Andrew Black

Andrew Black is a Teaching Professor in the Department of Philosophy at UMSL. He joined the department in 1999.

Before coming to UMSL, Professor Black taught for eight years at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, and one year at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. He received his B.A. from the University of London and his Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts. He teaches in the history of philosophy, philosophy of science and logic. He has published articles on seventeenth century philosophy and epistemology; he is co-author of "The Elements of Reasoning" (5th edition, Wadsworth 2007), and is author and presenter of a television video series "Great Philosophers" (aired on the Higher Education Channel - channel 26). He is currently writing a book introducing the philosophy of science for science teachers, and researching the philosophy of Leibniz.

Professor Black was born in England, and moved to the U.S.A. in 1985. He lives in the city of St. Louis with his partner and two beautiful daughters.