Philosophy
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Affiliated Faculty

Affiliated Faculty

Affiliated Faculty members have research interests that overlap with those of the Philosophy Department and their courses are sometimes cross-listed for credit in the Philosophy Department.

Jeffrey P. Coulter
Professor of Sociology
Education: Ph.D., Victoria University of Manchester
Interests: Philosophy of Action, Philosophy of Mind, Wittgenstein, Sociology of Knowledge

Akihiro Kanamori
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Education: Ph.D., Cambridge University
Interests: Logic, Philosophy of Mathematics

Alan M. Olson
Professor of Religion
Education: Ph.D., Boston University
Interests: Philosophy of Religion, Philosophical Theology, Hermeneutics

James Schmidt
University Professor and Professor of Political Science and Sociology
Education: Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Interests: Political Theory, Modernism, the Enlightenment

John Stachel
Professor of Physics Emeritus; Director, Center for Einstein Studies
Education: Ph.D., Stevens Institute of Technology
Interests: Philosophy and History of Physics; Director, Center for Einstein Studies

Judith Swanson
Associate Professor of Political Science
Education: M.Sc. London School of Economics, Ph.D., University of Chicago
Interests: Ancient Political Theory (especially Aristotle)

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