Andrei A. Buckareff

Professor of Philosophy; Co-Director of the Cognitive Science Program

Bio

I teach courses in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, epistemology, and cognitive science. My research these days is primarily focused on applying a neo-Aristotelian ontology of causal powers to address (1) various problems in the metaphysics of mind and agency, (2) to elaborate the metaphysical foundations of cognitive science, and (3) to develop a pantheistic conception of the divine. When not doing philosophy, I enjoy brewing beer, hiking, mountain biking, skateboarding, snowboarding, vegan cooking, and gaming with my son. I live in Ulster County with my spouse, son, and six cats.


Education

PhD, Philosophy, University of Rochester, 2005
MA, Philosophy, University of Rochester, 2004
MA, Philosophy, Texas A&M University, 1999
MA, Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary, 1997
BA, Philosophy, Biola University, cum laude, 1995


Research Interests / Areas of Focus

Areas of Research Specialization
Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Religion

Areas of Teaching Competence
Epistemology, Moral Psychology, Philosophy of Cognitive Science


Selected Publications

Buckareff, A. (2022) Pantheism. Cambridge University Press https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108558266 

Buckareff, A. (2025) Direct manipulation undermines intentional agency (not just free agency). Ergo, 12, 1459-1483. https://doi.org/10.3998/ergo.8580 

Buckareff, A. (2025) Clarifying the metaphysics of pantheism to better asses the threat posed by the problem of evil identified by Nagasawa in The Problem of Evil for Atheists. Asian Journal of Philosophy, 4, article 86 (21 pp). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44204-025-00309-4​​​​​​​ 

Buckareff, A. (2024) Should panpsychists be supernaturalists? Religious Studies: An International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion, 60, 482-488. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0034412523000136 ​​​​​​​

Buckareff, A. and Hawkins, J. (2023) Emergent mental properties are not just double preventers. Synthese, 202, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-023-04282-4​​​​​​​ 

Buckareff, A. (2023) The constitutive aim of inquiry. Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology, 27, 319-333. https://doi.org/10.5007/1808-1711.2023.e82053 

Buckareff, A. (2023) Pantheism, omnisubjectivity, and the feeling of temporal passage. Religions, 14, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14060758 

Buckareff, A. (2022) Axiological pantheism. In K. Lougheed (ed.) Value Beyond Monotheism: The Axiology of the Divine (1-19). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003087571 

Buckareff, A. (2022) Disentangling dispositions from powers. Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review, 61, 107-121. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0012217321000238​​​​​​​ 

Buckareff, A. (2022) Two-way powers as derivative powers. In M. Brent and L. Titus (eds.) Mental action and the conscious mind (228-254). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429022579​​​​​​​ 

Aguilar, J. and Buckareff, A. (2022) Agency and causation. In L. Ferrero (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Agency (27-36). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429202131 

Buckareff, A. (2022) Acceptance and managerial doxastic agency. Grazer Philosophiche Studien: International Journal for Analytic Philosophy, 99, 359-378. https://doi.org/10.1163/18756735-00000172 

Buckareff, A., Andrews, M., and Brennan, S. (2021) Contra static dispositions. Metaphysica: International Journal for Ontology and Metaphysics, 22, 285-294. https://doi.org/10.1515/mp-2020-0023​​​​​​​ 

Buckareff, A. (2021) Pantheism does not preclude the possibility of post-mortem survival. In T. Ryan Byerly (ed.) Death, Immortality, and Eternal Life (82-98). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003058380​​​​​​​ 

Buckareff, A. (2019) Unity, ontology, and the divine mind. International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion, 85, 319-333. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11153-018-9679-9 

Buckareff, A. (2019) Time, leeway, and the laws of nature: why Humean compatibilists cannot be eternalists. Metaphysica: International Journal for Ontology and Metaphysics, 20, 51-71. https://doi.org/10.1515/mp-2019-2001

Buckareff, A. (2018) I’m just sitting around doing nothing: on exercising intentional agency in omitting to act. Synthese, 195, 4617-4635. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-017-1424-x

Buckareff, A. (2017) A Critique of Substance Causation. Philosophia, 45, 1019-1026. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-017-9855-7 


Selected Presentations

“The Skater’s Eye: Skill, Trait, or Both?” (with Brian Glenney), The Stoke Sessions 2.0: A Conference on the Culture, History, Science, and Politics of Surfing and Skateboarding, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, October 9-12, 2025.

“Are Emergent Mental Properties Just Double-Preventers?,” Central Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 21-24, 2024.

"The Boundary Problem: Why Constitutive Panpsychists Should Endorse a Powerful Qualities Theory of Properties," The 11th European Congress of Analytic Philosophy, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, August 21-25, 2023

"Direct Manipulation Undermines Intentional Agency (Not Just Free Agency)," Pacific Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, San Francisco, California, April 5-8, 2023.

"Pantheism, Omnisubjectivity, and the Feeling of Temporal Passage," 23rd European Society for Philosophy of Religion Conference on “God, Time, and Change,” Oriel College, Oxford University, September 3-6, 2022.

"Pantheism and the Possibility of Surviving Death," Death and Immortality: Thirteenth British Society for Philosophy of Religion Conference, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, September 5-6, 2019.

"Contra Static Dispositions," Ninth Conference of the Spanish Society for Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, Facultad de Filosofia, Edificio de Humanidades UNED, Madrid, Spain, November 13-16, 2018.

"Reducing Two-Way Powers," Conference on Mental Action and the Ontology of Mind, Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study at the University of London, London, England, November 16-17, 2017


Awards and Honors

John Templeton Foundation project grant (JTF grant #62683, Award $206,438) with Philip Goff (Durham University, U.K.) for “Panpsychism and Pan(en)theism: Philosophy of Mind Meets Philosophy of Religion,” for two workshops, administering prizes for best articles, two edited journal issues and personal research, December 2022-August 2025

Participant in SET Foundations Workshop on “Experience to Evidence: Theory Construction and Confirmation”, San Diego, California, summer 2022 (Award: $4,000)

John Templeton Foundation project grant (JTF grant #59140, Award: $213,196) with Yujin Nagasawa (University of Birmingham, U.K.) for “The Pantheism and Panentheism Project,” for two workshops, administering summer stipends, two edited journal issues, and personal research, January 2017-September 2019

2015-2016 James A. Cannavino Library Faculty Award for Scholarship, Marist College

John Templeton Foundation project grant (JTF grant #20308, Award: $54,950) with Yujin Nagasawa (University of Birmingham, U.K.) for a project on “Exploring Alternative Concepts of God,” a workshop, personal research, and an edited volume, January 2011-February 2014

National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar for College and University Teachers Grant to attend NEH Seminar on Metaphysics and Mind, Washington University in Saint Louis, six weeks of summer 2009 (Director: John Heil)

Andrei Buckaref

Contact Information

Academic School

School of Liberal Arts

Office

Fontaine 325

Email

andrei.buckareff@marist.edu

Phone

845-575-3000, ext. 2691

Website/Resume

https://philpeople.org/profiles/andrei-buckareff