Liz Jackson Withorn
@lizjackson111
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philosopher at @SLU_Official. I mainly work in epistemology & phil religion. I also like sports & avocados & real estate investing
St. Louis, MO
Joined July 2009
*goes on maternity leave*.*immediately starts receiving 1-2 referee requests per day* (I think I'm on a 5 day streak now).Whyyyyy.
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RT @EAforChristians: If you're a Christian interested in EA, radical altruism, bednets, shrimp welfare, evangelism, AI, or anything inbetwe….
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Very excited to share that this is forthcoming! Tentative release date is December 2025.
routledge.com
Should our beliefs be proportioned to our evidence? Are we doing something wrong in believing with little or no evidence? And may our beliefs be based partly or wholly on moral or practical conside...
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RT @EAforChristians: Liz's youtube channel is great! Strong recommend for those interested in philosophy and applied ethics.
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Latest video: can Christians be Effective Altruists?
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Latest interview on doxastic voluntarism, or whether belief is voluntary:
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Application for tenure and promotion submitted! Now I just need to wait a year to hear back, haha.
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PSA: my SLU email is acting up. It keeps archiving messages randomly, and it isn't syncing across devices. I'm not sure what's up, but all else equal, use my gmail account to contact me (it's on my website or send me a DM if you need it).
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Happy to share that my paper, "Anti-Theists cannot have Theistic Faith" has been accepted to the Canadian Journal of Philosophy. Download it here:
philpapers.org
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Latest interview on faith! Covers some of my newer work on faith. View it here:
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Upcoming conference at SLU, "Pragmatism and Scientific Inquiry." Open to all! Come hang with us.
resphilosophica.org
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Great new paper by Julia Staffel with amazing tips for writing philosophy (and many apply beyond philosophy, too!)
philpapers.org
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Looking over proofs of one of my papers. The copyeditor (incorrectly) changed EVERY SINGLE M-dash to an N-dash. Whyyyyyy.
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Working on an R&R—I hate it when referees constantly refer to someone's work but then give no sense of what the exact reference is! Spent at least 30 min trying to track a paper down with only an author name and a vague topic. Hoping I found the right one but still unsure. .
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Note: this is in some way an expanded version of Justin Mooney's and my video on publishing: Note 2: this is tailored to SLU students who normally land teaching jobs.
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I spoke to the SLU grad students about publishing in philosophy this afternoon. Here's my handout in case it's useful for others!
drive.google.com
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Latest interview on decision theory, infinites, and Pascal's wager!
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Recent interview on how philosophy can make you a better thinker - check it out!
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RT @CharacterGap: The 9th Theistic Ethics Workshop will take place September 11-13, 2025 at William & Mary! The deadline for submissions is….
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