Sean Morris

Professor of Philosophy

Philosophy

Bio

Sean Morris received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago and is Professor of Philosophy at Metropolitan State University of Denver, where he teaches courses in the history of analytic philosophy, logic, and the philosophy of science. Dr. Morris has published on Russell's influence on Quine and a book on Quine and the philosophy of set theory. He is particularly interested in the interaction of technical developments in mathematics and the special sciences with philosophy.

Educational Biography

Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, 2012
M.Phil., University of St Andrews, 2005
B.A., Boston University, 2001

Degree

PhD in Philosophy

University of Illinois at Chicago

Other in Philosophy

University of St Andrews

BA in History and Philosophy

Boston University

MA in US History

Boston University

Published Works

Morris, S. . Carnap, Quine, and the Humean Condition. (in press). Synthese, 9. https://www.springer.com/journal/11229/.
Morris, S. (2020). Explication as Elimination: W. V. Quine and Mathematical Structuralism. (pp 421–42). Oxford University Press.
Morris, S. (2019). Quine, New Foundations, and the Philosophy of Set Theory. (pp 209). Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/quine-new-foundations-and-the-philosophy-of-set-theory/005B1ADD62287628BD2DDEC223880DC6
Morris, S. (2018). Sigwart, Russell, and the Emergence of Scientific Philosophy. (pp 206–234). Routledge. https://www.crcpress.com/Logic-from-Kant-to-Russell-Laying-the-Foundations-for-Analytic-Philosophy/Lapointe/p/book/9780815396321
Morris, S. (2018). Carnap and Quine: Analyticity, Naturalism, and the Elimination of Metaphysics. The Monist, 94–416. https://academic.oup.com/monist/article-abstract/101/4/394/5122838.
Morris, S. (2018). Scientific Philosophy and the Critique of Metaphysics from Russell to Carnap to Quine. Erkenntnis, 73–799. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10670-018-0049-x.
Morris, S. (2017). The Significance of Quine's New Foundations for the Philosophy of Set Theory. The Monist, April 201767–179. https://academic.oup.com/monist/article-abstract/100/2/167/3576553.
Morris, S. (2017). Quine Against Lewis (and Carnap) on Truth by Convention. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/papq.12185
Morris, S. (2017). Quine: The Last and Greatest Scientific Philosopher. (pp 193–213). Routledge.
Morris, S. (2015). Quine, Russell, and Naturalism: From a Logical Point of View. Journal of the History of Philosophy/Johns Hopkins University Press, 33–155. www.press.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_the_history_of_philosophy/.

Research Interests

My research interests are in foundations of mathematics, the history of analytic philosophy, and the history and philosophy of science.

Teaching Interests

My teaching interests are in logic and critical thinking, history of analytic philosophy, and philosophy of science.

Office Hours

Tuesday - [15:30 to 18:00]

Thursday - [15:30 to 18:00]