Robert Howell

In general, my work concerns the nature of subjectivity, the self and the mind. As a result, I wind up working in metaphysics, epistemology, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. Most recently, I have been developing a view called "Subjective Physicalism", which maintains that while everything is physical, some physical states cannot be fully grasped unless they are occupied.

Representative Publications

"The Ontology of Subjective Physicalism," Nous
"Subjective Physicalism," in The Case for Qualia, MIT Press, edited by Edmund White
"Self-Knowledge and Self-Reference", Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.
"The Knowledge Argument and Objectivity", Philosophical Studies.
"Emergentism and Supervenience Physicalism", Australasian Journal of Philosophy.
"Immunity to Error and Subjectivity", Canadian Journal of Philosophy.
"The Two-Dimensionalist Reductio", Pacific Philosophical Quarterly.

Work in Progress

"Privileged Access without Self-Knowledge".
"Deduction and Necessitation".
"Epistemic Circularity and Dialectical Knowledge".

Teaching

Philosophy of Mind
Ancient Philosophy
Introduction to Philosophy
Existentialism