Philosophy

Faculty of the Department of Philosophy

Sean D. Kelly, Professor of Philosophy (Chair) (on leave spring term)
Edward J. Hall, Professor of Philosophy (Acting Chair-spring term)
Selim Berker, Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Matthew Boyle, Professor of Philosophy
Cheryl K. Chen, Senior Lecturer on Philosophy
Warren Goldfarb, Walter Beverly Pearson Professor of Modern Mathematics and Mathematical Logic (Head Tutor)
Güven Güzeldere, Senior Lecturer on Philosophy and Psychology
Russell Edward Jones, Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Frances Kamm, Professor of Philosophy
Peter Koellner, Professor of Philosophy (on leave 2012-13)
Christine M. Korsgaard, Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Philosophy
Douglas Lavin, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities
Jeffrey K. McDonough, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities
Richard Moran, Brian D. Young Professor of Philosophy (Acting Director of Graduate Studies)
Bernhard Nickel, Associate Professor of Philosophy
Mark Richard, Professor of Philosophy (on leave fall term)
Amelie Rorty, Lecturer on Philosophy
Thomas M. Scanlon, Jr., Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity (on leave 2012-13)
Amartya Sen, Lamont University Professor
Tommie Shelby, Professor of African and African American Studies and of Philosophy
Susanna Siegel, Edgar Pierce Professor of Philosophy (on leave 2012-13)
Alison Simmons, Samuel H. Wolcott Professor of Philosophy, Harvard College Professor (on leave 2012-13)

Other Faculty Offering Instruction in Philosophy

Richard H. Fallon, Ralph S. Tyler, Jr. Professor in Constitutional Law (Harvard Law School)

Affiliates of the Department of Philosophy

Gennaro Chierchia, Haas Foundations Professor of Linguistics (on leave spring term)
Michael E. Rosen, Professor of Government

Primarily for Undergraduates

Philosophy 3. Introduction to the Problems of Philosophy
Catalog Number: 1996
Bernhard Nickel
Half course (fall term). M., W., (F.), at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
An introduction to philosophy. We will focus on the three main areas of concern: epistemology (the theory of knowledge), metaphysics (the theory of the nature of reality), and ethics (the theory of what we ought to do). You’ll be exposed to philosophical modes of argument and inquiry. The course aims as much at developing the skills involved in pursuing these and other philosophical concerns as to acquaint you with particular positions.

Philosophy 7. Introduction to Ancient Philosophy
Catalog Number: 1583
Russell Edward Jones
Half course (spring term). M., W., (F.), at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
A survey of ancient Greek philosophy, with an emphasis on Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Topics include: the nature of reality, and how we come to know it; the nature and value of wisdom and virtue, and how we might come to attain them; and the good life for human beings, with special attention to the place of justice and friendship in it.

[Philosophy 8. Introduction to Early Modern Philosophy]
Catalog Number: 8947
Alison Simmons
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
A survey of 17th- and 18th-century philosophy with a focus on the major metaphysical and epistemological writings of Descartes, Locke, Hume, and Kant. Topics include the natures of mind and body, the existence of God, the existence of the external world, the nature and limits of human knowledge, and the changing relationship between science and philosophy.
Note: Expected to be given in 2013–14.

Philosophy 19. Introduction to Philosophy of Religion - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 20223
Cheryl K. Chen
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 13
An examination of some central themes in the philosophy of religion. Topics include: arguments for and against the existence of God, divine attributes, the problem of evil, miracles, religious experience, the relation between religion and science, and life and death. Readings from historical and contemporary sources.

Philosophy 22. Introduction to Philosophy of Psychology - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 54404
Güven Güzeldere
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 13
An introduction to philosophical questions in psychology and the cognitive sciences: the nature of consciousness, the relation between perception, cognition, and introspection, the pertinence of language for rational thought, and the role of memory for personal identity and the self. We also examine related questions, such as how we can study the content of minds in non-human animals and assess the possibility of minds in robots, as well as how certain brain dysfunctions affect the mind and the self.

*Philosophy 91r. Supervised Reading and Research
Catalog Number: 9710
Warren Goldfarb
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Graded independent study under faculty supervision. Interested students need approval of head tutor for their topic and must propose a detailed syllabus before the beginning of term.

*Philosophy 97. Tutorial - I
Catalog Number: 2435
Warren Goldfarb
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Required of all sophomore concentrators, and for the secondary field in philosophy.

*Philosophy 98hf. Tutorial — Junior Year
Catalog Number: 5533
Warren Goldfarb
Half course (throughout the year). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Required of all junior concentrators.

*Philosophy 99. Tutorial — Senior Year
Catalog Number: 4396
Warren Goldfarb and members of the Department.
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.

Cross-listed Courses

[Culture and Belief 14. Human Being and the Sacred in the History of the West]
[Culture and Belief 31 (formerly Philosophy 19). Saints, Heretics, and Atheists: An Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion]
Empirical and Mathematical Reasoning 17 (formerly Quantitative Reasoning 22). Deductive Logic
[Ethical Reasoning 13 (formerly Moral Reasoning 56). Self, Freedom, and Existence]
[Ethical Reasoning 14 (formerly Moral Reasoning 33). Issues in Ethics]
[Ethical Reasoning 21 (formerly Moral Reasoning 66). Moral Reasoning about Social Protest]
*Freshman Seminar 31j. Skepticism and Knowledge
*Social Studies 10a. Introduction to Social Studies

For Undergraduates and Graduates

Philosophy 102. Aristotle
Catalog Number: 8100
Russell Edward Jones
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 1; . EXAM GROUP: 15
A survey of some central topics in the work of Aristotle, with attention to his philosophical methodology and his views on nature, substance, change, psychology, and ethics. Readings will include selections from Categories, Analytics, Physics, Metaphysics, De Anima, and Nicomachean Ethics.

Philosophy 117. Medieval Philosophy
Catalog Number: 3897
Jeffrey K. McDonough
Half course (fall term). M., W., (F.), at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
A study of central topics in the works of Augustine, Aquinas, and Ockham, with primary emphasis on their contributions to metaphysics and epistemology. Likely topics to include: Augustine on skepticism, language, knowledge, and freedom; Aquinas on metaphysics, epistemology, divine nature, human nature, and human cognition; Ockham on logic of terms, mental language, critique of realism, and conceptualism.

[Philosophy 120. The Rationalists]
Catalog Number: 2512
Jeffrey K. McDonough
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
A study of some central topics in the works of Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz, with primary emphasis on their contributions to metaphysics and epistemology.
Note: Expected to be given in 2013–14.

Philosophy 122. British Empiricism
Catalog Number: 9025
Jeffrey K. McDonough
Half course (spring term). M., W., (F.), at 10. EXAM GROUP: 3
A study of the central works of Locke, Berkeley, and Hume, with primary emphasis on their contributions to metaphysics and epistemology.

[Philosophy 129. Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason]
Catalog Number: 0614
Matthew Boyle
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason is one of the most important works in the history of philosophy. Our goal is to understand its central doctrines and their significance. Kant’s views on human knowledge; the role of mind in the production of experience; space and time; self-knowledge and its role in experience; causation; freedom of the will; the persistence of the soul after death; the status of metaphysics; and the relationship between appearance and reality.
Note: Expected to be given in 2013–14.

Philosophy 132. Marx and Marxism
Catalog Number: 6039
Tommie Shelby
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 11; Tu., at 5:30. EXAM GROUP: 13
Introduces the political philosophy and social theory of Karl Marx. Through primary texts we study his theory of history, his account of human self-alienation, his theory of ideology, his attempt to establish that capitalism is exploitative, his critique of liberalism, and his conception of freedom. Discussion also of some contemporary philosophical writings in the Marxist tradition.

Philosophy 137. The Later Philosophy of Wittgenstein
Catalog Number: 3360
Richard Moran
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 1. EXAM GROUP: 15
A close reading of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations, focusing on its treatments of the topics of meaning, reference, rule-following, cognition, perception, “the private mental realm,” knowledge, scepticism, and the nature of philosophy. Attention to Wittgenstein’s philosophical methodology, with its claim to dissolve philosophical problems rather than propose solutions to them.

[Philosophy 141. Frege, Russell, and the Early Wittgenstein]
Catalog Number: 6807
Warren Goldfarb
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
An examination of the beginnings of analytic philosophy, with primary interest in the reformulation of traditional philosophical problems by these three authors and the analytic and logical methods they introduced to treat them.
Note: Expected to be given in 2013–14.

[Philosophy 144. Logic and Philosophy]
Catalog Number: 1111
Warren Goldfarb
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Three philosophically important results of modern logic: Gödel’s incompleteness theorems; Turing’s definition of mechanical computability; Tarski’s theory of truth for formalized languages. Discusses both mathematical content and philosophical significance of these results.
Note: Expected to be given in 2013–14.
Prerequisite: Some knowledge of deductive logic.

Philosophy 147. Philosophy of Language
Catalog Number: 8887
Bernhard Nickel
Half course (spring term). M., W., (F.), at 1; Tu., at 12; Tu., at 2. EXAM GROUP: 6
A survey of central questions in the philosophy of language. Is language primarily a biological or a rational phenomenon? What is meaning? Is language-use governed by specifically linguistic rules, or is it continuous with other rational activity? Can you really translate one language into another? How can we deal with linguistic paradoxes? Readings include Chomsky, Frege, Grice, Quine, Wittgenstein, and Kripke.

*Philosophy 148. Philosophy of Mathematics: Proseminar
Catalog Number: 8341
Warren Goldfarb
Half course (spring term). W., 4–6. EXAM GROUP: 9
Philosophical issues concerning mathematics, such as: its degree of certainty and necessity, its being apparently a priori, what reference to objects such as numbers and sets amounts to, the relation of mathematics and logic, whether classical logic can be called into question. Reading of such writers as Frege, Brouwer, Hilbert, Carnap, Quine, and contemporaries.
Prerequisite: Quantitative Reasoning 22 or the equivalent or some background in mathematics.

Philosophy 151z. Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics
Catalog Number: 5465
Edward J. Hall
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., 10–11:30; M., at 9; Tu., at 7 p.m.; W., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 12, 13
A crowning achievement of 20th century science, quantum mechanics is also bizarre enough to lead intelligent people to claim that the universe perpetually splits into many copies of itself, that conscious minds can make physical systems "jump" unpredictably, that classical logic must be revised, that there is no objective reality, and much, much more. We will separate the wheat of genuine mystery from the chaff of philosophical confusion. No prior knowledge of quantum mechanics required.
Note: This course, when taken for a letter grade, meets the Core area requirement for Science A.

Philosophy 155. Carnap and Quine
Catalog Number: 26883
Warren Goldfarb
Half course (fall term). M., W., (F.), at 1. EXAM GROUP: 6
An investigation into the revolution that the Logical Positivist movement attempted to effect in philosophy, and its aftermath. Concentrates on the views of the leading positivist, Rudolf Carnap, on the verifiability theory of meaning, the analysis of empirical knowledge, the refutation of Kant’s theories of geometry and mathematics, and the nature and role of philosophy; and then on to W. V. Quine’s attack on positivism and his development of a post-positivist naturalism.

Philosophy 156. Philosophy of Mind
Catalog Number: 3410
Cheryl K. Chen
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 12; Th., at 4. EXAM GROUP: 14
The mind-body problem and proposed solutions to it, including dualism, behaviorism, identity theories, and functionalism. Theories of consciousness, subjective experience, and the mind’s representation of the world.

*Philosophy 158. Self, Body, and Other: Proseminar - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 45486
Matthew Boyle
Half course (fall term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
An exploration of the distinctive ways in which we know (1) our own minds, (2) our own bodies, (3) the minds of other persons. A central concern will be how each of these kinds of knowledge differs from our knowledge of mere objects. Readings from philosophical sources and from some relevant literature in contemporary psychology and cognitive science.

Philosophy 159. Epistemology
Catalog Number: 5443
Selim Berker
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 12; . EXAM GROUP: 14
An introduction to the theory of knowledge. Topics include skepticism about the external world, the analysis of knowledge, sensitivity and safety, the regress of reasons, foundational vs. coherence views, and internalism vs. externalism.

*Philosophy 161. Personal Identity and Self-Consciousness: Proseminar
Catalog Number: 7414
Cheryl K. Chen
Half course (spring term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
An examination of some interconnected issues concerning personal identity and self-consciousness. Topics include the identity of persons over time, introspection, self-reference, and bodily awareness.

Philosophy 168. Kant’s Ethical Theory
Catalog Number: 8361
Christine M. Korsgaard
Half course (spring term). M., W., (F.), at 12; Th., at 12. EXAM GROUP: 5
A study of Kant’s moral philosophy, based primarily on the Groundwork of Metaphysics of Morals, the Critique of Practical Reason, and The Metaphysics of Morals.
Note: This course, when taken for a letter grade, meets the General Education requirement for Ethical Reasoning or the Core area requirement for Moral Reasoning.

Philosophy 172. The History of Modern Moral Philosophy
Catalog Number: 5184
Christine M. Korsgaard
Half course (fall term). M., W., (F.), at 12. EXAM GROUP: 5
A study of the development of modern moral philosophy from its origins in the natural law theories of Hobbes and Pufendorf to the emergence of the two most influential theories of the modern period, utilitarianism and Kantianism, in the works of Bentham and Kant. Selections from the works of Hobbes, Clarke, Butler, Hutcheson, Hume, Smith, Price, and others.
Note: This course, when taken for a letter grade, meets the General Education requirement for Ethical Reasoning or the Core area requirement of Moral Reasoning.

[Philosophy 174. Recent Ethical Theory]
Catalog Number: 3266
Christine M. Korsgaard
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
A study of some major recent philosophical theories of ethics, chosen from among the works of Blackburn, Darwall, Gibbard, Korsgaard, Nagel, Scanlon, Thompson, and others.
Note: Expected to be given in 2013–14. This course, when taken for a letter grade, meets the General Education requirement for Ethical Reasoning or the Core area requirement of Moral Reasoning.

*Philosophy 176. Topics in Ethics: Proseminar - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 93512
Douglas Lavin
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
A philosophical consideration of the nature of justice, understood broadly to include those aspects of moral life that involve relations to other persons. Historical and contemporary readings.

Philosophy 179. Race and Social Justice
Catalog Number: 6665
Tommie Shelby
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 10; . EXAM GROUP: 12
Critically examines recent philosophical work on questions of racial justice: What is racism? What makes racial discrimination wrong? Are reparations owed for past racial injustices? Is racial profiling ever justified? Under what conditions should we regard racial disparities (e.g., in wealth or employment) as unjust? Should government foster racial integration in schools and neighborhoods? Is affirmative action unfair? Is a just society a "color-blind" society?
Note: This course fulfills the requirement that one of the eight General Education courses also engage substantially with Study of the Past. This course, when taken for letter grade, meets the General Education requirement for Ethical Reasoning or the Core area requirement for Moral Reasoning.

[Philosophy 187. Aesthetics]
Catalog Number: 2594
Richard Moran
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
An examination of some texts of philosophical aesthetics from the 18th and 19th centuries, texts which either represent or anticipate the Romantic period. Themes include the role of emotion in art, the nature of expression and its relation to the will, problems of sincerity, and art or poetry as sources of knowledge. Readings will include some, but probably not all, of the following authors: Diderot, Schiller, Burke, Kant, Hume, Hegel, Lessing, Rousseau.
Note: Expected to be given in 2013–14.

Cross-listed Courses

Government 1052. History and Freedom in German Idealism
Mathematics 141. Introduction to Mathematical Logic

Primarily for Graduates

*Philosophy 224. Topics in Early Modern Philosophy: Seminar - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 57097
Jeffrey K. McDonough
Half course (spring term). M., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8

*Philosophy 248x. Philosophy and Semantics: Seminar - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 60593
Mark Richard
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–5. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Foundational issues raised by contemporary work in semantics for natural languages. Topics: nature of truth and its relation to meaning; vagueness and bivalence; alternatives to truth-conditional semantics; emotional and expressive interpretation of speech and its relation to informational interpretation.

*Philosophy 250z. Metaphysical Grounding: Seminar - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 24178
Selim Berker
Half course (spring term). W., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Recent work on the metaphysical in-virtue-of relation, with applications to debates in the philosophy of religion, metaphysics, epistemology, metaethics, and normative ethics.

*Philosophy 254. Speech and Intersubjectivity: Seminar - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 90807
Richard Moran
Half course (fall term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
An examination of speech and intersubjectivity. Topics will include belief and the expression of belief, relational normativity, other minds, communication, and mutual recognition. Readings from contemporary and historical sources.

*Philosophy 277. Philosophy and Law: Seminar - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 94967
Richard H. Fallon (Harvard Law School) and Frances Kamm
Half course (spring term). W., 5–7 p.m. EXAM GROUP: 9
An exploration of some of the ways in which philosophical analysis and discussions of what the law is and ought to be can enrich one another. Readings will include drafts of works-in-progress by philosophers, political theorists, and law professors who will present their work in the seminar.
Note: Offered jointly with Harvard Law School as 2470.

*Philosophy 299hf. Individual Supervision
Catalog Number: 8076
Richard Moran and members of the Department
Half course (throughout the year). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Required of candidates for the AM or PhD in Philosophy. Consult the Department’s Supplement to the General Announcement for details.

Cross-listed Courses

Economics 2082. Social Choice Theory - (New Course)

Graduate Courses of Reading and Research

*Philosophy 300aa (formerly *Philosophy 300a). Colloquium
Catalog Number: 5615
Edward J. Hall 5324 and Sean D. Kelly 5515 (on leave spring term)
Full course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
An intensive study of selected problems in contemporary philosophy.
Note: Limited to first-year graduate students in the Department.

*Philosophy 300b. Colloquium
Catalog Number: 6280
Selim Berker 5514
Half course (spring term). M., 4–6. EXAM GROUP: 9
Continuation of Philosophy 300aa.

*Philosophy 303. Colloquium: Dissertation Presentations
Catalog Number: 1089
Matthew Boyle 5279
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.

*Philosophy 305. Individual Reading and Research
Catalog Number: 4462
Selim Berker 5514, Matthew Boyle 5279, Warren Goldfarb 4499, Edward J. Hall 5324, Russell Edward Jones 6777, Frances Kamm 4280, Sean D. Kelly 5515 (on leave spring term), Peter Koellner 4680 (on leave 2012-13), Christine M. Korsgaard 2994, Douglas Lavin 5091, Jeffrey K. McDonough 5280, Richard Moran 1786, Bernhard Nickel 5516, Mark Richard 6603 (on leave fall term), Thomas M. Scanlon, Jr. 7986 (on leave 2012-13), Amartya Sen 1705, Tommie Shelby 3863, Susanna Siegel 2441 (on leave 2012-13), and Alison Simmons 1300 (on leave 2012-13)
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.

*Philosophy 310. Research Seminars
Catalog Number: 4465
Selim Berker 5514, Matthew Boyle 5279, Warren Goldfarb 4499, Edward J. Hall 5324, Russell Edward Jones 6777, Frances Kamm 4280, Sean D. Kelly 5515 (on leave spring term), Peter Koellner 4680 (on leave 2012-13), Christine M. Korsgaard 2994, Douglas Lavin 5091, Jeffrey K. McDonough 5280, Richard Moran 1786, Bernhard Nickel 5516, Mark Richard 6603 (on leave fall term), Thomas M. Scanlon, Jr. 7986 (on leave 2012-13), Amartya Sen 1705, Tommie Shelby 3863, Susanna Siegel 2441 (on leave 2012-13), and Alison Simmons 1300 (on leave 2012-13)
Small seminars on specialized topics, arranged by members of the Department in consultation with suitably prepared graduate students. Seminars will be listed individually with numbers from 311 through 398.

*Philosophy 311. Workshop in Moral and Political Philosophy
Catalog Number: 5370
Selim Berker 5514 (fall term only), Christine M. Korsgaard 2994, and Douglas Lavin 5091 (spring term only)
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). M., 4–6. EXAM GROUP: Fall: 9
A forum for the presentation and discussion of work in progress by students in moral and political philosophy. Open only to graduate students in the Philosophy Department or by invitation of the instructors.

*Philosophy 312. Workshop in Metaphysics and Epistemology
Catalog Number: 0576
Matthew Boyle 5279 (fall term only), Edward J. Hall 5324 (fall term only), Richard Moran 1786 (spring term only), and Mark Richard 6603 (on leave fall term) (spring term only)
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). M., 4–6. EXAM GROUP: Fall: 9
A forum for the presentation and discussion of work in progress by students in metaphysics and epistemology. Open only to graduate students in the Philosophy Department or by invitation of the instructors.

*Philosophy 315hf. Instructional Styles in Philosophy
Catalog Number: 9781
Bernhard Nickel 5516
Half course (throughout the year). Hours to be arranged.
Course is required for graduate students in their first year of teaching; optional for students in their second year of teaching.

*Philosophy 320. Philosophy in Translation: Latin
Catalog Number: 44862
Jeffrey K. McDonough 5280
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
A close reading of philosophical texts in their original Latin language with the aim of developing reading and translation skills.

*Philosophy 322. Philosophy in Translation: Greek
Catalog Number: 65437
Russell Edward Jones 6777
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Readings from the Greek texts of major figures of classical philosophy.

*Philosophy 333. Preparation for the Topical Examination
Catalog Number: 1967
Selim Berker 5514, Matthew Boyle 5279, Warren Goldfarb 4499, Edward J. Hall 5324, Russell Edward Jones 6777, Frances Kamm 4280, Sean D. Kelly 5515 (on leave spring term), Peter Koellner 4680 (on leave 2012-13), Christine M. Korsgaard 2994, Douglas Lavin 5091, Jeffrey K. McDonough 5280, Richard Moran 1786, Bernhard Nickel 5516, Mark Richard 6603 (on leave fall term), Thomas M. Scanlon, Jr. 7986 (on leave 2012-13), Amartya Sen 1705, Tommie Shelby 3863, Susanna Siegel 2441 (on leave 2012-13), and Alison Simmons 1300 (on leave 2012-13)
Required in both fall and spring terms of all third-year graduate students in the Department.

*Philosophy 399. Direction of Doctoral Dissertations
Catalog Number: 3283
Selim Berker 5514, Matthew Boyle 5279, Warren Goldfarb 4499, Edward J. Hall 5324, Russell Edward Jones 6777, Frances Kamm 4280, Sean D. Kelly 5515 (on leave spring term), Peter Koellner 4680 (on leave 2012-13), Christine M. Korsgaard 2994, Douglas Lavin 5091, Jeffrey K. McDonough 5280, Richard Moran 1786, Bernhard Nickel 5516, Mark Richard 6603 (on leave fall term), Thomas M. Scanlon, Jr. 7986 (on leave 2012-13), Amartya Sen 1705, Tommie Shelby 3863, Susanna Siegel 2441 (on leave 2012-13), and Alison Simmons 1300 (on leave 2012-13)