Stephen Kearns [skearns at fsu.edu]

Hello, my name is Stephen Kearns. I'm an assistant professor at Florida State University. I gained my B.Phil and D.Phil in Philosophy from the University of Oxford. Here are some of my philosophy papers for your delectation. Published Papers In praise of folly (Analysis) Compatibilism can resist prepunishment (Analysis) Reasons: Explanations or Evidence? (Ethics) with Daniel Star Epistemicism about Vagueness and Meta-linguistic Safety (Philosophical Perspectives) with Ofra Magidor Reasons as Evidence (Oxford Studies in Metaethics) with Daniel Star Can a thing be part of itself? (American Philosophical Quarterly) Responsibility for Necessities (Philosophical Studies) Semantic Sovereignty (Philosophy and Phenomenological Research) Forthcoming with Ofra Magidor Aborting the Zygote Argument (Philosophical Studies) Forthcoming On Good Advice (Analysis) with Daniel Star Weighing Reasons (Journal of Moral Philosophy) Forthcoming with Daniel Star Reasons, Facts-About-Evidence, and Indirect Evidence (Analytic Philosophy) Forthcoming with Daniel Star Published Book Reviews Incompatibilism's Allure, by Ishtiyaque Haji (Philosophical Review) The Metaphysics of Everyday Life, by Lynne Rudder-Baker (Philosophical Review) Types and Tokens, by Linda Wetzel (Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews) Doctoral Thesis Intentional Choice