Jason Bowers is a metaphysician from Reed College in Portland, OR. His current research interests include puzzles about persistence and time, De Re modality, Platonism, practical reasoning, philosophical theology, causality, and the metaphysics of substance. His master's thesis, "Presentism, Truthmaking, and Tense De Re," argues that only presently existing things exist, and that the world has tensed properties. In 2003 Jason 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. In his spare time, Jason enjoys black metal and horror movies..

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email: jjbowers@email.unc.edu