Sarah Jones

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

                                           

Sarah Black Jones

Ph.D. in Philosophy from Michigan State University
M.A. in Philosophy from Michigan State University
Major research interests: epistemology, skepticism, modern philosophy, and feminist theory
Served as Chair of the Michigan Academy of Science Arts and Letters 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Served as Vice-Chair of the Michigan Academy of Science Arts and Letters 2004
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
Serves as Faculty advisor to the Student Philosophy Club
Served as Judge for the Cohodas Ethics Essay Contest 2007, 2008

Papers include:

“The Vaguaries of Schifferian Justification,” delivered at the Michigan Academy, March 2004
“Justification and the Basing Relation,” APA Central Division meeting,
April 2004
“The Special Composition Question,” APA Central Division meeting,
April 2005
“The Dog Who Mistook His Leg For a Meal” Dogs and Philosophy, OpenCourt, 2008
“Philosophy and Common Sense”

Works in Progress:

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