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Tamsin Lorraine, Professor of Philosophy

Tamsin Lorraine

Professor of Philosophy and Chair
tlorrai1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8423
Beardsley 211A
S'18 Office Hours: T 11:30-12:30, W 1:15-3:15 & TH 2:30-3:30 and by appointment
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Interests: Phenemonology, Existentialism, Post-Structrualism, Feminist Theory

Alan Baker

Alan Baker

Professor of Philosophy
abaker1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8342
Beardsley 211C
S'18 Office Hours: M 1:15-2:15, & TH 11:00-12:00 and by appointment
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Interests: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Mathematics, Metaphysics
Ph.D., Princeton University. 

Peter Baumann

Professor of Philosophy
pbauman1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8433
Beardsley 212
S'18 Office Hours: W 1:15-3:00 and by appointment
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Interests:Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Practical Philosophy, History of Modern Philosophy and Contemporary Analytical Philosophy
Ph.D., University of Göttingen.

Richard Eldridge, Professor of Philosopy

Richard Eldridge

Charles and Harriett Cox McDowell Professor of Philosophy
reldrid1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8428
Beardsley 211B
On leave 2017-2018
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Interests: Aesthetics and Theory of Criticism, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy and Literature, German Idealism, Wittgenstein, Romanticism
Ph.D., University of Chicago. 

Charles Raff

Professor of Philosophy
craff1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8425
Beardsley 210
S'18 Office Hours: TH 12:40-1:30 and by appointment

Interests: Theory of Knowledge, Analytical Philosophy,
Ph.D., Brown University.

Krista Thomason

Assistant Professor of Philosophy
kthomas2@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8429
Beardsley 209
S'18 Office Hours: T & TH 1:30-3:30 and by appointment
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Interests: Ethics, Moral Psychology, Kant's Moral Theory, Social/Political Philosophy
Ph.D., Univeristy of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Grace Ledbetter

Grace Ledbetter

Professor of Classics and Philosophy, Chair of Classics, Director of the Honors Program
Classics and Philosophy
gledbet1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8372
Trotter 112
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Interests: Plato, Ancient Philosophy, Greek poetry

Hugh Lacey, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy

Hugh Lacey

Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
hlacey1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8427
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Interests: History and Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Psychology, Philosophy of Social Science, Philosophy & Biotechnology 
Ph.D., Indiana University. 

Hans Oberdiek, Henry C. and Charlotte Turner Professor of Philosophy

Hans Oberdiek

Henry C. and Charlotte Turner Emeritus Professor of Philosophy
hoberdi1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8424

Interests: Moral Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Philosophy of Technology, Environmental Ethics
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Madison

Richard Schuldenfrei

Emeritus Professor of Philosophy
rschuld1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8426

Interests: Social and Political Philosophy, Moral Philosophy
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh.

Donna Mucha

Administrative Assistant
Philosophy
dmucha1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8426
Beardsley 208A

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