Departmental Faculty

Zev Berger

William (Zev) Berger

Affiliated Faculty

Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Political Economy & Moral Science

Social Sciences 111B Office Hours: Tuesday 3:30PM-5:30PM, Wednesday 3:00PM-4:00PM via Zoom
Justin Bruner

Justin Bruner

Affiliated Faculty

Associate Professor, Department of Political Economy & Moral Science

  • Political philosophy
  • Social epistemology
  • Philosophy of biology
Social Sciences 219  
Allen Buchanan

Allen E. Buchanan

Laureate Professor of Philosophy

  • Ethics
  • Political philosophy
  • Philosophy of international law
Social Sciences 218 Office Hours: By Appointment Only
Thomas Christiano

Thomas Christiano

Department Head

Professor

  • Political philosophy
Social Sciences 207 Office Hours: By appointment
Juan Comesaña

Juan Comesaña

Affiliated Faculty

Professor

  • Epistemology
  • Decision theory
Social Sciences 216B
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Anthony S. Gillies

Sherwin Scott Professor of Philosophy

  • Logic and language
  • Formal epistemology
  • Rational choice
Social Sciences 205 Office Hours: By Appointment
Trevor Hedberg

Trevor Hedberg

Assistant Professor of Practice

Honors College

  • Applied ethics
  • Ethics
Social Sciences 211A Office Hours: Wednesday, Friday 12:00PM-1:30PM; Other times by appointment
Terry Horgan

Terry Horgan

Professor, Emeritus

  • Philosophy of mind
  • Epistemology
  • Decision theory
Social Sciences 209
Laura Howard

Laura Howard

Associate Professor, Career Track

  • Medical ethics
  • Moral distress
  • Nursing ethics
Social Sciences 201
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Keith Lehrer

Regents Professor, Emeritus

Research Fellow, Freedom Center

Michael McKenna

Michael McKenna

Professor

Director, Graduate Admissions

  • Free will
  • Action theory
  • Moral psychology
Social Sciences 226B  
Bill Oberdick

Bill Oberdick

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Assistant Professor of Practice

Social Sciences 111A Office Hours in person (room 111A Social Sciences) or via zoom.  Course office hours:  3-5pm Wednesdays and by appointment. Office hours for ALL philosophy students:  3-5pm Monday and by appointment.      
Guido Pincione

Guido Pincione

Professor

  • Political philosophy
Social Sciences 225 Office Hours: Monday 4:30PM-6:30PM, Friday 1:30PM-2:30PM in Social Science 225      
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Marga Reimer

Professor

  • Philosophy of language
  • Philosophy of mind
  • Philosophy of psychology
Social Sciences 216A Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 2:00PM-2:50PM via Zoom
Dan Russell

Dan Russell

Professor

  • Well-being
  • Moral-virtue development
  • Social-political institutions & economy
Social Sciences 239A
Carolina Sartorio

Carolina Sartorio

Affiliated Faculty

Professor

  • Metaphysics
  • Action
  • Moral responsibility
Social Sciences 214
David Schmidtz

David Schmidtz

Kendrick Professor, Philosophy

Eller Chair, Service-Dominant Logic

Founding Director, Freedom Center

  • Environmental ethics
  • Rational choice
  • Ideal theory
Social Sciences 229  
Houston Smit

Houston Smit

Associate Professor

  • Kant
  • Early modern philosophy
  • Medieval philosophy
Social Sciences 220C
Mark Timmons

Mark Timmons

Professor

Director, Graduate Studies

  • Metaethics
  • Normative ethical theory
  • Kant’s ethics.
Social Sciences 226A Office Hours: By Appointment
Joseph Tolliver

Joseph Tolliver

Associate Professor

Social Sciences 204
Jason Turner

Jason Turner

Professor

  • Metaphysics
  • Logic and language
  • Philosophical logic
Social Sciences 216C
Peter Vanderschraaf

Peter Vanderschraaf

Affiliated Faculty

Professor, Department of Political Economy & Moral Science

Social Sciences 228A Office Hours: Friday 10:00AM-12:00PM and by appointment; either Social Science 228A or via Zoom.
Steven Wall

Steven Wall

Professor

  • Political philosophy
Social Sciences 233 Office Hours: Tuesday 3:30PM-4:30PM  
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Jonathan Weinberg

Professor

Social Sciences 220A Office Hours: Tuesday 9:30AM-11:00AM via Zoom