About

<aside> 👋🏼 Hi, I am a Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at Gonzaga University. My primary research is in the foundations of epistemic normativity. I also have interests in social epistemology, specifically, in the spread of conspiracy theories and misinformation.

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Background

Before moving to Spokane in the Fall of 2021 to join the  Department of Philosophy at Gonzaga University, I was a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Indianapolis. I received my PhD in philosophy in August 2019 from the University of Illinois at Chicago. I have a BA in Philosophy from UC Berkeley and a BS in Chemical Engineering from the Islamic Azad University in Tehran.

I was born and raised in Tehran, Iran, and moved to the US in 2008 to study philosophy.

CV: here

Email: nadershb [at] gmail [dot] com

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Research

Publications

1. On Using Genealogies to Debunk Conspiracy Theories: A Reply to Stamatiadis-Bréhier. Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective. 2025
2. Conspiracy Theories and Genealogy. Social Epistemology. 2024
   • Access a free copy of the published version here.
3. Reductive Evidentialism and the Normativity of Logic. Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 2023
4. Responding to the Spread of Conspiracy Theories. Inquiry, 2022
5. Veritism and the Normativity of Logic. Ratio, 2021

Works in Progress

Some titles were modified to help with the peer review process.

Drafts are available on request.

1. Conflict and Tragedy (under review)
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2. Pragmatic Constitutivism: A Case for the Normativity of Logic
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Talks

1. Conspiracy Theories and Genealogy
   • 74th Northwest Conference, Lewis & Clark College, Nov. 2023
   • Institutional Epistemology, University of Helsinki, Jun. 2023
   • Colloquium Series, Gonzaga University, Apr. 2023
2. Coherence, Conflict, and Tragedy
   • Normativity of Logic Workshop, MCMP, Oct. 2022
3. Reductive Evidentialism and the Normativity of Logic
   • Central APA, Feb. 2022 (virtual)
   • Eastern APA, Jan. 2022 (virtual)
4. Veritism and the Normativity of Logic
   • Humboldt Normativity Conference 2020, Dec. 2020
5. Belief and Commitment
   • Work in Progress Series, UIC, Apr. 2019
6. Normativity of Logic and the Aim of Belief
   • Epistemology of Reasoning, CONCEPT - University of Cologne, Jun. 2019
   • Logic Rulez?! Graduate Conference, Vienna, Jun. 2019
   • Central APA, Colorado, Feb. 2019
   • The Society of Exact Sciences Conference, U Conn, May. 2018
   • Work in Progress Series, UIC, Apr. 2018
7. Hypothetical Updating
   • School of Analytic Philosophy at IPM, Tehran, Iran, Aug. 2015
8. The Role of Art in Nietzsche’s Birth of Tragedy
   • Yale Graduate Conference, Apr. 2015

Comments

1. On Jim Hutchinson, General Norms and Logic, Pacific APA, Apr. 2022
2. On Wooram Lee, Explaining the Enkratic Requirement, Central APA, Feb. 2020
3. On Nathan Kellen, The Normative Problem of Logical Pluralism, Central APA, Feb. 2018

Dissertation

Logic Elaborated: A Constitutive Account of the Source of the Normativity of Logic

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Teaching

Gonzaga University

• Ethics and Social Philosophy
• Philosophy of Human Nature
• Reasoning and Misinformation

University of Indianapolis

• Philosophy and Fiction (Spring 2021)
• Medical Ethics (Fall 2020)
• Social and Political Philosophy (Spring 2020)
• Intro to Philosophy (Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Spring 2021)
• Intro to Ethics (Fall 2019, Spring 2020)

University of Illinois at Chicago

As Primary Instructor

• Intro to Logic (Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Fall 2018, Spring 2019)
• Upper-level Epistemology (Fall 2017)
• Intro to Ethics (Spring 2017)
• Intro to Epistemology (Spring 2016)
• Critical Thinking (Summer 2015)

As Teaching Assistant

• Upper-level Philosophy of Mind (Spring 2018)
• Intro to Logic (Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2013)
• Intro to Ethics and Political Philosophy (Fall 2015)
• Intro to Ethics (Fall 2014)
• Intro to Epistemology (Spring 2014)