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Philosophy

Dorit Bar-On, Professor of Philosophy, teaches and does research in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and epistemology. She has recently completed a book on self-knowledge entitled *Speaking My Mind: Expression and Self-Knowledge*, forthcoming with Oxford University Press. She was born and raised in Israel, and came to the U.S. to pursue a PhD in philosophy at UCLA. She is married to Professor Keith
Simmons, also in the philosophy department; they are currently working on a joint manuscript on Truth and Meaning. They live in Chapel Hill with their 9-year old daughter, an 11-year old Golden Retriever, and a 3-month old hamster... She has won the Tanner Award for Teaching Excellence.

Bernard Boxill, Professor of Philosophy, teaches and does research in social and political philosophy and African American philosophy. He has published and lectured widely on race, affirmative action, and social justice. He is the author of Blacks and Social Justice; has just completed Race and Racism, and is currently finishing Boundaries and Justice, and Justice, Freedom and Respect: A History of Africa American Political Thought. Originally from St. Lucia in the West Indies, he received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from UCLA, and has been at UNC for 15 years. He is married to colleague Jan, and they have two grown daughters, both of whom graduated from UNC-CH. He won the Tanner Award for Teaching Excellence.

Jan Boxill (PhD, UCLA) is a professor in the Philosophy Department. She received the Tanner Faculty Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in 1998.

Michael Corrado is Arch Allen Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy from Brown University, and a J.D. from the University of Chicago. He is interested in issues revolving around the notion of criminal responsibility, and in comparative law. He is the author of The Analytic Tradition in Philosophy and the editor of Justification and Excuse in the Criminal Law, and has been the editor of the journal Law and Philosophy. He has recently completed A Casebook on Comparative Constitutional Review.

Don Garrett, Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence, is enamored with philosophy in general and with seventeenth and eighteenth century philosophy in particular. He received his Ph.D. from Yale University and has subsequently taught at Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Utah as well as at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is the author of Cognition and Commitment in Hume's Philosophy, the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Spinoza, the North American editor of the journal Archiv fúr Geschichte der Philosophie, and a one-time champion on Jeopardy! One of his fondest dreams is that the Red Sox will win the World Series in his lifetime.

Thomas Hill did his undergraduate work at Harvard University, and then did graduate work in philosophy at Oxford University (B.Phil.) and again at Harvard University (Ph.D.). He specializes in ethics, especially the history of ethics. The range of his interests is evident in his three books: Autonomy and Self-Respect (Cambridge University Press, 1991), Dignity and Practical Reason in Kant's Moral Theory (Cornell University Press, 1992), and Respect, Pluralism, and Justice (Oxford University Press, 2000). He enjoys playing the piano, swimming, and taking care of his three dogs at home in Chatham County.

Marc Lange is a philosopher of science who is interested in the logical and metaphysical questions arising from theories in biology and physics. Along with various articles, he has written a book on the concept of a law of nature and an introductory text on causation, fields, energy, and mass in physics. He lives in Chapel Hill with his wife, his two children, and his dog, Bubbles.

Douglas C. Long was born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, a follower of the Wolverines, and received a BA from the University of Michigan. Graduate work in philosophy took him to Harvard for a Ph.D. and to Oxford. He spent a summer as a chauffeur and body guard on the Gloucester estate of a Beacon Hill widow. He has taught at UCLA, the University of Washington, and Brown, but has been at UNC for 33 years. His philosophical interests are wide-ranging, but he specializes in theory of knowledge, philosophy of mind, and regularly teaches a large section of Bioethics. He is married to a native of Brussels, and has two sons, an electrical engineer and an environmentalist with the White Mountain Apache tribe in eastern Arizona. Dr. Long enjoys traveling the Southwest and collecting American Indian crafts.

William G. Lycan (BA, Amherst College; PhD, University of Chicago) is William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor of Philosophy. He specializes in the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of language. His books include Consciousness and Consciousness and Experience (MIT Press). He is often conscious himself.

Douglas MacLean is a Professor of Philosophy whose research is primarily in practical ethics. His general research interests are in how moral values are formed, how they are justified, and how they shape our policies and laws. He works on issues in environmental ethics, military ethics, the regulation of risk, and medical ethics. "I am committed to the view that philosophical subjects related to how we should live our lives and interact with each other cannot be best conducted purely in the abstract or a priori. Rather, philosophical investigation about human affairs must be well informed by experience and facts. What we learn through observation and science not only grounds our philosophical ideas; it also helps us to see philosophical questions in new and different lights. I am also committed to the view that good philosophy requires the active involvement of our capacities to imagine how things might be, and for this reason fiction and art can contribute to philosophical discussions."

Gerald Postema, Cary C. Boshamer Professor of Philosophy and Law, earned his PhD from Cornell University (1976), after studying at Calvin College and Oxford University. He came to UNC in 1980, served as chair of the Department of Philosophy for seven years, and has sung with the Choral Society of Durham for 15 years. He has published widely in legal and political philosophy and ethics, and is currently editing a twelve-volume treatise on the philosophy of law from Moses to modern times.

Ryan Preston joined the philosophy department in Fall 2008. He specializes in moral and political philosophy and philosophy of religion. He also has interests in medical ethics. His current work focuses on moral rights, the moral significance of trust, and justifications for promoting our own projects, rather than promoting the greater good. Before joining the philosophy department, Ryan was a Faculty Fellow at the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard.

David Reeve was born and raised in Ireland. He came to the States to pursue a PhD at Cornell University. Before coming to UNC, he taught at Reed Collegein Portand, Oregon. Well known for his five books on ancient philosophy and his translations of Plato and Aristotle, his interests include moral psychology, ethics, and metaphysics. His most recent book, forthcoming from Harvard University Press, "Love's Confusions," is an extended reflection on the nature of love. His new translation of Plato's Republic will be out in september from Hackett.

Michael Resnik, who has taught at UNC since 1967, is internationally known for his research in the philosophy of mathematics. In addition to teaching this subject he regularly teaches undergraduate courses in introductory philosophy, philosophy of science, logic and political philosophy. He lives with his wife, Janet, a well-known potter, on their 137-acre farm in Chatham County. They have horses and donkeys (burros), some which they adopted from the US Government under the Wild Horse and Burro program and subsequently gentled and trained.

John T. Roberts is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy (Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh). His primary research interests are in philosophy of science, philosophy of physics and metaphysics. He has published articles on laws of nature and objective chance, and is currently working on problems in the philosophical interpretation of quantum mechanics. He loves contra dancing and traditional Cajun dancing (though he keeps these interests out of the classroom).

Jay Rosenberg was born in Chicago, educated in Portland, Oregon, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and has been teaching at UNC for 34 years. He is happily married with two grown children. He has a second home in Germany. He watches TV and reads voraciously, often simultaneously. He has been a 5-time Jeopardy champion.

Keith Simmonsspecializes in logic and philosophy of language. He is originally from London, and came to UNC via University College London and UCLA. He has written a book about the Liar paradox, and is currently working on a manuscript that explores a broad family of logical paradoxes. He claims not to have lost his English accent, and he’s a lifelong supporter of Tottenham Hotspur.

Susan Wolf is the Edna J. Koury Distinguished Professor of Philosophy. Majoring in math and philosophy, she graduated from Yale in 1974. She did her graduate work at Princeton and taught at Harvard, the University of Maryland, and Johns Hopkins before coming to UNC in 2002. In 2003 she received the Mellon Foundation’s award for Distinguished Achievement in the Humanities. Professor Wolf is the author of Freedom Within Reason, a book on free will and moral responsibility, and numerous articles ranging over topics in ethics. Her recent work has focused on the relations among happiness, morality, and meaningfulness in life. In addition to philosophy, she enjoys hiking, cooking, movies, and Tarheel basketball.