ASU Department of Philosophy: Philosophy Faculty List

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Brad Armendt, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Chicago

Philosophy of Science, Epistemology, Decision Theory

Department Office: 480-965-3394; armendt_at_asu.edu

Thomas A. Blackson, Director of Graduate Studies, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Ancient Philosophy

Department Office: 480-965-3394; tom.blackson_at_asu.edu

Cynthia Bolton, Ph.D., Michigan State University

Cheshire Calhoun, Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin

Ethics, Political Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy, Gay and Lesbian Philosophy

Department Office: 480-965-3394; cheshire.calhoun_at_asu.edu

Stewart M. Cohen, Ph.D., University of Arizona

Epistemology; Ethics

Department Office: 480-965-3394; cohen@asu.edu

Peter de Marneffe, Ph.D., Harvard University

Political Philosophy, Moral Philosophy

Direct Line: 480-965-2537; demarneffe_at_asu.edu

Peter French, Professor, Director, Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics, Ph.D., University of Miami, Coral Gables

Ethics, Metaethics, Applied Ethics

Direct Line: 480-727-7691; pfrench_at_asu.edu
Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics

Theodore Guleserian, Ph.D., Yale University

Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion

Direct Line: 480-727-8627; guleserian_at_asu.edu

Lynn Hankinson Nelson (Visiting Professor - Fall 2007, Fall 2008), Ph.D., Temple University

Feminist Epistemology, Feminist Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Biology and the Social Sciences

Department Office: 480-965-3394; lynn.hankinsonnelson_at_asu.edu

Bernard W. Kobes, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Ph.D., UCLA

Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind

Direct Line: 480-965-4149; kobes_at_asu.edu

Joan McGregor, Ph.D., University of Arizona

Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy, Ethics

Department Office: 480-965-3394 ; joan.mcgregor_at_asu.edu

Jack Nelson, Interim Chair, Ph.D., University of Chicago

Logic, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of W.V.O. Quine

Department Office: 480-965-3394; jack.nelson_at_asu.edu

Ángel Pinillos, Ph.D., Rutgers University

Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Logic

Department Office: 480-965-3394; pinillos_at_asu.edu

Douglas W. Portmore, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

Normative Ethics, Value Theory, Applied Ethics, Metaphysics of Death, Metaethics

Department Office: 480-965-3394; douglas.portmore_at_asu.edu

Steven Reynolds, Ph.D., UCLA

Epistemology

Department Office: 480-965-3394 ; steven.reynolds_at_asu.edu

Margaret Walker, Ph.D., Northwestern University

Anglo-American Ethics, Moral Epistemology & Psychology, Feminist Ethics, Wittgenstein

Direct Line: 480-965-3703; Margaret.Walker_at_asu.edu

Michael J. White, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego

Ancient Philosophy, Logic, Metaphysics

Department Office: 480-965-3394; mjwhite_at_asu.edu

Philosophy Affiliated and Adjunct Faculty

Donald Beggs, Barrett Honors College, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz

(480) 965-8970; DonBeggs_at_asu.edu

Harry Bracken, Adjunct Professor, Ph.D., University of Iowa

Philosophical work of Chomsky, Latin American philosophy and intellectual history

hbracken_at_imap2.asu.edu

Richard Creath, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

Philosophy of Science, Theory of Knowledge, History of Contemporary Philosophy

(480) 727-8585; creath_at_asu.edu

Richard Dagger, Political Science, Ph.D., University of Minnesota

(480) 965-1312; rdagger_at_asu.edu

Andrew Hamilton, School of Life Sciences, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego

(480) 965-5145; andrew.l.hamilton_at_asu.edu

Ted Humphrey, Barrett Professor, Barrett Honors College; Lincoln Professor of Ethics, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego

Kant, German Philosophy, Phenomenology, Latin American philosophy and intellectual history

(480) 965-2359; ted.humphrey_at_asu.edu

Manfred Laubichler, School of Life Sciences, Ph.D., Princeton

Manfred.Laubichler_at_asu.edu

Jane Maienschein, Regents' Professor of School of Life Sciences, Ph.D., Indiana University

History and Philosophy of Science, especially Biology

maienschein_at_asu.edu

Ben Minteer, School of Life Sciences, Ph.D., University of Vermont

(480) 965-4632; ben.minteer@asu.edu

Jeffrie Murphy, College of Law, Regents' Professor, Ph.D., University of Rochester

Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Kant

(480) 965-5856; jeffrie.murphy_at_asu.edu

James Nickel, College of Law, Ph.D., University of Kansas

(480) 965-8072; james.nickel_at_asu.edu

Jason Robert, School of Life Sciences, Ph.D., McMaster University

(480) 727-8857; jason.robert_at_asu.edu

Norbert M. Samuelson, Grossman Chair in Jewish Studies, Ph.D., Indiana University

(480) 965-8470; Norbert.Samuelson_at_asu.edu

Hava Tirosh-Samuelson, History, Ph.D., Hebrew University

(480) 965-5778; havats_at_mainex1.asu.edu

Patricia White, Dean, ASU College of Law, J.D., University of Michigan

(480) 965-6188; Patricia.White_at_asu.edu

Professors Emeriti

James D. Carney, Ph.D., University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Donald Gieschen, Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Edmund G. Howells, Ph.D., Stanford University

Marjory Bong-Ray Liu, Ph.D., UCLA

T. Alexander Votichenko, M.A., Columbia University

In Memoriam, Professor Douglas G. Arner

In Memoriam, Professor Gregory W. Fitch

Philosophical Studies

Stewart M. Cohen, Editor; cohen_at_asu.edu

Department of Philosophy, Coor Hall, 3rd Floor

P.O. Box 874102; Tempe, AZ; 85287-4102

480.965.3394

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