David Landy

David Landy is a Professor and Department Chair in the Department of Philosophy at San Francisco State University (SFSU), part of the College of Liberal and Creative Arts. He holds a PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an MA from the same institution, and a BA from Bard College. His research focuses on Early Modern Philosophy (especially Hume, Kant, and Lady Mary Shepherd), German Idealism, and Wilfrid Sellars’ analytic tradition. He has published extensively on topics including causal theory, metaphysics, and epistemology, with notable works like Kant’s Inferentialism (2015) and Hume’s Science of Human Nature (2017).

Recent scholarship includes analyses of Shepherd’s critiques of Humean empiricism, Kantian analogies, and Sellarsian epistemology. He has presented at major conferences such as TEMPO 2024 and the International Hume Society meetings. Landy has received accolades including the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend (2012) and the San Francisco State University Presidential Award (2011).

Administratively, he serves as Chair of the Philosophy Department (since 2023) and has held roles in curriculum development, faculty governance, and professional organization leadership, including the Hume Society and North American Kant Society.