Dr. Brett Coppenger
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Department of Modern Languages, Communication, and Philosophy
Program Coordinator
Research and Professional Interests
Areas of Research Specialization
Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Religion
Areas of Research Competency
The History of the Philosophy of Science, Confirmation Theory, Modern Philosophy
Publications
Books
2022: Better Call Saul and Philosophy (with Joshua Heter), Carus Books.
2016: Intellectual Assurance: Essays on Traditional Epistemic Internalism (with Michael Bergmann), Oxford University Press.
2012: Achieving Epistemic Descent (doctoral dissertation). University of Iowa.
Articles and Book Chapters
2020:“How to Build a Conspiracy Theory” in Conspiracy Theories: Philosophers Connect the Dots, eds. Greene, Richard and Rachel Robinson-Greene, Open Court.
2019: “Internalism, Memory, and Skepticism” in The Mystery of Skepticism: New Explorations, eds. McCain and Poston, Brill.
2018: “Self-Knowledge and Skepticism” in Westworld and Philosophy, eds. Heter, Joshua and Richard Greene, Open Court.
2017: “Close Possible (Dystopian) Worlds, Truth Tracking, and Knowledge” in The Man in the High Castle and Philosophy, eds. Heter, Joshua and Bruce Krajewski, Open Court.
2016: “Traditional Internalism: An Introduction” in Intellectual Assurance: Essays on Traditional Epistemic Internalism, eds. Coppenger and Bergmann, Oxford University Press.
2011:“Is Justified True Bluth Belief Knowledge?” (with Kristopher Philips) in Arrested Development & Philosophy, eds. Phillips, Kristopher and Jeremy Wisnewski, Blackwell.
Teaching Experience
Traditional Courses
Epistemology / Theories of Knowledge
Philosophical Skepticism
Modern Philosophy
Philosophy of Religion
Philosophy and World Religions
Philosophy of Science
Values and Technology / Science, Technology, and Values
Introduction to Ethics
Medical Ethics
Philosophy and the Just Society
Philosophy and Human Nature
Introduction to Philosophy
Critical Thinking
Introduction to Logic
Deductive Logic
Online Courses
Epistemology
Philosophy of Religion
Philosophy of Science
Introduction to Ethics
Introduction to Philosophy
Introduction to Logic
Contact Information
Mail: Tuskegee University, 1200 West Montgomery Road, 70-428 Kenney Hall, Tuskegee, AL 36088
Email: bcoppenger@tuskegee.edu
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/brettcoppenger