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Elizabeth Jackson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Saint Louis University’s College of Arts and Sciences. Previously she served as Assistant Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University and Research Fellow in the School of Philosophy at the Australian National University.
Education:
- Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, 2019
- M.A. in Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, 2016
- B.A. in Philosophy, Kansas State University, 2013
Research Interests:
Professor Jackson’s primary research lies at the intersection of epistemology and philosophy of religion. She is currently completing a monograph defending epistemic permissivism—the view that a body of evidence can rationally permit more than one doxastic attitude—tentatively titled Breaking Epistemic Ties: A Defense of Permissivism. Her work also explores the relationship between belief and credence, arguing for dualism, the view that neither attitude reduces to the other. Additional interests include the epistemic significance of faith, Pascal’s Wager, pragmatic encroachment, doxastic voluntarism, and broader issues in normativity and decision theory.
Scientific Awards:
- Religious Studies Post Graduate Essay Prize for the article "Belief, Credence, and Faith" (2019)
Publications & Impact:
With over 27 peer-reviewed articles, two forthcoming books, and numerous book chapters, Professor Jackson’s scholarship has shaped recent debates on permissivism and the rationality of religious commitment. Her work appears in top-tier journals such as Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Journal of the American Philosophical Association, Erkenntnis, Synthese, and Mind. She is co-editing the forthcoming Routledge volume Must Beliefs and Evidence Agree? A Debate and co-authoring Applied Ethics: An Impartial Introduction (Hackett, 2021).
Teaching & Service:
At Saint Louis University, she teaches courses on epistemology, philosophy of religion, and applied ethics. She also mentors graduate students and organizes the annual St. Louis Conference on Reasons and Rationality. Her public-facing work includes interviews with 3:16 and popular-level articles on Pascal’s Wager.
Current Projects & Collaborations:
Professor Jackson is collaborating with scholars such as Mark Boespflug on empirical work concerning doxastic voluntarism, and with Chris Tucker on parity arguments in epistemology. She is preparing commissioned entries for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (on Agnosticism) and Oxford Bibliographies Online (on Religious Belief in Philosophy and Psychology).
