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Cass Weller

Associate Professor Emeritus
Cass Weller

Contact Information

cjwr@uw.edu

Fields of Interest

Ancient Epistemology Modern Philosophy

Biography

Ph.D. from University of Pittsburgh, 1983
Research

Selected Research

  • Weller, Cass. “Questioning the Euthyphro Question.” Ancient Philosophy 34 (2014): 15-28.
  • Weller, Cass. "Scratched fingers, Ruined Lives, and Acknowledged Lesser Goods." Hume Studies, Vol. 30. No. 1 (April 2004): 51-85.
  • Weller, Cass. "Why Hume is a Direct Realist." Archiv für die Geschichte der Philosophie, Vol 83, No. 3 (2001): 258-285.
  • Weller, Cass. “BonJour and Mentalese." Synthese, Vol. 113, No. 2 (November 1997):251-63.
  • Weller, Cass. “Fallacies in the Phaedo Again.” Archiv für die Geschichte der Philosophie, Vol. 77 (1995): 121-34. Reprinted in Essays on Plato’s Psychology, ed. Ellen Wagner, Lexington, 2001.
Courses Taught

Winter 2020

  • PHIL 320 A: Ancient Philosophy
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