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Mikayla Kelley is the Neubauer Family Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Chicago, where she has been teaching since 2023. She holds a PhD in Philosophy from Stanford University (2023), an MA in Mathematics from UC Berkeley (2019), and a BA in Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2016).
Her research focuses on three interconnected areas:
- Philosophy of Action - particularly theories of control, basic vs. nonbasic action, and the metaphysics of agency
- Epistemology - with special emphasis on formal epistemology, accuracy-based justification, and probabilistic coherence
- Ethics - especially metaethics, normative realism, and the epistemology of moral facts
Dr. Kelley's work demonstrates how these areas intersect, particularly through her examination of how agency relates to knowledge (as seen in her paper "Separating Action and Knowledge") and how formal methods from social choice theory can illuminate philosophical problems about action and decision-making. Her research on the Advantage-Standard model for social choice represents a significant contribution to overcoming limitations in Arrow's Impossibility Theorem.
She has organized academic events including "Chicago Talks on Agency" (2025-2027) and has participated in workshops on non-human agency and constitutivism in ethics and epistemology.
Dr. Kelley teaches a diverse range of courses including:
- Introduction to Philosophy through Taylor Swift
- Bayesian Epistemology
- Philosophy of AI: Tools, Technology, and Human Agency
- Free Will
- The Metaphysics of Action
- Agency and Virtual Reality: A Technophilosophical Exploration
