Douglas Keaton
Professional Profile
Professor Keaton earned his Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati in 2010. He specializes in the area of Philosophy of Mind, and has expertise in Metaphysics, the Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Language, and the history of analytic philosophy. Professor Keaton is also interested in Existentialism and the Philosophy of Video Games.
Teaching
Courses taught:
- Living in a Digital World
- Existentialism
- Philosophy of Science
- Logic
- Philosophy of Mind
- Women in Philosophy
- First Year Seminar
- Philosophy and Video Games
- Philosophy of Psychology
Research
Publications:
2015. Keaton, D.. "Constitution, Identity, and Realization." For The Constitution of Consciousness, S. Miller (ed.), Amsterdam: John Benjamin Publishing.
2013. Keaton, D., Polger, T.. "Exclusion, Still not Tracted." Philosophical Studies.
2012. Keaton, D. 2012. “Kim’s Supervenience Argument and the Nature of Total Realizers,” European Journal of Philosophy 20 (2): 243-259
2010. Keaton, D. "Two Kinds of Role Property," Philosophia 38: 773-788.
Recent Conferences:
2024. Florida Philosophical Association, St. Petersburg, Florida. “Advice and Dual Agency.”
2019. American Philosophical Association, Central Division, Denver, Colorado. “Giving and Taking Advice.”
2017. Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Savannah, Georgia. “Intervening on Functional Properties.”
2017. American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, Baltimore, Maryland. “Interventionism and Old-School Functionalism.”
2016. Society for the Metaphysics of Science, Geneva, Switzerland. “Interventionism and Old-School Functionalism.”
2016. American Philosophical Association, Central Division, Chicago, Illinois. “Interventionist Compatiblism and Multiple Realizability.”
2015. Society for the Metaphysics of Science, Rutgers University, New Jersey. “Comments on Petersen’s ‘Composition as Pattern.”
2015. European Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Tartu, Estonia. “Interventionist Compatiblism and Multiple Realizability: Zhong on Exclusion.”
2014. Midsouth Philosophy Conference, Memphis, Tennessee. “Cognitive Phenomenology and Thought Insertion.”
More Information
Office Hours (On Campus):
- Monday: 11 a.m.-noon
- Wednesday: 10 a.m.-noon