Brian Epstein (philosopher)

Brian Epstein
AwardsLakatos Award
Education
EducationStanford University (PhD), University of Oxford (MSt), Princeton University (BA)
ThesisSimple Words and Subtle Things: Social Kinds and the Making of Reference (2004)
Doctoral advisorJohn William Etchemendy
Philosophical work
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
InstitutionsTufts University
Main interestsphilosophy of science
Websitehttps://epstein.org/

Brian Epstein is an American philosopher and associate professor of philosophy at Tufts University. He is known for his works on social ontology and is a winner of the Lakatos Award.[1][2][3] He specializes in social ontology, metaphysics, and the philosophy of the social sciences.

Books

  • Social Ontology, Cambridge University Press, 2025.
  • The Ant Trap: Rebuilding the Foundations of the Social Sciences, Oxford University Press, 2015.
  • Cambridge Companion to the Metaphysics of Law (co-edited with George Pavlakos and Corrado Roversi), Cambridge University Press, expected publication 2026.
  • The Oxford Handbook of Social Ontology (co-edited with Sally Haslanger, Stephanie Collins, and Hans-Bernhard Schmid), Oxford University Press, expected publication 2025.

References

  1. ^ "Lakatos Award Lectures". BSPS. 15 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Lakatos Award Lectures". The London School of Economics and Political Science.
  3. ^ "Alumnus Brian Epstein, now of Tufts University, was honored with the 2016 Lakatos Prize for his impressive recent book, The Ant Trap". Stanford University. 21 July 2017.
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