William Melanson, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.554.2877
- ASH 205G
- Intersection of epistemology, emotion, and philosophy of language
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Background
Dr. William Melanson, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, joined the University of Nebraska at Omaha Department of Philosophy and Religion in the Fall of 2007. He has a B.A. in Philosophy and Economics from the State University of New York at Buffalo and an M.A. and Ph.D. from The Ohio State University.
Professor Melanson teaches Epistemology, Philosophy of Emotion, Philosophy of Language, Symbolic Logic. In the past, he has also taught courses in the Philosophy of Religion and the Philosophy Art and aesthetics.
His primary research focuses on the intersection of epistemology, emotion, and the philosophy of language. Most recently, he has been working on a range of issues including the nature and value of justification, the epistemic role of confidence, the epistemology of John Locke, and epistemological issues in the philosophy of mathematics.
Additional Information
Background
Dr. William Melanson, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, joined the University of Nebraska at Omaha Department of Philosophy and Religion in the Fall of 2007. He has a B.A. in Philosophy and Economics from the State University of New York at Buffalo and an M.A. and Ph.D. from The Ohio State University.
Professor Melanson teaches Epistemology, Philosophy of Emotion, Philosophy of Language, Symbolic Logic. In the past, he has also taught courses in the Philosophy of Religion and the Philosophy Art and aesthetics.
His primary research focuses on the intersection of epistemology, emotion, and the philosophy of language. Most recently, he has been working on a range of issues including the nature and value of justification, the epistemic role of confidence, the epistemology of John Locke, and epistemological issues in the philosophy of mathematics.