Hi! I’m Evan.

My name is Evan Welchance. I’m a philosopher at the University of Virginia, where I defended my dissertation in December 2024.

I specialize in metaphysics and philosophy of perception. In my primary research project, I argue that material object ontology is an empirical discipline.

You can reach me via email:

ww9vk [at] virginia.edu

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“You will have heard it said, I expect, that over-simplification is the occupational disease of philosophers, and in a way one might agree with that. But for a sneaking suspicion that it’s their occupation.”

J.L. Austin, “Performative Utterances”

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