Lecturer in Philosophy
Rosenwald Hall, Room 218-A
Office Hours:
Autumn Quarter, Mondays: 8:00 am - 1:00 pm
773.834.9934
University of California, Berkeley PhD (2007); Tufts University MA (1998); Brandeis University BA, with highest honors (1993)
Teaching at UChicago since 2008
Research Interests:
Ethics, Metaphysics, and Epistemology
Benjamin Callard is a Lecturer in Philosophy. He received his BA from Brandeis, his MA from Tufts, and his PhD (2007) from Berkeley. Ben’s areas of specialization are ethics, metaphysics, and epistemology. He also has strong interests in the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language.
Selected Publications
Papers:
“The Conceivability of Platonism,” Philosophia Mathematica 15, no. 3 (October 2007): 347-356
Recent News
Ben debated Jason Bridges on the question "Do Minds Exist" in the 2018 Night Owls event series, and gave a talk, "The Value of Freedom," at the 2017 Humanities Day Conference.
For full list of Ben Callard's courses back to the 2012-13 academic year, see our searchable course database.