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Marc Gasser-Wingate is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Boston University, within the Faculty of Arts & Sciences. He joined Boston University in 2015 after earning his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Harvard University and a B.A. with General Honors and Special Honors in Philosophy from the University of Chicago, with minors in Mathematics and Classical Studies. His research focuses on Aristotle’s epistemology and ethics, particularly the role of perception in cognitive development, as well as contemporary philosophy of mathematics. He has translated rare texts like Leibniz’s Demonstrationes Novae De Resistentia Solidorum and Vincent Descombes’ Héritez de vous-même, and developed a LaTeX tool for generating indices locorum to handle ancient text citations effectively.
Education history includes:
- B.A. in Philosophy with minors in Mathematics & Classical Studies, University of Chicago (2008)
- Ph.D. in Philosophy, Harvard University (2015)
His research explores ancient Greek philosophical theories of the mind, metaphysical foundations, and their implications for human knowledge debates. He also investigates structuralist approaches in mathematical ontology. Recent invited talks include discussing Aristotle’s ethics at Columbia University (2024) and his epistemology at Yale (2023) and University of Neuchâtel (2023). His work has been recognized with teaching awards such as the Gitner Award (2021) and the BUCH Junior Faculty Fellowship (2017).
Awards highlight his contributions to teaching and scholarship, including the George Plimpton Adams Prize (2015) for his dissertation and Phi Beta Kappa (2007). While no advisees are explicitly listed, his research has been presented at numerous workshops and conferences, reflecting a sustained engagement with both historical and contemporary philosophical inquiry.
Languages: Native French speaker, reads Ancient Greek and Latin, and is proficient in German. His CV was last updated in October 2024.
