Graduate Students
Max Beninger
Student
I am a fifth-year graduate student working in the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of cognitive science. My research focuses on working memory and the global workspace theory of consciousness...
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Angela Bischof
Student
I am a third-year PhD student in the Philosophy department. I hold a BA in Philosophy and a BA in Psychology from New Mexico State University. My research concerns the moral standing of nonhuman...
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Michael Campbell
Student
Office Hours: By appointment.
I'm a third year PhD student interested primarily in metaethics and normativity more generally.
Bryce Gessell
Student
I work in philosophy of mind, history of philosophy and science, and the mind-body problem. I am interested in how that problem manifests in contemporary philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience....
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Ewan Kingston
Student
Ewan's current research concerns the challenge posed to traditional political theory, especially democratic theory, by the increasing environmental and economic interconnections between people...
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Joseph Nelson
Student
My main area of interest is in ethics, and I'm writing a dissertation on pleasure, pain, and well-being.
Erick Sam
Student
I am a Ph.D student in the Department of Philosophy. I hold a B.A. in philosophy and in economics from Brown University and a J.D. from Yale Law School. Prior to arriving at Duke, I worked as a...
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Valerie Soon
Student
I work in philosophy of social science and political philosophy. My dissertation is on the emergence of persistent group inequalities from intimate choices in the private realm.
Sungwoo Um
Student
Sungwoo Um is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Philosophy and an assistant director of the Center for Comparative Philosophy...
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Heather Wallace
Student
Heather is writing a dissertation about Simone de Beauvoir & the problem of other minds, under the direction of Toril Moi and ...
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