Joel Pust
Joel Pust
Office location
24 Kent Way, Room 101B, Newark, DE 19716
Education
- Ph.D. – University of Arizona
- B.A. – Carleton College
Biography
Joel Pust, Ph.D., is the chairperson and a professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Delaware. He earned his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Arizona and specializes in epistemology. He is the author of the book Intuitions as Evidence (Routledge/Garland, 2000). Pust's research focus is on epistemology and the philosophy of mind.
Current Work
A Priori Justification, Skepticism, Puzzles of Confirmation Theory
Sample of Publications
“A Conflict Between Indexical Credal Transparency and Relevance Confirmation." (2021). Philosophy of Science 88: 395-397.
"Skepticism, Reason and Reidianism." (2013). In The A Priori in Philosophy, A. Casullo & J. Thurow (eds.). New York: Oxford University Press.
"Conditionalization and Essentially Indexical Credence." (2012). Journal of Philosophy 109: 295-315.
"Cartesian Knowledge and Confirmation." (2007). Journal of Philosophy 104: 269-289.
"Against Explanationist Skepticism Regarding Philosophical Intuitions." (2001). Philosophical Studies 106: 227-258.
Intuitions as Evidence (Routledge, 2000).
Courses Regularly Taught
PHIL 320 Theory of Knowledge |
PHIL 330 Philosophy of Mind |
