
Kevin Kadowaki
Dissertation title: “Challenges in the Epistemology of Large-Scale Simulation”
Postdoctoral Fellow, Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry project, Washington University
in St. Louis, 2022-present

Chris Mitch
Adjunct instructor at Nebraska Wesleyan University. History, Math, and Philosophy and Religion departments Fall 2021-present

Kino Zhao
Lecturer at University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Philosophy Fall 2021

Elliott Chen
Postdoctoral fellow at Western University, project “Extending New Narratives in the History of Philosophy.” 2021-2022

Mike Schneider
Postdoc at the University of Illinois at Chicago on the Cosmology Beyond Spacetime project 2021-2022
Postdoc at the Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh. 2020-2021

Will Stafford
Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Philosophy at the Czech Academy of Sciences on the project “Meaningful Formalism; a Philosophy for Type Theory” Winter 2021-2022
Fabio Lampert
Dissertation Title: “The Varieties of Multidimensional Necessity”
Postdoctoral Fellows, Department of Philosophy, University of Greifswald, Fall 2021

Jeffrey Schatz
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2019
Dissertation Title: "Axiom Selection by Maximization: v=Ultimate L vs Forcing Axioms""
Postdoctoral Fellow on the project "Mathematics with a Human Face", University of
Bergen, Fall 2021

Sarita Rosenstock
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2019
Dissertation Title: "A Categorical Consideration of Physical Formalisms"
Postdoc Fellow, School of Philosophy, Australian National University, Fall 2019

Marian J.R. Gilton
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2019
Dissertation Title: "Charge in Classical Gauge Theories"
Assistant Professor, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of
Pittsburgh, Fall 2019

John Ethan Galebach
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2018
Dissertation Title: "Representing Geometry: Perception, Concepts, and Knowledge"
Actuarial Analyst, California Casualty

Sarah Lawsky
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2017
Dissertation Title: "Nonmonotonic Logic and Rule-Based Legal Reasoning"
Professor of Law, Northwestern, Pritzker School of Law, Fall 2016-present
Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine, Fall 2010-2016
Hannah Rubin
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2017
Dissertation Title: "The Explanatory Value of Inclusive Fitness for Evolutionary Theory"
Post Doctoral Researcher, Department of Theoretical Philosophy, University of Groningen,
2017- present
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Notre Dame University, Fall 2018

Ben Feintzeig
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2016
Dissertation Title: "On Algebraic Methods in Quantum Theories"
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Washington, Seattle,
2016-Present

Bennett Holman
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2015
Dissertation Title: "The Fundamental Antagonism: Science and Commerce in Medical Epistemology"
Associate Professor, Underwood International College, Yonsei University, 2021-Present
Assistant Professor, Underwood International College, Yonsei University, 2015-2021

Bennett McNulty
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2014
Dissertation Title: "Kant's Philosophy of Chemistry"
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities,
2016-Present
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of Central
Arkansas, 2015-2016
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Philosophy, University of Salzburg, 2014-2015
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Gregory McWhirter
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2014 Dissertation Title: "Deception and Formal Models of Communication" Software engineer on the search team at ZipRecruiter, 2016-Present Mathematics and Computer Science Teacher, The Windward School, Los Angeles, 2014-2016
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Benjamin Rin
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2014 Dissertation Title: "Mathematical Limits and Philosophical Significance of Transfinite Computation" Assistant Professor, Department for Philosophy and Religious Studies, Utrecht University, Netherlands, 2016-Present Post-Doctoral Researcher, Institute for Logic, Language, and Computation, University of Amsterdam, 2015-2016 Lecturer, Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine, Fall 2014
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Michael Ernst
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2014 Dissertation Title: "The Category-Theoretical Imperative" Software Engineer, Concept Tapestry, a Silicon Valley Machine Learning/Evolutionary Computing Company, 2015-Present Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne, 2014-2015
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Samuel C. Fletcher
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2014 Dissertation Title: "Similarity and Spacetime: Studies in Intertheoretic Reduction and Physical Significance" Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2015-Present Marie Curie Fellow, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, 2014-2016
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Justin BrunerPh.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2014 Dissertation Title: "Diversity and Cooperation" Assistant Professor, Department of Political Economy and Moral Science, University of Arizona, 2019-present Lecturer, School of Politics, Australian National University, 2016-2019 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Philosophy, Australian National University, 2014-2016
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Cailin O'Connor
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2013 Dissertation Title: " Categories, Generalization, and Vagueness" Professor, Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine, 2021-Present Associate Professor, Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine, 2018-2021 Associate Professor, Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine, 2013-2018
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Jim Weatherall
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2012 Dissertation Title: Mass and Motion: Topics at the Interface of General Relativity and Newtonian Gravitation Professor, Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine, 2016-Present Associate Professor, Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine, 2014-2016 Assistant Professor, Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine, 2012-2014
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Elliott Wagner
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2012 Dissertation: "The Dynamics of Information Transfer" Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Kansas State University, Fall 2013-Present Post-doctoral Researcher, Institute for Logic, Language, and Computation, University of Amsterdam, 2012-13
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Brett Bevers
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2011 Dissertation:"Probability in No-Collapse Quantum Mechanics" Software Engineer, Data Engineering Lead, Dollar Shave Club, 2015-Present Developer, NationBuilder Corp., Los Angeles, 2012-2015 Post-doctoral Researcher, Department of Philosophy, University of South Carolina, 2011-12
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Brian Rogers
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2011 Dissertation: Philosophical Method in Wittgenstein's "On Certainty" Attorney, Latham & Watkins, Los Angeles, 2015-Present J.D., Stanford Law School, 2012-2015
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Jordan Stein
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2011 Dissertation: "How Many Notions of Necessity? An Essay on The Foundations of Two-Dimensional Semantics" Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy, New York City College of Technology, 2011-Present Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Marymount Manhattan, Spring 201 Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Brooklyn College, 2010-Present
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Eric Updike
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2010 Dissertation: "Paradise Regained: Fitch's Program of Basic Logic" Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy, Glendale Community College, AZ, 2010-Present
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John Rapalino
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2010 Dissertation: "Generic Absoluteness and the Continuum Hypothesis" Adjunct Faculty, Department of Philosophy, Chapman University, 2012- present
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Christina Conroy
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2010 Dissertation: "Relative Facts and Restricted States" Associate Professor, Department of History, Philosophy, and Legal Studies, Morehead State University, 2016-Present Assistant Professor, Department of History, Philosophy, and Legal Studies, Morehead State University, 2010-Present
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Rory Smead
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California. Irvine, 2009 Dissertation: "Social Interaction and the Evolution of Learning Rules" Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Northeastern University, 2016-Present Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Northeastern University, 2010-16 Tutorial Fellow, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, The London School of Economics, 2009-10
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JB Manchak
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2009 Dissertation: "The Underdetermination of Global Spacetime Structure" Professor, Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine, 2017-Present Associate Professor, Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine, 2015-17 Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Washington in Seattle, 2013-2015 Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Washington in Seattle, 2009-2013
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Kevin Zollman
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2007 Dissertation: "Network Epistemology" Professor, Department of Philosophy, Carnegie Mellon University, 2013-Present Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Carnegie Mellon University, 2009-13 Herbert Simon Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Philosophy, Carnegie Mellon University, 2008-09
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Waldemar Rohloff
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2007 Dissertation: "Kant and Frege on the A Priori Applicability of Mathematics" h.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2007 Dissertation: "Kant and Frege on the A Priori Applicability of Mathematics" Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Missouri, St. Louis, Present Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Missouri, St. Louis, 2007
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Sean Ebels-Duggan
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2007 Dissertation: "The Ought in Thought: Logic and Rational Norms in Kant, the Tractatus, and Beyond" Visiting Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 2007-Present
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Sam Hillier
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2007 Dissertation: "Understanding Logical Empiricism: Language Engineering in Carnap's Logical Syntax of Language" Instructor, Department of Philosophy, University of Alberta, 2007-Present
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Curtis Franks
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2006 Dissertation: "Mathematics Speaks for Itself" Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, 2013-Present Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, 2006-2013
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Brian Woodcock
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2005 Dissertation: "Problems and Prospects for Relativistic Quantum State Collapse Frameworks" Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 2006-Present Rotman Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario, 2005-06 |
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Carol Skrenes
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2005 Dissertation: "The Prospects for an Empirical Theory of Concept Acquisition: Causal Cognition in Early Childhood" Lecturer, School of Social Science, University of California, Irvine
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Teri Merrick
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2004 Dissertation: "Frege's Distinction between Concepts and Objects: A Descendant of Kant's Distinction between Concepts and Intuitions" Professor, Department of Theology and Philosophy, Azusa Pacific University, 2005-Present Associate Faculty of Philosophy, Bethel College, 2004-05
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Doug Hill
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2004 Dissertation: "Reputation in a World of Errors and Corruption" Adjunct Faculty, Department of Philosophy, California State University, Fullerton, 2005 - present
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Chris HomPh.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2003 Dissertation: "The Logical Form of Structured Propositions" Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Texas Tech University, 2014-Present Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Texas Tech University, 2008-14 Visiting Lecturer in Philosophy, Washington University in St. Louis, 2005-07 Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2003-05 |
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Patricia Marino
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2002 Dissertation: "Language and the World: Correspondence Versus Deflationary Theories of Truth" Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Waterloo, 2016-Present Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Waterloo, 2009-16 Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Waterloo, 2004-09 Fellow, Stanford Humanities Fellows Program, Department of Philosophy, Stanford University, 2002-04
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Jason Alexander
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2000 Dissertation: "The Evolution of Distributive Justice" Professor in Philosophy, London School of Economics |
UCI Ph.D.s who worked with current LPS faculty prior to the formation of LPS
Don Fallis
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 1995
Professor of Information Resources & Library Science, 2015-Present
Adjunct Associate Professor of Philosophy, 2005-Present
University of Arizona
William Harms
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 1996
Philosophy Instructor and Independent Scholar, 2000-Present
Seattle Central Community College
Peter Lewis
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 1996
Professor of Philosophy, 2017-Present
Dartmouth College
Peter Vanderschraaf
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, 1995
Professor, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
University of California, Merced