Philosophical Biography
I work primarily on metaphysical issues, particularly those having to do with modality and ontology. I have written a some on the necessity of origin and the ontology of art, with a little bit of epistemology on the side. I remain interested in mind, language, logic, ethical theory, and practical reason. Definitely more fox than hedgehog.
I received my Ph.D. from UCLA in 1999 and my B.A. from Pomona College (with a short stint at Jesus College, Cambridge) in 1990. After grad school, I worked at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln and the University of Utah, Salt Lake City for two years each. Now I am tenure-track at Auburn and am very happy there.
Philosophy
Guy Rohrbaugh
Department of Philosophy
Haley Center 6074
Auburn University
Auburn, AL 36830
USA
rohrbgn@auburn.edu
AOS: Metaphysics, Aesthetics, Epistemology
AOC: Mind, Language, Logic, Ethical Theory, and Practical Reason
Grad School: UCLA
Undergrad: Pomona College
 
My CV
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My Papers (PDF)
  1. •Prevention, Independence, and Origin, with Louis deRosset, Mind, 115:458 (2006)
  2. •The Ontology of Art, in Routledge Companion to Aesthetics, 2nd ed. (2005)
  3. •‘I Could Have Done That’, British Journal of Aesthetics, 45:3 (2005)
  4. •A New Route to the Necessity of Origin, with Louis deRosset, Mind, 113:452 (2004)
  5. •Luminosity and the Safety of Knowledge, with  Ram Neta, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 85:4 (2004)
  6. •Artworks as Historical Individuals, European Journal of Philosophy, 11:2 (2003)
Book Reviews
  1. •Minds, Causes, and Mechanisms, by J. Corbí and J. Prades, Philosophical Psychology 16:1 (2003)
  2. •Aesthetic Order, by Ruth Lorand, Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 60:2 (2002)