Currently Teaching
- PHI 4930: The Problem of Evil
- PHI 6934: Contemporary Philosophy of Religion
Areas of Specialization
- Metaphysics
- Philosophy of Mind
Office Hours
- Wednesdays 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Curriculum Vitae
Contact Information
Email: gwitmer
Office: 330A Griffin-Floyd
Phone: 352-273-1830
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
- 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.
- 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.