Piers Turner is a fifth-year graduate student focusing on political philosophy and moral epistemology. He received a B.A. in philosophy from Yale University, and a Master's of Science in the philosophy and history of science from the London School of Economics. His dissertation offers a moral-epistemic justification of liberal political institutions. His M.A. thesis on epistemic normativity was entitled "Epistemic Deontology and the Consequentialist Consensus". Piers organizes the Carolina Philosophy Retreat, which takes place in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State, near Piers' hometown of Syracuse, NY. Piers also served as the first Outreach Coordinator for the department.

phone: (919) 962-3329
email: pturner@email.unc.edu
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