Dr. Benjamin Buckley

Senior Lecturer of Philosophy

Office: G105-J
Humanities
College of Arts & Sciences
BenjaminBuckley@clayton.edu
Phone: (678) 466-4804

Biography

.Benjamin Buckley earned his B.A. in philosophy at the University of Utah, and his Master's & Ph.D. at Indiana University Bloomington, with a specialization in logic and a dissertation on the philosophy of mathematics. He has been with Clayton State since 2010.

Education

BA, Philosophy, University of Utah, 1995

MA, Philosophy, Indiana University Bloomington, 2000

Ph D, Philosophy, Indiana University Bloomington, 2008

Intellectual Contributions

Benjamin Buckley, The Continuity Debate: Dedekind, Cantor, du Bois-Reymond, and Peirce on Mathematical Continuity, Docent Press – Fall 2012

Benjamin Buckley, Todd Janke, Alexander Hall, Sanjay Lal, The Logic Book: Critical Thinking, University System of Georgia – May 2025

Presentations

Benjamin Buckley, “Infinitesimals in History: a philosophical look at the very, very small, Math Club, Clayton State University – September 2011

Benjamin Buckley, Galielo Plus Descartes Equals Newton, Texts and Traditions II, Scholar's College, Northwestern State University – March 2009

Benjamin Buckley, Revealing the Very Very Small: an analysis of Paul du Bois-Reymond’s argument for the existence of infinitesimal quantities, Seminaro de Investigadores series, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México – May 23 2013

Teaching Interest

Logic, Critical Thinking, Ethics, Ancient Philosophy

Research Interest

Philosophy of Mathematics, Ethics, Logic