About Me
I am an Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department at the University of California, San Diego – where I have taught since 2020.
My research interests lie at the intersection of metaphysics and logic. I have written papers that apply recent developments in truth-maker semantics to puzzles concerning property identity, reduction, epistemic closure and question-begging. More recently, my research uses tools in higher-order logic to investigate the nature of definition. I have also written on the philosophy of mathematics and the essence of knowledge.
I typically teach large lecture classes on ethics and political philosophy – as well as a seminar on critical reasoning. Previously, I also taught formal logic.
My cv is accessible here. My email address is elgin.samuel@gmail.com. Feel free to reach out to me at any point; I always value comments and feedback on my work.
Samuel Z. Elgin 