Mark Boespflug

My research focuses on epistemology and its history. I am currently working on a book on the origin and progress of the notion of epistemic rationality, The Invention of Rationality.

My first book Locke's Twilight of Probability: An Epistemology of Rationality Assent can be found here. (This is not my dissertation--which was on doxastic voluntarism--but a book project I came up with while writing my dissertation.) You can view a preprint of the introduction here.

Much of my work is related to doxastic voluntarism (or voluntary belief). I was recently a part of a cohort doing empirical research on the possibility of believing at will. In association with this grant, I've coauthored the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on doxastic voluntarism with Liz Jackson (link).  

In the Fall of 2022, I gave the Byron I. Bitar Memorial Lectures at Geneva College, entitled, "Revolutions in Moral Knowledge."

You can email me at: mboespflug@fortlewis.edu.

Outside of philosophy, I enjoy hiking, mountaineering, mountain biking, snowshoeing, skiing, guitar, piano, tennis, soccer, and most of all spending time with my family--Emily, Zoe, and Rowan.