Dr. Gene Witmer

Associate Professor and Department Chair

Biography

Dr. Witmer is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Philosophy. His research focuses on metaphysics and philosophy of mind.

Recent Activities

  • “The Near Miss Modal Ontological Argument for Atheism.” Co authored wiith Micah Edvenson. To be presented February 6-7, 2026 for the Florida Philosophical Association in Ybor City and March 26, 2026, for the Society for Philosoph of Religion in San Antonio, Texas.
  • Comments on Evan Welchance, “Consciousness and Composition.” Eastern Division, American Philosophical Association. Baltimore, MD. January 7, 2026.
  • Comments on Evan Welchance, “The Problem of Referential Adicity for Easy Ontology.” Eastern Division, American Philosophical Association. New York City, New York. January 2025.
  • "Theism and Psychophysical Harmony: A Sour Note.” Co-authored with James Simpson. November 10, 2024. Society of Exact Philosophy. Gainesville, Florida.
  • Review of Ross P. Cameron, Chains of Being: Infinite Regress, Circularity, and Metaphysical Explanation. (Oxford University Press, 2022). Australasian Journal of Philosophy 102: 4, 1051-1054. 2024.
  • “Theism and Psychophysical Harmony: A Sour Note.” Co-authored with James Simpson. November 10, 2024. Society of Exact Philosophy. Gainesville, Florida.
  • Review of Ross P. Cameron, Chains of Being: Infinite Regress, Circularity, and Metaphysical Explanation. (Oxford University Press, 2022). Australasian Journal of Philosophy 102: 4, 1051-1054. 2024.
  • Comments on Torrance Fung, "Naive Realism and Color Primitivism." January 15, 2024. Eastern Division, American Philosophical Association. New York City, New York.
  • "Artifacts: Ontology No Easier than Usual." Part of an invited symposium on Ryan Miller's paper "Artifacts: Ontology as Easy as it Gets." January 2023. Eastern Division, American Philosophical Association. Montreal, Quebec.
  • "Now You See It, Now You Don't: What Matters in Disputes over Multiple Realization." Part of an invited symposium "Multiple Realization in Fact and Theory." February 2022. Central Division, American Philosophical Association. Chicago, IL.
  • “Dual Carving and Minimal Rationalism.” Analytic Philosophy 62: 223-234. August 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/phib.12213.
  • “Full and Partial Grounding.” Co-authored with Kelly Trogdon. Journal of the American Philosophical Association 7 (2): 252-270. Summer 2021.
  • “Physicalism UnBlocked.” Canadian Journal of Philosophy 50 (7): 890-904. October 2020.
  • Comments on Daniel Giberman and David Kovacs, "Property Dualism (not?) for Property Nominalists." February 26, 2020. Central Division, American Philosophical Association. Chicago, IL.
  • "Grounds for a Free Lunch." November 1, 2019. Florida Philosophical Association. Gainesville, FL.
  • “Goff’s Insufficiently Minimal Minimal Rationalism.” November 2, 2018. Florida Philosophical Association. Pensacola, FL.
  • Comments on Paul Boswell, "There Are No Intrinsic Desires." Central Division, American Philosophical Association. Chicago, IL. Feb 2018.
  • “Metaphysics and A Priori Vindication.” May 10, 2018. Invited talk at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz, CA.
  • “Physicality for Physicalists.” Topoi 37 (3): 457-472. September 2018. Special issue “The Character of Physicalism” edited by Andreas Elpidorou.

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  • “Chudnoff on our Awareness of Abstract Objects.” Florida Philosophical Review 16 (1): 105-116. Winter 2016.
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