- boehmm@uwm.edu
- 414-229-4719
- She/Her
Miren Boehm
- Professor, Philosophy
Education
- PhD. University of California, Irvine.
- BA. Philosophy and Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles.
Teaching Schedule
| Course Num | Title | Meets |
|---|---|---|
| PHILOS 243-202 | Moral Problems: Animal Ethics | No Meeting Pattern |
| PHILOS 243-203 | Moral Problems: Drugs and Addiction | No Meeting Pattern |
Teaching Interests
- Early Modern Philosophy.
- Religion and Science.
- Applied Ethics (Abortion, Drugs and Addiction, Animal Ethics, Global Poverty, Capital Punishment, and Euthanasia).
Research Interests
Hume's theoretical and practical philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy (especially Newton and Mary Shepherd), and Contemporary Epistemology (in particular, projectivist theories).
Selected Publications
Boehm, M. (forthcoming). Shepherd and Hume: Experience and Necessity. Fields, K. (Ed). Essays on Mary Shepherd: Causation, Mind, and Knowledge. Oxford University Press.
Boehm, M. & Gorham, G. (2026). Buffier on Time, Duration, and Existence. Waldow, A. & Perinetti, D. (Eds). Claude Buffier: Metaphysics, Common Sense, and Sociability. Oxford University Press.
Boehm, M. (2025). The Inconceivability of Newtonian Space and Time. Forsman J. & Slavov M. (Eds). Contemporary Perspectives and Historical Dimensions: A Festschrift in Honor of Jani Hakkarainen. Tempere University, Finland.
Boehm M. (2025). Experimental Philosophy, Blind Submission, and Hume’s Other “Sceptical Principles.” Radcliffe E. (Ed). Hume’s A Treatise of Human Nature: A Critical Guide. Cambridge Critical Guides. Cambridge University Press.
Boehm, M. (2025). A "Magical Power in the Soul": Assessing Hume's Appeal to the Imagination. Analysis.
Boehm, M. (2024). Conceivability as the Standard of Metaphysical Possibility. Stapleford , S. & Wagner, V. (Eds). Hume and Contemporary Epistemology, Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Philosophy. Routledge.
Boehm, M. & Cruz, M. (2023). Philosophers' Imprint.
Boehm, M. (2021). Synthese 199, 815–833.