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Douglas Ehring is the William Edward Easterwood Professor of Philosophy at Southern Methodist University. His academic work spans metaphysics, causation, personal identity, and philosophy of science.
- Education: Ph.D., Columbia University
Key research areas include:
- Causation: Theories on causal connection, asymmetry, and relata.
- Universals and Tropes: Nominalist views of properties as particulars.
- Personal Identity: Exploring Parfit’s theories on survival and the “Extreme Claim.”
- Mental Causation: Analyzing physicalism’s challenges in a causally closed world.
His recent publications focus on causation, personal identity, and trope nominalism. Notably, he contributed to the Routledge Handbook on Properties (2024) and Philosophia (2024). His work on causation and persistence has influenced metaphysical debates.
He teaches courses such as PHIL 3320: Causation, PHIL 3314: Metaphysics, and PHIL 1301: Elementary Logic.
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