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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
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
Professor Sean D. Kelly
Sean D. Kelly
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 Peter Koellner
Peter Koellner
(on leave 2008-2009)
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
Assistant Professor Bernhard Nickel
Bernhard Nickel
(on leave 2008-2009)
Philosophy of language, Philosophy of science, Philosophy of mind.
Professor T.M. Scanlon
Thomas M. Scanlon, Jr.
(on leave 2008-2009)
Moral philosophy, Political philosophy
Professor Amartya Sen
Amartya Sen
(on leave Spring 2009)
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
(on leave Spring 2009)
Philosophy of mind, Philosophy of language
Professor Alison Simmons
Alison Simmons
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
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
Ethics, Philosophy of mind
Visiting Professor Philippe Van Parijs
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Université catholique de Louvain
(spring term only, next in 2010)
Political philosophy
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Visiting Faculty 2008-2009
Visiting Associate Professor Talbot Brewer

Talbot Brewer
University of Virginia
(spring term only)
Ethics and political philosophy; Kant and Kantian ethics, Aristotelian virtue theory, Moral conflict and moral integrity, Theories of the emotions, Theories of justice, and Theories of political obligation
Visiting Professor Herman De Dijn
Herman De Dijn
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
(spring term only)
17th and 18th Century Philosophy, especially Benedict Spinoza and David Hume, The relation between ethics and philosophical anthropology; Philosophy of contemporary culture
Visiting Associate Professor Matti Eklund
Matti Eklund
Cornell University
(Spring term only)
Metaphysics, Philosophy of language, Philosophy of logic
Visiting Associate Professor Mitzi Lee
Mi-Kyoung (Mitzi) Lee
University of Colordo, Boulder
(spring term only)
Ancient philosophy
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Other Harvard Faculty Offering Instruction in Philosophy

Professor Peter Galison Peter L. Galison
Department of Physics
(fall term only)
Associate Professor Matthias Risse Mathias Risse
John F. Kennedy School of Government
(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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