Visiting Professors
Jean-yves Beziau Email
Researcher of the Brazilian Research Council, Department of Philosophy
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Visiting Scholar December 1, 2014-November 30, 2015
Faculty Sponsor - Gila Sher
Research: universal logic and foundations of logic. This project is a continuation of previous research dealing with a better understanding of what reasoning is, studying logic in its various aspects: philosophical, historical and mathematical. It is connected with several projects in particular an Encyclopedia for Logic.
Seungbae Park Email Web
Associate Professor, Division of General Studies
UNIST (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology), Republic of Korea
Visiting Scholar March 1, 2015-February 29, 2016
Faculty Sponsor - Craig Callender
Research: topics of interest include pessimistic induction and explanations of the success of science. Plans are to publish papers in philosophy of science, his area of specialization.
Postdoctoral Scholars
Michael Oberst Email
Ph.D. in Philosophy from Humboldt University, July 2013
Postdoctoral Scholar March 5, 2015-March 4, 2016
Faculty sponsor - Eric Watkins
Research: exploring the connections between substance and causality in Kant particularly on causal chains, the notion of “real essence”, and God as the ground of the natures of substances.
Daniel Schwartz Email
Ph.D. in Philosophy from UC San Diego, July 2014
Postdoctoral Scholar August 1, 2014-July 31, 2015Faculty sponsor - Craig Callendar
Research: research which is informed by objectivism on Francis Bacon and early modern philosophy; activities include leading the publication of scholarly articles on these topics as well as presenting research at academic conferences.
Visiting Graduate Students
Eyyon Park
Home Institution: Chomnam National University, Republic of Korea
Faculty Sponsor: Richard Arneson
09/01/15 - 06/27/15
Research: conception of justice