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Moscow

Philosophy Department

University of Idaho
P.O. Box 443016
407 Morrill Hall
Moscow, ID 83844-441110

PHONE: (208) 885-7107
FAX: (208) 885-8950
E-MAIL: phil@uidaho.edu

Graham Hubbs

Graham Hubbs


Office: Morrill Hall 409
Phone: (208) 885-6284
Email: hubbs@uidaho.edu
Mailing Address: Philosophy Department - University of Idaho
P.O. Box 443016
Moscow, Idaho 83844-3016

College of Letters, Arts & Social Sciences
Philosophy Department
Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Campus Locations: Moscow
With UI Since 2010


Research/Focus Areas

  • Ethics

Biography

Graham's primary research interests are in moral psychology, which focuses on the connection between ethics and rationality.  It examines this connection in both directions: it analyzes the rationality of ethics as well as the extent to which rational standards can be evaluated ethically.  It is guided by the thought that ethics cannot be done in a cognitive and epistemic vacuum—it must be informed by, and sometimes can even inform, epistemology and the philosophy of mind. 


While Graham's research investigates our ethical lives from an individual, psychological perspective, most of his classes concern the social and political side of ethics. The goal of his teaching is to contextualize philosophical inquiry in a way that is relevant to students’ lives. In this vein, Graham leads service-learning trips to Karagwe, Tanzania through Amizade Global Service-Learning Programs

Selected Publications

NOTE: all papers listed below are presently works in progress.

  • “Is There a Mechanism of Critical Reasoning?”
  • “Saving Belief without ‘Alief’”
  • “On Humean Explanation and Evaluation”
  • “The Ethics of Self-Deception”
  • “What is Action?” (with Matthew Chrisman)

Awards and Honors

  • Seed Grant for “WikiLeaks and 21st-Century Democracy: An Ethical Analysis,” University of Idaho, 2011-2012
  • Jacob K. Javits Fellowship, U. S. Department of Education, 2001-2005 
  • Fulbright Fellowship to Italy, Institute of International Education, 1999-2000

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