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Mudd Hall of Philosophy
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FAX: (213) 740-5174
Email: philos@usc.edu
www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/philosophy
Director: Scott Soames, Ph.D.
Faculty
Linda MacDonald Hilf Chair in Philosophy: James Higginbotham, Ph.D.*Professors: James T. Higginbotham, Ph.D.; Gregory Keating, Ph.D. (Law); Jeffrey King, Ph.D.; Frank Lewis, Ph.D.; Sharon Lloyd, Ph.D.; Andrei Marmor, Ph.D. (Law); Edwin McCann, Ph.D.*; Kevin W. Robb, Ph.D.*; Scott Soames, Ph.D.; James Van Cleve, Ph.D.; Dallas Willard, Ph.D.*; George Wilson, Ph.D.
Associate Professors: Zlatan Damnjanovic, Ph.D.; John H. Dreher, Ph.D.; Janet Levin, Ph.D.; Kadri Vihvelin, Ph.D., L.L.B.; Gideon Yaffe, Ph.D.
Assistant Professors: Stephen Finlay, Ph.D.; David Manley, Ph.D.; Jacob Ross, Ph.D.; Mark Schroeder, Ph.D.
Emeritus University Professor and Emeritus Dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences: S. Marshall Cohen, M.A.*
Emeritus Professor: John Hospers, Ph.D., D.Litt.
Undergraduate Programs
The School of Philosophy offers courses in most areas of philosophy, including philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, epistemology, metaphysics, logic, philosophy of science, political philosophy, ethics, aesthetics, the history of philosophy, phenomenology and existentialism. The major in philosophy is designed to acquaint students with the fundamental problems of Western thought and introduce them to the concepts and techniques necessary for independent philosophical thinking; it is equally intended to provide a broadening perspective for the various areas of specialization in the natural and social sciences and in literature and the arts. The school also offers a minor in philosophy and in theories of art.