John Waterman, Ph.D.
Location
John Waterman is an Associate Teaching Professor in Philosophy. He teaches courses on bioethics, the intellectual history of ideas, and on the experimental philosophy of mind. A native New Englander, he recently moved back to Maine with his wife Barbara, and their three children Ida, Hazel, and Noel. He received an M.Sc. in the philosophy of science from The London School of Economics and a Ph.D. in philosophy from The Johns Hopkins University.
Credentials
Education
Post-Doctoral Training
The University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona)
Research
Selected publications
āNavigating Skepticism: Cognitive Insights and Bayesian Rationality in Pinillosā Why We Doubtā, with Chad Gonnerman (2024) in International Journal for the Study of Skepticism
āExpert Testimony & Practical Interestsā with Nicholas Tebben (2022) in Inquiry, https://doi.org/10.1080/0020174X.2022.2041480
āSalient Alternatives in Perspectiveā with Mikkel Gerken, Joshua Alexander, and Chad Gonnerman, (2020) in Australasian Journal of Philosophy 98:4, 792-810.
āInfallibilism, Skepticism, & Cultural Differencesā with Karen Yan, Joshua Alexander, and Chad Gonnerman in Stephen Stich, Jason Stanley, & Masaharu Mizumoto (eds.), Epistemology for the Rest of the World (2018). New York: Oxford University Press.
āFraming How We Think about Disagreementā with Joshua Alexander, Chad Gonnerman, and Diana Betz (2018) in Philosophical Studies 175: 2539.
āCounterfeit Testimony: Lies, Trust, and the Exchange of Informationā with Nick Tebben (2016) in Philosophical Studies 173: 3101.
āThe Market for Testimony: A Reply to Our Criticsā with Nick Tebben, in Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 4, no. 5 (2015): 43-51.
āEpistemic Free-Riders and Reasons to Trust Testimonyā with Nick Tebben in Social Epistemology 29, no. 3 (2015): 270 - 279.
āSalience and Epistemic Egocentrismā with Joshua Alexander & Chad Gonnerman in James Beebe (ed.), New Directions in Experimental Epistemology (2014). London: Bloomsbury Press.