Gene Witmer, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Department Chair

Dr. Gene Witmer is a professor of philosophy at the University of Florida and a specialist in metaphysics and philosophy of mind.

Currently Teaching
  • PHI 3500 Metaphysics
Office Hours
  • Wednesdays 9:00am–12:00pm
Areas of Specialization
  • Metaphysics
  • Philosophy of Mind
Curriculum Vitae

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.
    • Florida Philosophical Association, Ybor City, FL. February 2026.
    • Society for Philosoph of Religion, San Antonio, TX, March 2026.
  • 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. Society of Exact Philosophy. Gainesville, Florida. November 2024
  • 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.