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Susanna Siegel is the Edgar Pierce Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University's Faculty of Arts and Sciences. She holds a PhD from Cornell University and specializes in the philosophy of mind, epistemology, and political philosophy, with emerging work in the philosophy of journalism. Her research explores perception's role in cognition, culture, and politics, including how perception interacts with attention, inquiry, and democratic processes.
Key research themes include the rationality of perception, cognitive penetration, vigilantism as political action, and the epistemic dynamics of spontaneous inquiry. She co-directs the philosophy of journalism initiative at Harvard and teaches groundbreaking courses on the subject. Recent projects investigate norms of attention in news media and the ethics of public perception in mass societies.
- Educations: PhD in Philosophy, Cornell University
- Books: The Rationality of Perception (2017), The Contents of Visual Experience (2010)
- Awards: 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship, 2023 Lebowitz Prize (shared), American Academy of Arts & Sciences membership
Her work bridges analytic philosophy with interdisciplinary collaborations, notably co-curating art exhibitions on perception with artist Becky Moon. Current projects include a book on vigilantism and a study of inquiry in journalism funded by her Guggenheim grant.
