Session 1 Camp Leader: Dr. Amy L. Shuster
Amy is a staff member and associated faculty in the Ohio State University philosophy department. They are a passionate advocate for college-level teaching and the motto that "Philosophy is for everyone!" Amy teaches courses in social and political philosophy, some of which meet at a local prison as part of OPEEP. Amy also is a co-facilitator of a prison-based learning community entitled Philosophy for Humans. When not hard at work, they practice yoga, hike, and hang out with family over a good meal and a long board game.
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Session 2 Camp Leader: Professor Steven Brown
Steven Brown is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Ohio State University philosophy department. His interests are primarily in ethics and religion, with a particular focus on matters that directly impact wellbeing. He teaches classes on Death and the Meaning of Life, Asian Philosophies, Philosophy of Religion, and Human Development Ethics. In addition to teaching these classes, Steve has a long-standing interest in effective charitable work focused on the people in greatest need.
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Instructor: Professor Tristram McPherson
Tristram is a Professor in the Ohio State University philosophy department. The heart of their research concerns how to understand and assess the ethical commitments that structure our lives. Much of this works concerns whether and how ethics could be objective, and how to assess our ethical concepts. They also spend significant time thinking about substantive questions in ethics, including the ethics of our relationships to non-human animals, and the ethical significance of climate change. Tristram is passionate about philosophy and looks forward to exploring some of the deepest questions in the field with the campers.
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Camp Administrator: Anand Ekbote
Anand is a PhD student at OSU. He discovered philosophy late in life, but when he did, he immediately fell in love with it. Just goes to show that age is no bar for philosophy! His advice to high school students is, find out early if philosophy is for you. If it is, then no other course of study will be as much fun!
Anand is interested in learning about the true nature of reality, and whether it is possible for humans like us to get to know it. This leads him to study philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, and epistemology.
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Instructor: Loane Forest
Loane is a PhD student at Ohio State. She has two bachelor's degrees: one in philosophy and one in computer sciences. She is interested in a wide range of questions in philosophy of mind and social ethics; from thinking about if our brains are the same as computers to questioning the impact of our societies on animals and the environment. Besides philosophy, she loves learning new languages, solving puzzles, reading French literature and going on long walks in nature. She is looking forward to having discussions with campers and sharing her enthusiasm for asking lots of questions.
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Instructor: Charles Crumpler
Charles is a PhD student at OSU. He has two bachelor's degrees, one in philosophy and one in mathematics, and a master's degree in mathematics. He is primarily interested in philosophical issues related to logic and the foundations of mathematics, though he also dabbles in issues related and at the intersection of language, art, and politics. Outside philosophy, he enjoys listening to and playing music, reading about the history of mathematics, and experimenting with vegetarian and vegan cooking.
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