People
The philosophy department has a distinguished faculty committed to excellence in research, teaching, and mentoring students. Philosophy department faculty contribute to the University’s core curriculum, the undergraduate major, and graduate programs. The philosophy department faculty is noted for its strengths in the history of philosophy, contemporary continental philosophy, and practical philosophy. In addition, our faculty members are actively engaged in research and teaching in the philosophy of science, philosophy of religion, ethics, aesthetics, metaphysics, social-political philosophy, Asian philosophy, and diaspora studies.
Gadamer Professors
- 2026 - Emmanuel Alloa (projected)
      Université de Fribourg - 2025 - Sara Heinamaa
      University of Jyväskylä, Finland - 2023, 2024, and 2025 - Jean-Luc Marion
      Université Paris-Sorbonne - 2021 and 2022 - vacant due to COVID restrictionsÂ
- 2020 - Claude Romano
      Université Paris-Sorbonne - 2019 - Marcia Cavalcante Schuback
      Södertörn University - 2018 - Paul Moyaert
      Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven - 2017 - Emmanuel Falque
      Institut Catholique de Paris - 2016 - Miguel Beistegui
      University of Warwick - 2015 - Dermot Moran
      University College Dublin - 2014 - Dan Zahavi
      Københavns Universitet and University of Oxford - 2013 - Alessandro Ferrara
      Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata - 2012 - Remi Brague
      Université Paris-Sorbonne and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität - 2011 - Françoise Dastur
      Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis - 2010 - Jeffrey Barash
      Université de Amiens - 2009 - Günter Figal
      Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg - 2008 - William Desmond
      Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven - 2007 - Jean Greisch
      Institut Catholique de Paris - 2006 - Rudolf Bernet
      Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven