Dr. BRENNER, Andrew Timothy
Position
Assistant Professor

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Tel
3411-7287

Room
CEC 901

ORCID
0000-0001-8258-5708

Full CV

Qualification & Experience
Teaching
Research
Degrees: Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, U.S.A.
MA, University of Notre Dame, U.S.A.
BA, University of North Florida, U.S.A.

Work Experience: Wuhan University, China
University of Gothenburg, Sweden
University of Notre Dame, U.S.A.


Courses Taught: GFVM 1036 Happiness: East and West
GFVM1045 Matters of Life and Death
RELI4047 Mind in Chinese Buddhist Philosophy

Teaching Areas: Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Religion
Ethics
Buddhist Philosophy


Research Areas: Metaphysics

Recent Publications: “Mereology and Ideology.” Synthese. Forthcoming
“Ontological Pluralism, Abhidharma Metaphysics, and the Two Truths: A Response to Kris McDaniel.” Philosophy East and West. Forthcoming
“How Does God Know That 2+2=4?” Religious Studies. Forthcoming

Selected Outputs: “Theism and Explanationist Defenses of Moral Realism.” Faith and Philosophy. Vol. 35, Issue 4 (October 2018), pp.447-463
“Science and the Special Composition Question.” Synthese. Vol. 195, Issue 2 (February 2018), pp.657-678
“Simplicity as a Criterion of Theory Choice in Metaphysics.” Philosophical Studies. Vol. 174, Issue 11 (November 2017), pp.2687-2707
“Mereological Nihilism and Personal Ontology.” The Philosophical Quarterly. Vol. 67, Issue 268 (July 2017), pp.464-485
“What Do We Mean When We Ask ‘Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?’ ” Erkenntnis. Vol. 81, Issue 6 (December 2016), pp.1305-1322

Selected Conference Presentations: Thinking about Theory Choice: A Wuhan-Leeds Workshop in Philosophy, Wuhan University. “In Defense of Theoretical Virtues.” October 2019
The 2019 Swedish Congress of Philosophy, Umeå University. “Explaining Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing.” June 2019
Colloquium in the Department of Philosophy, the University of Hamburg. “Conditional Probabilities and Symmetric Grounding.” May 2019
Research Colloquium in Theoretical Analytical Philosophy, Aarhus University. “Explaining Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing.” November 2018

SelectedResearch Grants: "The Mystery of Personal Identity",Early Career Scheme,General Research Fund, Research Grants Council Hong Kong. 2021-23, Role: PI