Ned Markosian

Ned Markosian
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisDoes time pass? (1990)
Doctoral advisorGareth Matthews
Academic work
DisciplinePhilosopher
Sub-disciplineMetaphysics
InstitutionsUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Ned Markosian is an American philosopher. He is currently professor of philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Markosian is of Armenian descent[1] and has four brothers.[2] He received his BA from Oberlin College and his PhD in Philosophy from UMass Amherst in 1990. His doctoral advisor was Gareth Matthews.[3] Markosian has previously taught at Lawrence University, University of New Hampshire, West Virginia University, Bay Path College, University of Hartford, and Western Washington University.[4][2][1][5] He has been at UMass Amherst since Fall 2015.[6]

Markosian's work is primarily on metaphysics,[5] namely philosophy of time, metaphysics of physical/material objects,[5] freedom and determinism, and personal identity. He was also written on ethics, epistemology, decision theory, philosophy of language, philosophy of science, philosophy of religion, and history of philosophy.[2]

Markosian has delivered lectures in over a dozen countries.[7] He has visited Armenia on several occasions. In 2013 he delivered lectures at the Yerevan State University.[1] In 2017[8] he co-founded of the Yerevan Academy for Linguistics and Philosophy (YALP), an annual intensive summer school of analytic philosophy and theoretical linguistics hosted by the American University of Armenia. He began it with Daniel Altshuler, Susanna Melkonian-Altshuler and Arshak Balayan.[9][10]

Views

According to his profile on PhilPapers, Markosian is an empiricist and atheist.[11]

In 2019 Markosian was among the panelists at an American Philosophical Association meeting on how to diversify philosophy departments.[12]

In 2019 Markosian, along with dozens of other philosophers, signed a list of proposals for what individual philosophers and departments can do to prevent harassment and support victims of sexual harassment in academia.[13][14]

Publications

Books
Articles
  • Markosian, Ned. “On Language and the Passage of Time.” Philosophical Studies, vol. 66, no. 1, 1992, pp. 1–26.
  • Markosian, Ned. "How fast does time pass?." Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 53, no. 4 (1993): 829–844.
  • Markosian, Ned. "Brutal composition." Philosophical Studies 92, no. 3 (1998): 211–249.
  • Markosian, Ned. "What are physical objects?." Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 61, no. 2 (2000): 375–395.
  • Markosian, Ned. "A defense of presentism." Oxford Studies in Metaphysics 1, no. 3 (2004): 47–82.
  • Markosian, Ned (January 24, 2014). "Time". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Archived from the original on 30 November 2019.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Philosophers summarized their activities". ysu.am. Yerevan State University. 17 October 2013. Archived from the original on 30 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Ned Markosian faculty profile". UMass Amherst. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
  3. ^ Markosian, Ned (1990). Does time pass? (PhD thesis). University of Massachusetts Amherst.
  4. ^ "WWU Named Among Best Undergraduate Philosophy Programs in the Country". westerntoday.wwu.edu. December 13, 2011. Archived from the original on 30 November 2019. ...Philosophy Professor Ned Markosian, who has taught at Western since 1998.
  5. ^ a b c "Philosophy Speakers: Ned Markosian (WWU), "Things or Stuff?"". ucalgary.ca. University of Calgary. October 24, 2014. Archived from the original on 30 November 2019.
  6. ^ Weinberg, Justin (21 April 2015). "Ned Markosian from Western Washington to UMass (updated)". dailynous.com. Archived from the original on 30 November 2019.
  7. ^ "UA's Philosophy Today Series Opens with Time Travel Discussion". ua.edu. University of Alabama. 23 October 2013. Archived from the original on 30 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Yerevan Academy for Linguistics & Philosophy (Yerevan (Armenia)". European Society for Analytic Philosophy. Archived from the original on 30 November 2019.
  9. ^ "AUA Hosts Third Yerevan Academy for Linguistics and Philosophy". aua.am. American University of Armenia. 3 September 2019. Archived from the original on 30 November 2019.
  10. ^ Gregorian, Alin K. (24 January 2019). "Visiting Academics Offer a Philosophical Approach in Armenia". Armenian Mirror-Spectator. Archived from the original on 30 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Profile for Ned Markosian". philpapers.org. Archived from the original on 30 November 2019.
  12. ^ Eckstrand, Nathan (9 April 2019). "Tell Us How to Fix the Lack of Diversity in Philosophy Departments". blog.apaonline.org. American Philosophical Association. Archived from the original on 30 November 2019.
  13. ^ Dowell, Janice; Sobel, David. "Sexual Harassment in Philosophy, Part 2". dailynous.com. Archived from the original on 30 November 2019.
  14. ^ Dowell, Jan; Sobel, David (5 September 2019). "Second of a Two-Part Series on Sexual Harassment in Philosophy". peasoup.us. Archived from the original on 30 November 2019.