Summer Institute

Unfortunately, due to unforseen circumstances, Fernando Leal is unable to attend our Summer Institute.

However, we are extremely fortunate to have David Godden willing to step in and help us.

David Godden is an assistant professor of philosophy at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, where he teaches epistemology, logic, early analytical, and critical reasoning. His areas of research interest include epistemology, theories of rationality, reasoning and argument, the theory of evidence, logic (formal and informal), the history and philosophy of logic, and the history of modern and analytic philosophy.

Dr. Godden has published on a wide variety of topics including corroborative evidence, virtue argumentation, argumentative rationality, argumentation and extended cognition, teaching rational responsibility, deep disagreement, Mill's logic, Quine's holism, common knowledge, presumption, and argumentation schemes. His articles have appeared in journals such as ArgumentationSyntheseLogos & EpistemeHistory & Philosophy of LogicTopoiPhilosophy & RhetoricArgumentation & Advocacy, and Informal Logic.