Kenneth Pearce
Assistant Professor
Philosophy
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland
Biography
Kenneth Pearce was born in Palouse, Washington, USA. He received his BA in philosophy and classical studies and BAS in computer science from the University of Pennsylvania in 2007. He completed his PhD in philosophy at the University of Southern California in 2014. Pearce arrived at Trinity College in the fall of 2016.
Research Interest
Pearces historical work focuses on issues at the intersection between metaphysics, theology, and philosophy of science in 17th and 18th century European philosophy. A central question that he sees tying these areas together for many thinkers in the period is the nature of mental and linguistic representation: how do we manage to think and talk about minds, external objects, God, or the theoretical posits of physics? He is particularly interested in Berkeley, Arnauld, and Leibniz and has also published on metaphysical issues in analytic philosophy of religion.
Publications
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Kenneth L. Pearce, Deism, The Special Divine Action Project, Oxford, Bodleian Library, 2017, -, Digital research resource production, PUBLISHED
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Mereological Idealism in, editor(s)Tyron Goldschmidt and Kenneth L. Pearce , Idealism: New Essays in Metaphysics, Oxford, Oxford University Press, [Kenneth L. Pearce], Book Chapter, IN_PRESS
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Infinite Power and Finite Powers in, editor(s)Benedikt Paul Goecke and Christian Tapp , The Infinity of God: Scientific, Theological, and Philosophical Perspectives, Notre Dame, IN, Notre Dame University Press, [Kenneth L. Pearce], Book Chapter, ACCEPTED
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Matter, God, and Nonsense: Berkeleys Polemic Against the Freethinkers in the Three Dialogues in, editor(s)Stefan Storrie , Berkeleys Three Dialogues: New Essays, Oxford, Oxford University Press, [Kenneth L. Pearce], Book Chapter, IN_PRESS
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Kenneth L. Pearce, The Semantics of Sense Perception in Berkeley, Religious Studies, 4, (3), 2008, p249 - 268, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
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Omnipotence, James Fieser and Bradley Dowden, The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2011, [Kenneth L. Pearce], Item in dictionary or encyclopaedia, etc
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Kenneth L. Pearce, Understanding Omnipotence, Religious Studies, 48, (3), 2012, p403 - 414, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
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Kenneth L. Pearce, Thomas Reid on Character and Freedom, History of Philosophy Quarterly, 29, (2), 2012, p159 - 176
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Kenneth L. Pearce, Berkeleys Lockean Religious Epistemology, Journal of the History of Ideas, 75, (3), 2014, p417 - 438, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
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Pearce Kenneth .L., Counteressential Conditionals, Thought, 5, (1), 2016, p73-81
