Theodore "Ted" Sider is an American

philosopher Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

specializing in

metaphysics Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that examines the basic structure of reality. It is traditionally seen as the study of mind-independent features of the world, but some theorists view it as an inquiry into the conceptual framework of ...

and

philosophy of language Philosophy of language refers to the philosophical study of the nature of language. It investigates the relationship between language, language users, and the world. Investigations may include inquiry into the nature of Meaning (philosophy), me ...

. He is Distinguished Professor of

Philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

Rutgers University Rutgers University ( ), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a Public university, public land-grant research university consisting of three campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's C ...

Family

Sider is the son of theologian Ronald Sider. He is the partner of Jill North, who is also hired by Rutgers' philosophy faculty.

Education and career

Since earning his Ph.D. from the

University of Massachusetts Amherst The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) is a public land-grant research university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts system and was founded in 1863 as the ...

in 1993, Sider has taught at the

University of Rochester The University of Rochester is a private university, private research university in Rochester, New York, United States. It was founded in 1850 and moved into its current campus, next to the Genesee River in 1930. With approximately 30,000 full ...

Syracuse University Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York, United States. It was established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church but has been nonsectarian since 1920 ...

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ...

Cornell University Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ...

, and

from 2002 to 2007 and, again, since 2015. Sider has published three books and some four dozen papers. He has also edited a textbook in metaphysics with John Hawthorne and Dean Zimmerman. Sider was the recipient of the 2003 APA Book Prize for his book, ''Four-Dimensionalism: An Ontology of Persistence and Time''. He gave the

John Locke Lectures The John Locke Lectures are a series of annual lectures in philosophy given at the University of Oxford. Named for British philosopher John Locke, the Locke Lectures are the world's most prestigious lectures in philosophy, and are among the world' ...

Oxford University The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the second-oldest continuously operating u ...

in 2016.

Books

*''Four-Dimensionalism: An Ontology of Persistence and Time'' (2001). Oxford University Press; ''Japanese'' (2007) Shunjusha. *''Riddles of Existence: A Guided Tour of Metaphysics'' (co-author Earl Conee) (2005). Oxford University Press; ''Japanese'' (2009). Shunjusha; ''Portuguese'' (2010). Bizâncio. *''Logic for Philosophy'' (2010). Oxford University Press. *''Writing the Book of the World'' (2011). Oxford University Press. * ''The Tools of Metaphysics and the Metaphysics of Science'' (2020). Oxford University Press

References

External links

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Ted Sider's personal web page

Sider's page on the NYU Philosophy Department site

Sider's page on the Rutgers University Philosophy Department site
20th-century American philosophers 21st-century American philosophers Analytic philosophers Year of birth missing (living people) American metaphysicians University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni University of Rochester faculty Syracuse University faculty Rutgers University faculty New York University faculty Cornell University faculty Living people American philosophy academics {{US-philosopher-stub