Eric Gordon Epstein

I am a recent Ph.D. from Cornell University. I grew up in a suburb of Washington, D.C., earned a B.A. in Philosophy and Mathematics at Cornell University, and stayed there for graduate work. I received my Ph.D. from Cornell on May 28, 2017, and taught Business Ethics and Critical Thinking at Pennsylvania State University in Fall 2017. 

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My central research interests are in the philosophies of language, mind, and logic: I study paradoxes that afflict the notion of truth, as well as the role of talk of truth-eligible states (such as beliefs) in the explanation of people's behaviors and abilities. I am also interested in mathematical and philosophical logic.

 

In addition to all of the above subjects, I am prepared to lead intermediate undergraduate classes in early analytic philosophy and meta-ethics. More generally, I love teaching and am always on the lookout for opportunities to expand my teaching competence to new subject areas. 

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In my free time, I enjoy playing the Scottish highland bagpipe, hiking in the mountains, writing poems, studying the ancient and modern Middle East, and learning Modern Hebrew and Korean.

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Above you can find pages dedicated to my C.V., teaching, and research.

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You can email me at ege3 at cornell dot edu.