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Dr. BRENNER, Andrew Timothy

Position

Assistant Professor

E-mail

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Tel

3411-7287

Room

CEC 903

ORCID

0000-0001-8258-5708

Full CV

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