Justin Mooney

I am an assistant professor in the philosophy department at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. Previously, I was a Killam Memorial Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Alberta (2023-2024) and a visiting assistant professor at Denison University (2022-2023). I completed a Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2022.

 

I specialize in metaphysics and the philosophy of religion, but I also have interests in ethics and Asian philosophy (especially classical Indian philosophy). 

 

My work in metaphysics focuses on material objects, especially their identity over time. I am currently finishing a monograph which defends the neglected view that material objects usually survive changes from one sort to another, and I have begun to apply my work on material objects to personal identity and personal ontology. 

 

In the philosophy of religion, I am especially interested in the problem of evil and in metaphysical questions about religious doctrines and ideas, such as divine providence, divine personhood, resurrection, and reincarnation. 

 

I live in Massachusetts with my wife, Sarah, and our dog, Muffin (who is a Cavachon). While many philosophers are cat lovers, I am instead a hippo enthusiast.