I am a philosophy of mind, science (esp. psychology), and religion. My research centers on the architecture of human reasoning, nature of belief, and implications for philosophy of religion. I have argued against the Type-1/Type-2 distinction of Dual-Process Theories and offered a one-system alternative: the Soundboard Account of Human Reasoning. In my book From Human Reasoning to Belief: An empirical account, I build this theory, contrast it with Dual-Process Theory, Spinoza Theory, defend a causal cluster-account of belief, and show how my account can make sense of implicit measures widely used in social psychology. I argue that once we are clear on the nature of belief and doubt, it becomes clear that faith, as deployed in religious contexts, involves belief. 

In earlier work, I explored how implicit racial bias leads to epistemic-moral tradeoffs, explored implications of the doctrine of the resurrection for the metaphysics of the human person, and considered how cognitive science can help us make sense of philosophical claims involving counterpossible conditionals. 

I am an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Park University in Kansas City, where I serve as Director for the Honors Academy, Program Coordinator for Philosophy & Religion, and Program Coordinator for Interdisciplinary Studies. Although I send a fair amount of my time doing administrative work, I firmly believe that my greatest impact is on students, in and out of the classroom. Before coming to Kansas City, I was a faculty member at Indiana University Kokomo from 2015-2018, where I taught 10-12 courses a year, managed the philosophy course schedule, hired and mentored adjuncts, and ran the Philosophy Minor. I earned my PhD from York University in 2015.

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Email: joshuamugg@gmail.com and jmugg@park.edu

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