Sarah Jones

Assistant Professor
405F Cohodas Hall
906-227-1394
sajones@nmu.edu                             

Education

Ph.D., Michigan State University
M.A., Michigan State University

Research Interests

Epistemology, skepticism, modern philosophy, and feminist theory.

Academic Service

Chair, Michigan Academy of Science Arts and Letters, 2005 - 2008
Vice-Chair, Michigan Academy of Science Arts and Letters, 2004
Judge, Cohodas Essay Contest, 2007, 2008
Has served as Chair of numerous sessions in epistemology at the American Philosophical Association’s Central Division meetings
Has written numerous reviews for Oxford University Press

Selected Papers and Presentations

“The Dog Who Mistook His Leg For a Meal” in What Philosophy Can Tell You About Your Dog, ed. Stephen D. Hales (Chicago, IL: OpenCourt, 2008), 99-112.
“The Special Composition Question,” APA Central Division Meeting, April 2005
“Justification and the Basing Relation,” APA Central Division Meeting, April 2004
“The Vaguaries of Schifferian Justification,” Michigan Academy, March 2004
“Philosophy and Common Sense”

Work in Progress

"Skepticism and Common Sense"
“Fetuses and Propositional Attitudes”
“Warrants for Torture”