Evan O'Donnell

Assistant Professor

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• Rogers-Stout Room 215

Evan O'Donnell joined ETSU in the fall of 2026. He works primarily on global skepticism, the position that we ought to suspend judgment on all matters. In the history of skepticism, Evan researches the ways that the ancient skeptics—both Pyrrhonian and Academic—understood and defended their skeptical position as well as how skeptical challenges influenced the later history of philosophy, especially in the classical German (post-Kantian) period. He also tries to update those arguments and positions for contemporary philosophers, arguing that global skepticism should be taken as seriously today as it was in antiquity. In particular, his recent work has focused on reformulating the Pyrrhonian argument that we ought to keep all of our inquiries open through recent zetetic (inquiry-focused) epistemology. Evan also has broad teaching and research interests in the history of philosophy (including ancient, modern, continental, and Asian traditions) as well as the philosophy of language and metaethics.

When he isn't doing philosophy he generally isn't doing much at all, so shoot him an email to talk philosophy!