Ted Sider

Ted Sider is a Professor at the Department of Philosophy, Rutgers University, holding the Andrew W. Mellon Chair and Distinguished Professor title. He has previously taught at Rochester, Syracuse, NYU, and Cornell.

He specializes in Metaphysics (time, identity, mereology, modality, supervenience, fundamentality) and has research/teaching interests in Philosophy of Language, Logic, Philosophy of Mathematics, and Philosophy of Physics. His recent work explores how conceptual tools (e.g., modality vs. fundamentality vs. ground) affect metaphysical answers, particularly in the metaphysics of science.

• Books: Writing the Book of the World (Oxford University Press, 2011), Logic for Philosophy (textbook, 2010).
• Key Courses: Mathematical Logic, Philosophy of Mathematics, Metaphysics, Introduction to Metaphysics, Foundations of Mathematics, Quantum Mechanics, Structuralism in Metaphysics of Science.
• Academic Contributions: Developed LaTeX BibTeX style files for philosophy journals, including Analysis and Philosophical Review, and created syllabi for graduate-level metaphysics courses (e.g., Metaphysics: Ontology).