The John Locke Society will be holding its Annual Conference at the University of Illinois, from June 13-15. Professor Shelley Weinberg, who sits on the Executive Committee, is organizing the event.
Illinois Philosophy is proud to announce that four new lecturers - Zachary Biondi, Seungil Lee, Patrick Leland, and Ioan Muntean - have joined the faculty this Fall.
Ben Levinstein is professor of philosophy at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, specializing in Epistemology and Decision Theory.
In 2020, Professor Ben Levinstein was awarded a multi-year...
Keren Shatalov is Lecturer in Philosophy, who specializing in ancient philosophy. Her main area of research is ancient metaphysics — especially the metaphysics of Aristotle — but she is also...
Shelley Weinberg is Associate Professor of Philosophy, who specializes in 17th and 18th century philosophy of mind, epistemology (both natural and religious), and metaphysics—with an emphasis on the...
Jonathan Livengood is an Associate Professor of Philosophy, who works primarily in the philosophy of science, metaphysics, epistemology, and experimental philosophy. Most of his research is motivated...
Kohei Kishida is a logician and applied category theorist. He identifies and extracts logical structures to help scientists and philosophers tackle foundational and philosophical issues that arise in...
With degrees in philosophy and applied physics, Ioan Muntean is both a philosopher and a scientist. His research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of the philosophy of science, the...
Ben Levinstein is an assistant professor at the University of Illinois, who specializes in formal epistemology, decision theory, philosophy of science, and—increasingly—in the ethics and philosophy...
This 2015 book is an introduction and guide to the systematic collection and analysis of empirical data in academic philosophy. It prompts reconsideration of traditional methods of armchair...
This 2021 collection provides a comprehensive survey of Locke’s work, not only placing it in its historical context but also exploring its contemporary significance. Comprising almost sixty chapters...
This 2020 book rethinks Kant's views on human nature by making space for sex, love, and gender within his accounts of moral freedom. It is the first to develop a Kantian account of how to be a sexual...