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Gordon Barnes , Ph.D

Associate Professor

(585) 395-5222
gbarnes@brockport.edu
Office: Liberal Arts 120
Office Hours:

Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 12:15-1:15, and by appointment

Courses Taught

• Personal Identity and the Self
• God, Self and World
• Human Knowledge
• Political Philosophy
• Philosophy of Religion
• Introduction to Ethics
• Introduction to Philosophy

Research Interests

Gordon Barnes has published articles in epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of religion and political philosophy. Most recently, he is the author of How Do You Know? A Dialogue (Hackett 2021). Currently, he is working on issues in applied epistemology, including the epistemology of expertise, and the epistemic status of conspiracy theories.

• Recent Publications
  • “Wilt Chamberlain Redux?” Philosophia 44 (1), 79-85, 2016.
  • “It is Necessary to Be Relevant: Reply to Schmidtz” Reason Papers, 145-148, 2013.
  • “Why is Coercion Unjust?” Analysis 73 (3), 457-465, 2012.
  • “Property and Progress” Reason Papers 34 (2), 144-150, 2012.
  • “How to Be an Evidentialist about Belief in God” Philo 14 (1), 25-31, 2011.
  • “The Sins of Christian Orthodoxy” Philo 10 (1), 93-113, 2007.
  • “Necessity and Apriority” Philosophical Studies 132 (3), 495-523, 2007.
  • “Conceivability, Explanation and Defeat” Philosophical Studies 108 (3), 327-338, 2002.
  • “Resolving the Responsibilism Dilemma” Monist 85 (3), 415-420, 2002.
  • Belief, Control and Conclusive Reasons Southern Journal of Philosophy 40 (3), 315-325, 2002.