John A. Keller
Associate ProfessorRev. Joseph S. Hogan Chair
Department of Philosophy
Saint Joseph's University
Metaphysics
- The Method of Paraphrase, in The Routledge Handbook of Properties, Anthony Fischer and Anna-Sofia Maurin eds., Routledge, 2024.
- Paraphrase and the Symmetry Objection, Australasian Journal of Philosophy 95(2), 2017.
- Paraphrase, Semantics, and Ontology, in Oxford Studies in Metaphysics, v.9; Karen Bennett and Dean Zimmerman eds., 2015. (draft)
Epistemology
- Philosophical Individualism, in Being, Freedom, and Method: Themes from van Inwagen, John A. Keller ed., Oxford University Press, 2017. (draft)
- Introduction to Being, Freedom, and Method: Themes from van Inwagen, John A. Keller ed., Oxford University Press, 2017.
- On Knockdown Arguments, Erkenntnis 80(6), 2015. (draft)
Philosophy of Language
- Linguistic Instrumentalism, forthcoming in Richard Gaskin (ed.) The Question of Linguistic Idealism, Oxford University Press.
- Does Compositionality Entail Complexity?, Philosopher's Imprint 22(24), 2022.
- Saying Nothing and Thinking Nothing (w/Lorraine Juliano Keller), in Non-Being: New Essays on the Metaphysics of Non-Existence, Sara Bernstein and Tyron Goldschmidt eds., Oxford University Press, 2021.
- Compositionality and Structured Propositions (w/Lorraine Juliano Keller), Thought 2(4), 2013. (draft)
- What Can We Learn About Language From Thinking About Philosophy?, in On Language: Analytic, Continental, and Historical Perspectives, Jon Burmeister and Mark Sentency eds., Cambridge Scholars Press, 2007.
Philosophy of Religion
- Review of Jc Beall's The Contradictory Christ, Faith and Philosophy 39(3), 2022.
- Review of Elliot Sober's The Design Argument, Faith and Philosophy 37(2), 2020.
- Paraphrase and the Doctrine of the Trinity (w/Joseph Jedwab), Faith and Philosophy 36(2), 2019.
- Theological Anti-Realism, The Journal of Analytic Theology 2, 2014.
Books
- Being, Freedom, and Method: Themes from van Inwagen, John A. Keller ed., Oxford University Press, 2017.
Dissertation
- Telling the Whole Truth: The Role of Paraphrase in Philosophical Inquiry, University of Notre Dame, 2010. (available upon request)
Teaching
- The Existence of God, Spring 2024
- Moral Foundations, Spring 2024, Fall 2023 Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021
- Logic, Fall 2023 Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010
- Freedom and Determinism, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020
- Non-Physical Reality, Spring 2022
- Philosophy of Human Nature, Fall, 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019
- Intermediate Logic, Spring 2020, Spring 2014 (IS)
- Death & Dying, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2016, Fall 2014
- Metaphysics, Spring 2018, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Fall 2009
- Ethics, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009
- Advanced Topics: The Rationality of Religious Belief, Spring 2015 (IS)
- Advanced Topics: Apathy, Spring 2013 (IS)
- Contemporary Philosophy: Anscombe and Geach, Fall 2012
- Philosophy of Language, Spring 2012, Spring 2010
- Advanced Topics in Philosophy of Religion: The Trinity and Incarnation, Spring 2012 (IS)
- Self and World, Spring 2009
- Introduction to Philosophy, Fall 2008
- Moral Problems, Spring 2008
Contact
Department of PhilosophyBarbelin 261A
Saint Joseph's University
5600 City Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19131