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Marc Alspector-Kelly is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Western Michigan University, part of the College of Arts and Sciences. His office is located in 3017 Moore Hall, and he can be reached at (269) 312-9690 or via email.
His primary research lies in epistemology, especially the debate on knowledge closure. He argues that closure principles are false and that rejecting them offers solutions to longstanding problems such as skepticism, easy knowledge, and bootstrapping. He is the author of Against Knowledge Closure (Cambridge University Press), a significant contribution to the field. Earlier in his career, he explored the realism debate in philosophy of science, concluding that empiricists need not be anti-realists, and studied the philosophical disagreements between Rudolf Carnap and W. V. Quine on ontological issues.
Alongside colleagues Timothy McGrew and Fritz Allhoff, he co-edited Philosophy of Science: An Historical Anthology, a comprehensive collection of historical writings with detailed commentary. His work bridges historical and contemporary philosophical debates, emphasizing clarity and argumentative rigor.
He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and maintains an active scholarly profile. While no specific grants or awards are listed, his publications reflect sustained engagement with core issues in analytic philosophy.
- Ph.D., University of Michigan
He advises students in philosophy, though specific advisees are not named. There is no mention of lab affiliations or research teams. His recent scholarly output focuses on foundational epistemic principles and their implications across various domains of philosophy.
