Faculty Research Areas
Major Fields of Study
Aesthetics Jorge Gracia, Alexandra King
Analytic Metaphysics David
Braun, Maureen
Donnelly, Jorge
Gracia, David
Hershenov, Barry
Smith, Neil
Williams
Epistemology James Beebe, Ryan Muldoon
Ethics
Metaethics Alexandra
King
Normative Ethics Nicolas
Bommarito, Alexandra
King, Ryan
Muldoon
Applied Ethics David
Hershenov (Bioethics)
Logic David Braun, Maureen Donnelly, John Kearns, Neil Williams
Philosophy of Cognitive Science James Beebe, David Braun
Philosophy of Language David Braun, John Kearns, Lewis Powell
Philosophy of Mind David Braun, Lewis Powell, Neil Williams
Philosophy of Science Ryan Muldoon, Neil Williams
Social and Political Philosophy James Lawler, Ryan Muldoon, Barry Smith
Special Areas of Research Interest
Applied Ontology Thomas E. Bittner, Maureen Donnelly, Barry Smith
Asian Philosophy Nicolas Bommarito, Kah Kyung Cho
Causation and Causal Powers Neil Williams
East-West Comparative Philosophy Nicolas Bommarito, Kah Kyung Cho
Experimental Philosophy James Beebe, Ryan Muldoon
Time and Persistence Maureen Donnelly
Moral Psychology James Beebe, Nicolas Bommarito
Philosophy of Biomedicine David Hershenov, Barry Smith
Philosophy of Religion James Beebe, David Hershenov
Race, Ethnicity, Diversity Jorge Gracia, Ryan Muldoon
Speech Act Theory David Braun, John Kearns, Barry Smith
History of Philosophy
Faculty in the Department cover all major periods in the history of philosophy, with special focus on the following areas:
Chinese Philosophy Kah Kyung Cho
Early Modern Philosophy Lewis Powell
French and German Philosophy Kah Kyung Cho, James Lawler
Hispanic and Latin-American Philosophy Jorge Gracia
Medieval Philosophy Jorge Gracia
