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Permanent Faculty
NameFields of InterestRoomCampus Phone
Penelope Deutscher 20th century and contemporary French philosophy, feminist philosophy and gender theory, poststructuralist theory, Derrida, Nietzsche, Rousseau, Beauvoir, Irigaray Kresge 3-245 491-5293
Souleymane Bachir DiagneHistory of logic, medieval and modern Islamic philosophy, contemporary African philosophyCrowe 3-167 491-2559
Kyla Ebels-Duggan Ethics, Political Philosophy, History of Ethics Kresge 3-240 467-0437
Sean Ebels-Duggan Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics, with associated interests in early Analytic Philosophy and Kant Crowe 3-215 491-2553
Jon GarthoffEthics, Moral and Political Philosophy, MetaphysicsCrowe 3-148 491-4452
Sanford Goldberg Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Language, and Epistemology Crowe 3-179 491-8524
Richard KrautMoral and Political Philosophy, Ancient (Socrates, Plato, Aristotle) and ContemporaryKresge 3-205 491-2552
Jennifer Lackey Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind Kresge 3-255 491-2557
Cristina Lafont German Philosophy (esp. Hermeneutics and Critical Theory), Philosophy of Language, Contemporary Moral and Political Philosophy Crowe 3-155 491-2550
Charles Mills Race Theory, Political Philosophy Kresge 3-210 491-2551
Axel MuellerPhilosophy of language, Philosophy of science, American Pragmatism, KantKresge 3-230 491-2558
Baron Reed Epistemology, Metaphysics, Early Modern Philosophy Kresge 3-225 467-6370
Kenneth Seeskin
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Philosophy of Religion, Jewish philosophy, Ancient Greek PhilosophyCrowe 3-175 491-2560
Mark SheldonMedical Ethics, BioethicsKresge 3-260 491-2548
Charles TaylorSocial and Political Theory, Moral Philosophy, German Philosophy of LanguageKresge 3-220 467-6249
Rachel Zuckert Kant, 19th century German Philosophy, Aesthetics Crowe 3-178 491-2556

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Affiliated Faculty
NameDepartmentAddressEmail Address
Brady Clark Linguistics 2016 Sheridan Road, Rm 16bzack@northwestern.edu
Peter Fenves German Kresge 115, Evanston p-fenves@northwestern.edu
Dedre Gentner Psychology 2029 Sheridan Roadgentner@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, Evanstonj-wynne@northwestern.edu
Brook ZiporynReligionCrowe 4-136, Evanston b-ziporyn@northwestern.edu

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Visiting Faculty
NameFields of InterestRoomCampus Phone
James Bohman Political Philosophy (deliberative and transnational democracy), Philosophy of Social Science, German philosophy (Critical Theory and German Idealism) Kresge 3-220 (Spring) 467-6249
Marc Crepon Nietzsche, post-Heideggerian phenomenology (especially Patocka, Levinas, and Derrida), Cultural Identity, Deconstruction of Nationalism Kresge 3-220 (Spring) 467-6249
Samuel Fleischacker Ethics Crowe 3-159 (Fall) 467-5594
Les Harris Ancient Philosophy Crowe 3-163 467-7536
Martha Holstein Feminism, Feminist Ethics, Philosophy of Aging Kresge 3-220 (Fall) 467-6249

Adjunct Lecturers

NameFields of InterestRoomCampus Phone
Ryan Doran Philosophy of Language, history of analytic philosophy (Frege, Quine, Davidson), philosophy of mind    
Katie Padgett Walsh 19th century German philosophy, Hegel    

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Emeriti

NameFields of Interest
David Hull Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Biology
David Michael Kleinberg-LevinHermeneutical 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

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