Philosophy

Frank joined the Department of Philosophy at Harvard in 2024. He is broadly interested in metaphysics, history and philosophy of science, and teleological explanation, particularly in the works of Immanuel Kant. He is also interested in the varieties of...

Aisling joined the Department of Philosophy at Harvard in the fall of 2024. She received her B.S. in mathematics from Saint Michael’s College and her M.A. in philosophy from Virginia Tech. She is particularly interested in early modern philosophy of mind...

Evelyn Rose joined Harvard's Department of Philosophy in 2024. She completed her BA in philosophy at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on early modern European metaphysics and epistemology.

• Regions: Europe; America
• Time periods: 17th century; 18th century; 19th century
• Topics: Early Modern Philosophy; Ethics; Moral Psychology; Philosophy and Literature

Luke Ciancarelli entered Harvard’s Philosophy department as a PhD candidate after receiving a...

• Region: Eastern Mediterranean; Europe; Middle East
• Time: 16th Century; 17th Century; 18th Century
• Theme: History of Science; Intellectual History; Philosophy
  

  
  I am a second-year PhD student in Islamic Intellectual History at Harvard’s...

• Region(s): Europe
• Time Period(s): 17th century; 18th century
• Theme(s): history of philosophy; philosophy of science; theory of mind; theory of perception

   

Alison Simmons received her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1994. The...

• Region(s): Europe
• Time Period(s): 16th century; 17th century; 18th century
• Theme(s): philosophy of science; medieval philosophy; metaphysics; epistemology

   

Jeffrey McDonough joined the philosophy department in 2005 after receiving his Ph...

• Region: Europe
• Time Periods: 17th century; 18th century

• Theme: Philosophy

   

I specialize in Early Modern Philosophy, with a particular focus on Émilie Du Châtelet, Leibniz, Wolff, and Kant. I work on metaphysics, particularly on the principles of knowledge...