- Visiting Assistant Professor
- Email: bpsimmons@tamu.edu
- Office: YMCA 301J
- Document: CV
- Personal Website
Areas of Specialization
- Metaphysics
- 19th Century Continental Philosophy (esp. Schopenhauer)
Contributes to Departmental Research Strengths In
- History of Philosophy
- Metaphysics
Biography
Byron Simmons is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Texas A&M University. He is interested in metaphysics, ethics, and the history of 19th and 20th century philosophy. He has published papers on the nature of being, the qualitative/non-qualitative distinction, and Schopenhauer’s pessimism.
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Philosophy, Syracuse University, 2019
- B.A., Philosophy, Mathematics, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 2007