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Robert B. Talisse

Associate Professor of Philosophy and Political Science
Director of Graduate Studies in Philosophy
Editor, Public Affairs Quarterly

Contact Information

Email: robert.talisse@vanderbilt.edu
Office: Furman Hall 017-A
Phone: (615) 343-8671
Fax: (615) 343-7259
Personal Webpage

Degrees

M.A. (1995) New York University
Ph.D. (2001) City University of New York Graduate School

Research Area

Robert Talisse specializes in contemporary political philosophy, with particular interest in democratic theory and liberalism. His most recent work engages issues at the intersection of political theory and epistemology. In addition, he pursues topics in pragmatism and analytic philosophy.  He occasionally writes on ancient philosophy.

Current Research

  • Talisse has just completed a book on democracy and the epistemology of moral conflict which is unimaginatively titled Democracy and Moral Conflict. Recent articles examine problems concerning public reason, epistemic norms in political discourse, group polarization, fanaticism, and public ignorance.  He is presently working on a book criticizing pluralism in ethics and politics, tentatively and unimaginatively titled Against Pluralism.
  • Current CV
  • SSRN Author Page

Recent Courses

In the Spring of 2009, Talisse will teach a graduate seminar on Pragmatism and Politics.  Past graduate seminars include: Responsibility and Global Justice; Deliberative Democracy; Democracy and Religious Conviction; and Political Theory after Rawls.  At the undergraduate level, Talisse regularly teaches a course in formal logic and various courses in social and political philosophy.

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