Department of Philosophy
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Jan Cover
Professor, Philosophy
| Education: | PhD, Syracuse University |
| Office: | BRNG 7142 |
| Office Phone: | (765) 49-44288 |
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| Specializations: | Early Modern Philosophy, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Religion |
Selected Publications
Books
- Leibniz: Nature and Freedom. Co-edited with Donald Rutherford. Oxford University Press, 2005.
- Substance and Individuation in Leibniz. Co-authored with John Hawthorne. Cambridge University Press, 1999.
- Philosophy of Science: The Central Issues. Co-authored and co-edited with Martin Curd. W. W. Norton & Company, 1998.
Book Chapters
- “Spinoza’s Extended Substance: Cartesian and Leibnizian Reflections.” In New Essays on the Rationalists, eds. C. Huenemann and R. Gennaro, 105-133. Oxford University Press, 1999.
- “Miracles and (Christian) Theism.” In Philosophy of Religion: The Big Questions, eds. E. Stump and M. Murray, 334-352. Blackwell, 1998.
- “Materialism and Human Freedom” (with John Hawthorne). In Faith, Freedom and Rationality, eds. J. Jordon and D. Howard-Snyder, 47-71. Rowman & Littlefield, 1996.
Articles
- “Divine Responsibility Without Divine Freedom” (with Michael Bergmann), Faith and Philosophy 23 (2007): 381-408.
- “Infinite Analysis and the Problem of the Lucky Proof” (with John Hawthorne), Studia Leibnitiana 32 (2001): 153-165.
- “Non-Basic Time and Reductive Strategies: Leibniz’s Theory of Time,” Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 28 (1997): 289-318.
- “Reference, Modality and Relational Time,” Philosophical Studies 70 (1993): 251-277.