Contact Information
| Address: | University of Pittsburgh Department of Philosophy 1001 Cathedral of Learning Pittsburgh, PA 15260 |
| Email: | csd6 at pitt.edu |
| Office: | 1009B CL |
| Office hours (Fall 2005): |
Thursday 10.00-12.00 |
About me
I am an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, specialising in metaphysics and philosophy of language. Before coming to Pitt I was at NYU for three years. Before that I was a graduate student at Princeton. And before that, I was at University College, Cork, in my hometown. I'm married to Jessica Moss, who is also an assistant professor at Pitt.
We have two children: our son Oscar Moss Dorr, born October 12th, 2002, and our daughter Una Moss Dorr, born on January 14th, 2006.
Here's my CV.
Papers
Work in progress:
Finding Ordinary Objects in Some Quantum Worlds
Iterating Definiteness
De Re A Priori Knowledge (down for construction)
A Challenge for Halfers
A complete list of my papers, with abstracts, is here.
Courses I've taught
Some of these courses have fully developed websites; some just have syllabi; some have nothing at all.
Fall 2005 (Pittsburgh):
- Introduction to Philosophical Problems: course homepage.
- Seminar on vagueness: course homepage.
Spring 2005 (Pittsburgh):
- Introduction to Philosophical Problems
- Seminar on modality: syllabus.
Spring 2004 (Pittsburgh):
- Introduction to Logic: course homepage
- Metaphysics: course homepage
Fall 2003 (Pittsburgh):
- Topics in Systematic Philosophy (Scepticism)
- Seminar on material objects: syllabus, handout, handout, handout, topics for first short paper.
Fall 2002 (NYU):
- Metaphysics: course homepage
- Proseminar (with Roger White).
Spring 2002 (NYU):
- Hume: course homepage
Fall 2001 (NYU):
- Seminar on objectivity: syllabus, a handout, another handout
- Proseminar (with Roger White).
Spring 2001 (NYU):
- Metaphysics: course homepage.
Fall 2000 (NYU):
- Philosophy of Mind: course homepage
- Seminar on properties: syllabus.