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Marist College to Become Marist University
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Andrei A. Buckareff
Professor of Philosophy; Co-Director of the Cognitive Science Program
Bio
I teach courses in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, epistemology, and cognitive science. My research these days is primarily focused on applying a neo-Aristotelian ontology of causal powers to address various problems in the metaphysics of science and to address some puzzles in the metaphysics of mind and agency along with developing a pantheistic conception of the divine. When not doing philosophy, I enjoy brewing beer, hiking, mountain biking, skateboarding, snowboarding, vegan cooking, and gaming with my son. I live in Ulster County with my spouse, son, and four cats.
Education
PhD, Philosophy, University of Rochester, 2005
MA, Philosophy, University of Rochester, 2004
MA, Philosophy, Texas A&M University, 1999
MA, Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary, 1997
BA, Philosophy, Biola University, cum laude, 1995
Research Interests / Areas of Focus
Areas of Research Specialization
Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind and Agency, Philosophy of Religion
Areas of Teaching Competence
Epistemology, Moral Psychology, Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Selected Publications
Buckareff, A. (2022) Pantheism. New York: Cambridge University Press https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108558266
Buckareff, A. and Hawkins, J. (2023) Emergent mental properties are not just double preventers. Synthese, 202, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-023-04282-4
Buckareff, A. (2023) The constitutive aim of inquiry. Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology, 27, 319-333. https://doi.org/10.5007/1808-1711.2023.e82053
Buckareff, A. (2023) Pantheism, omnisubjectivity, and the feeling of temporal passage. Religions, 14, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14060758
Buckareff, A. (2022) Axiological pantheism. In K. Lougheed (ed.) Value Beyond Monotheism: The Axiology of the Divine (1-19). New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003087571
Buckareff, A. (2022) Disentangling dispositions from powers. Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review, 61, 107-121. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0012217321000238
Buckareff, A. (2022) Two-way powers as derivative powers. In M. Brent and L. Titus (eds.) Mental action and the conscious mind (228-254). New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429022579
Aguilar, J. and Buckareff, A. (2022) Agency and causation. In L. Ferrero (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Agency (27-36). New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429202131
Buckareff, A. (2022) Acceptance and managerial doxastic agency. Grazer Philosophiche Studien: International Journal for Analytic Philosophy, 99, 359-378. https://doi.org/10.1163/18756735-00000172
Buckareff, A., Andrews, M., and Brennan, S. (2021) Contra static dispositions. Metaphysica: International Journal for Ontology and Metaphysics, 22, 285-294. https://doi.org/10.1515/mp-2020-0023
Buckareff, A. (2021) Pantheism does not preclude the possibility of post-mortem survival. In T. Ryan Byerly (ed.) Death, Immortality, and Eternal Life (82-98). New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003058380
Buckareff, A. (2019) Unity, ontology, and the divine mind. International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion, 85, 319-333.
Buckareff, A. (2019) Time, leeway, and the laws of nature: why Humean compatibilists cannot be eternalists. Metaphysica: International Journal for Ontology and Metaphysics, 20, 51-71. https://doi.org/10.1515/mp-2019-2001
Buckareff, A. (2018) I’m just sitting around doing nothing: on exercising intentional agency in omitting to act. Synthese, 195, 4617-4635. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-017-1424-x
Buckareff, A. (2018) Theistic consubstantialism and omniscience. Religious Studies: An International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion, 54, 233-245.
Buckareff, A. (2017) A Critique of Substance Causation. Philosophia, 45, 1019-1026.
Selected Presentations
"The Boundary Problem: Why Constitutive Panpsychists Should Endorse a Powerful Qualities Theory of Properties," The 11th European Congress of Analytic Philosophy, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, August 21-25, 2023
"Direct Manipulation Undermines Intentional Agency (Not Just Free Agency)," Pacific Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, San Francisco, California, April 5-8, 2023.
"Pantheism, Omnisubjectivity, and the Feeling of Temporal Passage," 23rd European Society for Philosophy of Religion Conference on “God, Time, and Change,” Oriel College, Oxford University, September 3-6, 2022.
"Pantheism and the Possibility of Surviving Death," Death and Immortality: Thirteenth British Society for Philosophy of Religion Conference, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, September 5-6, 2019.
"Contra Static Dispositions," Ninth Conference of the Spanish Society for Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, Facultad de Filosofia, Edificio de Humanidades UNED, Madrid, Spain, November 13-16, 2018.
"Reducing Two-Way Powers," Conference on Mental Action and the Ontology of Mind, Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study at the University of London, London, England, November 16-17, 2017
Awards and Honors
John Templeton Foundation project grant (JTF grant #62683, Award $206,438) with Philip Goff (Durham University, U.K.) for “Panpsychism and Pan(en)theism: Philosophy of Mind Meets Philosophy of Religion,” for two workshops, administering prizes for best articles, two edited journal issues and personal research, December 2022-August 2025
Participant in SET Foundations Workshop on “Experience to Evidence: Theory Construction and Confirmation”, San Diego, California, summer 2022 (Award: $4,000)
John Templeton Foundation project grant (JTF grant #59140, Award: $213,196) with Yujin Nagasawa (University of Birmingham, U.K.) for “The Pantheism and Panentheism Project,” for two workshops, administering summer stipends, two edited journal issues, and personal research, January 2017-September 2019
2015-2016 James A. Cannavino Library Faculty Award for Scholarship, Marist College
John Templeton Foundation project grant (JTF grant #20308, Award: $54,950) with Yujin Nagasawa (University of Birmingham, U.K.) for a project on “Exploring Alternative Concepts of God,” a workshop, personal research, and an edited volume, January 2011-February 2014
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar for College and University Teachers Grant to attend NEH Seminar on Metaphysics and Mind, Washington University in Saint Louis, six weeks of summer 2009 (Director: John Heil)