Alison Peterman

Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Rochester

Alison

Contact

Office:521 Lattimore Hall
Phone:585-275-8146
Email:alison.peterman@rochester.edu
Office Hours:Friday, 12:00-2:00 pm

Areas of Specialization

Early Modern Philosophy
Philosophy of Science

Education

PhD, Philosophy 2012 Northwestern University
MS, Physics 2012 University of Maryland
BA, Philosophy 2004 University of Richmond

CV

A current CV is available here.

Upcoming Talks

"Spinoza on Extension" at the Pacific Meeting of the APA, March 28, 2013.
Nerd Nite! April 10th at Veritas Wine Bar, Rochester.
"Weird Theories of Matter from Natural Philosophy" at the Physics and Philosophy Lecture Series, University of Rochester, April 29, 2013.
"Spinoza on Extension and Space" at Foundations of Physics 2013, LMU Munich, July 29-31, 2013.

Research

"Spinoza on the 'principles of natural things'." Leibniz Review (22), December 2012.
Please see CV for forthcoming work and work in progress.

Teaching

PHL 150: Reason and Argument (Syllabus)
PHL 202: Introduction to Modern Philosophy (Syllabus)
PHL 300: Seminar for Majors (Perception) (Syllabus)