Jeremy R Pierce

Ph. D. Philosophy, Syracuse University


Dedicated to philosophy in higher education I have taught at Syracuse University, Lemoyne College, and Onondaga Community College.

My dissertation is an exploration of the metaphysics of race.
The revised and expanded version was published in 2015. A Realist Metaphysics of Race: A Context Sensitive, Short Term Retentionist, Long-Term Revisionist Approach




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Areas of Interest

Research: Metaphysics
  • personal identity
  • persistence through time
  • material composition
  • philosophy of time
  • vagueness
  • free will
Additional
  • Social philosophy: metaphysical and epistemological issues with gender, sexual orientation, and disability; epistemological and ethical issues of race
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  • Philosophy of religion: God's relation to time, foreknowledge and human freedom, philosophical theology, and arguments about the existence of God

Courses Taught

  • First and second year introductory courses: ethics (theory and applied), metaphysics/epistemology, human nature (ancient through 20th century), philosophy of religion
  • Junior level: ethical theory, applied ethics, history of ethics (ancient through 20th century), logic
  • Senior level: applied ethics