Five Questions

The philosopher Zena Hitz asks me five questions about myself. Zena Hitz is a Tutor at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, and the author of "Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life" (2020). Kieran Setiya is a Professor of Philosophy at MIT. He is the author of “Midlife: A Philosophical Guide” (2017) and “Life is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way” (2022)—now available in bookstores!

I ask the philosopher Liam Kofi Bright five questions about himself. Liam Kofi Bright is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the author of “Group Lies and Reflections on the Purpose of Social Epistemology” (2020), “Why Do Scientists Lie?” (2021), and other essays in epistemology and the philosophy of science.

I ask the philosopher Kyla Ebels-Duggan five questions about herself. Kyla Ebels-Duggan is Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University. She is the author of “Educating for Autonomy” (2014), “Beyond Words” (2019), and other essays in moral and political philosophy.

I ask the philosopher Ken Winkler five questions about himself. Ken Winkler is Kingman Brewster Jr. Professor of Philosophy at Yale University and the author of “Berkeley: An Interpretation” (1989).

I ask the philosopher Laura Ruetsche five questions about herself. Laura Ruetsche is Louis Loeb Collegiate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Michigan and the author of “Interpreting Quantum Theories” (2011).

I ask the philosopher Hanna Pickard five questions about herself. Hanna Pickard is Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Bioethics at Johns Hopkins University. She is the author of “Responsibility without Blame” (2011), “Addiction and the Self” (2021) and other essays in moral psychology.

I ask the philosopher Miriam Schoenfield five questions about herself. Miriam Schoenfield is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas, Austin. She is the author of “Decision-Making in the Face of Parity” (2012), “Meditations on Beliefs Formed Arbitrarily” (2017), and other essays in epistemology and ethics.

I ask the philosopher Palle Yourgrau five questions about himself. Palle Yourgrau is Harry A. Wolfson Professor of Philosophy at Brandeis University. He is the author of several books, including “A World Without Time: The Forgotten Legacy of Gödel and Einstein” (2005), “Simone Weil” (2011), and most recently, “Death and Nonexistence” (2019).

I ask the philosopher Pamela Hieronymi five questions about herself. Pamela Hieronymi is Professor of Philosophy at UCLA and the author of “Freedom, Resentment, and the Metaphysics of Morals” (2020).

I ask the philosopher Ian Phillips five questions about himself. Ian Phillips is Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of “Perceiving Temporal Properties” (2010), “The Temporal Structure of Experience” (2014), and other essays.

I ask the philosopher Ben Laurence five questions about himself. Ben Laurence teaches political philosophy at the University of Chicago and is the author of “Agents of Change: Political Philosophy in Practice” (2021).

I ask the philosopher Susan James five questions about herself. Susan James is Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London. She is the author of several books, including “Passion and Action: The Emotions in Early Modern Philosophy” (1997) and “Spinoza on Learning to Live Together” (2020).

I ask the philosopher Rachel Fraser five questions about herself. Rachel Fraser is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford, and Michael Cohen Fellow in Philosophy at Exeter College. She is the author of “Narrative Testimony” (2021), “The Ethics of Metaphor” (2018), and other essays in philosophy.

I ask the philosopher Steve Yablo five questions about himself. Steve Yablo is David W. Skinner Professor of Philosophy at MIT. He is the author of “Thoughts” (2009), “Things”(2010), and “Aboutness” (2016).

I ask the philosopher Aaron Wendland five questions about himself. Aaron Wendland is Vision Fellow in Public Philosophy at King’s College, London and Senior Research Fellow at Massey College in the University of Toronto. He has written about Kant, Hegel, Husserl, Heidegger, Levinas, Derrida, Danto, and Kuhn, and edits the Agora series in public philosophy at the New Statesman.

I ask the philosopher Karen Bennett five questions about herself. Karen Bennett is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University and the author of “Making Things Up” (2017).

I ask the philosopher Akeel Bilgrami five questions about himself. Akeel Bilgrami is the Sidney Morgenbesser Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University. He is the author of “Belief and Meaning” (1992), “Self-Knowledge and Resentment” (2006), and “Secularism, Identity, and Enchantment” (2014).

I ask the philosopher Antonia Peacocke five questions about herself. Antonia Peacocke is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University. She is the author of “How to Think Several Thoughts at Once” (2021), “How Literature Expands Your Imagination” (2021), and other essays in aesthetics and the philosophy of mind.

I ask the philosopher Sharon Street five questions about herself. Sharon Street is Professor of Philosophy at NYU. She is the author of “A Darwinian Dilemma for Realist Theories of Value” (2006), “Constructivism about Reasons” (2008), and other essays.

I ask the philosopher Ryan Preston-Roedder five questions about himself. Ryan Preston-Roedder is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Occidental College. He is the author of “Faith in Humanity” (2013), “A Better World” (2014), and other essays in moral philosophy.