Five Questions

The philosopher Zena Hitz asks me five questions about myself.

Zena Hitz is a Tutor at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, and the author of …

I ask the philosopher Liam Kofi Bright five questions about himself.

Liam Kofi Bright is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the London School …

I ask the philosopher Kyla Ebels-Duggan five questions about herself.

Kyla Ebels-Duggan is Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University. She is the author of “Educating for Autonomy” (2014), “Beyond Words” …

I ask the philosopher Ken Winkler five questions about himself.

Ken Winkler is Kingman Brewster Jr. Professor of Philosophy at Yale University and the author of “Berkeley: An Interpretation” (1989).

I ask the philosopher Laura Ruetsche five questions about herself.

Laura Ruetsche is Louis Loeb Collegiate Professor of Philosophy at the University …

I ask the philosopher Hanna Pickard five questions about herself.

Hanna Pickard is Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Bioethics at Johns Hopkins University. She is the author of “Responsibility without …

I ask the philosopher Miriam Schoenfield five questions about herself.

Miriam Schoenfield is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas, Austin. She is the author of “Decision-Making in the Face of …

I ask the philosopher Palle Yourgrau five questions about himself.

Palle Yourgrau is Harry A. Wolfson Professor of Philosophy at Brandeis …

I ask the philosopher Pamela Hieronymi five questions about herself.

Pamela Hieronymi is Professor of Philosophy at UCLA and the author of “Freedom, Resentment, and the Metaphysics of Morals” (2020).

I ask the philosopher Ian Phillips five questions about himself.

Ian Phillips is Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of “Perceiving Temporal …

I ask the philosopher Ben Laurence five questions about himself.

Ben Laurence teaches political philosophy at the University of Chicago and is the …

I ask the philosopher Susan James five questions about herself.

Susan James is Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London. She is the author of several books, including “Passion and Action: The Emotions …

I ask the philosopher Rachel Fraser five questions about herself.

Rachel Fraser is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford, …

I ask the philosopher Steve Yablo five questions about himself.

Steve Yablo is David W. Skinner Professor of Philosophy at MIT. He is the author of “Thoughts” (2009), “Things”(2010), and “Aboutness” (2016).

I ask the philosopher Aaron Wendland five questions about himself.

Aaron Wendland is Vision Fellow in Public Philosophy at King’s College, London …

I ask the philosopher Karen Bennett five questions about herself.

Karen Bennett is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University and the author of “Making Things Up” (2017).

I ask the philosopher Akeel Bilgrami five questions about himself.

Akeel Bilgrami is the Sidney Morgenbesser Professor of Philosophy at Columbia …

I ask the philosopher Antonia Peacocke five questions about herself.

Antonia Peacocke is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University. She is the author of “How to Think Several Thoughts at Once” (2021), …

I ask the philosopher Sharon Street five questions about herself.

Sharon Street is Professor of Philosophy at NYU. She is the author of “A Darwinian Dilemma for Realist Theories of Value” (2006), “Constructivism about …

I ask the philosopher Ryan Preston-Roedder five questions about himself.

Ryan Preston-Roedder is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Occidental …

I ask the philosopher Ursula Coope five questions about herself.

Ursula Coope is Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Oxford. She is …

I ask the philosopher R. Jay Wallace five questions about himself.

R. Jay Wallace is William and Trudy Ausfahl Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of “Responsibility and …

I ask the philosopher Guy Longworth five questions about himself.

Guy Longworth is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick. He is the author of “Comprehending Speech” (2008), “Sharing Thoughts About …

I ask the philosopher Japa Pallikkathayil five questions about herself.

Japa Pallikkathayil is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh. She is the author of “Persons and Bodies” (2017), “The …

I ask the philosopher Bob Stalnaker five questions about himself.

Bob Stalnaker is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at MIT. He is the author of several books, including “Inquiry” (1984), “Our Knowledge of the Internal …

I ask the philosopher Susanna Siegel five questions about herself.

Susanna Siegel is the Edgar Pierce Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University. She is the author of “The Contents of Visual Experience” (2010) and …

I introduce the third season of Five Questions, a podcast in which I ask philosophers five questions about themselves.

New episodes post on Tuesday mornings.

I ask the philosopher Kit Fine five questions about himself.

Kit Fine is Professor of Philosophy and Mathematics at NYU. He is the author of several books, including “Reasoning with Arbitrary Objects” (1985), “The …

I ask the philosopher Miranda Fricker five questions about herself.

Miranda Fricker is Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York Graduate Center and the author of “Epistemic Injustice: Power and the …

I ask the philosopher Larry Blum five questions about himself.

Lawrence Blum is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Education at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He …

I ask the philosopher Sebastian Rödl five questions about himself.

Sebastian Rödl is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Leipzig. He is the author of “Self-Consciousness” (2007), “Categories of the Temporal” …

I ask the philosopher Cheryl Misak five questions about herself.

Cheryl Misak is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. Her books include “Truth and the End of Inquiry” (1990), “The American Pragmatists” …

I ask the philosopher Philip Pettit five questions about himself.

Philip Pettit is Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Human Values at Princeton University and Distinguished University Professor of …

I ask the philosopher Anil Gomes five questions about himself.

Anil Gomes is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford. He is the author of “Iris Murdoch on Art, Ethics, and Attention” (2013), “Is …

I ask the philosopher Elizabeth Barnes five questions about herself.

Elizabeth Barnes is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia and the author of “The Minority Body” (2016).

I ask the philosopher Sarah Moss five questions about herself.

Sarah Moss is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Michigan and the author of “Probabilistic Knowledge” (2018).

I ask the philosopher Raimond Gaita five questions about himself.

Rai Gaita is Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne and Emeritus …

I ask five of my colleagues one question about themselves.

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I ask the philosopher Steve Darwall five questions about himself.

Steve Darwall is Andrew Downey Orrick Professor of Philosophy at Yale University. He is the author of several books, including “Impartial Reason” …

I ask the philosopher Rachel Barney five questions about herself.

Rachel Barney is Professor of Classics and Philosophy at the University of Toronto. She is the author of “Names and Nature in Plato’s ‘Cratylus’” (2001) …

I ask the philosopher Lucy O'Brien five questions about herself.

Lucy O’Brien is Professor of Philosophy at University College London and the author …

I ask the philosopher Riki Heck five questions about themselves.

Riki Heck is Professor of Philosophy at Brown University. They are the author of “Frege’s Theorem” (2011) and “Reading Frege’s ‘Grundgesetze’” (2012).

I ask the philosopher Jonathan Wolff five questions about himself.

Jonathan Wolff is the Alfred Landecker Professor of Values and Public Policy at …

I ask the philosopher Hannah Ginsborg five questions about herself.

Hannah Ginsborg is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California at Berkeley. She is the author of “The Normativity of Nature: Essays on …

I ask the philosopher T. M. Scanlon five questions about himself.

Tim Scanlon is the Emeritus Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral …

I ask the philosopher Gerald Dworkin five questions about himself.

Gerald Dworkin is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at UC Davis and the author of “The Theory and Practice of Autonomy” (1988).

I ask the philosopher Elisabeth Camp five questions about herself.

Elisabeth Camp is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. She is the author of “Slurring Perspectives” (2013), “Thinking with Maps” (2007), and …

I ask the philosopher David Hills five questions about himself.

David Hills is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University and the author of "Aptness and Truth in Verbal Metaphor" (1997) and other essays …

I ask the philosopher Michele Moody-Adams five questions about herself.

Michele Moody-Adams is Joseph Straus Professor of Political Philosophy and …

I ask the philosopher Matt Boyle five questions about himself.

Matt Boyle is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago and the author of a forthcoming book, “Transparency and Reflection.”

I ask the philosopher Havi Carel five questions about herself.

Havi Carel is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Bristol and the author of …

I ask the philosopher Mark Wilson five questions about himself.

Mark Wilson is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh and the author of “Wandering Significance: An Essay on Conceptual …

I ask the philosopher Seana Shiffrin five questions about herself.

Seana Shiffrin is Professor of Philosophy and Pete Kameron Professor of Law and Social Justice at UCLA. She is the author of “Speech Matters: On Lying, …

I introduce the second season of Five Questions, a podcast in which I ask philosophers five questions about themselves.

New episodes post on Tuesday mornings.

I ask the philosopher Rae Langton five questions about herself.

Rae Langton is Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. …

I ask the philosopher Sophie Grace Chappell five questions about herself.

Sophie Grace Chappell is Professor of Philosophy at the Open University. She is the author of several books, including “Knowing What To Do” …

I ask the philosopher Jonathan Lear five questions about himself.

Jonathan Lear is the John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor in the Committee on Social Thought and the Department of Philosophy at the University …

I ask the philosopher Alice Crary five questions about herself.

Alice Crary is University Distinguished Professor at the New School for Social …

I ask the philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah five questions about himself.

Kwame Anthony Appiah is Professor of Philosophy and Law at NYU and the author of several books, including "Experiments in Ethics" (2010), "As If: …

I ask the philosopher Gabriel Richardson Lear five questions about herself.

Gabriel Richardson Lear is Professor of Philosophy and in the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago.  She is the author of …

I ask the philosopher David Christensen five questions about himself.

David Christensen is Professor of Philosophy at Brown University and the author of "Putting Logic in its Place" (2004).

I ask the philosopher Barbara Herman five questions about herself.

Barbara Herman is Griffin Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Law at UCLA. Her books include "Moral Literacy" (2008) and "The Practice of Moral …

I ask the philosopher Tim Crane five questions about himself.

Tim Crane is Professor of Philosophy at the Central European University. He is the author of "The Mechanical Mind" (1995/2003), "The Objects of Thought" …

I ask the philosopher Jane Heal five questions about herself.

Jane Heal is Professor in Philosophy Emerita at the University of Cambridge. She is the author of "Fact and Meaning" (1989) and "Mind, Meaning, and …

I ask the philosopher Tom Baldwin five questions about himself.

Tom Baldwin has taught Philosophy at Cambridge University and the University of York (UK), where is now an emeritus Professor. His publications include …

I ask the philosopher Alva Noë five questions about himself.

Alva Noë is an author and philosopher at the University of California, Berkeley. His …

I ask the philosopher Helen Steward five questions about herself.

Helen Steward is Professor of the Philosophy of Mind and Action at the University …

I ask the philosopher Richard Holton five questions about himself.

Richard Holton is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge and the …

I ask the philosopher Jennifer Hornsby five questions about herself.

Jennifer Hornsby is Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London. She is the author of "Actions" (1980) and "Simple Mindedness: In …

I ask the philosopher Cora Diamond five questions about herself.

Cora Diamond is Kenan Professor of Philosophy Emerita at the University of Virginia. She works on Wittgenstein and in moral philosophy and is the author …

I ask the philosopher Barry Lam five questions about himself.

Barry Lam is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Vassar College. He is the producer …

I ask the philosopher Nancy Bauer five questions about herself.

Nancy Bauer is Professor of Philosophy and Dean of the School of the Museum of Fine …

I ask the philosopher Tommie Shelby five questions about himself.

Tommie Shelby is the Caldwell Titcomb Professor of African and African American Studies and Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University. He’s the …

I ask the philosopher Gideon Rosen five questions about himself.

Gideon Rosen is Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. He works in the philosophy of mathematics, metaphysics, and moral philosophy, and …

I ask the philosopher Scott Shapiro five questions about himself.

Scott Shapiro is the Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of …

I ask the philosopher Zena Hitz five questions about herself.

Zena Hitz is a Tutor at St. John's College, Annapolis. Her new book, "Lost in …

I ask the philosopher Béatrice Longuenesse five questions about herself.

Béatrice Longuenesse is Silver Professor of Philosophy at New York University. Among her recent publications are "I, Me, Mine: Back to Kant and …

I ask the philosopher Richard Moran five questions about himself.

Richard Moran is Brian D. Young Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University.  He is the author of Authority and Estrangement: "An Essay on …

I ask the philosopher Susan Wolf five questions about herself.

Susan Wolf is Edna J. Koury Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University …

I ask the philosopher David Velleman five questions about himself.

David Velleman is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at New York University and Miller Research Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. His …

I introduce Five Questions, a podcast in which I ask philosophers five questions about themselves.

New episodes post on Tuesday mornings.