Philosophy Research
In my Ph.D. research and since, my work in academic philosophy has been in epistemology. Epistemology is the part of philosophy concerned with concepts like what knowledge is, or what reasonable belief is.
More narrowly, I have published on what luck is and what knowledge is. These are basic issues, for sure. But philosophers care about analyzing the most fundamental details and ideas. In short, the view I've defended in print is that what is lucky for you depends upon two things: how much you value it happening and in what way (positively, negatively), and how likely it was to occur given how reasonable it was for you to expect it to occur.
On knowledge, I've defended the traditional and now-unpopular idea (fortunately, though, it's true) that to know that some claim is true requires having reasons for believing it that are so good, the claim couldn't possibly be false.
Here is my website as it was in 2019, when I was still a full-time philosophy professor: web.archive.org/web/20190714190720/http://gregstoutenburg.com/index.html
You can find all of my papers here: Gregory Stoutenburg (York College of Pennsylvania) - PhilPeople
For a sample of my writing, see these titles at the link above:
-Skeptical Invariantism, Considered
-Strict Moderate Invariantism and Knowledge-Denials
-The Epistemic Analysis of Luck
More narrowly, I have published on what luck is and what knowledge is. These are basic issues, for sure. But philosophers care about analyzing the most fundamental details and ideas. In short, the view I've defended in print is that what is lucky for you depends upon two things: how much you value it happening and in what way (positively, negatively), and how likely it was to occur given how reasonable it was for you to expect it to occur.
On knowledge, I've defended the traditional and now-unpopular idea (fortunately, though, it's true) that to know that some claim is true requires having reasons for believing it that are so good, the claim couldn't possibly be false.
Here is my website as it was in 2019, when I was still a full-time philosophy professor: web.archive.org/web/20190714190720/http://gregstoutenburg.com/index.html
You can find all of my papers here: Gregory Stoutenburg (York College of Pennsylvania) - PhilPeople
For a sample of my writing, see these titles at the link above:
-Skeptical Invariantism, Considered
-Strict Moderate Invariantism and Knowledge-Denials
-The Epistemic Analysis of Luck
Philosophy Teaching
My teaching efforts are focused on helping students improve their reasoning and philosophical abilities. I have taught philosophy since 2012 at four institutions: York College of Pennsylvania, University of Idaho, University of Iowa, and Kirkwood Community College. I have taught upper-level Epistemology and Metaphysics courses with a substantial amount of Philosophy of Language included, a lower-level Epistemology and Metaphysics (single course), Environmental Philosophy, a First-Year Seminar course on rational decision making, Critical Thinking and Logic, Introduction to Philosophy, and Introduction to Ethics.
I was teaching online and hybrid courses before it was cool. I have been teaching Critical Thinking online since 2013, taught the first tech-enhanced courses ever offered in Humanities at York College of Pennsylvania, and recently (2022) designed a new online Logic course.
I was teaching online and hybrid courses before it was cool. I have been teaching Critical Thinking online since 2013, taught the first tech-enhanced courses ever offered in Humanities at York College of Pennsylvania, and recently (2022) designed a new online Logic course.