
Mark Satta
Assistant Professor
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Mark Satta
Research interest(s)/area of expertise
Epistemology, philosophy of language, philosophy of law, First Amendment law
On Sabbatical Fall 2023
Education
- Ph.D. in Philosophy, Purdue University
- J.D., Harvard Law School
- B.A. in Philosophy, SUNY Brockport
Selected publications
- "Moral Grandstanding and the Norms of Moral Discourse." (co-written with A.K. Flowerree). Journal of the American Philosophical Association (forthcoming).
- "303 Creative v. Elenis: Masterpiece Cakeshop 2.0?” Canopy Forum, June 27, 2022
- "A Disjunctive Argument Against Conjoining Belief Impermissivism and Credal Impermissivism." Erkenntnis (online first).
- "George Orwell." Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2022)
- "Epistemic Trespassing and Expert Witness Testimony." Journal of Ethics & Social Philosophy 22, 2 (2022): 212-238
- "Political Partisanship and Sincere Religious Conviction." Brigham Young University Law Review 47, 4 (2022): 1221-1274
- “Multi-Forum Institutions, the Power of Platforms, and Disinviting Speakers from University Campuses." Public Affairs Quarterly 35, 2 (2021): 94-118
- "George Orwell on the Relationship Between Food and Thought." George Orwell Studies 5, 2 (2021): 76-89
- "Evil Twins and the Multiverse: Distinguishing the World of Difference Between Epistemic and Physical Possibility." Synthese 198, 2 (2021): 1153-1160
- “Is There a Duty-Generating Special Relationship of Creator to Creature?” Sophia 59 (2020): 637-49
- "Unclear Hostility: Supreme Court Discussions of ‘Hostility to Religion’ from Barnette to American Legion,” Buffalo Law Review 68, 2 (2020): 641-708
- “Contextualism and the Ambiguity Theory of ‘Knows’.” Episteme 17, 2 (2020): 209-29
- “Semantic Blindness and Error Theorizing for the Ambiguity Theory of ‘Knows’,” Analysis 78, 2 (2018): 275-84
- “A Linguistic Grounding for a Polysemy Theory of ‘Knows’,” Philosophical Studies 175, 5 (2018): 1163-82
- "The Ambiguity Theory of 'Knows'," Acta Analytica 33, 1 (2018): 69-83
Courses taught by Mark Satta
Winter Term 2023
Fall Term 2022
- PHI3500 - Theory of Knowledge
- PHI5570 - Philosophy of Language
- PHI7790 - Seminar in Philosophy of Language
- LIN5570 - Philosophy of Language
Winter Term 2022
- PHI3270 - Foundations of Law
- PHI5800 - Special Topics in Philosophy
- PHI7800 - Seminar in Philosophy: Special Topics