Jeffrey Sanford Russell - Philosophy


        

        
            
                
                    
                        
                            
                                
                            

                            
                                Jeffrey Sanford Russell

                                Philosophy

                            

                        

                    

                

                
                
                    	About Me
	Research
	Teaching
	Contact


                

            

        


        
        
            
                
                    
                

                Jeffrey Sanford Russell

                Philosophy

            
 
            
                	About Me
	Research
	Teaching
	Contact


            
 

        
 

        
            

            
                I mainly work on logic, metaphysics, epistemology, and decision theory.

I’m also interested in the philosophy of physics, language, mathematics,
and religion.



                Here's my CV


                Here are my publications


                Here are my courses

                
            

        


        
        
            

                
                    
                    
                    Research


                    Publications on PhilPeople.

I work on a lot of different topics, including the limits of what is possible, the structure of space and time, parts and wholes, things and their properties, evidence, belief, and action. I am currently working on issues in decision theory and ethics involving large and infinite numbers, as well as normative uncertainty.
Much of my work applies technical tools to traditional philosophical questions.




                    


                    
                    
                    
                    
                    


                    Teaching


                    I regularly teach The Limits of Logic (PHIL 450), which is about
the limits of what can be said, proven, calculated, or counted.
We study deep human discoveries about the infinite and the indescribable. If you've taken intro logic (or suitable courses in math, computer science, or linguistics) and you're interested in taking 450, contact me. (The official prerequisite can be waived.)

I've been working on a textbook for this class.
Here's a draft.

I also regularly teach graduate seminars and undergraduate classes in metaphysics, epistemology, decision theory, philosophy of religion, philosophy of language, and philosophy of math.

Spring 2021

	The End of the World (GESM 120g)
	Probability and Rational Choice (PHIL 258g)


Past Courses

	Seminar in Epistemology: Puzzles and Models (with John Hawthorne, PHIL 570, Spring 2020)
	Probability and Rational Choice (PHIL 258g, Fall 2019)
	The Limits of Logic (PHIL 450, Fall 2019)
	Probability and Rational Choice (PHIL 258g, Spring 2019)
	Philosophy of Religion (PHIL 361, Spring 2019)
	The Limits of Logic (PHIL 450, Fall 2018)
	Minds and Machines: The Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence (GESM 120, Spring 2017)
	The Limits of Logic (PHIL 450, Spring 2017)
	Identity Confusion (Seminar in Philosophical Logic, with Andrew Bacon, Fall 2016) 
	Seminar in Metaphysics (with Shieva Kleinschmidt, Spring 2016)
	Logic 450: The Limits of Logic (Fall 2015)
	Philosophy of Religion (Spring 2014)
	The Limits of Logic (Fall 2014)
	Seminar on the Epistemology and Metaphysics of Time and Space (Fall 2014)
	Frege's Foundations of Arithmetic (Trinity 2014)




                    


                    
                    

                    
                        
                    


                    Contact Me


                    jeff.russell@usc.edu

University of Southern California, School of Philosophy

Office Hours (Spring 2021)

Monday 10–11:30am on Zoom

You can make an appointment and get a Zoom link here

Stonier Hall 227 (map)