Keith DeRose (born April 24, 1962) is an

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teaching at

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, where he is currently Allison Foundation Professor of Philosophy. He taught previously at

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and

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. His primary interests include

epistemology Epistemology (; ), or the theory of knowledge, is the branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge. Epistemology is considered a major subfield of philosophy, along with other major subfields such as ethics, logic, and metaphysics. Episte ...

philosophy of language In analytic philosophy, philosophy of language investigates the nature of language and the relations between language, language users, and the world. Investigations may include inquiry into the nature of meaning, intentionality, reference, ...

philosophy of religion Philosophy of religion is "the philosophical examination of the central themes and concepts involved in religious traditions". Philosophical discussions on such topics date from ancient times, and appear in the earliest known texts concerning ph ...

, and history of modern philosophy. He is best known for his work on

contextualism Contextualism, also known as epistemic contextualism, is a family of views in philosophy which emphasize the ''context'' in which an action, utterance, or expression occurs. Proponents of contextualism argue that, in some important respect, the a ...

in epistemology, especially as a response to the traditional problem of

skepticism Skepticism, also spelled scepticism, is a questioning attitude or doubt toward knowledge claims that are seen as mere belief or dogma. For example, if a person is skeptical about claims made by their government about an ongoing war then the pe ...

.Michael Williams, "Knowledge, Reflection and Sceptical Hypotheses", Erkenntnis 61 (2004)

Education

DeRose graduated from

Calvin College Calvin University, formerly Calvin College, is a private Christian university in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Founded in 1876, Calvin University is an educational institution of the Christian Reformed Church and stands in the Reformed (Calvinist) ...

in 1984 with a

B.A. Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four yea ...

in Philosophy. He then studied at

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

, earning an

M.A. A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...

in 1986 and a PhD in 1990; his dissertation was entitled ''Knowledge, Epistemic Possibility, and Skepticism'', under Rogers Albritton. While at UCLA, he won the Robert M. Yost Prize for Excellence in Teaching (1988), was awarded the Griffin Fellowship in 1990, and won the Carnap Essay Prize in 1989 and again in 1990.

Selected publications

*''The Case for Contextualism. Knowledge, Skepticism, and Context'', Oxford University Press, 2009. *"The Ordinary Language Basis for Contextualism and the New Invariantism," ''The Philosophical Quarterly'', 2005. *"Direct Warrant Realism," in A. Dole and A. Chignell, ed., ''God and the Ethics of Belief: New Essays in Philosophy of Religion'' (Cambridge University Press, 2005). *"Single Scoreboard Semantics," ''Philosophical Studies'', 2004. *"Assertion, Knowledge, and Context," ''Philosophical Review'', 2002; ''Philosopher's Annual'', vol. 26. *"Solving the Skeptical Problem," ''Philosophical Review'', 1995; ''Philosopher's Annual'', vol. 18. *"Contextualism and Knowledge Attributions," ''Philosophy and Phenomenological Research'', 1992 *"Epistemic Possibilities," ''Philosophical Review'', 1991. *"Reid's Anti-Sensationalism and His Realism," ''Philosophical Review'', 1989.

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