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Keith DeRose is the Allison Foundation Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, where he has been since 1998. His primary research areas include epistemology (especially skepticism), philosophy of language, history of modern philosophy (e.g., Descartes, Berkeley, Hume, Reid), and philosophy of religion (e.g., the problem of evil and religious epistemology). He holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Calvin College (1984) and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from UCLA (1990). Before Yale, he taught at New York University (1990–1993) and Rice University (1993–1998).
His work challenges traditional epistemic frameworks, notably through contextualist theories addressing skepticism. Key contributions include The Case for Contextualism (2009) and The Appearance of Ignorance (2017). He has received awards like the Carnap Essay Prize (1990) and the Robert M. Yost Prize for Excellence in Teaching (1988).
DeRose has advised numerous graduate students, many of whom hold tenured positions. His current research explores topics like divine hiddenness, free will defenses, and the epistemic status of religious beliefs. He frequently presents at academic conferences and contributes to philosophical debates on skepticism, contextualism, and religious epistemology.
