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Faculty

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

Office Hours: Wednesday 1-3 PM
Assistant Professor Selim Berker
Selim Berker
(On leave 2009-2010)
Ethics, Epistemology
Assistant Professor Matthew Boyle
Matthew Boyle
Philosophy of mind, Kant, German idealism

Office Hours: Wednesday 2-4 PM
Lecturer Cheryl K. Chen
Cheryl K. Chen
(On leave fall term)
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


Office Hours: Monday 4-5 PM; Tuesday 2-3 PM
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

Office Hours: Thursday 3-4 PM
Professor Ned Hall
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Edward J. Hall
Head Tutor
Metaphysics, Philosophy of science

Office Hours: Tuesday 1:30-3 PM
Professor Frances M. Kamm
Frances M. Kamm
Normative ethics, Bioethics, Practical ethics

Office Hours:
Assistant Professor Peter Koellner
Peter Koellner
Mathematical logic, Set theory, Philosophy of mathematics, Philosophy of physics, Early analytic philosophy, Philosophy of logic and language

Office Hours: Wednesday 11 AM-1 PM
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

Office Hours: Thursday 2-4 PM
Assistant Professor Doug Lavin
Douglas Lavin
Ethics, Philosophy of action, History of ethics, Philosophy of law

Office Hours: Monday 11 AM-1 PM
Assistant Professor Jeff McDonough
Jeffrey K. McDonough
Early modern philosophy, Philosophy of science, Medieval philosophy, Contemporary metaphysics and epistemology

Office Hours: Monday 9-10 AM; Tuesday 9-10 AM
Professor Richard Moran, Chair

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

Office Hours: Thursday 2-3:30 PM

Assistant Professor Bernhard Nickel
Bernhard Nickel
Philosophy of language, Philosophy of science, Philosophy of mind.

Office Hours: Monday 3-4 PM; Wednesday 4-5 PM
Professor T.M. Scanlon
Thomas M. Scanlon, Jr.
Moral philosophy, Political philosophy

Office Hours: Tuesday 2:30-4 PM
Professor Amartya Sen
Amartya Sen
Economics, Political philosophy

Office Hours: Monday 11 AM-12 PM; Tuesday 11 AM-12 PM (by appointment only)
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

Office Hours: Monday 2-4 PM
Professor Alison Simmons
Alison Simmons
Early modern philosophy, Natural philosophy, Theories of mind, Medieval philosophy, Philosophy of mind, Philosophy of psychology

Office Hours: Tuesday 3-4 PM; Wednesday 2-3 PM
Professor Gisela Striker
Gisela Striker
(On leave Spring term)
Ancient philosophy, Plato, Aristotle, Hellenistic philosophy (especially epistemology and ethics), Aristotelian logic

Office Hours: Tuesday 2-4 PM
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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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Philippe Van Parijs
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  
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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