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Sean Morris
Professor of Philosophy
Philosophy
[email protected]Office Hours
Tuesday - [15:30 to 18:00]
Thursday - [15:30 to 18:00]
Biography
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
Research Interests
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My research interests are in foundations of mathematics, the history of analytic philosophy, and the history and philosophy of science.
Teaching Interests
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My teaching interests are in logic and critical thinking, history of analytic philosophy, and philosophy of science.
Education
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
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Morris, S. (2025). Between Science and Philosophy: The Psychological Background of Russell's Theory of Sense Data. (). Oxford University Press. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-early-years-of-mind-9780192869296?cc=us&lang=en&#
Morris, S. (2023). Frameworks, Paradigms, and Conceptual Schemes: Blurring the Boundaries Between Realism and Anti-Realism. (pp 52–69). Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/philosophical-project-of-carnap-and-quine/680602E811C891AE7D853C3152D20308
Morris, S. (2023). The Philosophical Project of Carnap and Quine. Cambridge University Press, https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/philosophical-project-of-carnap-and-quine/680602E811C891AE7D853C3152D20308
Morris, S. (2021). Carnap, Quine, and the Humean Condition. Synthese, 9. https://link-springer-com.aurarialibrary.idm.oclc.org/article/10.1007/s11229-021-03376-1.
Morris, S. (2021). Working from Within: The Nature and Development of Quine’s Naturalism by Sander Verhaegh (review) . Journal of the History of Philosophy, https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/780056/pdf
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/.