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Philosophy
Graduate
Programs
Contact Information
Department of Philosophy
438 Strickland Hall
573-882-2871
http://philosophy.missouri.edu/
About the Program
The department offers graduate
courses in all of the core areas
of philosophy, as well as in areas
determined by faculty members’
specialties and graduate students’
interests.
Professional Development
Presentation of research at professional
meetings and publication
by graduate students is encouraged.
Prominent off-campus
philosophers visit the department
yearly for talks and symposia.
Twice yearly, the Florence
G. Kline endowment sponsors
an intensive workshop at which
papers on a special topic are presented
by several leading figures
in philosophy.
Financial Aid from the Program
Fellowships and teaching assistantships
are available to qualified
students. Applications for fellowships
must meet Graduate School
deadlines, usually in January. Applications
for teaching assistantships
must meet the department
deadline of January 20.
Philosophy Faculty
Andrew Melnyk
chair, professor, D. Phil, Oxford
University. Philosophy of mind,
philosophy of psychology,
philosophy of science. Office:
439 Strickland Hall, 882-1278.
melnyka@missouri.edu
Peter vallentyne
director of graduate studies, Florence
G. Kline Missouri Chair of Philosophy,
PhD, University of Pittsburgh.
Ethics, social and political
philosophy, philosophy of law. Office:
406 Strickland Hall, 882-2871.
vallentynep@missouri.edu
André Ariew
associate professor, PhD, University
of Arizona. Philosophy of biology,
philosophy of science. Office:
434 Strickland Hall, 882-2871
ariewa@missouri.edu
Joseph bien
professor, DTC, University of Paris.
Political and social philosophy,
Marxism, recent continental philosophy.
Office: 414 Strickland Hall,
882-3664. bienj@missouri.edu
william bondeson
Curators’ Teaching Professor,
PhD, University of Chicago. Ancient
philosophy, medical ethics.
Office: 107 Lowry Hall, 884-3128.
bondesonw@missouri.edu
Sara Rachel Chant
assistant professor, PhD, University
of Wisconsin-Madison. Metaphysics,
philosophy of action,
ethics, philosophy of social sciences.
Office: 422 Strickland Hall,
882-3192 chants@missouri.edu
Zachary Ernst
associate professor, PhD, University
of Wisconsin-Madison. Philosophy
of biology, logic, automated rea-
soning. Office: 424 Strickland Hall,
882-3192 ernstz@missouri.edu
bina Gupta
Curators’ Professor, PhD, Southern
Illinois University. Indian and
comparative philosophy. Office:
418 Strickland Hall, 882-3065.
guptab@missouri.edu
Claire Horisk
assistant professor, PhD, University
of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Philosophy of language, history
of analytic philosophy. Office:
437 Strickland Hall, 882-4053.
horiskj@missouri.edu
Robert N. Johnson
associate professor, PhD, University
of North Carolina-Chapel
Hill. Ethical theory, history
of ethics, modern philosophy.
430 Strickland Hall, 884-6210.
johnsonrn@missouri.edu
brian Kierland
assistant professor, PhD, Princeton
University. Ethics, philosophy of
mind. Office: 416 Strickland Hall.
882-7110. kierlandb@missouri.edu
Peter Markie
Curators’ Teaching Professor, PhD,
University of Massachusetts. Seventeenth
century philosophy, ethics,
epistemology, philosophy of
mind. Office: 409 Strickland Hall,
884-6955. markiep@missouri.edu
Matthew McGrath
associate professor, PhD, Brown
University. Metaphysics, epistemology,
philosophy of language. Office:
419 Strickland Hall, 882-6546.
mcgrathma@missouri.edu
Philip Robbins
associate professor and director of
undergraduate studies, PhD. phi-
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