Faculty and Staff
Expertise: Moral philosophy, political philosophy and epistemology
Expertise: Philosophy of science, metaphysics (metaphysics of chance, reductionism, time travel)
Expertise: Philosophy of mind, epistemology and philosophy of science
Expertise: Metaphysics, epistemology, medical ethics
Expertise: Immanuel Kant, moral philosophy, history of philosophy
Expertise: Philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, cognitive science, history of philosophy, philosophy of science
Expertise: Philosophy of mind, metaphysics, early modern philosophy, metaphysics of perceptual experience and the nature of sensible qualities
Expertise: Moral, social and political philosophy
Expertise: Philosophy of language, philosophy of mathematics, Gödel and the philosophy of time, the metaphysics of death, Plato, Frege, Simone Weil.
Lecturer
Education: Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Expertise: Mathematical Logic, The Foundations of Mathematics
Much of my work centers on the philosophical significance of results in proof theory. In particular I have examined the epistemological consequences of Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems on Hilbert's Program.
In Memoriam
The Philosophy Department mourns the passing of Robert Greenberg, who died peacefully in his sleep on March 21, 2024 at the age of 89.
Affiliated Faculty
- William Flesch, Professor of English
- Sophia Malamud, Associate Professor of Language and Linguistics
- Eugene Sheppard, Associate Professor of Modern Jewish History and Thought
- Bernard Yack, Lerman Neubauer Professor of Democracy and Public Policy
Staff
Julie Seeger has served since 2004 as academic administrator for the philosophy department. Prior to joining Brandeis, she worked as a project manager at two computer software firms, Banta Integrated Media and Electronic Press Services Group.
Seeger is a graduate of Union College and holds a master's in philosophy from SUNY Binghamton. In 2010, she received the Lou Ennis Staff Award, presented annually to an administrator who demonstrates loyalty and dedication to the university and goes above and beyond the requirements of the job.