Title
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Degree
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Field of Specialty
Philosophy of Mind
Epistemology
Philosophy of Science
Contact Information
Mandel Center for the Humanities 109
pepstein@brandeis.edu
Peter Epstein
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My work cuts against the current trend in philosophy towards ever narrower specialization. Though I list my central research areas as philosophy of mind, epistemology, and philosophy of science, I am, in truth, a generalist. I approach my research in perception with an eye towards understanding mathematical and scientific reasoning; I assess debates in formal epistemology in light of my views on the metaphysics of mental states; and I address questions concerning scientific methodology through the lens of my account of the nature of conscious experience. It is my view that we can hope to make progress on the central
questions of contemporary philosophy only by taking an appropriately broad perspective, combining insights from many different areas of research.
Courses Taught
| PHIL | 35a | Philosophy of Science |
| PHIL | 133b | Mental Content: Mind, World and Meaning |
| PHIL | 143a | Foundations of Decision Theory and Game Theory |
| PHIL | 200a | Graduate Proseminar |
| PHIL | 231a | Graduate Seminar in the Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science |