Joshua Spencer
- Professor, Philosophy
Education
PhD, University of Rochester
Teaching Schedule
| Course Num | Title | Meets |
|---|---|---|
| PHILOS 317-001 | Metaphysics | TR 10am-11:15am |
| PHILOS 317G-001 | Metaphysics | TR 10am-11:15am |
| PHILOS 516-001 | Language and Meaning | T 2:30pm-5:10pm |
| PHILOS 516G-001 | Language and Meaning | T 2:30pm-5:10pm |
Teaching Interests
- Metaphysics
- Philosophy of language
- Logic
Research Interests
- Metaphysics
- Philosophy of language.
Biographical Sketch
Joshua Spencer is currently a Professor of Philosophy at The University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee.
Before moving to Milwaukee, he was the at . And before that he held a one-year position at .
Joshua received my PhD from the in 2008. His dissertation was called Material Objects in Tile Space-Time. He work primarily in metaphysics and philosophy of language and he is particularly interested in the metaphysics of material objects, space, time, fundamentality, modality, and meaning. However, he has a wide range of interests and he loves to talk about most philosophical topics. He also likes cats.
Selected Publications
Spencer, J. (2024) Philosophies: Time Travel 2nd Edition.
Spencer, J. (2024) Rethinking Grounding: From Necessitation to Metaphysical Probability. Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia.
Tillman, C. & Spencer, J. (2023) Canadian Journal of Philosophy.
Spencer, J. (2023) Plenitudinous Russellianism. Tillman, C. (Ed). The Routledge Handbook of Propositions .
Spencer, J. (2023) A Special Composition Puzzle. Oxford Studies in Metaphysics.
Spencer, J. (2021) On the Explanatory Demands of the Special Composition Question. Synthese .
Tillman, C. & Spencer, J. (2020) . Analysis.
Spencer, J. (2020) The Limits of Neo-Aristotelian Plenitude. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly .
Spencer, J. , & Tillman, C. (2018) Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy , 52(7), 741-754.
Spencer, J. (2018) Conceivability and Possibility. Oppy, G. (Ed). Ontological Arguments .
Spencer, J. (2017) Erkenntnis , 82(4), 857-872.
Spencer, J. (2016) Canadian Journal of Philosophy , 46(3), 387-404.
Spencer, J. (2014) Res Philosophica , 91(3), 485-490.
Spencer, J. (2014) Canadian Journal of Philosophy , 43(5-6), 766-775.
Spencer, J. (2013) 'Erkenntnis' , 78(5), 1177-1184.
Spencer, J. (2013) 'Philosophical Studies' , 166(1), 149-162.
Tillman, C. & Spencer, J. (2012) Kabasenche, W. P., O’Rourke, M. , & Slater, M. H. (Eds). Topics in Contemporary Philosophy . The MIT Press.
Spencer, J. (2012) Philosophical Compass , 7(12), 910-918.
Spencer, J. (2012) Bennett, K. , & Zimmerman, D. (Eds). Oxford Studies in Metaphysics , 7(67). Oxford University Press.
Tillman, C. & Spencer, J. (2012) Clark, M. (Ed). Analysis, Oxford University Press , 72(2), 252-259.