Jacob Ross

About Me

I am an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern California. I received my BA in Philosophy from the University of Toronto and my PhD in Philosophy from Rutgers University. My research is mainly in ethics, epistemology, and practical reason.

Research Summary

I’m interested in philosophical questions about normativity. These include questions about what we should do, what we should think, and what we should feel. These include questions about rationality as well as questions about morality. And these include both first-order questions about how to specify the relevant norms, as well as higher-order questions about the nature, source, and knowability of these norms.

Practical Reason ≫

Rationality, Normativity, and Commitment, 2012
Divided We Fall: Fission and the Failure of Self-Interest, 2014
How to be a Cognitivist about Practical Reason, 2009
A Qualified Defense of Expected Value Maximization, 2021

Language ≫

Reversibility or Disagreement?, 2013
On Losing Disagreements, 2016
Repeatable Artwork Sentences and Generics, 2013

Metaphysics ≫

Idealism and Fine-Tuning, 2018
Principle of Sufficient Reason and the Grand Inexplicable, 2013

Contact Details

Address
USC School of Philosophy
3709 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0451

Office
Mudd Hall of Philosophy, Room 113

jakerossla@gmail.com

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