People
Director
Victor Kumar
Victor Kumar specializes in moral psychology and philosophy of cognitive science. He is an associate professor in the BU Philosophy Department and director of the Mind and Morality Lab. He held the Peter Paul professorship at BU and was recently a fellow-in-residence at the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard. His book A Better Ape was published by Oxford University Press in 2022.
Email: vckumar@bu.edu
Directors Emeriti
Rachell Powell
Director (2023-2025)
Alisa Bokulich
Director (2010 – 2023)
Alfred Tauber
Director (1993 – 2010)
Robert S. Cohen
Director (1960 – 1993)
Local Advisory Committee
International Advisory Board
Edward Jones-Imhotep,
Director, Institute for the History & Philosophy of Science & Technology
University of Toronto (Canada)
Alan Love,
Director, Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science
University of Minnesota (U.S.)
Bryan Roberts,
Director, Centre for Philosophy of Natural & Social Science
The London School of Economics and Political Science (UK)
Artist-in-Residence
Visiting Researchers
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Affiliate Members
Our Affiliate Members consists of over 40 scholars in the greater Boston area who work across a broad range of topics in the history and philosophy of science, technology, and medicine. Our affiliates include faculty members at Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tufts University, Boston College, Northeastern University, and more. Please visit our Affiliates page for more information.