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department faculty

Sabeen Ahmed, Alan Baker, Tamsin Lorraine, (Watching Woman), Krista Thomason, Peter Baumann, Rosanna Picascia (not pictured Charles Raff) World Philosophy Day 11/17/22

Faculty & Staff

Alan Baker

Professor

Philosophy

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8342
  2. Beardsley Hall 211C
  3. Office Hours:

    S'24 - Tuesday 1:30 - 2:30pm and Friday 11:00am - 12:00pm and by appointment

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Interests: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Mathematics, Metaphysics
Ph.D., Princeton University. 

Alan Baker and Shogi board

Peter Baumann

Charles and Harriett Cox McDowell Professor of Philosophy and Religion

Department Chair, Philosophy

On Leave - Academic Year

Philosophy

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8433
  2. Beardsley Hall 212
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Interests:Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Practical Philosophy, History of Modern Philosophy and Contemporary Analytical Philosophy
Ph.D., University of Göttingen.

Grace Ledbetter

Professor

Classics

Philosophy

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8372
  2. Trotter Hall 204
  3. Office Hours:

     

    Please email gledbet1@swarthmore.edu for zoom link

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Interests: Plato, Ancient Philosophy, Greek poetry

Grace Ledbetter

Tamsin Lorraine

Professor

On Leave - Academic Year

Philosophy

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8423
  2. Beardsley Hall 211A
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Interests: Phenemonology, Existentialism, Post-Structrualism, Feminist Theory

Professor Tamsin Lorraine

Charles Raff

Professor

Philosophy

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8425
  2. Beardsley Hall 210
  3. Office Hours:

    S'24 - Monday 12:15 - 1:15pm and Tuesday  12:35 - 1:35pm and  by appointment

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Interests: 17th and 18th century, ancient, and 20th century analytic philosophy, metaphysics. Ph.D. Brown University.

Charles Raff

Krista Thomason

Associate Professor

Philosophy

First Generation & Low-Income Student Initiatives

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8429
  2. Beardsley Hall 209
  3. Office Hours:

    S'24 - Monday 3:30 - 5:30pm 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.

Krista Thomason

Rosanna Picascia

Visiting Assistant Professor

Philosophy

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-3359
  2. Office Hours:

    S'24 - Wednesday  2:00-4:00pm and by appointment

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Interests:  Asian Philosophy, Indian Philosophy, Buddhist Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion
Ph.D. Harvard University

Rosanna Picascia

Donna Mucha

Administrative Assistant II, Philosophy; Administrative Assistant II, Phi Beta Kappa, Philosophy

Philosophy

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8426
  2. Beardsley Hall 208A

Emeriti

Rick Eldridge

Professor Emeritus

Emeritus Philosophy

Contact

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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. 

Hugh Lacey

Professor Emeritus

Emeritus Philosophy

Contact

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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

Professor Emeritus

Emeritus Philosophy

Contact

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

Rich Schuldenfrei

Professor Emeritus

Emeritus Philosophy

Contact

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