University of Minnesota
Department of Philosophy
umphil@umn.edu
612-625-6563
myU OneStop


Department of Philosophy

Home > People : Faculty

Faculty

Portrait Name Contact Information Specialties
Portrait: Brian Bix Brian Bix 871 Heller
N-212 Law
612-624-2505
bixxx002@umn.edu		 Legal Philosophy,
Philosophy of Language,
Moral & Political Philosophy
Portrait: Roy Cook Roy Cook 819 Heller
612-625-8379
cookx432@umn.edu		 Philosophy of Logic, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mathematics, Aesthetics of Popular Art, 17th Cent. Philosophy
Portrait: Peter Hanks Peter Hanks
Director of Graduate Studies		 817 Heller
612-624-6415
pwhanks@umn.edu		 Philosophy of Language, Metaphysics,
Philosophy of Mind
Portrait: William Hanson William Hanson 858 Heller
612-625-4072
whanson@umn.edu		 Logic, Philosophy of Logic
Portrait: Geoffrey Hellman Geoffrey Hellman
Chair		 845 Heller
612-625-8201
hellm001@umn.edu		 Philosophy of Mathematics & Logic,
Philosophy of Natural Science,
Aesthetics
Portrait: Sarah Holtman Sarah Holtman
 868 Heller
612-626-1764
holtm001@umn.edu		 Ethics,
Political Philosophy,
Philosophy of Law
Portrait: Jasper Hopkins Jasper Hopkins 869 Heller
612-625-9549
hopkins@umn.edu		 Ancient & Medieval Philosophy,
Philosophy of Religion,
Medical Ethics
Portrait: Michael Kac Michael Kac 812 Heller
612-625-1865
kacxx001@umn.edu		 Linguistics, Cognitive Science,
Philosophy of Language,
Philosophy of Music
Portrait: Douglas Lewis Douglas Lewis 805 Heller
612-625-9842
lewis002@umn.edu		 17th & 18th Century Philosophy,
Metaphysics
Portrait: Alan Love Alan Love 754 Heller Hall
612-625-6563
aclove@umn.edu		 Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Science, History of Biology, Epistemology
Portrait: Michelle Mason Michelle Mason 851 Heller
612-625-2526
mason043@umn.edu		 Ethics, Moral Psychology,
Practical Reason, Aesthetics
Portrait: Joseph Owens Joseph Owens 808 Heller
612-625-0851
owens002@umn.edu		 Philosophy of Mind,
Philosophy of Language,
Metaphysics
Portrait: Sandra Peterson Sandra Peterson 721 Heller
612-625-6058
peter009@umn.edu		 Ancient Philosophy,
Moral Philosophy
Portrait: Naomi Scheman Naomi Scheman 758 Heller
612-625-3430
nschema@umn.edu		 Feminist Theory,
Philosophy of Mind,
Theory of Criticism
Portrait: Valerie Tiberius Valerie Tiberius
Director of
Undergraduate Studies		 721 Heller
612-625-0038
tiberius@umn.edu		 Ethics, Moral Psychology, Well-being & Wisdom
Portrait: John Wallace John Wallace 868 Heller
612-624-5210
walla003@umn.edu		 Philosophy of Language,
Political Philosophy,
Philosophy of Education
Portrait: C. Kenneth Waters C. Kenneth Waters 735 Heller
612-625-4325
ckwaters@umn.edu		 Philosophy of Science,
Philosophy of Biology,
Epistemology, History of Biology

Emeritus Faculty

Portrait Name Contact Information Specialties
Portrait: Norman Dahl Norman Dahl dahlx005@umn.edu Moral Philosophy,
Ancient Philosophy
Portrait: Marcia Eaton Marcia Eaton eaton001@umn.edu Aesthetics
Portrait: Ronald Giere Ronald Giere giere@umn.edu Philosophy of Science
Portrait: Keith Gunderson Keith Gunderson gunde002@umn.edu Philosophy of Mind,
Aesthetics
no photo availible H.E. (Gene) Mason hmason@umn.edu Ethics, Later Wittgenstein
Portrait: Michael Root Michael Root rootx001@umn.edu Metaphysics, Epistemology,
Philosophy of Social Science
no photo availible Rolf Sartorius   Political Philosophy
Portrait: Wade Savage Wade Savage savag001@umn.edu Philosophy of Science,
Epistemology,
Philosophy of Psychology
no photo availible D. Burnham Terrell terre007@umn.edu Philosophy of Mind, History of Philosophy

Affiliated Faculty

Portrait Name Contact Information Specialties
Portrait: Elizabeth Belfiore Elizabeth Belfiore 612-625-4547
esb@umn.edu		 Ancient Philosophy,
Greek Tragedy
Portrait: Norman Bowie Norman Bowie 612-625-6807
nbowie@csom.umn.edu		 Political Philosophy,
Ethics, Business Ethics
Portrait: Debra DeBruin Debra DeBruin 612-624-9687
debru004@umn.edu		 Bioethics
Portrait: Carl Elliott Carl Elliott 612-624-9440
ellio023@umn.edu		 Philosophical and Ethical
Questions in Psychiatry and
Pediatrics
Portrait: Eugene Garver Eugene Garver 612-625-6563
egarver@csbsju.edu		 Practical Reason
Portrait: Jeannette Gundel Jeannette Gundel 612-624-7564
gunde003@umn.edu		 Pragmatics and
Linguistic Theory
Portrait: Jeffrey Kahn Jeffrey Kahn 612-624-9440
kahnx009@umn.edu		 Applied Ethics, Ethics and Health Policy, Research Ethics, Ethics of Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Ethics and Genetics

Departmental Office Hours

Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and
1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

General Information

612-625-6563
831 Heller Hall
271 19th Avenue S
Minneapolis, MN 55455