Faculty
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Permanent Faculty
| Name | Fields of Interest | Room | Campus Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Alznauer | German Philosophy (esp. Hegel), Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy |
3-167 |
847-491-2559 |
| Philosophy of Language, Philosophical Logic and Epistemology |
3-171 |
847-491-2555 | |
![]() Penelope Deutscher |
20th century and contemporary French philosophy, feminist philosophy and gender theory, poststructuralist theory, Derrida, Nietzsche, Rousseau, Beauvoir, Irigaray | Kresge 3-245 | 847-491-5293 |
![]() Kyla Ebels-Duggan |
Ethics, Political Philosophy, History of Ethics | Kresge 3-240 | 847-467-0437 |
![]() Sean Ebels-Duggan |
Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics, with associated interests in early Analytic Philosophy and Kant |
3-215 |
847-491-2553 |
![]() David Ebrey |
Ancient ethics, metaphysics, and epistemology |
3-163 |
847-467-7536 |
![]() Jon Garthoff |
Ethics, Moral and Political Philosophy, Metaphysics |
3-148 |
847-491-4452 |
![]() Sanford Goldberg CHAIRPERSON |
Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Language, and Epistemology |
3-179 |
847-491-8524 |
![]() Richard Kraut |
Moral and Political Philosophy, Ancient (Socrates, Plato, Aristotle) and Contemporary | Kresge 3-205 | 847-491-2552 |
![]() Jennifer Lackey |
Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind | Kresge 3-255 | 847-491-2557 |
![]() Cristina Lafont DGS |
German Philosophy (esp. Hermeneutics and Critical Theory), Philosophy of Language, Contemporary Moral and Political Philosophy |
3-155 |
847-491-2550 |
![]() Peter Ludlow |
Philosophy of Language, Metaphysics, Current issues in Cyberreality |
3-159 |
847-467-5594 |
Charles Mills |
Race Theory, Political Philosophy | Kresge 3-210 | 847-491-2551 |
Axel Mueller |
Philosophy of language, Philosophy of science, American Pragmatism, Kant | Kresge 3-230 | 847-491-2558 |
![]() Baron Reed |
Epistemology, Metaphysics, Early Modern Philosophy | Kresge 3-225 | 847-467-6370 |
Kenneth Seeskin |
Philosophy of Religion, Jewish philosophy, Ancient Greek Philosophy |
3-175 |
847-491-2560 |
![]() Mark Sheldon |
Medical Ethics, Bioethics | Kresge 3-260 | 847-491-2548 |
![]() Rachel Zuckert DUS |
Kant, 19th century German Philosophy, Aesthetics |
3-178 |
847-491-2556 |
Affiliated Faculty
| Name | Department | Address | E-mail Address |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brady Clark | Linguistics | 2016 Sheridan Road, Rm 16 | bzack@northwestern.edu |
| Peter Fenves | German | Kresge 115, Evanston | p-fenves@northwestern.edu |
| Dedre Gentner | Psychology | 2029 Sheridan Road | gentner@northwestern.edu |
| Stefan Kaufmann | Linguistics | 2016 Sheridan Road, Rm 31 | kaufmann@northwestern.edu |
| Doug Medin | Psychology | 2029 Sheridan Road | medin@northwestern.edu |
| Andrew Ortony | Psychology, Education, and Computer Science | 110, Annenberg Hall | ortony@northwestern.edu |
| Lance Rips | Psychology | 2029 Sheridan Road | rips@northwestern.edu |
| Gregory Ward | Linguistics | 2016 Sheridan Road, Rm 21 | gw@northwestern.edu |
| John Wynne | Classics | Kresge, Evanston | j-wynne@northwestern.edu |
| Brook Ziporyn | Religion | Crowe 4-136, Evanston | b-ziporyn@northwestern.edu |
| Sandy Zabell | Mathematics | Lunt 2227, Evanston | zabell@northwestern.edu |
Visiting Faculty
| Name | Fields of Interest | Room | Campus Phone | E-Mail Address |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Audi (Distinguished Brady Professor, 2009-10) | Moral and Political Philosophy, Epistemology | Crowe |
847-497-2634 | raudi@nd.edu |
| John Burgess | Metaphysics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophical Logic | Kresge 2-335 | TBA | j-burgess@northwestern.edu |
| Jewish Philosophy, Ancient Greek Philosophy, religious thought, political theory in the twentieth century. | morganm@indiana.edu | |||
| Linguistics, Semantics, Epistemology |
2-335 |
t-sundell@northwestern.edu | ||
| Sondra Wheeler | Theological bioethics, biblical ethics, virtue ethics and the historical roots of Christian moral theology | Crowe 1-121 |
847-497-2634 | |
| Marco Zingano | Ancient Philososphy | mzingano@usp.br |
Adjunct Lecturers
| Name | Fields of Interest | Room | Campus Phone |
Address |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Laing | Applied Linguistics |
3-220 |
847-497-6249 | j-laing@northwestern.edu |
| Martha Holstein | Professional Ethics, Health Care Ethics, Medical Humanities |
3-220 |
847-497-6249 |
Emeriti
| Name | Fields of Interest |
|---|---|
| David Hull | Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Biology |
![]() David Michael Kleinberg-Levin | Hermeneutical Phenomenology, Aesthetics, Moral Philosophy and Critical Social Theory, especially in relation to Nietzsche, Heidegger, Benjamin, Adorno, Merleau-Ponty, Levinas, Foucault |
![]() Thomas A. McCarthy |
Social and Political Philosophy, German Philosophy, Critical Theory |
Department Bulletin
We are pleased to welcome Professor Robert Audi as Distinguished Brady Professor for the 2009-2010 academic year.
Contact
Department of Philosophy
Kresge 2-335
Tel: 847-491-3656
Fax: 847-491-2547
1880 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
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