ARTHUR PAUL PEDERSEN
 GRADUATE STUDENT
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Department of Philosophy Phone: +1 412.268.9669
Carnegie Mellon University
 E-Mail: apaulpedersen@cmu.edu
Baker Hall 138
Pittsburgh, PA 15213 CURRICULUM VITÆ

Paul Pedersen
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
Epistemology, Belief Revision, Rational Choice, Philosophical Logic, Philosophy of Logic,
Metaphysics, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Mathematics, Philosophy of Language
HONORS AND AWARDS:
  • Chancellor's Fellowship for Graduate Study, awarded on a competitive basis by the Graduate Dean of the University of California, Berkeley, to pursue a doctoral degree in the Group in Logic and the Methodology of Science, 2008 - 2011 (award declined)
  • Nuffic HSP Huygens Scholarship, awarded on a competitive basis by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, to study at the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation of the Universiteit van Amsterdam, 2006 - 2008 (award declined)
  • NSF VIGRE grant to conduct research on continuous first-order logic, 2005 - 2006  
  • Notre Dame Department of Mathematics Scholarship to participate in proof theory course at the University of Notre Dame, Summer 2005 
  • Elected member of the Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society 
  • Dean's Honor List
PUBLICATIONS:
PRESENTATIONS:
  • "Comments on Sarah Moss's 'Updating as Communication.' " (19 June 2009). Formal Epistemology Workshop.
  • "Comments on Paul Weirich's 'Calibration.' " (20 February 2009). Central Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Assocation.
  • "Completeness for Continuous First-Order Logic." (10 April 2007). Math Logic Seminar, Carnegie Mellon University.
  • "Completeness for Continuous First-Order Logic." (2 March 2006). Tom Kent Logic Seminar, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
WORK IN
PROGRESS
  • "Pseudo-rationalizability over Infinite Choice Spaces." A.P. Pedersen. (Revised: 17 June 2009).
  • "Rational Choice and Conditional Obligation." A.P. Pedersen & H. Arló-Costa.
  • "Truth in Continuous First-Order Logic." A.P. Pedersen. (Revised: 14 December 2008).
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TEACHING





Fall 2009:
 80-305 (80-605) Rational Choice (9-12 Units)





Instructor: Kevin Zollman


Section A: TR 10:30 - 11:50 AM Room  PH A19




Summer 2009:
 80-100 Introduction to Philosophy (9 Units)





Instructor: Arthur Paul Pedersen


Section U: MTWRF 12:00 - 1:20 PM Room BH 150




Spring 2009:
 80-281 Language and Thought (9 Units)





Instructor: Horacio Arló-Costa


Section A: TR 12:00 - 1:20 PM Room WEH 5403




Fall 2008:
 80-135 Introduction to Political Philosophy (9 Units)





Instructor: Robert Cavalier


Section A: TR 10:30 - 11:50 AM Room BH 255A




Spring 2008:
 80-253 Continental Philosophy (9 Units)





Instructor: Robert Cavalier


Section A: TR 1:30 - 2:50 PM Room PH A22




Fall 2007:
 80-100 What Philosophy Is (9 Units)





Instructor: John Mumma


Lecture 2: MW 1:30 - 2:20 PM Room WEH 5403


Sections:   G     1:30 - 2:20 PM Room HBH 237


                 H     2:30 - 3:20 PM Room     SH 212




Summer 2007:
 80-212 Arguments and Logical Analysis (9 Units)





Instructor: Arthur Paul Pedersen


Section E: MTWRF 3:00 - 4:20 PM Room SH 220


Section U: MTWRF 3:00 - 4:20 PM Room SH 220


        Note: Sections E and U have same instructor.




Spring 2007: 80-341 (80-641) Computers, Society and Ethics (9-12 Units)





Instructor: Peter Madsen       


Section A: TR 1:30 - 2:50 PM Room HBH 1003





21-229 Set Theory (9 Units)





Instructor: Ernest Schimmerling


Section A: MWF 2:30-3:20 PM Room PH A20




Fall 2006: 80-100 What Philosophy Is (9 Units)





Instructor: Mara Harrell


Lecture 2: MW  1:30 - 2:20 PM   Room BH 136A


Sections:   F     11:30 - 12:20 PM Room BH 231A


                 F     12:30 - 1:20   PM Room BH A54
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