Samuel Levey
Associate Dean of the Faculty for the Arts and Humanities
Professor of Philosophy
Samuel Levey is a specialist in metaphysics and the philosophy of mathematics in both contemporary and historical settings. He has published widely on Leibniz's philosophical works and teaches a variety of courses in the history of modern philosophy, metaphysics, philosophy of mathematics, logic, epistemology, and the philosophy of language.
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Department(s)
Philosophy
Education
- B.A. University of Colorado
- Ph.D. Syracuse University
Selected Publications
“Continuous Extension and Indivisibles in Galileo.” In S. Shapiro and G. Hellman, eds., The History of Continua: Philosophical and Mathematical Perspectives, New York: Oxford University Press (2021): 82-103.
“The Continuum, the Infinitely Small, and the Law of Continuity in Leibniz.” In S. Shapiro and G. Hellman, eds., The History of Continua: Philosophical and Mathematical Perspectives, New York: Oxford University Press (2021): 123-157.
From Leibniz to Kant. Co-editor with Katherine Dunlop. Logical Analysis and History of Philosophy 21 (2018).
“The Paradox of Sufficient Reason.” The Philosophical Review 125:3 (July 2016).