Melina Garibovic

Melina Garibovic is a Lecturer at the University of Chicago in the School of Humanities, Department of Philosophy. She joined the institution in 2023 after completing her PhD in Philosophy at the same university.

Education:

• PhD in Philosophy, University of Chicago, 2023
• BM in Viola Performance, Peabody Conservatory and Johns Hopkins University, 2017

Garibovic specializes in Philosophy of Mind, with additional expertise in Moral Psychology, Phenomenology, Metaphysics, Epistemology, and Aesthetics. Her research focuses on understanding and knowledge of other persons through phenomenological empathy, addressing epistemological and conceptual formulations of the problem of other minds.

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Her teaching includes courses such as Existentialists and Mystics (Iris Murdoch), The Works of Edith Stein, and Other Minds, emphasizing topics like solipsism, psychological ascription, and self-conception in relation to others. She has also co-instructed Senior Seminar and Junior/Senior Tutorial courses on self and other minds.