People
Philosophy
- Phone: (507) 222-4232
- Fax: (507) 222-4223
Faculty
University of California - Berkeley, A.B.; University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Ph.D.
Angela joined the philosophy department at Carleton in fall 2005. She teaches classes in ancient Greek philosophy, personal identity, aesthetics and philosophy of film, and philosophy of the emotions. Her research is on topics in Aristotle and aesthetics and philosophy of film. Angela's current projects include a work on Aristotelian essentialism, topics in Aristotle’s theory of knowledge, and The Routledge Guidebook to Aristotle and the Poetics (in contract). She loves Hitchcock and cats, and she is trying not to fall too many times while cross-country skiing at the Carleton arboretum.
Read more about Angela on her web page
Grove City College, B.A.; Arizona State University, M.A.; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ph.D.
After completing his PhD at MIT in 2006, Jason came to Carleton in the fall of 2007 as a visiting professor of philosophy. After refusing to vacate his office, he was hired as a tenure track professor, starting in the fall of 2008. Jason is interested in epistemology, logic, metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophy of science, and just about any philosophical problem worth its salt. He is currently working on papers concerning the nature and possibility of rational disagreement, the validity of modus ponens, and the semantics of English conditionals. He lives in scenic Dundas with his wife Kim, and tends to be exceedingly grumpy when the outside temperature falls below -10 degrees Fahrenheit.
Chair of Philosophy
St. Olaf College, B.A.; Northwestern University, Ph.D.
McGill University B.A.; McGill University, B. Mus.; University of Chicago, Ph.D.
Daniel joined the Carleton College philosophy department in fall 2009 after completing his PhD at the University of Chicago. Daniel works in ethics, with a particular interest in normative ethics and bioethics. This year, he is teaching classes about the meaning of life, the relationship between nature and ethics & modern philosophy (Descartes to Kant). Currently, Daniel is working on papers concerning disagreements in clinical medicine and the challenge that interspecies comparisons of goodness pose for neo-Aristotelian conceptions of goodness. He lives in Northfield with his wife Emily, daughter Eleanor & dog Belly (whose picture graces the door to his office).
Read more about Daniel on his home page.
St. Petersburg State University, Diploma; Central European University (Prague), Diploma; McGill University, Ph.D.
Anna Moltchanova received her Ph. D. from McGill University in 2001. Her most recent research is in social ontology, which includes defending a realist approach to group agency and developing a context-sensitive concept of group intentionality that would cover a range of political environments, from oppressive to liberal. She has worked on a number of issues in global justice and her book, National Self-Determination and Justice in Multinational States, was published in 2009 by Springer. She has an interest in Modern Political Thought and has written on Locke and Rousseau. Her articles have appeared in The Journal of Political Philosophy and Journal of Social Philosophy, and a number of peer-reviewed collections of papers
Wesleyan University, B.A.; Yale University,M.A., Ph.D.
Gary Iseminger has maintained an active interest in philosophy since his retirement in 2004, continuing to appear regularly on programs of the American Society for Aesthetics and the American Philosophical Association and lecturing recently at universities in England, Belgium, Sweden, Canada and the United States. His recent publications include reviews in journals published in England and the United States and chapters in books published in England and Poland. He also plays vibraphone in Occasional Jazz in Northfield and in Aesthetic Attitude at ASA meetings, as well as timpani in the Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra.
Baylor University, B.A.; Harvard University, B.D.; Yale University, M.A., Ph.D.
Philosophy of social science, philosophy of religion, Ancient Greek philosophy.
Carleton College, B.A., Yale University, M.A., PhD.
Philosophy of physics, time, freedom.
Staff
Administrative Assistant in Philosophy
Sandy Saari joined the Departments of Religion and Philosophy in late July of 2009 as their Administrative Assistant. Sandy provides administrative support and office management for the two department Chairs and the faculty, along with assisting and supervising student workers. She worked for nine years in the Admissions Office at Carleton managing the Alumni Admissions Representatives (AAR) Program. Before joining the Carleton staff, Sandy served as a RN in the Northfield Public Schools and at Methodist and St. Mary's Hospitals in Rochester, MN. She received her Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Nursing from Mankato State University.
Students
Student Departmental Adviser for 2009-10
Available for questions concerning the philosophy major and registration. Specific interests include the philosophy of action, epistemology, and Aristotle, but Jordan is more than happy to discuss any point of philosophical inquiry.
