Adjunct Professor
MLS, University at Buffalo PhD
University at Buffalo BA
Columbia University
Aaron Lercher teaches introduction to philosophy and logic at Canisius. He is excited about helping students think clearly about the big questions of philosophy. 2007-2024, he was a mathematics librarian and collection analyst at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. His philosophy research has been in environmental ethics, logic, and aesthetics. As a librarian he published on information science. He likes hiking, running, and experimental art.
Publications
Lercher, A. Curry's Critique of the Syntactic Concept of Formal System and Methodological Autonomy for Pure Mathematics. Filozofia Nauki (The Philosophy of Science, Poland). Accessible at https://www.fn.uw.edu.pl/index.php/fn/article/view/1357
Lercher, A. (2023). Pollution and Polluter Pays. In B. Hale, A. Light, & L. A. Lawhon (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Environmental Ethics (pp. 603-612). Abingdon, England: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-Environmental-Ethi…
Lercher, A. (2023). Experiential Time in Some Modern Poetry. Contemporary Aesthetics. Accessible at https://contempaesthetics.org/2023/10/31/experiential-time-in-some-mode…
Smolinsky, L., Sage, D. S., Lercher, A., & Cao, A. (2021). Citations versus expert opinions: citation analysis of featured reviews of the American Mathematical Society. Scientometrics, 126(5), 3853-3870. doi:10.1007/s11192-021-03894-2
Smolinsky, L., Lercher, A., & McDaniel, A. (2015). Testing Theories of Preferential Attachment in Random Networks of Citations. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 66(10), 2132-2145. doi:10.1002/asi.23312