People
- Graduate Student in Residence
Research Interests
- Metametaphysics
- Metaphilosophy
- Professor of Philosophy
Research Interests
- Logic
- Metaphysics
- Epistemology
- Visiting Assistant Professor — Temple University (Philosophy)
Dissertation (Spring 2013)
“A Defense of Millian Descriptivism” (advised by Nathan Salmon)
Areas of Study
- Philosophy of Language
- Philosophy of Mind
- Epistemology
- Purdue University
Research Interests
- Ancient Philosophy
- Graduate Student in Residence
Research Interests
- Philosophy of Language
- Philosophy of Science
- Logic
- Epistemology
- Academic Personnel Coordinator
Duties - Philosophy Department
- Personnel policy and procedures
- Faculty recruitment and appointments
- Ladder faculty merits, promotions, career steps, retentions, appraisals
- Non-Senate faculty re-appointments, excellence reviews, merits
- Payroll, additional compensation, and contracts
- Sabbatical and other leaves
- Donor acknowledgment
- Faculty email list administrator
- Visiting scholars
- New faculty email, UCSBNetID, orientation
- Graduate Student in Residence
Research Interests
- Logic
- Language
- Metaphysics
- Epistemology
- Ethics
- Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Research Interests
- Philosophy of Physics
- Philosophy of Science
- Logic
- Graduate Student in Residence
Research Interests
- Philosophy of Language, Perception, and Science
- History of Philosophy
- Assistant Professor — George Mason University
Dissertation (Summer 2009)
“Practical Rationality and Committeed Action” (Advised by Kevin Falvey)
- Graduate Student in Residence
Research Interests
- Philosophy of Language
- Philosophy of Mind
- Linguistics
- Cognitive Science
- Lecturer
- Technologist — Opus Logica
Dissertation (Summer 2013)
“The Epistemic Significance of Disagreement with Others” (advised by Anthony Brueckner)
Areas of Study
- Epistemology
- Ethics
- Metaphysics
- Instructor- University of Alabama
Dissertation (2015)
Advised by: Co-Chairs: Kevin Falvey and Michael Rescorla
Research Interests
- Metaphysics
- Epistemology
- Graduate Student in Residence
Research Interests
- Metaphysics
- Philosophy of Physics
- Logic
- CSU Channel Islands
Research Interests
- Epistemology
- Rationality
- Transcendental Arguments
- Utah State University
- Lecturer (Philosophy)
Dissertation (Summer 2013)
“Virtue of Knowledge and Unity in Early Plato” (advised by Voula Tsouna)
Areas of Study
- Ancient Philosophy
- Ethics
- Metaphysics
- Philosophy of Religion
- Lecturer
Not in residence Summer 2019
Research Interests
- Epistemology
- Ethics
- Social and Political Philosophy
- Graduate Student in Residence
Research Interests
- Modern Philosophy
- History of Epistemology
- Graduate Student in Residence
Research Interests
- Metaphysics/Ontology
- Philosophy of Mind
- Philosophy of Language
- Meta-philosophy
- Meta-normativity
- Graduate Student in Residence
Moral Theory: Metaethics, Normative Ethics, & Moral Psychology
Metaphilosophy
Area of Compentence:
Applied Ethics (esp. Computers & Technology)
Action Theory
Epistemology
- Graduate Student in Residence
Research Interests
- Metaphysics
- Logic
- Language
- Epistemology
- Emeritus Professor of Philosophy
Research Interests
- Aesthetics
- 18th-Century Philosophy
- Graduate Student in Residence
Research Interests
- Philosophy of Language
- Logic
- Metaphysics
- Philosophy of Physics
- Graduate Student in Residence
Research Interests
- Philosophy of Language and Mind
- Metaphysics
- Logic
- Assistant Professor and Director of Graduate Studies — Western Michigan University
Dissertation (Winter 2015)
“On God’s Gestures: Miracles, Laws of Nature, and Special Divine Action”
Areas of Study
- Philosophy of Religion
- Metaphysics
- Philosophy of Language/Science
- Hume
- Philosophical Logic
- Instructional Program Assistant
Duties
- Textbook and desk copy orders
- Office hours listings
- Keys
- Mail boxes
- Office supplies, business cards
- Visitor parking arrangements
- Teaching evaluations
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- Technical assistance (e.g. copiers, printers)
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- Graduate Student in Residence
Research Interest
- Epistemology
- Philosophy of Mind
- History of Philosophy
- Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Research Interests
- Moral Philosophy
- Kant
- Associate Professor of Philosophy
Research Interests
- Philosophy of Mind
- Philosophy of Language
- Lecturer
Not in residence Summer 2019
Research Interests
- Ethics
- Social and Political Philosophy
- Philosophy of Language and Literature
- Assistant Professor of Philosophy
- Ethics
- Philosophy of Action
- Ancient Philosophy
- Philosophy of Economics.
- Lecturer — Central Washington University
Dissertation (Summer 2011)
“The Cognitive Significance of Kant’s third Critique”
Areas of Study
- History of Modern Philosophy (AOS: Kant’s Theoretical Philosophy)
- Philosophy of Mind
- Philosophy of Cognitive Science
- Embodied Cognition
- Cognitive Linguistics
- Emeritus Professor of Philosophy
Research Interests
- Philosophy of Religion
- Epistemology
- Wittgenstein
- Lecturer in Philosophy and Environmental Studies
Not in residence Summer 2019
Research Interests
- Ethics
- Political Philosophy
- Applied Ethics
- Metaphysics
- Environmental Studies (energy, critical & quantitative thinking, climate change)
- Graduate Student in Residence
Research Interests
- Political Philosophy
- British Empiricism
- Unknown
Dissertation (Summer 2010)
“The Formation and Function of Stoic Conceptions” (Advised by Voula Tsouna)
Areas of Study
- Ancient Philosophy
- Lecturer — Clemson University
Advised by: Voula Tsouna
Areas of Study
- Ancient Philosophy
- Meta-Ethics
- Philosophy of Mind
- Epistemology
- Graduate Student in Residence
Research Interests
- Metaphysics
- Epistemology
- Philosophy of Language
- Professor of Philosophy
- Department Co-Chair
- Graduate Studies Co-Director
Research Interests
- Ethics
- Philosophy of Action
- Philosophy of Law
- Alumni
Research Interests
- Metaphysics
- Epistemology
- Philosophy of Religion
- Professor of Philosophy
- Director of Undergraduate Studies
Research Interests
- Modern Philosophy
- SASC Director
Duties
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All management functions related to the operations of administrative support and services of the SASC (Student Services and Academic Services units) provided to South Hall HFA departments and programs in the areas of Academic Personnel, Financial/Budget, Student Services, Contract and Grant administration, Purchasing, IT, Space, Development and Alumni Relations, Safety, Policy and Procedures, etc.
- Adjunct Professor — Capital University
Dissertation (Fall 2011)
“Responsibilty, Luck Egalitarianism and the Egalitarian Aim” (Advised by Christopher McMahon)
Areas of Study
- Ethics
- Social Philosophy
- Political Philosophy
- Biomedical Ethics
- Adjunct Professor of Philosophy
Not in residence Summer 2019
Research Interests
- Philosophy of Science
- Lecturer
Not in residence Summer 2019
Research Interests
- Moral, Legal & Political philosophy
- Environmental & Biomedical ethics
- Philosophy of Mind & Cognitive Science
- Graduate Student in Residence
Research Interests
- Philosophy of Mind
- Cognitive Science
- Philosophy of Language
- Epistemology
- Graduate Student in Residence
Research Interests
- Normative Ethics
- Military Ethics
- Political Philosophy
- Philosophy of Mind
- Feminism
- Graduate Student in Residence
Research Interests
- Philosophy of Language
- Metaphysics
- Logic
- Professor of Psychology
Research Interests
- Social Cognition
- Evolutionary Psychology
- Neuropsychology and Philosophy
- Professor of Philosophy
- Diversity Officer
Research Interests
- Metaphysics
- Epistemology
- Philosophy of Mind
- Philosophy of Language
- Graduate Student in Residence
Research Interests
- Kantian Ethics
- Ancient Philosophy
- Early Modern/Modern Philosophy
- Epistemology
- Graduate Student in Residence
Research Interests
- Epistemology
- Metaphysics
- Philosophy of Language
- Philosophy of Science
- Graduate Student not in Residence
Research Interests
- Epistemology
- Metaphysics
- Graduate Student in Residence
Research Interests
- Metaphysics
- Philosophy of Science
- Philosophy of Language
- Seoul National University
Research Interests
- Philosophy of Language
- Epistemology
- Metaphysics
- Logic
- Philosophy of Mind
- Alumni
Research Interests
- Philosophy of Language
- Philosophy of Mind
- Logic
- Metaphysics
- Epistemology
- Staff Undergraduate Advisor
Duties
- Undergraduate student major, minor, and program advising
- Undergraduate student petitions for major requirements
- Approval codes
- University and department undergrad awards
- Course scheduling and wait-lists
- Seminar room scheduling (COURSES only)
- Undergrad listserve and alumni info
- Graduate Student in Residence
Research Interests
- Metaphysics
- Ethics
- Philosophy of Religion
- Manager
- SASC (Financial & Academic Personnel Services Unit)
Duties
- Managerial oversight of Academic Services Unit of the SASC
- Financial and academic personnel policy and procedures
- Academic appointments and payroll
- Financial/academic personnel staff supervisor
- Graduate Student in Residence
Research Interests
- Philosophy of Mind
- Metaphysics
- Philosophy of Science
- Full-time Instructor — Auburn University
Dissertation (Winter 2012)
“Signifying Nothing? How Fiction Represents” (Advised by Nathan Salmon)
Areas of Study
- Philosophy of Language
- Metaphysics
- Aesthetics
- Staff Graduate Advisor
Duties
- Graduate student recruitment and admissions
- Graduate student progress checks
- Graduate student advising
- TA coordinator: recruitment, payroll, fee remissions
- Graduate committee consultant
- Student awards
- Graduate stipends
- Block grant/graduate funding support
- Graduate email list administrator
- Assitant Professor (tenure-track) — University of Alabama
- Birmmingham
Dissertation (Spring 2011)
“The Possibility of Acting from Duty” (Advised by Aaron Zimmerman)
Areas of Study
- Moral Psychology
- Meta-ethics
- Epistemology
- Post-Doc American University in Cairo
Dissertation (2015)
Advised by Thomas Holden
Research Interests
- Philosophy of Logic
- Metaphysics
- Philosophy of Language
- Visiting Professor
Not in residence Summer 2019
- Ancient Philosophy
- Science and Mathematics
- Greek Intellectual History
- Professor of Philosophy
Research Interests
- Political and Social Philosophy
- Moral Philosophy
- Graduate Student in Residence
Research Interests
- Metaphilosopy
- Lecturer
Dissertation (Summer 2011)
“Intentional Actions: Explanation and Epistemology” (Advised by Kevin Falvey)
Areas of Study
- Philosophy of Action
- Philosophy of Mind
- Ethics
- Epistemology
- Graduate Student in Residence
Research Interests
- Epistemology
- Philosophy of Language
- Metaethics
- Logic
- Associate Professor of Political Science
Research Interests
- Political Philosophy
- Graduate Student in Residence
Research Interests
- Perception
- Epistemology
- History of Philosophy
- History and Philosophy of Science
- Graduate Student in Residence
Research Interests
- Logic/Philosophy of Math
- Metaphysics
- Analytic Feminism
- Graduate Student in Residence
Research Interests
- Meta-ontology
- Metaphysics
- Ethics
- Applied Ethics
- Graduate Student in Residence
Research Interests
- Hume
- Modern Philosophy
- History of Political Philosophy
- Associate Professor of Philosophy
Research Interests
- Philosophy of Language
- Metaphysics
- Faculty Member and Postdoctoral Associate — Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM)
- Tehran (School of Analytic Philosophy)
Dissertation (Spring 2013)
“On the Nature of Practical Reasons” (advised by Matthew Hanser and Kevin Falvey)
Areas of Study
- Philosophy of Psychology
- Mind
- Language and Religion
- Professor of Philosophy
Research Interests
- Philosophy of Language
- Philosophy of Logic
- Metaphysics
- Graduate Student not in Residence
Research Interests
- Bioethics
- Epistemology
- Metaphysics
- Moral Philosophy
- Graduate Student in Residence
Research Interests
- Philosophy of Language
- Philosophy of Mind
- Cognitive Science
- Graduate Student not in Residence
Research Interests
- Philosophy of Mind
- Epistemology
- Philosophy of Language
- Associate Professor — Northern Virginia Community College
Dissertation (Summer 2009)
“A Person as a Lifetime: An Aristotelian Account of Persons” (Advised by Voula Tsouna)
- Instructor (Tenure-Track)- Pasadena City College
Dissertation (Summer 2014)
“Adam Smith on the Nature and Authority of Conscience” (advised by Aaron Zimmerman)
Areas of Study
- Ethics
- 17th and 18th Century Philosophy
- Moral Psychology
- Director of the Center for Ethics in Public Life — University of Missouri
- St. Louis
Dissertation (Summer 2011)
“Inter-Sovereign Justice: An Alternate Model of Economic and Political Justics Between Sovereign Nations”
Areas of Study
- Ethics
- Philosophy of Mind
- Political Philosophy
- Graduate Student in Residence
Research Interests
- Metaethics
- Normative Ethics
- Philosophy of Minds
- Lecturer
Not in residence Spring 2019
Research Interests
- Moral and Political Philosophy
- Instructor — Mississippi State University (Philosophy and Religion)
Dissertation (Summer 2013)
“Semantics, Pragmatics, and the Nature of Semantic Theories” (advised by Nathan Salmon)
Areas of Study
- Philosophy of Language
- Logic
- Metaphysics
- SASC Manager
- Student Services Unit
Duties
- Managerial oversight of Student Services Unit of the SASC
- Student services policy and procedures
- Curriculum planning and course scheduling
- TA/Associate/Reader appointments and payroll
- Student services staff supervisor
- Lecturer- Gonzaga University
Advised by: Co-Chairs: C. Anthony Anderson and John Martin Fischer (UCR)
Research Interests
- Philosophy of Mind
- Epistemology
- Metaphysics
- Graduate Student in Residence
Research Interests
- Ethics
- Philosophy of Mind
- Action Theory
- Metaphysics
- Graduate Student in Residence
Research Interests
- Mind
- Metaethics
- Metaphilosophy
- Post-Doc — National University of Mexico (UNAM)
Dissertation (Winter 2011)
“Tensed Belief” (Advised by Kevin Falvey)
Areas of Study
- Philosophy of Mind and Language
- Metaphysics
- Philosophy of Time
- Professor of Philosophy
- Department Co-Chair
- Graduate Studies Co-Director
Research Interests
- Ancient Philosophy
- Lecturer
Not in residence Summer 2019
Research Interests
- Ethics
- Political Philosophy
- Philosophy of Law
- Assistant Professor
- Santa Clara University (Philosophy)
Dissertation (Spring 2013)
“Objects, Persons, and Animals: A Defense of Animalism” (advised by Anthony Brueckner)
Areas of Study
- Metaphysics
- Epistemology
- Assistant Professor — Interdisciplinary School of Green Energy
- Korea
Dissertation (Spring 2010)
“On the Parfitian Psychological Approach to Personal Identity” (Advised by Anthony Brueckner)
Areas of Study
- Metaphysics
- Epistemology
- Philosophy of Mind
- Philosophy of Language
- Graduate Student in Residence
Research Interests
-
Early Modern Philosophy
-
Epistemology
-
Environmental Philosophy
- Professor of Philosophy
- Graduate Program Admissions Officer
Research Interests
- Philosophy of Mind
- Epistemology
- Action Theory
- Moral Psychology
- University of West Georgia
Research Interests
- Moral Psychology
- Ethical Theory
- Applied Ethics
- Lecturer
Not in residence Summer 2019
Research Interests
- Medieval Philosophy
- Early Modern Philosophy