Department of Philosophy

Regular Faculty

The regular faculty of the Department of Philosophy have particular strengths in the fields of history of philosophy, philosophy of science, and value theory. Click on each faculty member's picture for more information about their research and teaching interests.

Benjamin Jantzen

Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University, 2010
Philosophy of Science
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James Klagge

Professor and Chair, Ph.D. UCLA, 1983
Wittgenstein, Moral Philosophy, Metaphysics, 20th Century Analytic Philosophy
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Deborah Mayo

Professor, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 1979
Philosophy of Statistics, Philosophy of Science
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Michael Moehler

Assistant Professor, Ph.D. London School of Economics, 2007
Moral and Political Philosophy; Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
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Tristram McPherson

Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Princeton University, 2008
Metaethics, Normative Ethics, Epistemology
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Walter Ott

Associate Professor, Ph.D. University of Virginia, 2000
History of Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Language, Metaphysics, Epistemology
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Lydia Patton

Associate Professor, Ph.D. McGill University 2004
Philosophy of Science, History of the Philosophy of Science, Kant and Neo-Kantianism
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Joseph Pitt

Professor, Ph.D. University of Western Ontario, 1972
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
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