People
Front Office
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Janet D. Stemwedel, Chair Ph.D., (Philosophy) Stanford; Ph.D., (Chemistry) Stanford Philosophy of Science (esp. Chemical Theory and Practice), Metaphysics (esp. Causation), other interests: Ethics of Science, History of Science, Feminist Philosophy of Science |
| Hanh Le Department Administrator |
Full-Time Faculty
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Karin Brown Ph.D., Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York Ethics and Political Theory, Feminist Philosophy, Buddhist Philosophy |
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Étienne Brown Political Philosophy, Ethics, Philosophy of Technology, Social Epistemology |
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Rebecca Chan |
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Noah Friedman-Biglin History of Analytic Philosophy, Philosophy of Logic, Philosophy of Mathematics |
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Thomas W. Leddy Ph.D., Boston University Philosophy of Art, Aesthetics, Ancient Philosophy, Plato, Nietzsche |
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Jordan Liz Ph.D., University of Memphis Philosophy of Race, Philosophy of Medicine, Bioethics. |
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Bo Mou Ph.D., University of Rochester Philosophy of Language, Metaphysics, Chinese Philosophy, Comparative Philosophy |
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Carlos Alberto Sanchez Ph.D., University of New Mexico Phenomenology, Existentialism, Social and Political, History of Mexican Philosophy, Latin American Philosophy |
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Joseph Stenberg (Undergraduate Advisor) Medieval Philosophy, Ethics, Philosophy of Religion
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Anand Jayprakash Vaidya Ph.D., University of California - Santa Barbara Epistemology (esp. intuition, perception, and modality), Philosophy of Mind, Critical Thinking, Comparative Philosophy (esp. Classical Indian and Analytic Philosophy) |
Affiliated Faculty
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Jason Aleksander (Associate Dean of Faculty Success and Research, College of Humanities and the Arts) Ph.D., Vanderbilt University Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Dante Studies |
Adjunct Faculty
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Fern Alberts M.A., San José State University |
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Lisa Bernasconi M.A., San José State University Ethics, Political Philosophy, Metaphysics |
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Javier Cardoza-Kon 20th Century Continental/ European philosophy.Technology and politics, deconstruction, Indigenous Science and Native American Philosophy. |
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Andrew Delunas Early Modern Philosophy (especially Hume), pragmatism, consciousness |
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Janet Giddings
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Trevor Gullion M.A., (Philosophy) San José State University |
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Tim Johnston Ph.D., Stony Brook University Philosophy and Aging, Feminist and Queer Theory, 20th Century French Philosophy, Care Ethics |
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Michael Jordan M.A., San José State University Ethics, Phenomenology, and Existentialism |
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James Lindahl Ph.D., University of Western Ontario Philosophy of Social Science, Cross-cultural criticism, Philosophical Issues in Anthropology (ethics of representation and translation theory) |
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Tony Nguyen M.A., San José State University |
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Nathan Osborne |
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Krupa Patel Epistemology (esp. perception) |
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George J. Pinto M.A., London School of Economics, M.A., San Jose State University; Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Business and Professional Ethics |
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Casey Smith Philosophy of Expertise, Experimental Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology, Philosophy of Religion, and Logic |
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Elizabeth Sonnier Ph.D., Fordham, New York City's Jesuit University Philosophy of Science, Process Philosophy, Logic, and French Phenomenology and Existentialism |
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John C. Wilhelmsson M.A., San José State University Ethics, Phenomenology, and Edith Stein |
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Dan C. Williamson Ph.D., University of California - Riverside Continental Philosophies with a specialization in Foucault, Postmodernism and Gender Studies; emphasis on ethics in various registers and corresponding interests in American Studies |
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Kyle Yrigoyen M.A., San José State University |
Emeritus Faculty
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Paul Bashaw |
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Arthur Cody |
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S. D. Noam Cook |
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Phil Davis |
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Amnon Goldworth |
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Peter Koestenbaum |
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Tommy L. Lott |
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Rita C. Manning |
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Chánh Phan |
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William H. Shaw |
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Joe Waterhouse |