Education

Ph.D., Group in Logic and the Methodology of Science, University of California, Berkeley, 2008

Bio

Kenny Easwaran works on several topics relating to epistemology and decision theory, and the role of probability in helping to understand these and related concepts. He has particular interest in puzzles involving the role of zero and infinity in probability and decision theory, but also thinks about the role of probability in justifying belief and knowledge. He is also interested in the role of non-deductive reasoning in mathematics. He got his PhD from UC Berkeley in 2008, in the Group in Logic and the Methodology of Science, and spent a year at the Australian National University as a postdoc, followed by six years at the University of Southern California, before moving to Texas A&M University.

Research Interests

• Mathematical Logic (esp. set theory)
• Philosophy of Mathematics
• Formal Epistemology (esp. philosophy of probability and decision theory)
• Philosophy of Language
• Philosophy of Science
• Philosophy of Logic

Spring 2021 Course Schedule

• Phil 424.500 Philosophy of Language (online) – T TH: 1:30-2:45 PM
• Phil 485.506 Directed Studies
• Phil 491.200 Research – Honors
• Phil 663.600 Seminar in Metaphysics & Epistemology (online) – W: 5:00-8:00 PM
• Phil 681.600 Seminar in Professionalization (online) – T: 5:00-6:00 PM
• Phil 684.600 Professional Internship In Absentia
• Phil 685.602 Directed Studies
• Phil 691.602 Research

Office Hours

TR 1:00-2:00 PM