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'''Jonathan Schaffer''' is an American [[philosopher]] specializing in [[metaphysics]] and [[epistemology]].
'''Jonathan Schaffer''' is an American [[philosopher]] specializing in [[metaphysics]] and [[epistemology]].


Since earning his PhD from [[Rutgers]] in 1999, Schaffer has published 56 papers.<ref>[http://www.jonathanschaffer.org/SchafferResearchCV-05-06-14.pdf Schaffer's CV]</ref> He wrote his dissertation - "Causation and the Probabilities of Processes" - under Brian McLaughlin. [[David Kellogg Lewis|David Lewis]] served as outside examiner. In 2000, he accepted a position as assistant professor at the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]] in [[Amherst, Massachusetts]], earning tenure by 2004.<ref>[http://www.jonathanschaffer.org/SchafferResearchCV-05-06-14.pdf Schaffer's CV]</ref>
Since earning his PhD from [[Rutgers]] in 1999, Schaffer has published 56 papers.<ref>[http://www.jonathanschaffer.org/SchafferResearchCV-05-06-14.pdf Schaffer's CV] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810134434/http://www.jonathanschaffer.org/SchafferResearchCV-05-06-14.pdf |date=2014-08-10 }}</ref> He wrote his dissertation - "Causation and the Probabilities of Processes" - under Brian McLaughlin. [[David Kellogg Lewis|David Lewis]] served as outside examiner. In 2000, he accepted a position as assistant professor at the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]] in [[Amherst, Massachusetts]], earning tenure by 2004.<ref>[http://www.jonathanschaffer.org/SchafferResearchCV-05-06-14.pdf Schaffer's CV] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810134434/http://www.jonathanschaffer.org/SchafferResearchCV-05-06-14.pdf |date=2014-08-10 }}</ref>


In 2007, Schaffer accepted a permanent research position at the [[Australian National University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2007/03/jonathan_schaff.html |title=Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog: Jonathan Schaffer to ANU |publisher=Leiterreports.typepad.com |date=2007-03-26 |accessdate=2012-02-19}}</ref> He subsequently won awards for two papers published that year, the [[American Philosophical Association]]'s 2008 Article Prize, for "Knowing the Answer" in ''[[Philosophy and Phenomenological Research]]'', and the ''[[Australasian Journal of Philosophy]]'''s 2008 Best Paper Award, for "From Nihilism to Monism".<ref>[http://rsss.anu.edu.au/jonathan.php Schaffer's Awards] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081021010512/http://rsss.anu.edu.au/jonathan.php |date=October 21, 2008 }}</ref>
In 2007, Schaffer accepted a permanent research position at the [[Australian National University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2007/03/jonathan_schaff.html |title=Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog: Jonathan Schaffer to ANU |publisher=Leiterreports.typepad.com |date=2007-03-26 |accessdate=2012-02-19}}</ref> He subsequently won awards for two papers published that year, the [[American Philosophical Association]]'s 2008 Article Prize, for "Knowing the Answer" in ''[[Philosophy and Phenomenological Research]]'', and the ''[[Australasian Journal of Philosophy]]'''s 2008 Best Paper Award, for "From Nihilism to Monism".<ref>[http://rsss.anu.edu.au/jonathan.php Schaffer's Awards] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081021010512/http://rsss.anu.edu.au/jonathan.php |date=October 21, 2008 }}</ref>
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== Papers<ref>[http://rsss.anu.edu.au/~schaffer/Papers.htm Schaffer's Papers] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105155823/http://rsss.anu.edu.au/~schaffer/Papers.htm |date=January 5, 2009 }}</ref> ==
== Papers<ref>[http://rsss.anu.edu.au/~schaffer/Papers.htm Schaffer's Papers] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105155823/http://rsss.anu.edu.au/~schaffer/Papers.htm |date=January 5, 2009 }}</ref> ==
Drafts and reconstructions are not included. See his [http://www.jonathanschaffer.org/ webpage] and his updated [http://www.jonathanschaffer.org/SchafferResearchCV-05-06-14.pdf CV] for a current list of published articles, talks, etc.
Drafts and reconstructions are not included. See his [http://www.jonathanschaffer.org/ webpage] and his updated [https://web.archive.org/web/20140810134434/http://www.jonathanschaffer.org/SchafferResearchCV-05-06-14.pdf CV] for a current list of published articles, talks, etc.


=== Metaphysics ===
=== Metaphysics ===
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* [http://www.jonathanschaffer.org/nihilism.pdf From Nihilism to Monism]
* [http://www.jonathanschaffer.org/nihilism.pdf From Nihilism to Monism]
* [http://www.jonathanschaffer.org/quiddity.pdf Quiddistic Knowledge]
* [http://www.jonathanschaffer.org/quiddity.pdf Quiddistic Knowledge]
* [http://www.jonathanschaffer.org/pietro.pdf Of Ghostly and Mechanical Events]
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* [http://www.jonathanschaffer.org/twosparse.pdf Two Conceptions of Sparse Properties]
* [http://www.jonathanschaffer.org/twosparse.pdf Two Conceptions of Sparse Properties]
* [http://www.jonathanschaffer.org/fundamental.pdf Is There a Fundamental Level?]
* [http://www.jonathanschaffer.org/fundamental.pdf Is There a Fundamental Level?]
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=== Epistemology ===
=== Epistemology ===
* [http://www.jonathanschaffer.org/irrelevance.pdf The Irrelevance of the Subject: Against Subject-Sensitive Invariantism]
* [http://www.jonathanschaffer.org/irrelevance.pdf The Irrelevance of the Subject: Against Subject-Sensitive Invariantism]
* [http://rsss.anu.edu.au/~schaffer/papers/KnowAnswer.pdf Knowing the Answer]
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* [http://www.jonathanschaffer.org/closure.pdf Closure, Contrast, and Answer]
* [http://www.jonathanschaffer.org/closure.pdf Closure, Contrast, and Answer]
* [http://rsss.anu.edu.au/~schaffer/papers/ContextContrast.pdf From Contextualism to Contrastivism]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090914165154/http://rsss.anu.edu.au/~schaffer/papers/ContextContrast.pdf From Contextualism to Contrastivism]
* [http://www.jonathanschaffer.org/derailed.pdf Perceptual Knowledge Derailed]
* [http://www.jonathanschaffer.org/derailed.pdf Perceptual Knowledge Derailed]
* [http://www.jonathanschaffer.org/skepticism.pdf Skepticism, Contextualism, and Discrimination]
* [http://www.jonathanschaffer.org/skepticism.pdf Skepticism, Contextualism, and Discrimination]
* [http://www.jonathanschaffer.org/clue.pdf Knowledge, Relevant Alternatives, and Missed Clues]
* [http://www.jonathanschaffer.org/clue.pdf Knowledge, Relevant Alternatives, and Missed Clues]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}


=== Causation ===
=== Causation ===
* [http://rsss.anu.edu.au/~schaffer/papers/DeterministicChance.pdf Deterministic Chance?]
* [http://rsss.anu.edu.au/~schaffer/papers/DeterministicChance.pdf Deterministic Chance?]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [http://rsss.anu.edu.au/~schaffer/papers/CauseChance.pdf Review of Dowe and Noordhof's Cause and Chance: Causation in an Indeterministic World]
* [http://rsss.anu.edu.au/~schaffer/papers/CauseChance.pdf Review of Dowe and Noordhof's Cause and Chance: Causation in an Indeterministic World]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [http://rsss.anu.edu.au/~schaffer/papers/ContrastCause.pdf Contrastive Causation]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090914165417/http://rsss.anu.edu.au/~schaffer/papers/ContrastCause.pdf Contrastive Causation]
* [http://rsss.anu.edu.au/~schaffer/papers/Counterfactuals.pdf Counterfactuals, Causal Independence, and Conceptual Circularity]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090914165617/http://rsss.anu.edu.au/~schaffer/papers/Counterfactuals.pdf Counterfactuals, Causal Independence, and Conceptual Circularity]
* [http://rsss.anu.edu.au/~schaffer/papers/Unplugged.pdf Causes Need Not be Physically Connected to their Effects: The Case for Negative Causation]
* [http://rsss.anu.edu.au/~schaffer/papers/Unplugged.pdf Causes Need Not be Physically Connected to their Effects: The Case for Negative Causation]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [http://rsss.anu.edu.au/~schaffer/papers/Principled.pdf Principled Chances]
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* [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/causation-metaphysics/ The Metaphysics of Causation] (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
* [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/causation-metaphysics/ The Metaphysics of Causation] (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
* [http://rsss.anu.edu.au/~schaffer/papers/Overdetermination.pdf Overdetermining Causes]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090914165127/http://rsss.anu.edu.au/~schaffer/papers/Overdetermination.pdf Overdetermining Causes]
* [http://rsss.anu.edu.au/~schaffer/papers/Dowe.pdf Review of Dowe's Physical Causation]
* [http://rsss.anu.edu.au/~schaffer/papers/Dowe.pdf Review of Dowe's Physical Causation]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [http://rsss.anu.edu.au/~schaffer/papers/Influence.pdf Causation, Influence, and Effluence]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090914164617/http://rsss.anu.edu.au/~schaffer/papers/Influence.pdf Causation, Influence, and Effluence]
* [http://rsss.anu.edu.au/~schaffer/papers/Props.pdf Causes as Probability-Raisers of Processes]
* [http://rsss.anu.edu.au/~schaffer/papers/Props.pdf Causes as Probability-Raisers of Processes]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [http://rsss.anu.edu.au/~schaffer/papers/Disconnect.pdf Causation by Disconnection]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090914170123/http://rsss.anu.edu.au/~schaffer/papers/Disconnect.pdf Causation by Disconnection]
* [http://rsss.anu.edu.au/~schaffer/papers/Overlappings.pdf Overlappings: Probability-Raising without Causation]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090914170559/http://rsss.anu.edu.au/~schaffer/papers/Overlappings.pdf Overlappings: Probability-Raising without Causation]
* [http://rsss.anu.edu.au/~schaffer/papers/Trumping.pdf Trumping Preemption]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090914165809/http://rsss.anu.edu.au/~schaffer/papers/Trumping.pdf Trumping Preemption]


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 23:20, 26 April 2017

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Jonathan Schaffer is an American philosopher specializing in metaphysics and epistemology.

Since earning his PhD from Rutgers in 1999, Schaffer has published 56 papers.[1] He wrote his dissertation - "Causation and the Probabilities of Processes" - under Brian McLaughlin. David Lewis served as outside examiner. In 2000, he accepted a position as assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in Amherst, Massachusetts, earning tenure by 2004.[2]

In 2007, Schaffer accepted a permanent research position at the Australian National University.[3] He subsequently won awards for two papers published that year, the American Philosophical Association's 2008 Article Prize, for "Knowing the Answer" in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, and the Australasian Journal of Philosophy's 2008 Best Paper Award, for "From Nihilism to Monism".[4]

In 2010, Schaffer accepted a permanent position at Rutgers University.[5]

Papers[6]

Drafts and reconstructions are not included. See his webpage and his updated CV for a current list of published articles, talks, etc.

Metaphysics

Epistemology

Causation

References

  1. ^ Schaffer's CV Archived 2014-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Schaffer's CV Archived 2014-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog: Jonathan Schaffer to ANU". Leiterreports.typepad.com. 2007-03-26. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
  4. ^ Schaffer's Awards Archived October 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog: Rutgers Raids the ANU: Schaffer, Schellenberg to New Brunswick in 2011". Leiterreports.typepad.com. 2009-11-20. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
  6. ^ Schaffer's Papers Archived January 5, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
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