Faculty
The Philosophy faculty members have a variety of specialties in philosophy and represent diverse philosophical perspectives. Philosophical issues addressed include both traditional topics from areas such as epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, and social and political philosophy, and also the most recent contemporary concerns. The techniques brought to bear on these issues are analytical, formal, and historical.
Current Faculty
A
Audi, Paul
he/him/his
Professor of Philosophy
- Office Location
- 522 Lattimore Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4105
Interests: Metaphysics; Philosophy of Mind; Philosophy of Language
C
Conee, Earl
Professor of Philosophy
- Office Location
- 528 Lattimore Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4105
Interests: Ethics; Epistemology; Philosophy of Mind
Curren, Randall
Professor of Philosophy
- Office Location
- 524 Lattimore Hall
Interests: Ethics; Moral Psychology; Philosophy of Education; Ancient Philosophy
D
Dees, Richard
he/him/his
Professor of Philosophy
Professor of Medical Humanities and Bioethics
Director, Program in Bioethics
- Office Location
- 529 Lattimore Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4105
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Medical Ethics; Public Health Ethics; Social and Political Philosophy; History of Moral and Political Philosophy
F
Feldman, Richard
Professor of Philosophy
- Office Location
- 518 Lattimore Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4105
Interests: Epistemology; Metaphysics
FitzPatrick, William J.
Gideon Webster Burbank Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy
Professor of Philosophy
- Office Location
- 525 Lattimore Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4105
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Metaethics; Normative Ethics; Bioethics; Philosophy of Biology
H
Herington, Jonathan
he/him/his
Assistant Professor
- Office Location
- 526 Lattimore Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4105
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Philosophy of Science, health and technology
Holmes, Robert L.
Emeritus Professor of Philosophy
- rholmes257@aol.com
Interests: Ethics; Social Philosophy; Philosophy of War
K
Kipper, Jens
Associate Professor, Philosophy
- Office Location
- 519 Lattimore Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4105
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Epistemology; Philosophy of Mind; Philosophy of Language
M
Meerbote, Ralf
Emeritus Professor of Philosophy
Interests: Kant; Epistemology; History of Early Modern Philosophy; Aesthetics; Philosophy of Religion
Modrak, Deborah
Professor Emerita of Philosophy
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4105
Interests: Aristotle; History of Ancient Philosophy; Philosophy of Mind
P
Peterman, Alison
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Department Chair
- Office Location
- 520 Lattimore Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4105
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Early Modern Philosophy; History of Philosophy of Science; Philosophy of Science; Philosophy of Perception
Philpot, Larkin
he/him/his
Postdoctoral Associate
- Office Location
- 526 Lattimore Hall
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Povich, Mark
he/him/his
Assistant Professor in Philosophy
- Office Location
- 523 Lattimore Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4105
Interests: Philosophy of Psychology; Philosophy of Science; Philosophy of Mind
R
Ross, Lainie (Helaine) F., MD, PhD
Professor in Philosophy
- Office Location
- U of R, Medical Center
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6469
- Web Address
- Website
S
Soysal, Zeynep
Associate Professor in Philosophy
- Office Location
- 521 Lattimore Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4105
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Epistemology; Philosophy of Language; Philosophy of Mathematics
T
Terlazzo, Rosa
she/her/hers
Associate Professor in Philosophy
- Office Location
- 527 Lattimore Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4105
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Social and Political Philosophy
W
Wierenga, Edward
Emeritus Professor of Philosophy
Emeritus Professor of Religion and Classics
- Office Location
- 427 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Philosophy of Religion; Metaphysics