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CURRICULUM VITAE James Allen Philosophy Department University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260 (412) 624 1814 [email protected]

5931 Hobart Street Pittsburgh, PA 15217 (412) 422 9435

Academic Positions: University of Pittsburgh, Professor of Philosophy University of Pittsburgh, Associate Professor of Philosophy University of Pittsburgh, Assistant Professor of Philosophy University of Pittsburgh, Instructor Philosophy

2003-present 1994-2003 1988-94 1987-88

Visiting Position: Philosophy Department, Yale University, Associate Professor

1995

Education: Princeton University, Ph.D.., Philosophy (1988) Yale University, B.A. Philosophy, Greek, magna cum laude

1982-7 1977-81

Honors, Awards and Fellowships: Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung Fellowship renewed Center for Hellenic Studies Fellowship (declined) Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung Fellowship Clare Hall, Cambridge University, Visiting Fellow Junior Faculty Research Grants, University of Pittsburgh, Whiting Fellowship, Princeton University DAAD Scholarship for German language study, Summer Paul Elmer More Fellowship, Princeton University

2002-03 1998 1998-99 1990 1989, 1990 1986-87 1984 1982-86

Publications: “Syllogism, Demonstration, and Definition in Aristotle’s Topics and Posterior Analytics” in Essays in Memory of Michael Frede (Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy XL, Summer 2011), edd. James Allen, Eyjolfur Emillson, Wolfgang-Rainer Mann, Benjamin Morrison, 63-90. “Pyrrhonism and Medicine,” in The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Scepticism, ed. R. Bett (Cambridge University Press, 2010), 232-248. “Greek Philosophy and Signs,” in Divination and the Interpretation of Signs in the Ancient World, ed. A Annus (Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2010), 29-42. “

“Aristotle on Disciplines of Argument: Rhetoric, Dialectic, Analytic,” Rhetorica 25 (2007), 87-108. (In modern Greek translation, 2008) “Rhetoric and Logic,” in A Companion to Greek Rhetoric, ed. I. Worthington (Basil Blackwell, 2007), 350-64. “Dialectic and Virtue in Plato’s Protagoras,” in The Virtuous Life in Greek Ethics, ed. B. Reis (Cambridge University Press, 2006), 6-31. "Ancient Skepticism," "Antiochus of Ascalon," "Arcesilaus," "Carneades" and "Philo of Larissa" in The Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2nd Edition, ed D. Borchert (MacMillan, 2005). "The Stoics on the origin of language and the foundations of etymology," in Language and Learning: Philosophy of Language in the Hellenistic Age Proceedings of the Ninth Symposium Hellenisticum, ed. D. Frede, B. Inwood (Cambridge University Press, 2005), 14-35. "Antiochus of Ascalon," The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2005 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = "Experience as a Source and Ground of Theory in Epicureanism," in Re-inventions: essays on Hellenistic and early Roman science (Apeiron 37), ed. P. Lang (Academic Printing and Publishing, 2004), 89-106. "Carneades", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2004 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = . Inference from signs: ancient debates about the nature of evidence (Oxford University Press, 2001; paperback 2008). “Zur Diskussion: Galen as (mis)informant about the views of his predecessors: A discussion of R. J. Hankinson (ed.), Galen on Antecedent Causes (Cambridge, 1998)," in Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie, 83 (2001), 81-9. “Kunst” in Der neue Pauly Lexikon der Antike, Bd. 6, ed. H. Schneider et al. (Metzler, 1999), 915-17. (English translation in Brill’s New Pauly, 2002-7) “Epicurean Inferences: the Evidence of Philodemus’ De Signis,” in Method in Ancient Philosophy, ed. G. Gentzler (Oxford University Press, 1998), 307-349. “Carneadean argument in Cicero's Academic books” in Assent and argument: studies in Cicero's Academic books Proceedings of the 7th Symposium Hellenisticum, ed. J. Mansfeld, B. Inwood (Brill, 1997), 217-256.

"Aenesidemus," "Agrippa, " "Arcesilaus," "Lacydes, " "Pyrrho and Pyrrohnism," "Sextus Empiricus," "Timon of Phlius" in The Encyclopedia of Classical Philosophy, ed. D. Zeyl (Greenwood Press, 1997), 6-8, 17, 46-8, 297-8, 463-5, 488-90, 562-3. “The Development of Aristotle’s Logic: part of an account in outline,” in Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy 11 (1995), 177205. "Academic Probabilism and Stoic Epistemology," Classical Quarterly, N.S. 44 (i) (1994), 85-113. "Failure and Expertise in the Ancient Conception of an Art," in Scientific Failure, ed. A. Janis, T. Horowitz (Rowman & Littlefield, 1993), 83110. "Pyrrhonism and Medical Empiricism: Sextus Empiricus on Evidence and Inference," in Aufsteig und Niedergang der Römischen Welt ll, 37, l (De Gruyter, 1993), 644-690. "Stoic Epistemology," in A Companion to Epistemology, ed. J. Dancy and E. Sosa (Basil Blackwell, 1992), 490-493. "The Skepticism of Sextus Empiricus" in Aufstieg und Niedergang der Römischen Welt ll 36,4 (De Gruyter, 1990), 2582-2607. Reviews: Review of Sextus Empiricus: Against the Grammarians, ed. and trans., David Blank, Journal of Hellenic Studies 123 (2003), 258. Review of The Discovery of Things: Aristotle's Categories & Their Context, W.- R. Mann, The Journal of Philosophy 99 (2002), 329-32. Review of Études sur les Philosophies Hellénistiques: Epicurisme, stoïcisme, scepticisme, J. Brunschwig, Review of Metaphysics 205 (1998), 132-4. Review of The Skeptic Way, ed. and trans. B. Mates and Sextus Empiricus: Outlines of Scepticism, ed. and trans. J. Barnes and J. Annas The Philosophical Review 107 (1998), 151-55. Forthcoming: "Galen," in Grundriss der Geschichte der Philosophie Begründet von Friedrich Ueberweg, Die Philosophie der Antike, Band 5: Philosophie der Kaiserzeit und der Spätantike, ed. C. Horn et al.

‘Why there are ends of both goods and evils in ancient ethical theory’ in the Festschrift for Gisela Striker, M. Lee, M Schiefsky (edd.) OUP. ‘Practical and Theoretical Knowledge in Aristotle’ Bridging the Gap Between Aristotle's Science and Ethics edd. D. Henry and K. Nielsen. CUP. ‘Aristotle on “probability”: persuasiveness and likelihood in rhetoric’ in EIKOS: Probabilities, Hypotheticals, and Counterfactuals in Ancient Greek Thought, ed. V. Wohl. CUP. ‘Galen the Philosopher’ for the Routledge Companion to Ancient Philosophy, ed. J. Warren et al. and had it approved by ed. Not sure of publication schedule. Hellenistic Ethical Theory for the International Encyclopedia of Ethics, Wiley/Blackwell. Talks: Univerity of Patras, Conference on teleology, 19-21 June 2011 Harvard University, Conference on the occasion of Gisela Striker’s retirement) (6-8 May 2011) Philosophy Department, University of California Berkeley, 10 Feb. 2011 The Waldorf School, Brooklyn, 13 March 2010 Commentator, University of Toronto Workshop ‘Perceiving Ourselves,’ 26-28 March 2010 Cicero Seminar, Classics Department, University of Toronto 25 November 2009 Faculty Student Colloquium, University of Pittsburgh, 16 April 2009 Workshop ‘Bridging the Gap between Aristotle’s Science and Ethics’, University of Western Ontario, 19-21 March 2009. Conference, ‘Science and Superstition, Interpretation of Signs in the Ancient World’, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, 6-7 March 2009. Seminar Presentation, Kings College London, 11 December 2008 Department of Philosophy, Central European University, Budapest, 9 December 2008 Department of Philosophy, Harvard University, 20 November 2008

Seminar presentation, Collaborative Programme in Ancient and Medieval Philospophy,, University of Toronto, 17 November 2008 Classics Faculty, Cambridge University, Lunchtime series, 11 November 2008 Philosophisches Seminar, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, 28 October 2008 Southern Association for Ancient Philosophy, Newnham College, Cambridge University, 18-20 September 2008 Conference on Eduard Zeller, Berlin, 12-14 March 2008 Comments on Julie Ponesse Eastern Division APA convention, Baltimore, 28 December 2007 University of Toronto, Philosophy Department 3 May 2007 Comments on Mark Schiefsky, Conference on Plato on the divided soul, Cornell 1315 October 2006 Philosophy Department, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, 10 May 2006 Philosophy Department, University of Toronto 26 November 2005 Department of Philosophy, McGill Univesity 24-25 September 2005 (two talks) Conference on Ancient Philosophy and Rhetoric, University of Crete, 29-31 October 2004 Conference on Ancient Skepticism, Assos Turkey, 5-9 July 2004 Faculty Student Colloquium, University of Pittsburgh 20 February 2004 Conference on Hellenistic and Early Roman Science, Emory University, 4-5 October 2003 Philosophisches Seminar, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, 28 January 2002 Philosophisches Seminar, Universität Bonn, 12 December 2002 Classics Department, Cornell University, 26 April 2002 Philosophy Department, Cornell University, 25 April 2002 Symposium Hellenisticum Hamburg, 23-8 July 2001 Invited Talk, Ancient Logic, Central Division Meeting APA 5 May 2001

Comments on a paper by Michael Frede, Center for the History and Philosophy of Science Symposium, Rethymnon, Crete, 26 October 2000 Philosophisches Seminar, Universität Hamburg, 28 April 1999 Faculty of Classics, Cambridge University, Christ’s College, 8 February 1999 Comments on H. von Staden, Symposium on the History and Philosophy of Greek Medical traditions from Hippocrates to Harvey, Athens 22 May 1998 Comments on R. Bett, Chicago conference on ancient philosophy, Chicago 26 April 1998 Invited talk, APA Eastern meeting, Philadelphia, 28-30 December 1997 Faculty of Classics, Cambridge University, Christ’s College, 27 November 1995 Symposium Hellenisticum, Utrecht, 20-27 August 1995 Department of Philosophy, Yale University, 20 April 1995 Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy Department, Harvard University, December 1, 1994 Comments on paper by Gisela Striker, Conference entitled ‘Methodos’, Amherst College, 8-10 April 1994 Center for the History and Philosophy of Science Lunchtime Talk, University of Pittsburgh 7 December 1993 Department of Philosophy, Columbia University, 23 January 1992 Department of Philosophy, Princeton University, 22 January 1992 Comments on paper by R. J. Hankinson, Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, Princeton University, 7 December 1991 Department of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 31 January 1991 Meeting of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, Central Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Chicago, 28 April 1989 Workshop on Scientific Failure, University of Pittsburgh, 23 April 1988 Referee: Oxford University Press Ancient Philosophy

Annals of Science Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie History and Philosophy of Logic Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy Philosophical Quarterly Foundations of the Formal Sciences Dissertation supervision: Director: David Berger, Timothy Greenfield, Nic Thorne Committee member: Keith Bemer (2nd reader), Gregory Salmieri(2nd reader), Gregory Gates, Hans Lottenbach, Mark Holowchak, Paul Muench, Katharine Nolan, Steven Quevedo, John Quilter, Heike Sefrin-Weiss, Jakovos Vasiliou, Christopher Williams, Sara Worley Departmental Office: 2010-11

Chair Admissions Committee

2009-10


2004-08

Chair

2003-04


2001-02

Member Admissions Committee

2000-01


1999-00


1997-98


1996-97

Member, Graduate Admissions Committee, Undergraduate advisor, Judge of Bennett and Reiser prize competitions, member ad hoc committee to study research equivalency

1995-96

Member, Graduate Admissions Committee

1991-92

Member, Graduate Committee

1990-91

Member, Graduate Admissions Committee

1989-90

Member, Junior Faculty Search Committee

1988-89

Chair, Admissions Committee

1987-88

Undergraduate advisor and advisor to the Philosophy Club

University Service: 2003-4

Member, Promtion Committee, Communications Department

2001-4

Director, Program in Classics, Philosophy and Ancient Sciences

1997-98

Tenure council service

1996-97

Tenure Council alternate member

1995-96


1993-94


Member, Provost’s and Humanities Fellowship Committee Member, Lawler Fellowship Committee