CV
Timothy Syme – Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Areas of Specialization:
- Social and Political Philosophy
- Moral Theory
Areas of Competence:
- Early Modern Philosophy
- Modern Continental Philosophy
- Philosophy of Social Science
Employment:
IE University, Madrid, International Teaching Fellow, September 2015 – present.
Education:
Brown University:
- Ph.D. Philosophy, May 2015
Dissertation: Everyday Life and the Demands of Justice
Committee: David Estlund (Chair), Charles Larmore, Sharon Krause (Political Science)
University of Edinburgh:
- M.A. (Hons) Philosophy and Politics, 2007 (First Class Honors)
Thesis Title: Political Participation in the UK: Progress and Problems.
Directed by Dr. Wilfried Swenden
Peer Reviewed Publications
2019 ‘Charity vs revolution: Effective Altruism and the systemic change objection’ in Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
2017 The pervasive structure of society’, Philosophy and Social Criticism
External Presentations:
- ‘Everyday Life and the Demands of Justice’, Political Philosophy Conference – Economic Justice and Political Action, University of Barcelona, 2015
- ‘Sociology and Social Justice’, Collective Intentionality IX, Bloomington, Indiana, 2014
- ‘Three Senses of Political’, X is Political: 17th Annual Comparative Literature Intra-Student Faculty Forum, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2013
Presentations at Brown:
- ‘Communities of Practice: A Context-Relative Account of Social Justice’, Graduate Political Philosophy Workshop, 2014
- ‘What are societies? Bounded Communities and the Ethical Demands of Justice’, Philosophy Dissertation Workshop, 2014
- ‘Stability, Ethos and Egalitarian Greed’, Graduate Political Philosophy Workshop, 2013
- Responsibility for Justice: Change the Way You Live’’, Philosophy Dissertation Workshop, 2013
- ‘How is X political?’ Graduate Political Philosophy Workshop, 2013
- ‘How is X political?’, Mellon Graduate Student Workshop, Publics and Politics: Liberal Democracy and the Cultural Turn, 2013
- ‘Individuals and the Demands of Justice’, Philosophy Dissertation Workshop, 2012
- ‘Normative Individualism and Group Agency’ to Philosophy Dissertation Workshop, 2012
- ‘Basic Structure: The Subject of Justice’ Graduate Political Philosophy Workshop, 2012
- ‘Democratizing Citizenship’, Graduate Political Philosophy Workshop, 2012
- ‘Rawls on Desert’, Graduate Political Philosophy Workshop, 2011
- ‘Plato’s Democratic Man: An Ambiguity in the State-Soul Analogy’, Philosophy Dissertation Workshop, Fall, 2011.
Teaching
Course Instructor: Course design and teaching
- Political Theory – 18th Century to Present, IE University, Fall 2015
- Contemporary Moral Problems, Brown University, Spring 2014
- Democracy: Philosophy, Politics and Power; Summer@Brown Program, 2011-2015
Teaching Assistant: Grading and discussion sections
- Ethics and the Novel, Brown University, Fall 2013 (Felicia Nimue Ackerman)
- Marxism; Brown University, Spring 2012 (Charles Larmore)
- Early Modern Philosophy; Brown University, Spring 2011 (Justin Broakes)
- Introduction to Political Philosophy; Brown University, Fall 2010 (David Estlund)
- Existentialism; Brown University, Spring 2010 (Bernard Reginster)
- Environmental Ethics; Brown University, Fall 2009 (Jason Brennan)
Service:
- Conference Co-organizer (with David McIlroy): Shapiro Philosophy Graduate Conference, Fall 2011
- Coordinator, Graduate Political Philosophy Workshop, Fall 2011
- Graduate Student Department Representative, Fall 2008-Spring 2010
Graduate Coursework and Instructors (* = audit):
- 19th Century Philosophy (Bernard Reginster)
- Metaphysics of Mind (Jaegwon Kim)
- Philosophy of Bernard Williams (Charles Larmore)
- Analytic Philosophy Proseminar (Katherine Dunlop)
- Value Theory Proseminar (Nomy Arpaly)
- Philosophical Issues from Freud* (Bernard Reginster)
- Epistemology (Josh Schechter)
- 20th Century Continental Philosophy* (Charles Larmore)
- Philosophical Logic (Joshua Schechter)
- Ancients and Moderns (Sharon Krause)
- Understanding Actions (Jaegwon Kim)
- Rawls (Charles Larmore)
- Ideal Theory and Political Philosophy (David Estlund)
- The Ethics of Belief (Charles Larmore)
- Plato’s Republic (Mary Louise Gill)
- Groups as Agents* (David Estlund)
- Democracy, Justice and the Law (Corey Brettschneider)
- Realism and Idealism in Political Philosophy* (David Estlund)
- Freedom* (Sharon Krause)
Related Academic Positions:
- Instructor, Summer@Brown Pre-College Program, 2011-2015
- Teaching Assistant, Austrian Education Ministry/British Council, 2007
Awards and Honors:
- Brown University Dissertation Completion Fellowship 2013 – 2014
- Brown University Graduate Fellowship 2008 – 2013
- Bruce of Grangehill Prize in Philosophy, 2006
- Simon Gray Prize in Politics, 2005
References:
David Estlund
Lombardo Family Professor of Humanities, Department of Philosophy, Brown University
401.863.6346; David_Estlund@Brown.edu
Charles Larmore
Duncan MacMillan Family Professor in the Humanities, Department of Philosophy, Brown University
401.863.6346; Charles_Larmore@Brown.edu
Sharon Krause
Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Brown University
401.863.2825; Sharon_Krause@Brown.edu