May 18, 1935
Born in Toronto, Canada
Citizenship: Canadian
Permanent residence: United States
May, 1958
B.A. University of Toronto
JUNE, 1960
A.M. Harvard University
JANUARY, 1962
Ph.D. Harvard University
1961 - 1967
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley
1964 - 1965
Sabbatical Leave, University of California Research Fellowship in Humanities (at University of Oxford)
1967 - 1968
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
1968 - 1974
Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley
1970 - 1971
Sabbatical Leave, University of California Research Fellowship in Humanities (at University of Oxford)
1974
Visiting Professor of Philosophy, University of Oslo, Norway
1974-
Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley
1977 - 1978
Sabbatical Leave, American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship (at University of Oxford)
1978 - 1981
Chairman, Philosophy Department, University of California, Berkeley
1980
Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, Mexico
1981 - 1982
Sabbatical Leave, University of California Research Fellowship in Humanities, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship (in Venice)
1983 - 1984
Visiting Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Los Angeles
1984 - 1985
Chairman, Philosophy Department, University of California, Berkeley
1986 - 1987
Sabbatical Leave, University of California Research Fellowship in Humanities (at University of Oxford)
1987
John Locke Lecturer, University of Oxford
1991 - 1992
Sabbatical Leave, University of California Research Fellowship in Humanities, National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship (at New York University)
1991 - 1992
Visiting Fellow, Program in Law, Philosophy, and Social Theory, School of Law, New York University
1992 - 2004
Mills Professor of Metaphysics and Epistemology, University of California, Berkeley
1997
Visiting Professor of Philosophy (winter and spring quarters), University of California, Los Angeles
1998
Chairman, Philosophy Department, University of California, Berkeley
1998 - 1999
Sabbatical Leave, University of California Research Fellowship in Humanities (in Rome, Italy)
2003 - 2004
Sabbatical Leave, National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, University of California President’s Fellowship, University of California Research Fellowship in Humanities (in Venice, Italy)
2004 -
Willis S. and Marion Slusser Professor of Philosophy II, University of California, Berkeley
2007
Sabbatical Leave (fall semester), University of California Research Fellowship in Humanities (in Rome, Italy)
2012
Sabbatical Leave (fall semester)
2016
Retirement
2016 - 2019
Professor in the Graduate School, University of California, Berkeley
HONORS AND AWARDS
Mills Professor of Metaphysics and Epistemology, University of California, Berkeley
Willis S. and Marion Slusser Professor of Philosophy II, University of California, Berkeley
Professor in the Graduate School, University of California, Berkeley
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Corresponding Fellow, British Academy
President, American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, 1995-96
Co-President, International Academy for Philosophy
Franklin J. Matchette Prize (for Hume), American Philosophical Association, 1979
Visiting Fellow, New College, Oxford, 1986
Visiting Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford, 1987
John Locke Lectures, University of Oxford, 1987
Tanner Lectures on Human Values, Buenos Aires, 1988
Visiting Fellow, Program in Law, Philosophy, and Social Theory, School of Law, New York University, 1991-92
Catedra José Gaos Lectures, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, 1997
Gareth Evans Memorial Lecture, Oxford, 1999
Fellow, Townsend Center for the Humanities, University of California, Berkeley, 1999-2000
Alfred North Whitehead Lectures, Harvard University, 2000
Faculty Research Lecture, University of California, Berkeley 2005-2006
The Dewey Lecture, American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, 2008
The Romanell Lecture, American Philosophical Association, 2009
Michael Frede Memorial Lecture, University of Athens 2010
Henri J. Richard Lecture, Creighton University 2013
Josep Blasco Lectures, University of Valencia, Spain 2014
Humanities Research Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley, 1965, 1971, 1982, 1987, 1991, 1998, 2003, 2007
American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship, 1978
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, 1981-82
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, 1991-92, 2003-04
University of California President’s Fellowship, 2003-04
EXTRA-MURAL SERVICE
Fellowship Panel, American Council of Learned Societies, 1985-88, 2008-9
American Council of Learned Societies, Pre-Screener Panel, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2006
Council For Philosophical Studies, 1983-88
Visiting Committee, Philosophy Department, Harvard University, 1983-88,
Advisory Council, Philosophy Department, Princeton University, 1988-1992
Committee to Review the Philosophy Department, University of California, Riverside, 1990
Committee to Review the Graduate Programme in Philosophy, University of Oxford, 1991
Committee to Review the Philosophy Department, University of New Mexico, 1995
Committee to Review the Graduate Program in Philosophy, University of Alberta, 1995
External Advisory Panel, Faculty of Literae Humaniores, University of Oxford, 1999-2001
External Advisory Panel, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford, 2002-
Membership Committee, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2004-2005
Visiting Committee, Philosophy Department, Harvard University 2005-2006
Board of Electors, Professorship, University of Oxford, 2005
National Humanities Center, Pre-Screener Panel, 2005-06, 2013-18
External Review Committee of the Philosophy Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2010
Board of Directors, Journal of the History of Philosophy 1984-92
U. S. Delegate, Oxford University Press, 1992-2002
Member, Editorial Board (for varying periods): Cambridge (U.P.) Studies in Philosophy, Philosophy Research Archives, Hume Studies, Cuadernos de Filosofía , Philosophy & Phenomenological Research, Conceptus, Teorema, International Journal for the Study of Skepticism, Episteme
Occasional Editorial Consultant: University of California Press, Cambridge University Press, Harvard University Press, Oxford University Press, Princeton University Press, University of Toronto Press, Yale University Press, Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie, Australasian Journal of Philosophy , Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Dialogue, Erkenntnis, Foundations of Language, Hume Studies, International Journal of Philosophical Studies, Journal of the History of Philosophy, Noûs, Philosophical Quarterly, Philosophical Studies, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Philosophy Research Archive, Synthèse