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Primary Faculty

Professor and Chair

Kevin Klement

Prof. Klement works on the history of analytic philosophy, and formal and informal logic.

Kevin Klement

Associate Professor

Guillermo Del Pinal

Prof. Del Pinal does work in the philosophy of language and mind, especially on the interface between semantics, pragmatics and reasoning.

Guillermo Del Pinal

Associate Professor

Maya Eddon

Prof. Eddon specializes in analytic metaphysics, and in particular, quantity, naturalness, properties, laws of nature, and mereology.

Maya Eddon

Associate Professor

Ernesto V. Garcia

Prof. Garcia works in ethics, metaethics, philosophy of action, political philosophy, and the history of philosophy, including Kant and Hume.

Ernesto V. Garcia

Professor

Peter Graham

Prof. Graham works on ethics and metaphysics, and the intersection of the two, including the philosophy of action and praise and blame.

Peter Graham

Associate Professor and Honors Program Director

Gary Hardegree

Prof. Hardegree specializes in philosophical logic, formal semantics and the philosophy of physics.

Gary Hardegree

Professor and Undergraduate Program Director

Vanessa de Harven

Prof. de Harven specializes in ancient philosophy and has interests in metaphysics, epistemology, theory of mind and the theory of meaning.

Vanessa de Harven

Associate Professor and Climate Committee Chair

Sophie Horowitz

Professor Horowitz works on epistemology. She is especially interested in permissivism, accuracy, and the relationship between epistemic rationality and truth.

Sophie Horowitz

Professor

Julia Jorati

Prof. Jorati works on the history of early modern philosophy, including Leibniz, and debates over slavery and race in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Julia Jorati

Distinguished Professor

Hilary Kornblith

Prof. Kornblith specializes in epistemology and related areas.

Hilary Kornblith

Professor

Ned Markosian

Prof. Markosian works mainly in metaphysics, but he also has interests in various other areas of philosophy.

Ned Markosian

Professor

Christopher Meacham

Prof. Meacham does work in formal epistemology, decision theory and the philosophy of physics, among other areas.

Christopher Meacham

Assistant Professor

Zinhle Mncube

Prof. Mncube does work on the philosophy of science, with a focus on the philosophy of medicine and the philosophy of race.

Zinhle Mncube

Assistant Professor

Eleonore Neufeld

Prof. Neufeld works in philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and language. She also has interests in social philosophy.

Eleonore Neufeld

Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director

Alejandro Perez Carballo

Prof. Pérez Carballo works in formal epistemology, the philosophy of mind and language, and some questions in metaethics and the philosophy of mathematics.

Alejandro Perez Carballo

Affiliated Faculty

Professor of Linguistics

Ana Arregui
Ana Arregui

Professor of Linguistics

Seth Cable
Seth Cable

Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences

Andrew Cohen
Andrew Cohen

Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences

Nilanjana Dasgupta
Nilanjana Dasgupta

Professor, Mount Holyoke College

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Nina Emery is a Professor of Philosophy at Mount Holyoke College and a member of the Graduate Faculty affiliated to UMass Amherst through the Five College Consortium

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Professor, Amherst College

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Joseph Moore is a professor of Philosophy at Amherst College affiliated to UMass Amherst through the Five College Consortium

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Professor, Amherst College

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Nishi Shah is a professor of Philosophy at Amherst College affiliated to UMass Amherst through the Five College Consortium

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Associate Professor of Economics

Itai Sher
Itai Sher

Professor, Mount Holyoke College

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Katia Vavova is Professor of Philosophy at Mount Holyoke College affiliated to UMass Amherst through the Five College Consortium

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Emeritus Faculty

Professor Emerita

Louise Antony

Louise Antony is Professor Emerita of Philosophy at UMass Amherst.

Louise Antony

Professor Emeritus

Bruce Aune

Bruce Aune is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at UMass Amherst.

Bruce Aune

Professor Emeritus

Phillip Bricker

Phillip Bricker is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at UMass Amherst.

Phillip Bricker

Professor Emeritus

Fred Feldman

Fred Feldman is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at UMass Amherst.

Fred Feldman

Professor Emeritus

Joseph Levine

Prof. Levine specializes in the philosophy of mind and psychology, as well as social/political philosophy.

Joseph Levine

Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Linguistics and Philosophy

Barbara Partee

Barbara Partee is a Distinguished Professor Emerita of Linguistics and Philosophy at UMass Amherst.

Barbara Partee

Professor Emeritus

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Robert Sleigh is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at UMass Amherst.

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