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Professor Sean D. Kelly
Sean D. Kelly
Chair
20th century French and German philosophy, Philosophy of mind, Philosophy of cognitive science, Philosophy of perception, Imagination and memory, Aesthetics, and Philosophy of literature
Assistant Professor Selim Berker
Selim Berker
(On leave 2009-2010)
Ethics, Epistemology
Assistant Professor Matthew Boyle
Matthew Boyle
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
Philosophy of biology, Philosophy of mind, Pragmatism (especially John Dewey), Philosophy of science, Metaphysics, Epistemology
Professor Warren Goldfarb, Acting Chair
Warren Goldfarb
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
Normative ethics, Bioethics, Practical ethics
Assistant Professor Peter Koellner
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
Director of Graduate Studies
Moral philosophy and its history, Practical reason, The nature of agency, Personal identity, and Human/animal relations
Assistant Professor Doug Lavin
Douglas Lavin
Ethics, Philosophy of action, History of ethics, Philosophy of law
Assistant Professor Jeff McDonough
Jeffrey K. McDonough
Early modern philosophy, Philosophy of science, Medieval philosophy, Contemporary metaphysics and epistemology
Professor Richard Moran, Chair

Richard Moran
Philosophy of mind, Moral psychology, The nature of testimony, Aesthetics, Philosophy of literature, later Wittgenstein
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
(On leave 2009-2010)
African American philosophy, Philosophical perspectives on race and racism, Social and political philosophy, Marxist social theory
Professor Susanna Siegel
Susanna Siegel
Placement Officer
Philosophy of mind, Philosophy of language
Professor Alison Simmons
Alison Simmons
Early modern philosophy, Natural philosophy, Theories of mind, Medieval philosophy, Philosophy of mind, Philosophy of psychology
Professor Gisela Striker
Gisela Striker
(On leave Spring term)
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
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Université catholique de Louvain
(Spring term only, next in 2011)
Political philosophy
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Visiting Faculty 2009-2010
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Other Harvard Faculty Offering Instruction in Philosophy

Professor Louis Menand Louis Menand
Department of English
(Spring term only)
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Emeriti

Professor Emeritus Stanley Cavell  
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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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