Louis Doulas

I’m currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Extending New Narratives in the History of Philosophy project at McGill University. My postdoctoral research project, Inspired by Ideals, Guided by Action, reconstructs Susan Stebbing’s moral philosophy, situating it within the turbulent moral and political context of the early twentieth century.

I work primarily in the history of philosophy and epistemology. My historical research concerns the origins and development of early analytic philosophy (with special attention to the works of G.E. Moore and Susan Stebbing). I also have interests in American pragmatism. In epistemology, my work has drawn inspiration from themes in Wittgenstein’s On Certainty to shed new light on the problem of peer disagreement, philosophical skepticism, and the issue of progress in philosophy and science.

I’m also an Editorial Assistant at the Journal for the History of Analytical Philosophy and the Project Manager for the New Voices in the History of Philosophy podcast.

I received my PhD in Philosophy from the University of California, Irvine, in June 2024. Before that, I completed an MA in Philosophy at Brandeis University and a BFA in Studio Art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Between those degrees, before finding my way to philosophy, I worked as an editor and writer in New York, mostly writing about art influenced by the internet. I still maintain active interests in art and hope to write more about it in the near future.


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Publications

Edited Volume

  1. Susan Stebbing: Analysis, Common Sense, and Public Philosophy

    Oxford University Press (forthcoming) (co-edited with Annalisa Coliva)

Articles and Book Chapters

  1. Making Sense of Stebbing and Moore on Common Sense

    In A. Coliva and L. Doulas (eds.), Susan Stebbing: Analysis, Common Sense, and Public Philosophy, Oxford University Press (forthcoming)

  2. Susan Stebbing: Analysis, Common Sense, and Public Philosophy

    In A. Coliva and L. Doulas (eds.), Susan Stebbing: Analysis, Common Sense, and Public Philosophy, Oxford University Press (forthcoming) (with Annalisa Coliva)

  3. Philosophical (and Scientific) Progress: A Hinge Account

    In S. Goldberg and M. Walker (eds.), Attitude in Philosophy, Oxford University Press (forthcoming) (with Annalisa Coliva)

  4. Philosophical Progress, Skepticism, and Disagreement

    In M. Baghramian, J. A. Carter, and R. Rowland (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Disagreement, Routledge (2025) (with Annalisa Coliva)

  5. What Philosophical Disagreement and Philosophical Skepticism Hinge On

    Synthese (2022) 200: 1–14 (with Annalisa Coliva)

  6. Against Philosophical Proofs Against Common Sense

    Analysis (2021) 81: 207–215 (with Evan Welchance)

  7. A Puzzle About Moorean Metaphysics

    Philosophical Studies (2021) 178: 493–513

In Progress

I have various papers in preparation or under review on Moore (×3), Stebbing (×2), the role of intutions in philosophy, and Locke and regulative epistemology. Contact me for drafts/more information.