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Greg R. Jesson, PhD

Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Luther College

Greg Jesson's long journey from Los Angeles to Iowa has taken him from UCLA and USC, to L'Abri in Switzerland, and finally to the University of Iowa. He has published articles on the nature of thought and knowledge, philosophy of mathematics, and the portrayal of love and sex in modern film. He has taught at several colleges, and lectured widely in America and Europe. He has done the Veritas Forum at Stanford University, the University of California at Santa Cruz, and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Last winter he was invited to speak at the Pentagon. The title of his lecture was "The Barbarians are Inside the Gate: Relativism Undermining Character and Leadership." His Ontology and Analysis book was reviewed in the Notre Dame Philosophical Review.

Areas of Specialization

Metaphysics, epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Religion, and Phenomenology

Articles on the EPS Site

• A Victorious Life Overflowing with Grace and Truth: Remembering Dr. Dallas Willard (1935-2013)
• Taking Skepticism and Knowledge Seriously: The Ontology of Knowing

Available Lectures by Greg R. Jesson

• The Husserlian Roots of Dallas Willard’s Philosophical and Religious Works
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Books by Greg R. Jesson

• Defending Realism: Ontological and Epistemological Investigations
  Greg Jesson, Guido Bonino, and Javier Cumpa
  De Gruyter Publishers, 2013
  
• Ontology and Analysis: Essays and Recollections About Gustav Bergmann (Philosophical Analysis Series)
  Laird Addis, Greg Jesson, and Erwin Tegtmeier
  Verlag Publishers, 2007
  ISBN #3938793694
  
  
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• Taking Skepticism and Knowledge Seriously: The Ontology of Knowing
  
  De Gruyter Publishers, forthcoming
  

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