Lewis M. Powell

PhD

Lewis M. Powell.

Lewis M. Powell

PhD

Lewis M. Powell

PhD

Associate Professor

Areas of Specialization

Early Modern Philosophy and Philosophy of Language

Education

PhD, USC

Current Research

Early Modern Philosophy of Mind and Language (especially Hume, Locke, and Reid)

Courses

  • Seminar in History of Modern
  • Introduction to Philosophy
  • Early Modern Philosophy

Selected Publications

  • “Locke, Hume, and Reid on the Objects of Belief”, History of Philosophy Quarterly 35 (1): 21-38. January, 2018
  • “Speaking Your Mind: Expression in Locke’s Theory of Language” Meaning and Publicity Protosociology 34: 15-30. 2017
  • “Thomas Reid on Signs and Language”, Philosophy Compass 12 (3). (2017)
  • “Hume’s Treatment of Denial in the Treatise”, Philosopher’s Imprint 14 (26):1-22 (August 2014)  
  • How to Avoid Mis-Reid-ing Hume’s Maxim of Conceivability” Philosophical Quarterly 63 (250):105-119 (2013) 
  • How to Refrain from Responding to Kripke’s Puzzle about Belief” Philosophical Studies 161 (2):287-308 (2012)