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Emily Kress is the William A. Dyer, Jr. Assistant Professor of the Humanities in the Philosophy Department at Brown University. Her research focuses on ancient Greek philosophy, particularly Aristotle's teleological causation, capacities, and methods in biological explanation. She holds a PhD from Yale University (2018) and BA from the University of Western Ontario (2012). Her work examines Aristotle's accounts of natural teleology, spontaneous generation, and the interplay between agency and material processes in biological systems.
- Education:
- PhD in Philosophy, Yale University, 2018
- BA in Philosophy, University of Western Ontario, 2012
- Teaching: Courses include Ancient Philosophy, Aristotle's Ethics, Plato's Republic, Hellenistic Ethics, and specialized seminars on Plato's Alcibiades and Gorgias.
- Research Interests: Aristotle's teleological explanations, capacities, and methods in biology; Hume's theory of belief; ancient Greek metaphysics and ethics.
- Publications: Over a dozen articles on Aristotle's biological and metaphysical works, including analyses of teleology in Meteorology and Generation of Animals, and reviews of contemporary scholarship on ancient philosophy.
- Affiliations: Member of the Open Plato Project, collaborating on digital editions of Plato's texts.
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