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Todd Long

Assistant Professor

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About Todd Long

Professor Long has the following degrees: B.A., Philosophy with an Emphasis in Religion, M.A., Philosophy, University of Southern Mississippi; M.A., Philosophy, University of Wales; M.A., Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Rochester, (2003). Prof. Long teaches Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophical Classics, Epistemology of Religious Belief, Introduction to Philosophy, and Aesthetics. Professional interests include epistemology, metaphysics (especially free will and moral responsibility), philosophy of religion, and aesthetics.  His published work includes “Moderate Reasons Responsiveness, Moral Responsibility, and Manipulation” in Freedom and Determinism (MIT Press); “Is it True that ‘Evolution is a theory, not a fact’?” in International Journal of Applied Philosophy, and “Belief or ‘Belief’: Rush Rhees on Religious Belief Language” in Philosophical Writings.

 

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Rochester

 

Professional Interests

  • Epistemology
  • Metaphysics (especially free will and responsibility)
  • Philosophy of Religion

 

Selected Publications

  • “Mentalist Evidentialism Vindicated (and a Super-Blooper Epistemic Design Problem for Proper Function Justification)” Philosophical Studies (forthcoming).
  • “Proper Function Justification and Epistemic Rationality,” Southwest Philosophy Review 26:1 (2010), pp. 189-195.
  • “A Proper De Jure Objection to the Epistemic Rationality of Religious Belief ,” Religious Studies 46:3 (2010) 375-394.
  • “Is it True that 'Evolution is a Theory, Not a Fact'?” International Journal of Applied Philosophy 21:1 (2007) 89-108.
  • “Moderate Reasons-Responsiveness, Moral Responsibility, and Manipulation,” ed. Campbell, O'Rourke, and Shier, Freedom and Determinism (MIT Press) 2004, pp. 151-172.
  • “Belief or 'Belief': Rush Rhees on Religious Belief Language,” Philosophical Writings, 12 (Autumn 1999) 21-45.
  • “A Selective Defense of Tolstoy's What is Art?” Philosophical Writings, 8 (Summer 1998) 15-25.

 

Selected Presentations

  • “A Bone for Traditional Foundationalism,” American Philosophical Association, Central Division Program, Chicago, IL, February 20, 2009
  • “Guidance Control and Manipulation: A Reply to Fischer,” Northwest Philosophy Conference, Lewis & Clark College, October 5, 2007.
  • “On Plantinga's De Jure Objection to Religious Belief: An Evidentialist Reply,” Baylor Philosophy of Religion Conference, Baylor University, February 24, 2007.
  • “Is it True that 'Evolution is a Theory, Not a Fact'?” Society of Christian Philosophers—Pacific Region, University of San Diego, February 18, 2006.
  • “Justification-Skepticism, Strong Truth-Conduciveness, and Epistemic Assurance,” Inland Northwest Conference on Knowledge & Skepticism, Washington State University, May 2004.
  • “Moderate Reasons-Responsiveness, Moral Responsibility, and Manipulation,” Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference on Freedom & Determinism, University of Idaho, April 2001.

 

Service

I have served as a referee on topics in epistemology or the metaphysics of free will and moral responsibility for the following:

  • Routledge
  • Philosophical Studies
  • Nous
  • Mind
  • Erkenntnis
  • Dialectica
  • Australasian Journal of Philosophy
  • Synthese
  • Topics in Contemporary Philosophy (MIT Press), 2006
  • Journal of Philosophical Research

 

Courses Taught

  • PHIL 412: Epistemology
  • PHIL 411: Metaphysics
  • PHIL 449: Epistemology of Religious Belief
  • PHIL 350: Aesthetics
  • PHIL 230: Philosophical Classics - Knowledge & Reality
  • PHIL 101: Introduction to Philosophy

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