Biography
David DiDomenico is an Assistant Professor of Instruction at Texas State University. His research interests are in epistemology and philosophy of mind. He earned a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Miami in 2020, an MA in Philosophy from Georgia State University in 2014, and a BA in Philosophy from the University of Akron in 2011. He was a Fellow in Philosophy at Harvard University in 2019. He has published in Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Ergo, and Southwest Philosophy Review.
Research Interests
Dr. DiDomenico's research interests are in epistemology and philosophy of mind. He writes mostly about the nature and epistemology of perception, inference, and inquiry. Most recently he has been working on the epistemological implications of doxastic wronging, epistemological constraints on theories of inference, the structure of pre-doxastic stages of inquiry, and the differences between logic and critical thinking.
Research topics; inference; inquiry; the ethics of belief; reasons and rationality; the epistemology of perception; critical thinking
Research topics; inference; inquiry; the ethics of belief; reasons and rationality; the epistemology of perception; critical thinking
Teaching Interests
Dr. DiDomenico regularly teaches in-person and online sections of Phil 1305: Philosophy and Critical Thinking and Phil 1320: Ethics and Society. At previous institutions, he taught Social and Ethical Issues in Computing, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Ethics, Critical Thinking, and Introduction to Philosophy.
In Fall 2026, Dr. DiDomenico will be teaching a graduate seminar in epistemology and a section of History of Philosophy Since 1600.
Teaching areas: applied ethics; epistemology; philosophy of mind; logic; history of modern philosophy
One of Dr. DiDomenico's scholarly ambitions is exploring novel ways of showing the relevance of academic philosophical work to the cares and concerns of ordinary people. Dr. DiDomenico believes that although what happens in and around the academic journals often doesn't make its way out into the general public, through carefully crafted public-facing work, it can and it should. This is especially true of philosophical work on critical thinking, justice, equality, democracy, political economy, and virtue.
In Fall 2026, Dr. DiDomenico will be teaching a graduate seminar in epistemology and a section of History of Philosophy Since 1600.
Teaching areas: applied ethics; epistemology; philosophy of mind; logic; history of modern philosophy
One of Dr. DiDomenico's scholarly ambitions is exploring novel ways of showing the relevance of academic philosophical work to the cares and concerns of ordinary people. Dr. DiDomenico believes that although what happens in and around the academic journals often doesn't make its way out into the general public, through carefully crafted public-facing work, it can and it should. This is especially true of philosophical work on critical thinking, justice, equality, democracy, political economy, and virtue.