of Religion (2017 – 2018)

Wake Forest University

BA with Honors in Philosophy, summa cum laude (2013)

AREAS OF INTEREST
Areas of Specialization
Metaphysics & Epistemology

Areas of Competence
Medical Ethics, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Mind, & Ancient Greek Philosophy

PUBLICATION

“Debunking Arguments and Metaphysical Laws,” (Forthcoming). Philosophical Studies.

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 IN PROGRESS

A paper on grounding and ontological innocence (R & R Australasian Journal of Philosophy)

PAPER PRESENTATIONS
(* = invited)

• “On Demanding a Metaphysical Explanation”

o SCP Meeting at APA Eastern Division, Philadelphia PA, January 2020*

• “Form and Autonomy”

o As a Matter of Form Workshop, University of Rostock, July 2019*

• “Grounding and Ontological Innocence”

o 72nd Annual Mountain-Plains Philosophy Conference, Denver CO, October 2018

• “A New Argument for Ontic Vagueness”

o Metaphysics & Semantics of Indeterminacy workshop, Brno, Czech Republic,
November 2018

• “Grounding and Debunking”

o APA Central Division, Kansas City MO, March 2017.
o Virginia Philosophical Association, Lynchburg VA, October 2016.

• “There Is No Grounding Problem”

o University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA, September 2016*
o Metaphysical Mayhem, Rutgers NJ, August 2016*

• “Constructional Injustice”
o APA Central Division, Chicago IL, March 2016.

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 • “What is a Sorites Series?”
o APA Central Division, St. Louis MO, February 2015.

COMMENTS
• “On the Epistemic Objection to Non-Presentist A-theories” at APA Eastern, Philadelphia
PA, January 2020.
• “A Puzzle about Places” by Daniel Z. Korman at APA Central, Chicago IL, February 2018.
• “Debunking and Universalism” by David Mark Kovacs, APA Eastern, Baltimore MD,
January 2017.

FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS

2017—2018 Visiting Graduate Fellowship, University of Notre Dame
All University Teaching Award Nominee, University of Virginia

2015 – 2017 Graduate Student Travel Stipend at Central APA (x3)

ACADEMIC SERVICE
• Journal Referee: Philosophical Studies (x1)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Wake Forest University
Fall 2019 Basic Problems of Philosophy (x3)

University of Notre Dame

Spring 2019 Minds, Brains, and Persons (x2)
Fall 2018 Medical Ethics (x2)

University of Virginia
Summer 2016 Intro to Philosophy of Religion (x1)

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REFERENCES

Elizabeth Barnes Daniel Z. Korman

Professor of Philosophy Professor of Philosophy
University of Virginia University of California, Santa Barbara
e.j.barnes@virginia.edu dkorman@philosophy.ucsb.edu
434-243-4040

Ross P. Cameron Trenton Merricks

Professor of Philosophy Commonwealth Professor of Philosophy
University of Virginia University of Virginia
cameron@virginia.edu Merricks@virginia.edu
434-924-6922 434-924-4235