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Faculty

Professor Richard Moran, Chair

Richard Moran
Chair
Philosophy of mind, Moral psychology, The nature of testimony, Aesthetics, Philosophy of literature, later Wittgenstein

Assistant Professor Selim Berker
Selim Berker
Ethics, Epistemology
Assistant Professor Matthew Boyle
Matthew Boyle
(on leave 2007-2008)
Philosophy of mind, Kant, German idealism
Lecturer Cheryl K. Chen
Cheryl K. Chen
Philosophy of mind, Epistemology
Professor Peter Godfrey-Smith
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Peter Godfrey-Smith
(on leave 2007-2008)
Philosophy of biology, Philosophy of mind, Pragmatism (especially John Dewey), Philosophy of science, Metaphysics, Epistemology
Professor Warren Goldfarb, Acting Chair
Warren Goldfarb
(on leave 2007-2008)
Mathematical logic, History of analytic philosophy (particularly Frege, Russell, Carnap, Quine, and Wittgenstein [early and late]), Interrelationships of logic and philosophy, Metaphysics, Philosophical logic
Professor Ned Hall
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Edward J. Hall
Head Tutor
Metaphysics, Philosophy of science
Professor Frances M. Kamm
Frances M. Kamm
(on leave 2007-2008)
Normative ethics, Bioethics, Practical ethics
Professor Sean D. Kelly
Sean D. Kelly
(on leave 2007-2008)
20th century French and German philosophy, Philosophy of mind, Philosophy of cognitive science, Philosophy of perception, Imagination and memory, Aesthetics, and Philosophy of literature
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Peter Koellner
Mathematical logic, Set theory, Philosophy of mathematics, Philosophy of physics, Early analytic philosophy, Philosophy of logic and language
Professor Christine M. Korsgaard
Christine M. Korsgaard
(on leave 2007-2008)
Kant, Hume, Political philosophy, Ethics
Assistant Professor Doug Lavin
Douglas Lavin
Ethics, Philosophy of action, History of ethics, Philosophy of law
Assistant Professor Jeff McDonough
Jeffrey K. McDonough
(on leave 2007-2008)
Early modern philosophy, Philosophy of science, Medieval philosophy, Contemporary metaphysics and epistemology
Assistant Professor Bernhard Nickel
Bernhard Nickel
Philosophy of language, Philosophy of science, Philosophy of mind.
Professor T.M. Scanlon
Thomas M. Scanlon, Jr.
Moral philosophy, Political philosophy
Professor Amartya Sen
Amartya Sen
Economics, Political philosophy
Professor Tommie Shelby
Tommie Shelby
African American philosophy, Philosophical perspectives on race and racism, Social and political philosophy, Marxist social theory
Professor Susanna Siegel
Susanna Siegel
Placement Officer
Mind/Brain/Behavior Philosophy Track Advisor
Philosophy of mind, Philosophy of language
Professor Alison Simmons
Alison Simmons
(on leave 2007-2008)
Early modern philosophy (Descartes through Kant), Metaphysics, Natural philosophy, Theories of mind, Medieval philosophy, Contemporary philosophy of mind, Philosophy of psychology
Professor Gisela Striker
Gisela Striker
Director of Graduate Studies
Ancient philosophy, Plato, Aristotle, Hellenistic philosophy (especially epistemology and ethics), Aristotelian logic
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Regular Visiting Faculty

Visiting Professor Derek Parfit Derek Parfit
All Souls College, Oxford
(spring term only)
Ethics, Philosophy of mind
Visiting Professor Philippe Van Parijs Philippe Van Parijs
Université catholique de Louvain
(spring term only)
Political philosophy, Ethics, Economics
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Visiting Faculty 2007-2008

Visiting Associate Professor Samuel Levey
Samuel Levey
Dartmouth College
Leibniz, Early Modern Philosophy, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mathematics
Visiting Professor Paul Pietroski

Paul Pietroski
University of Maryland
(spring term only)
Intersection of linguistics and philosophy

Visiting Professor Andrews Reath
Andrews Reath
University of California, Riverside
Kant's moral and political philosophy, Contemporary moral theory, History of ethics, Social and political philosophy
Visiting Professor Sun-joo Shin

Sun-joo Shin
Yale University
(spring term only)
Logic, Philosophy of logic, History of logic, Philosophy of linguistics, Philosophy of language

Visiting Professor Daniel Stoljar Daniel Stoljar
Australian National University
(fall term only)
Philosophy of mind, Metaphysics, Metaethics
Visiting Assistant Professor Christine J. Thomas
Christine J. Thomas
Dartmouth College
Ancient philosophy, Metaphysics, Philosophy of language, Philosophy of science
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Other Harvard Faculty Offering Instruction in Philosophy

2007-2008

Professor Michael Sandel

Michael Sandel
Department of Government

2006-2007

David Haig (left) and Dietrich Meyer at Louis Agassiz's childhood fish pond
David Haig (left) and Dietrich Meyer
Louis Agassiz's childhood fish pond

David Haig
Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Professor Richard Tuck, Department of Government Richard Tuck
Department of Government

2005-2006

Harvard Seal Catherine Z. Elgin
Graduate School of Education
Associate Professor Matthias Risse Mathias Risse
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Associate Professor Mark Schiefsky Mark Schiefsky
Department of the Classics
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Emeriti

Professor Emeritus Stanley Cavell  
Photo by Diana Quintela © 2005
Stanley Cavell
Intersection of Analytical tradition with: the Continental tradition; American philosophy; the arts; and Psychoanalysis
Professor Emeritus Charles D. Parsons
Charles D. Parsons
Mathematical logic, Philosophy of mathematics, Philosophy of logic and language, Kant, Historical figures in the foundations of mathematics
Professor Emeritus Hilary Putnam
Hilary Putnam
Philosophy of mathematics, Philosophy of natural science, Philosophy of language, Philosophy of mind
Professor Emeritus Israel Scheffler
Israel Scheffler
Philosophical interpretation of language, symbolism, science and education
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