Greg Brown

Greg Brown is a Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Chicago, affiliated with the College of Social Sciences and Humanities. He has been teaching at UChicago since 2024, offering courses in ethics, metaontology, and Aristotelian philosophy. His research interests span philosophy of action, ethics, and connections to G. E. M. Anscombe, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Thomas Aquinas.

• PhD in Philosophy from the University of Chicago (2024)
• BA in Mathematics from Swarthmore College (2016)

Research interests: Brown's work focuses on practical reasoning and virtue ethics, with a neo-Aristotelian approach. Key areas include metaontology, realism vs. anti-realism debates, and the revival of Aristotelian ethics in contemporary philosophy.

Recent courses:

• PHIL 21011: Metaontology (2024-2025 Winter)
• PHIL 21004: Aristotelian Ethics (2024-2025 Autumn)
• PHIL 29200-01/29300-01: Junior/Senior Tutorial on Practical Reasoning (2021-2022 Autumn)