Brett Coppenger

Associate Professor of Philosophy

Director

Interests

Areas of Specialization

Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Religion

Areas of Research Competency

The History of the Philosophy of Science, Modern Philosophy, Ethical Theory, Artificial Intelligence

Manuscripts (Scholarly)

2016: Intellectual Assurance: Essays on Traditional Epistemic Internalism (with Michael Bergmann), Oxford University Press.
2012: Achieving Epistemic Descent (doctoral dissertation). University of Iowa.

Books (Popular Level)

2025: Country Music and Philosophy (with Joshua Heter), McFarland & Company. Forthcoming.
2022: Better Call Saul and Philosophy (with Joshua Heter), Carus Books.

Articles and Book Chapters

2024: “Inferential Internalism Defended” (with Samuel Taylor) in Southwest Philosophy Review: Vol. 40, No. 1.
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.

2007-12 University of Iowa: Ph.D., Philosophy, 2012, M.A., Philosophy, 2010.

2005-07 Western Michigan University: M.A., Philosophy, 2007.

2003-05 Biola University: B.A., Philosophy, 2005.

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