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\n Merrick Anderson<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Research Areas: <\/strong>History of Western Philosophy, Value Theory<\/p>\n

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\n Andrew Bacon<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Professor of Philosophy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Email:<\/strong> abacon@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas: <\/strong>Metaphysics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Language, Philosophical Logic<\/p>\n

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\n Lu Chen<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Email:<\/strong> lchen805@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas: <\/strong>Philosophy of Mathematical Physics, Philosophical Logic, Metaphysics<\/p>\n

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\n Sam Clarke<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Email:<\/strong> sam.clarke@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas: <\/strong>Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science
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\n Zlatan Damnjanovic<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Associate Professor of Philosophy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Email:<\/strong> zlatan@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas: <\/strong>Logic, Philosophy of Mathematics<\/p>\n

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\n Christina Dietz<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Email:<\/strong> chdietz@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas: <\/strong>Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Disability
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\n Dmitri Gallow<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Associate Professor of Philosophy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Email:<\/strong> dmitriga@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas: <\/strong>Philosophy of Probability and Rational Choice Theory, Formal Epistemology, Metaphysics of Causation and Chance<\/p>\n

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\n Eleanor Gordon-Smith<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n John Hawthorne<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Provost Professor of Philosophy
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Email:<\/strong> jhawthor@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas: <\/strong>Metaphysics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Religion, Metaethics, Normative Ethics, Philosophy of Law<\/p>\n

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\n Robin Jeshion<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Email:<\/strong> jeshion@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas: <\/strong>Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology, Early Analytic Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy<\/p>\n

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\n Shieva Kleinschmidt<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Associate Professor of Philosophy
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Email:<\/strong> kleinsch@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas: <\/strong>Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion<\/p>\n

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\n Sharon Lloyd<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Professor of Philosophy and Law
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Email:<\/strong> lloyd@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas: <\/strong>Political Philosophy, History of Political Philosophy, Ethics, Feminist Philosophy<\/p>\n

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\n Edwin McCann<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Professor of Philosophy and English
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Email:<\/strong> mccann@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas: <\/strong>Early Modern Philosophy, Wittgenstein, Philosophy of Mind<\/p>\n

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\n Jake Monaghan<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy
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Email:<\/strong> jmonagha@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas: <\/strong>Moral and Political Philosophy<\/p>\n

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\n Jonathan Quong<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Professor of Philosophy and Law
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Email:<\/strong> quong@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas: <\/strong>Moral and Political Philosophy<\/p>\n

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\n Jacob Ross<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Associate Professor of Philosophy
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Email:<\/strong> jacobmro@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas: <\/strong>Ethics, Metaethics, Epistemology, Practical Reason<\/p>\n

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\n Jeff Russell<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Email:<\/strong> jeff.russell@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas: <\/strong>Logic, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Decision Theory, Ethics, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Mathematics, Philosophy of Religion<\/p>\n

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\n Mark Schroeder<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Email:<\/strong> maschroe@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas: <\/strong>Metaethics, Practical Reason, Normative Ethics, Philosophy of Language, Epistemology, Personhood and the Self, Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Action, Agency, and Responsibility, Legal Philosophy, History of Ethics<\/p>\n

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\n Scott Soames<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Distinguished Professor of Philosophy
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Email:<\/strong> soames@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas: <\/strong>Philosophy of Language, History of Analytic Philosophy<\/p>\n

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\n Jacob Soll<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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University Professor, Professor of Philosophy, History, and Accounting
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Email:<\/strong> soll@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas:<\/strong> History of Information and Knowledge, Political History, Economic History, History of Books and Libraries, Accounting, History of Political and Financial Transparency, the Renaissance and Enlightenments<\/p>\n

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\n Collis Tahzib<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Associate Professor of Philosophy
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Email:<\/strong> tahzib@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas:<\/strong> Political Philosophy, Moral Philosophy<\/p>\n

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\n Emily Tilton<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy
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Email:<\/strong> etilton@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas:<\/strong> Feminist Philosophy, Epistemology<\/p>\n

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\n Gabriel Uzquiano<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Email:<\/strong> uzquiano@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas: <\/strong>Philosophical Logic, Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language<\/p>\n

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\n James Van Cleve<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Email:<\/strong> vancleve@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas: <\/strong>Epistemology, Metaphysics, Early Modern Philosophy<\/p>\n

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\n Kadri Vihvelin<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Email:<\/strong> vihvelin@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas:<\/strong> Metaphysics, Ethics<\/p>\n

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\n Ralph Wedgwood<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Email:<\/strong> wedgwood@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas: <\/strong>Metaethics, Epistemology, Rational Choice, Ethical Theory, History of Ethics<\/p>\n

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\n Alexis Wellwood<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Email:<\/strong> wellwood@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas: <\/strong>Semantics, Philosophy of Language and Mind, Experimental Semantics<\/p>\n

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\n David Albertson<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Email:<\/strong> dalberts@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas: <\/strong>Medieval and Early Modern Christianity, Christian Mysticism, Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy, Religion and Visual Culture, Philosophy of Religion<\/p>\n

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\n Susanna Berger<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Associate Professor of Art History and Philosophy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Email:<\/strong> scberger@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas: <\/strong>Visual Art and Intellectual History in Early Modern Europe (ca. 1500\u20131800)<\/p>\n

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\n Antonio Damasio <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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University Professor, Professor of Psychology, Philosophy and Neurology, and David Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience<\/strong><\/p>\n

Email:<\/strong>\u00a0damasio@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas:<\/strong> Neurobiology of Emotion, Decision-Making, and Consciousness<\/p>\n

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\n Felipe Jimenez<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Associate Professor of Law and Philosophy<\/b><\/p>\n

Email:<\/strong> fjimenez@law.usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas: <\/strong>Legal Philosophy, Private Law Theory, Contract Theory<\/p>\n

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\n Gregory Keating<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Email:<\/strong> gkeating@law.usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas:<\/strong> Product Liability, Tort and Accident Law, Legal Reasoning, Legal Rationality and the Rule of Law, Legal Ethics, Professional Responsibility, Philosophy of Law<\/p>\n

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\n Erin Miller<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Associate Professor of Law and Philosophy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Email:<\/strong> emiller@law.usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas:<\/strong> Theories of Speech and Free Speech Rights, Media, Moral and Criminal Responsibility<\/p>\n

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\n Henrike Moll<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Professor of Psychology and Philosophy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Email:<\/strong> hmoll@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas: <\/strong>Developmental Psychology, Social Cognition in Infancy and Early Childhood, Human Development, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Education, Philosophical Anthropology<\/p>\n

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\n Jeesoo Nam<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Associate Professor of Law and Philosophy<\/b><\/p>\n

Email:<\/strong> jnam@law.usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas:<\/strong> Legal Philosophy, Taxation, Applied Ethics<\/p>\n

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\n Marcela Prieto Rudolphy<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Associate Professor of Law and Philosophy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Email:<\/strong> mprieto@law.usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas:\u00a0<\/strong>International Law, International Laws of Armed Conflict, Comparative Constitutional Law, Political, Moral, and Legal Philosophy<\/p>\n

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\n Deniz Rudin<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Associate Professor of Linguistics and Philosophy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Email:<\/strong> drudin@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas:\u00a0<\/strong>Semantics, Pragmatics<\/p>\n

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\n Barry Schein<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Professor of Linguistics and Philosophy<\/b><\/p>\n

Email:<\/strong> schein@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas:<\/strong> Semantics, Philosophy of Language<\/p>\n

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\n Eduardo Villanueva<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Email:<\/strong> evillanu@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas:<\/strong> Philosophy of Language, Philosophical Logic<\/p>\n

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Postdoctoral Scholar – Research Associate<\/strong><\/p>\n

Email:<\/strong> koschel@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas: <\/strong>History of Philosophy, Kant, Hegel, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology, Philosophy of Science<\/p>\n

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\n Marshall Cohen<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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University Professor Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Law<\/strong><\/p>\n

Research Areas: <\/strong>Moral, Legal, and Political Philosophy, Aesthetics<\/p>\n

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\n John Dreher<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Associate Professor Emeritus of Philosophy<\/b><\/p>\n

Email:<\/strong> dreher@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas: <\/strong>Early Modern Philosophy, Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Metaethics<\/p>\n

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\n Janet Levin<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Professor Emerita of Philosophy<\/b><\/p>\n

Email:<\/strong> levin@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas: <\/strong>Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Psychology, Epistemology<\/p>\n

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\n Frank Lewis<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Professor Emeritus of Philosophy<\/b><\/p>\n

Email:<\/strong> flewis@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas: <\/strong>Ancient Philosophy<\/p>\n

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\n Gary Watson<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Provost Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Law<\/b><\/p>\n

Email:<\/strong> glwatson@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas: <\/strong>Philosophy of Action, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy<\/p>\n

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\n George Wilson<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Professor Emeritus of Philosophy<\/b><\/p>\n

Email:<\/strong> gmwilson@usc.edu<\/p>\n

Research Areas:<\/strong> Aesthetics (especially Film Aesthetics), Wittgenstein, Philosophy of Action, Philosophy of Language<\/p>\n

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