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Philosophy M.A., 5 Yrs of Teaching Exp., & Academic Writer/Editor.
Stephen T.

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I started tutoring philosophy, logic, and mathematics as an undergraduate. I then went on to study philosophy and cognitive science as a Ph.D. student at UC Santa Barbara where I spent several years as a teaching assistant and RMP research mentor. In sum, I have eight years of experience studying philosophy and five years of teaching experience. Additionally, I have also spent several years as a freelance editor and writer. During this time I have had to the fortune to work with a wide...

I started tutoring philosophy, logic, and mathematics as an undergraduate. I then went on to study philosophy and cognitive science as a Ph.D. student at UC Santa Barbara where I spent several years as a teaching assistant and RMP research mentor. In sum, I have eight years of experience studying philosophy and five years of teaching experience. Additionally, I have also spent several years as a freelance editor and writer. During this time I have had to the fortune to work with a wide variety of folks from various disciplines (e.g., medical doctors, Lawyers, Fulbright Scholars, public health researchers, and a variety of professors). With this brief sketch of my background out of the way consider the following list which enumerates the topics I am qualified to tutor:

- Metaphysics (My area of specialization)
- Epistemology
- Ethics
- Modern Philosophy (Descartes, Locke, Hume, Kant, Hobbes, Rousseau, and more)
- Ancient Philosophy (Plato, Aristotle, Heraclitus, Diogenes, and more)
- Philosophy of Language (Russel, Kripke, Frege, and more)
- Logic (Truth tables, Derivations, First-order Logic, Formal Logic, Critical Thinking, and more)
- Political Philosophy (Mill, Marx, Rawls, the Moderns, the Ancients, and more)
- Metaphilosophy (James, Rorty, Putnam, and more)
- Philosophy of Science (Popper, Kuhn, Feyerbend, and more)
- Philosophy of Religion (Aquinas, Anselm, Hume, and more)
- Cognitive Science (Propositional Attitudes, Moduarity, Implicit Attitudes/Bias, Moral Cognition, and more)
- Evolutionary Psychology (Adaptationism, Depression, Mating, Religion, and more)
- Biological Anthropology (Social Hierarchy, Inequality, Mental Illness, Moral Norms, and more)
- Existentialism/Phenomenology (Sartre, Camus, Neitzche, Heidegger, and more)
- Graduate/undergraduate-level academic writing
- GRE Mathematics
- GRE Verbal Reasoning
- GRE Analytic Writing
- Graduate School Application Preparation

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Education

Boise State University
Philosophy
Alumni of University of California Santa Barbara
Masters

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  • Hourly Rate: $65
  • Rate details: There is a 25% rescheduling fee and a 50% cancelation fee, if you request either of these schedule modifications 8 hours or less before the meeting time.
  • Lesson cancellation: 8 hours notice required

  • Background check passed on 12/13/2021

  • Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

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Anthropology

Anthropology

My research pertains to human nature and human evolution. I am particularly interested in adaptationist accounts that attempt to delineate the universal cognitive architecture of the human mind.
GRE

GRE

I've taken this test three times in order to hone my own strategy and achieve elite scores. I am familiar with the top strategies and techniques espoused by the core test taking texts provided by ETS, Kaplan, and Princeton Review. with this considerable experience and know-how I have helped numerous students achieve the elite results.
Logic

Logic

Mathematics is to physics just as logic is to philosophy and hence, given my eight years of experience studying philosophy, I have considerable experience in this domain. I have taken many logic courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels over the years. Additionally, I have several years of experience as a teaching assistant at UC Santa Barbara where I was able to teach a variety of logic courses.
Philosophy

Philosophy

I have studied philosophy for about eight years. As a Ph.D. student at UC Santa Barbara, I specialized in metaphysics and the philosophy of mind. Additionally, I have experience teaching/tutoring logic, ethics, epistemology, psychology, ancient philosophy, medical ethics, and critical thinking.
Proofreading

Proofreading

As a freelance academic editor, I have worked with philosophers, public health researchers, medical doctors, anthropologists, and lawyers to compose high-quality manuscripts for publication and pedagogical purposes. I have also worked as a teaching assistant in anthropology and philosophy departments for nearly five years. In this capacity my central responsibilities concerned teaching academic writing and providing feedback and grades.
Psychology

Psychology

As a Ph.D. student at UC Santa Barbara, I specialized in the philosophy of mind which involves a considerable sum of psychology. I am therefore also qualified to tutor/teach students on a variety of subjects within psychology.
Writing

Writing

As a freelance academic editor, I have worked with philosophers, public health researchers, Fulbright scholars, medical doctors, anthropologists, and lawyers to compose high-quality manuscripts for publication and pedagogical purposes. I have also worked as a teaching assistant in anthropology and philosophy departments for nearly five years. In this capacity my central responsibilities concerned teaching academic writing and providing feedback and grades.

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Clear, kind, and productive!

I felt much more confident on how to approach my essay, being given great guidance on ways to structure and elaborate my arguments. I'm grateful for the supportive and genuine interest in the assignment I needed help on!

Emily, 4 lessons with Stephen

Stephen is brilliant and introspective.

Stephen is absolutely the best and most knowledgeable philosophy instructor ever. We've discussed evolutionary psychology and how it relates to various aspects of philosophy, as well as religious anthropology and the relationship between personal values and philosophical mores. I'm so fortunate to be able to learn from him. Thank you, Stephen!

Kat, 13 lessons with Stephen

great teacher

It was great taking the section with the instructor and everything went well. The instructor proofread my essay paper and pointed out a few errors that I had, that needed to be fixed.

Sakhamuzi, 1 lesson with Stephen

Best Tudor Ever! Makes Very Obscure Topics Easily Digestible

Stephen is the best possible tutor I could have ever come across. I was stuck understanding a very niche topic in philosophy that was an intermingling of philosophy of mind, metaphysics, and language. Mind he is only a graduate student, but he made the material much more digestible and understandable than my philosophy professor who did her desertion on the topic. Through all my college career I have only experienced one or two professors who can help/teach as effective and efficiently as he has. Any student in his future classes will be extremely lucky to spend full semesters with him leading them through complex topics. The same goes for any of you who choose him as your guide through philosophy, or any other topic for that matter. I will not be going to anyone else for any of my philosophy needs. My philosophy career is not even close to over and would be glad for this to be a long-standing relationship. Not to mention his prices are extremely reasonable. I have experience other tutors who graduated from internationally recognizable schools and more than double the price. None compare to Stephen. The most difficult take in philosophy is explaining complex topics in a digestible manner, which he has no issue with.

Scott, 4 lessons with Stephen
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