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Peter Baumann

Professor of Philosophy and Acting Chair 18-19
pbauman1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8433
Beardsley 212
F'18 Office Hours: W 1:15-3:00pm 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.

Alan Baker

Alan Baker

Professor of Philosophy
abaker1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8342
Beardsley 211C
On leave 2018-2019
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Interests: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Mathematics, Metaphysics
Ph.D., Princeton University. 

Richard Eldridge, Professor of Philosopy

Richard Eldridge

Charles and Harriett Cox McDowell Professor of Philosophy
reldrid1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8428
Beardsley 211B
F'18 office hours: T 10:00-11:30am and by appointment
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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. 

Tamsin Lorraine, Professor of Philosophy

Tamsin Lorraine

Professor of Philosophy
tlorrai1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8423
Beardsley 211A
F'18 Office Hours: TR 12:15-1:15pm and W 1:15-2:15pm and by appointment
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Interests: Phenemonology, Existentialism, Post-Structrualism, Feminist Theory

Charles Raff

Professor of Philosophy
craff1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8425
Beardsley 210
F'18 Office Hours: 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
F'18 Office Hours: W 2:00-4:00pm 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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