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Ralph Wedgwood is a Professor of Philosophy and Director of the School of Philosophy at the University of Southern California (USC) since 2022. Previously, he held professorial roles at the University of Oxford (2007–2011) and MIT (1995–2002). His academic career spans ethics, epistemology, and metaethics.
Education:
- PhD in Philosophy, Cornell University, 1989–1994
- MPhil in Philosophy, King’s College London, 1987–1989
- BA in Classics and Modern Languages (German and Greek), Magdalen College, Oxford, 1983–1987
His research interests include ethics, epistemology, metaethics, practical reason, normative ethical theory, and the history of ethics. He has written extensively on topics like rational belief, moral knowledge, and the nature of normativity. Recent publications explore decision-theoretic approaches to virtue ethics, epistemic normativity, and the pitfalls of evidence in moral reasoning.
Grants and Labs: No grants or lab affiliations explicitly mentioned in the text. His work primarily focuses on theoretical philosophy and academic writing.
