Charles Côté-Bouchard
I teach philosophy at Montmorency College (Laval, QC, Canada) and Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). I am also the francophone editor of Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review. I received my Ph. D. in philosophy from King's College London in 2017.
I specialize in in epistemology and metaethics. My main topics of research are currently epistemic normativity, the epistemology of misinformation, and the philosophy of video games. See the research section for details.
I also co-organize the SIRPhi, an annual research conference for CEGEP teachers at Montmorency College.
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charles.cote79[at]gmail.com
he/him
475 boulevard de l’Avenir, département de philosophie, B2332, Laval (Québec) H7N 5H9
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2024 'Should we Trust Our Feeds? Social Media, Misinformation, and the Epistemology of Testimony' Topoi
2023 'The Motivation Problem of Epistemic Expressivists' with Alexandre Duval. Ergo
2023 'Epistemic Consequentialism, Veritism, and Scoring Rules' with Marc-Kevin Daoust Erkenntnis
2021 'Two types of epistemic instrumentalism' Synthese
2019 ''Ought' implies 'can' against epistemic deontologism: beyond doxastic involuntarism.' Synthese.
2018 'Knowledge, reasons, and errors about error theory.' with Clayton Littlejohn in Metaepistemology: Realism and Anti-Realism. Eds. Christos Kyriacou & Robin McKenna.
2017 'Is epistemic normativity value-based?'
Dialogue CPA Essay prize for non-tenured faculty
2017 'Epistemological closed questions: A reply to Greco'
Manuscrito
2016 'Can the aim of belief ground epistemic normativity?' Philosophical Studies
2015 'Epistemic instrumentalism and the too few reasons objection.' International Journal of Philosophical Studies
2020 'La société des fausses nouvelles' (Review of The Misinformation Age by O'Connor and Weatherall) La Vie des Idées
2019. "Normes épistémiques" l'encyclopédie philosophique
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PHI 4214 La philosophie analytique (UQAM - Spr 2025)
340-101-MQ Philosophie et rationalité (Montmorency - Spr 2025)
340-... Jeux vidéo et philosophie (Montmorency - Fall 2025)
340-101-MQ Philosophie et rationalité (Montmorency - Fall 2025)
Research
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My primary research is in metaepistemology, i.e., metaphysical, semantic, psychological, and methodological questions about epistemic judgments and properties (e.g., attributions of knowledge, rational belief, and the like). I am especially interested in the nature and status of epistemic normativity and the claim that epistemic judgments and epistemology are essentially normative, like ethics. My work also explores how metaepistemology affects more traditional debates in epistemology and metaethics. This project started with my Ph.D. dissertation.
I also work in social and applied epistemology. Lately, I have been working on the epistemology of misinformation, especially online misinformation. I am also interested in the role that epistemology can play in day-to-day critical or rational thinking.
More recently, I started a project in the philosophy of video games. I am especially interested in the value of video games and whether they can contribute substantially to a good life.
My publications are above. You can also check out my Google Scholar, PhilPeople, ResearchGate, and Academia
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Work in progress
An Introduction to Metaepistemology with Christos Kyriacou Under contract with Cambridge University Press
Les outils de la raison with Marc-Kevin Daoust & Rémi Tison. A book-length introduction to critical thinking and epistemology in French.
A paper about varieties of epistemic constitutivism
A paper about epistemic luck and the web
A paper about various forms of misinformation
A paper about metaepistemological naturalism and naturalized epistemology.
A paper about the relationship between epistemic and moral normativity
A paper about various strategies for defending the substantial contribution of video games to a good life
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Sept 2025 'Epistemic Contitutivism Beyond Belief', Constitutivism in Ethics and Epistemology, University of Lisbon
Mar 2025 'Gaming et vie bonne: une introduction à la philosophie du jeu vidéo' Semaine des sciences humaines, Collège Montmorency
Apr 2025 'Le constitutivisme épistémique au-delà de la croyance', Séminaire intercollégial de recherche en philosophie, Collège Montmorency