Faculty

Core Faculty

Susan E. Babbitt  B.A. (Ottawa), M.A., Ph.D. (Cornell). Areas of specialization: Epistemology, Moral Philosophy.

David J. Bakhurst B.A. (Keele), D.Phil. (OXON). Department Head. Areas of specialization: Epistemology, Metaphysics, Ethics, Russian Philosophy.

Jerome Bickenbach B.A. (San Jose), M.A., Ph.D. (Alberta), LLB (Toronto). Queen's Research Chair. Areas of specialization: Bio-Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Disability Studies.

Kerah Gordon-Solmon B.A. (McGill), M.Phil (Cambridge). Areas of specialization: Moral and Political Philosophy, Bioethics.

Deborah Knight B.A., M.A. (Carleton), Ph.D. (Toronto). Areas of specializations: Philosophy of Art and Philosophical Aesthetics.

Rahul Kumar B.A. (Queen's), B.Phil, D.Phil (OXON). Areas of specilization: Moral/ethical theory, moral pyschology, political philosophy.

Will Kymlicka B.A. (Queen's), B.Phil, D.Phil (OXON). Canada Research Chair in Political Philosophy. Area of specialization: Political Philosophy.

Henry Laycock B.A. (OXON). Areas of specialization: Metaphysics and Semantics, Philosophy of Language, Marx.

Stephen Leighton B.A., M.A. (Alberta), Ph.D. (Texas). Areas of specialization: Ancient Philosophy, Philosophical Psychology, Ethics.

Adèle Mercier M.A.(Ottawa), M.A., Ph.D. (Philosophy)(UCLA); M.A., CPhil (Linguistics)(UCLA). Areas of specialization: Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Logic, Semantics, Linguistic Theory.

Jon Miller B.A. (Carleton College), M.A. (University of Wisconsin), Ph.D. (Toronto). Areas of specialization: Early Modern Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy.

Joshua Mozersky B.Sc. (Toronto), M.A. (New York), Ph.D. (Toronto). Areas of specialization: Philosophy of Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language

Christine Overall B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto). Queen's University Research Chair. Areas of specialization: Feminist Philosophy, Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Education.

Udo Schüklenk Ph.D. (Monash). Ontario Research Chair in Bioethics. Areas of specialization: Bioethics, Applied Ethics, Public Health Ethics, Research Ethics, Publishing Ethics.

Sergio Sismondo B.A., M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Cornell). Area of specialization: Science & Technology Studies.

Mick Smith B.Sc. (York, UK) , M.A.(Thames Polytechnic, UK), M.Phil. (North Staffordshire Polytechnic, UK), Ph.D. (Stirling, UK). Areas of specialization: Environmental ethics, social constructions of nature, Gadamer, social theory and hermeneutics.

Christine Sypnowich B.A., M.A. (Toronto) D.Phil. (OXON) Areas of specialization: Political Philosophy, Jurisprudence, Marxist Theory, Feminist Theory.

Cross-Appointed Faculty

Cheryl Cline B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto). Areas of specialization: Bioethics, Political Philosophy, Environmental Ethics.

Jacalyn Duffin M.D. (Toronto), F.R.C.P.(C), Ph.D. (Sorbonne). Hannah Chair: History of Medicine. Areas of specialization: Medical Epistemology, Concepts of Disease, History of Medicine.
 
Scott Johnston M.A., Ph.D. (Illinois). Area of specialization: Philosophy of Education.
 
Rebecca Kukla B.A.H. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Pittsburgh). Areas of specialization: Epistemology, Philosophy of Medicine, Bioethics, Feminist Philosophy, Eighteenth Century Philosophy.

Andrew Lister B.A., M.A. (McGill), Ph.D. (UCLA). Areas of specialization: Political Philosophy, Political Theory.

Margaret Moore BA, MA (Western); PhD (London). Areas of Specialization: Political Theory, Political Philosophy

Ram Murty Ph.D. (M.I.T.) Areas of specialization: Number Theory, Indian Philosophy, Mathematical Logic. 

Michael Pratt B.Sc. (Tor), LL.B. (Osgoode, LL.M. (Tor), Ph.D. (Sydney). Areas of Specialization: Philosophy of Law, Theories of Private Law, Moral Philosophy

Adjunct Faculty

Jacqueline M. Davies  B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Queen's). Areas of specialization: Feminist Thought, Jewish Philosophy, Narrative Reasoning, and Critical Thinking. 

Paul Fairfield  B.A. (McMaster) M.A. (Waterloo) Ph.D. (McMaster). Areas of specialization: Continental Philosophy, Political Theory, Philosophy of Education.

Mark C.R. Smith B.A. (Ottawa), M.A., Ph.D. (Queen's). Areas of specialization: Philosophy of Mathematics, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Thought. 

Nancy Salay B.A. (Waterloo) M.A. (Waterloo) Ph.D. (Dalhousie). Areas of specialization: Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Language, Metaphysics 

Emeritus Faculty

E.J. Bond B.A., M.A. (Queen's), Ph.D. (Cornell). Areas of specialization: Ethics and Value Theory, Aesthetics, Epistemology.

Norman J.P. Brown M.A., B.Phil. (OXON). Areas of specialization: Greek & Medieval Philosophy, Epistemology.

Albert P. Fell B.A. (Toronto) B.Phil. (St. Andrews), AM, Ph.D. (Columbia). Areas of specialization: Philosophy of History, Philosophy of Art.

Michael A. Fox B.A. (Cornell), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto). Areas of specialization: Environmental Ethics, Nineteenth-Century Philosophy.

D.L.C. Maclachlan M.A. (Glasgow), M.A. (Yale), Ph.D. (Glasgow). Areas of specialization: Philosophy of Perception, Philosophical Logic, Metaphysics Academic Biography.

Alistair M. Macleod M.A. (Glasgow), Ph.D. (Queen's). Areas of specialization: Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law.

Carlos G. Prado  B.A., M.A. (Berkeley), Ph.D. (Queen's). Areas of specialization: Epistemology, Philosophers: Descartes, Foucault, Rorty Topics: rational suicide, physician-assisted suicide