Ned Markosian

Ned Markosian
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisDoes time pass? (1990)
Doctoral advisorGareth Matthews
Academic work
DisciplinePhilosopher
Sub-disciplineMetaphysics
InstitutionsUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Ned Markosian is an American philosopher. He is currently professor of philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Markosian is of Armenian descent[1] and has four brothers.[2] He received his BA from Oberlin College and his PhD in Philosophy from UMass Amherst in 1990. His doctoral advisor was Gareth Matthews.[3] Markosian has previously taught at Lawrence University, University of New Hampshire, West Virginia University, Bay Path College, University of Hartford, and Western Washington University.[4][2][1][5] He has been at UMass Amherst since Fall 2015.[6]

Markosian's work is primarily on metaphysics,[5] namely philosophy of time, metaphysics of physical/material objects,[5] freedom and determinism, and personal identity. He was also written on ethics, epistemology, decision theory, philosophy of language, philosophy of science, philosophy of religion, and history of philosophy.[2]

Markosian has delivered lectures in over a dozen countries.[7] He has visited Armenia on several occasions. In 2013 he delivered lectures at the Yerevan State University.[1] In 2017[8] he co-founded of the Yerevan Academy for Linguistics and Philosophy (YALP), an annual intensive summer school of analytic philosophy and theoretical linguistics hosted by the American University of Armenia. He began it with Daniel Altshuler, Susanna Melkonian-Altshuler and Arshak Balayan.[9][10]

  1. ^ a b c "Philosophers summarized their activities". ysu.am. Yerevan State University. 17 October 2013. Archived from the original on 30 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Ned Markosian faculty profile". UMass Amherst. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
  3. ^ Markosian, Ned (1990). Does time pass? (PhD thesis). University of Massachusetts Amherst.
  4. ^ "WWU Named Among Best Undergraduate Philosophy Programs in the Country". westerntoday.wwu.edu. December 13, 2011. Archived from the original on 30 November 2019. ...Philosophy Professor Ned Markosian, who has taught at Western since 1998.
  5. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference ucalgary was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Weinberg, Justin (21 April 2015). "Ned Markosian from Western Washington to UMass (updated)". dailynous.com. Archived from the original on 30 November 2019.
  7. ^ "UA's Philosophy Today Series Opens with Time Travel Discussion". ua.edu. University of Alabama. 23 October 2013. Archived from the original on 30 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Yerevan Academy for Linguistics & Philosophy (Yerevan (Armenia)". European Society for Analytic Philosophy. Archived from the original on 30 November 2019.
  9. ^ "AUA Hosts Third Yerevan Academy for Linguistics and Philosophy". aua.am. American University of Armenia. 3 September 2019. Archived from the original on 30 November 2019.
  10. ^ Gregorian, Alin K. (24 January 2019). "Visiting Academics Offer a Philosophical Approach in Armenia". Armenian Mirror-Spectator. Archived from the original on 30 November 2019.