Jason Bowers is a metaphysician from Reed College in Portland, OR. His current research interests include theories of properties, metaontology, teleology, and ancient thought (particularly Plato and Aristotle), as well as analytic theology and philosophy of religion. His master's thesis, "Presentism, Truthmaking, and Tense De Re," examines John Bigelow's proposal to use tensed properties as a way of reconciling presentism with the demand for truthmakers. In 2008 Jason was one of ten finalists for the Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, and in 2003 he was awarded a fellowship from Scholars for Tomorrow, a society devoted to cross-disciplinary communication between UNC graduate students. Among the Scholars for Tomorrow fellows, Jason attended "Aesthetics and Society," a Scholars group focused on how the humanities influence and are influenced by social forces. There he lectured on the Aristotelian paradox of tragedy in contemporary horror cinema, which remains both a personal and professional interest.

phone: (919) 843-5665
email: jjbowers@email.unc.edu