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Faculty

Department of Philosophy Faculty offices are housed on the third floor of University Hall.
The table below provides the Web sites, email addresses, and primary areas of specialization for each faculty member in the department.

Ben Caplan image.
Ben CaplanAssociate Professor
Phone:  614 292 7914   
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Language
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Justin D'ArmsProfessor
Phone:  614-292-8139   
Ethics (especially metaethics and moral psychology)
Philosophy of Emotion
Philosophy of Evolutionary Biology
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Lisa DowningProfessor
Phone:  614-292-1931   
History of Modern Philosophy
17th and 18th Century Natural Philosophy
History of Philosophy of Science
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Daniel FarrellProfessor
Phone:  614-292-1534   
Social and Political Philosophy
History of Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Law
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Glenn HartzProfessor
Phone:  419 755 4354   
Leibniz's Metaphysics
Early Modern Philosophy
Fiction-Response Theories
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Don HubinProfessor & Department Chair
Phone:  614-292-2510   
Ethics
Social/Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Law
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Robert KrautProfessor
Phone:  614-292-1541   
Metaphysics
Aesthetic Theory
Philosophy of Language
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Sukjae LeeAssociate Professor & Undergraduate Chair
Phone:  614-292-8197   
History of Modern Philosophy
17th & 18th Century Theories of Causation
Medieval Philosophy
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Abraham RothAssociate Professor & Graduate Studies Chair
Phone:  614-292-0593   
Philosophy of Mind and Action
Hume
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Tamar RudavskyProfessor
Phone:  614-292-7914   
Medieval Philosophy
Jewish Philosophy
Philosophy of Religion
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Richard SamuelsProfessor
Phone:  614-292-0352   
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Philosophy of Mind
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David SansonAssistant Professor
Phone:  614-292-2235   
Metaphysics
Medieval Philosophy
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Kevin ScharpAssistant Professor
Phone:  614-292-2292   
Philosophy of Language
Philosophical Logic
Rationality
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Timothy SchroederAssociate Professor
Phone:  614.292.2579   
Philosophy of Mind
Moral Psychology
Lisa Shabel image.
Lisa ShabelAssociate Professor & Placement Chair
Phone:  614-292-2505   
Kant
Philosophy of Mathematics
History of Philosophy of Math
Stewart Shapiro image.
Stewart ShapiroProfessor
Phone:  292-8198   
Philosophy of Mathematics
Philosophical Logic
Vagueness
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Allan SilvermanProfessor
Phone:  614-292-1604   
Ancient Philosophy
Metaphysics
Ethics
Late Wittgenstein
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Declan SmithiesAssistant Professor
Phone:  614-292-1950   
Epistemology
Philosophy of Mind
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Dawn StarrLecturer
Phone:  419.995.8287   
Philosophy of Language
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Sigrun SvavarsdottirAssociate Professor & Admissions Chair
Phone:  614-292-1950   
Moral Philosophy
Moral Psychology/Action Theory
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William W TaschekAssociate Professor
Phone:  614-688-5542   
Philosophy of Language
History of Early Analytic Philosophy
Metaphysics
Neil Tennant image.
Neil TennantProfessor of Philosophy
Phone:  614-292-7914   
Logic
Philosophy of Mathematics
Philosophy of Language
Philosophy of Science (especially Biology)
Epistemology
Piers Turner image.
Piers Norris TurnerAssistant Professor
Phone:  614-292-2578   
Mill
Political Philosophy
Ethics
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Wayne WuAssistant Professor
Phone:  614-292-8066   
Philosophy of Mind (esp. Perception)
Philosophy of Action

Affiliated Faculty

The table below provides the Web site, email addresses and additional contact information for faculty members from other OSU departments who are also affiliated with the OSU Department of Philosophy.

Image of Harvey Friedman.
Harvey Friedman, Professor, Dept. of Math.
email: friedman@math.ohio-state.edu
Foundations of mathematics
Philosophy of mathematics
Image of Thomas Kasulis.
Thomas Kasulis, Professor
email: kasulis.1@osu.edu
Critical and Cultural Theory
Asian and Comparative Philosophy
Culture
Comparative Philosophy of Religion
Religion
Japanese Philosophy
Philosophy of Cultural Difference
Image of Craige Roberts.
Craige Roberts, Professor, Dept. of Linquistics
email: croberts@ling.ohio-state.edu
Formal Semantics
Pragmatics

Visiting Faculty

The table below provides the Web site, email addresses and additional contact information for our lecturers and visiting assistant, associate or full professors.

Emeritus Faculty

Steven BoerEmeritus Professor
  
Lee BrownEmeritus Professor
  
Alan HausmanEmeritus Professor
  
Ron LaymonEmeritus Professor
  
Andrew OldenquistEmeritus Professor
  
George PappasEmeritus Professor
  
James ScanlanEmeritus Professor
  
George SchummEmeritus Professor
  
Marshall SwainEmeritus Professor