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Dr. Gene Witmer

Dr. Gene Witmer

Currently Teaching

  • PHI 3700: Philosophy of Religion
  • PHP 5785: Foundations of Analytic Philosophy

Office Hours (Fall)

  • Tuesdays 3:30pm - 5:00pm
  • Wednesdays 3:30pm - 5:00pm

Areas of Specialization

  • Metaphysics
  • Philosophy of Mind

Curriculum Vitae

Contact Information

Email: gwitmer
Office: 330A Griffin-Floyd
Phone: 352-273-1830
Website

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

  • "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.” Forthcoming in Analytic Philosophy. 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.
  • Comments on Zach Blaesi, "Grounding, Physicalism, and the Explanatory Gap." Eastern Division, American Philosophical Association. Savannah, GA. Jan 2018. (Presented in absentia.)
  • “Platonistic Physicalism without Tears.” Journal of Consciousness Studies 24 (9-10): 72-90. 2017. Part of a collection of papers responding to Susan Schneider’s “Does the Mathematical Nature of Physics Undermine Physicalism?”
  • Comments on Fermín Fulda, "Three Grades of Naturalistic Involvement." Conference of the Society for the Metaphysics of Science. New York, NY. Oct 2017.
  • Comments on Todd Ganson, "What are Sensory Powers?" Eastern Division, American Philosophical Association. Baltimore, MD. Jan 2017.
  • “Chudnoff on our Awareness of Abstract Objects.” Florida Philosophical Review 16 (1): 105-116. Winter 2016.
  • Comments on Kenneth L. Pearce, "Counteressential Conditionals" Central Division, American Philosophical Association. Chicago, Illinois. Mar 2016.
  • “A Simple Theory of Intrinsicality.” In Robert M. Francescotti, ed., Companion to Intrinsic Properties. Berlin: DeGruyter, 2014. Pages 111-138