Matthias Steup is a Professor of Philosophy and Head of the Department of Philosophy at Purdue University, but will become the chair of the University of Colorado Philosophy Department in the fall of 2016. He earned his M.A. in Philosophy from Goethe University and his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Brown University. 

Professor Steup’s research centers on epistemology.

Representative Publications

“Does Phenomenal Conservatism Solve Internalism’s Dilemma?” in Chris Tucker (ed.), Seemings and Justification: New Essays on Dogmatism and Phenomenal Conservatism, Oxford University Press, forthcoming

“Justification, Deontology, and Voluntary Control,” in Stefan Tolksdorf (ed.), Conceptions of Knowledge, Berlin: DeGruyter 2012, pp. 461-485

“Internalist Reliabilism,” Philosophical Issues 14, 2004, pp. 404-425