Todd R. Long

Todd R. Long is a Professor in the Philosophy Department at California Polytechnic State University and contributes to the university’s Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group and Religious Studies Program. His academic work bridges epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of religion, with a focus on free will, moral responsibility, and religious belief rationality.

• Education: Ph.D., University of Rochester

His research centers on epistemological frameworks for religious belief, the metaphysical implications of free will, and ethical dimensions of information manipulation. He explores how evidentialism, proper function, and skeptical theism shape our understanding of moral and epistemic duties.

His publications span themes in epistemology, religious philosophy, and applied ethics. Key topics include the evidential basis of faith, the role of sensory and testimonial evidence, and critiques of moral responsibility under manipulation. He has contributed to journals like Religious Studies and Southwest Philosophy Review.

• Key Affiliations: Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group, Religious Studies Program at Cal Poly