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Over thirteen years' teaching experience | Princeton PhD
Derek B.

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Over thirteen years' teaching experience | Princeton PhD
Over thirteen years' teaching experience | Princeton PhD
Derek B.

22 hours tutoring

Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

22 hours tutoring

Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

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I have a PhD in Philosophy from Princeton University and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (with honors) from UC Berkeley. I also have thirteen years' experience teaching philosophy at the university level, and I have published numerous peer-reviewed articles on the subject.

I taught courses in ethics, bioethics, political philosophy, philosophy of law, media ethics, history of philosophy, epistemology and logic. I am also happy to help with work in philosophy of language and...

I have a PhD in Philosophy from Princeton University and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (with honors) from UC Berkeley. I also have thirteen years' experience teaching philosophy at the university level, and I have published numerous peer-reviewed articles on the subject.

I taught courses in ethics, bioethics, political philosophy, philosophy of law, media ethics, history of philosophy, epistemology and logic. I am also happy to help with work in philosophy of language and metaphysics.

My teaching was mostly to classrooms of 10 - 50 students, but I also have experience in one-on-one teaching. I have supervised multiple undergraduate honors projects, several MPhil theses, and one PhD thesis. I believe in giving detailed feedback that helps the student successfully develop their ideas and clearly express those ideas to a critical audience.

I offer tutoring to help university students excel in their philosophy courses. I am especially looking forward to helping with written assignments, either in the form of brainstorming ideas, or providing more detailed feedback on a draft paper. (The latter is especially valuable as a way to better understand philosophical arguments.) I can also help students review especially challenging readings. Let me know which article, book chapter, or extended passage you would like to discuss in advance, and I am happy to provide a walkthrough of the argument. I can also meet online with a small group of students to discuss readings.

I also have training in formal logic. I completed a course in advanced formal logic as part of my PhD work (covering natural deduction, computability, set theory and Gödel's theorem). I was as an assistant instructor for an undergraduate course in logic at Princeton, and several of my published papers address issues in philosophy of logic. I am happy to meet online with students looking to better understand concepts in their logic course.


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University of California, Berkeley
Philosophy
Princeton University
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PhD in Philosophy, Princeton University BA in Philosophy (with honors), University of California, Berkeley Taught philosophy at the college level for over thirteen years. Currently Honorary Associate Professor. Published work in philosophy in peer-reviewed journals and books.
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I completed Intermediate Logic in graduate school, which included set theory, natural deduction, axiomatization of arithmetic, Turing machines, proofs for the existence of higher-orders of infinity, and the proof for Gödel's incompleteness theorem. Was a graduate student instructor for Introductory Logic. Have published several peer-reviewed papers either using formal logic for proofs or engaging substantially with issues in philosophy of logic (e.g., one of my papers discusses a possible interpretation for Gentzen's sequent calculus).
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PhD in Philosophy, Princeton University BA in Philosophy (with honors), University of California, Berkeley Taught philosophy at the college level for over thirteen years. Currently Honorary Associate Professor. Published work in philosophy in peer-reviewed journals and books.

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PhD in Philosophy, Princeton University BA in Philosophy (with honors), University of California, Berkeley Taught philosophy at the college level for over thirteen years. Currently Honorary Associate Professor. Published work in philosophy in peer-reviewed journals and books.

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Very good tutor

I had a great time and he was very helpful. I recommend you use him. He won’t disappoint. He is very patient and wants to help you.

Kyle , 3 lessons with Derek
Hourly Rate: $70
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