Five Questions

I ask the philosopher Ben Laurence five questions about himself.

Ben Laurence teaches political philosophy at the University of Chicago and is the author of “Agents of Change: Political Philosophy in Practice” (2021).

I ask the philosopher Susan James five questions about herself.

Susan James is Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London. She is the author of several books, including “Passion and Action: The Emotions in Early Modern Philosophy” (1997) and “Spinoza on Learning to Live Together” (2020).

I ask the philosopher Rachel Fraser five questions about herself.

Rachel Fraser is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford, and Michael Cohen Fellow in Philosophy at Exeter College. She is the author of “Narrative Testimony” (2021), “The Ethics of Metaphor” (2018), and other essays in philosophy.

I ask the philosopher Steve Yablo five questions about himself.

Steve Yablo is David W. Skinner Professor of Philosophy at MIT. He is the author of “Thoughts” (2009), “Things”(2010), and “Aboutness” (2016).

I ask the philosopher Aaron Wendland five questions about himself.

Aaron Wendland is Vision Fellow in Public Philosophy at King’s College, London and Senior Research Fellow at Massey College in the University of Toronto. He has written about Kant, Hegel, Husserl, Heidegger, Levinas, Derrida, Danto, and Kuhn, and edits the Agora series in public philosophy at the New Statesman.

I ask the philosopher Karen Bennett five questions about herself.

Karen Bennett is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University and the author of “Making Things Up” (2017).

I ask the philosopher Akeel Bilgrami five questions about himself.

Akeel Bilgrami is the Sidney Morgenbesser Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University. He is the author of “Belief and Meaning” (1992), “Self-Knowledge and Resentment” (2006), and “Secularism, Identity, and Enchantment” (2014).

I ask the philosopher Antonia Peacocke five questions about herself.

Antonia Peacocke is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University. She is the author of “How to Think Several Thoughts at Once” (2021), “How Literature Expands Your Imagination” (2021), and other essays in aesthetics and the philosophy of mind.

I ask the philosopher Sharon Street five questions about herself.

Sharon Street is Professor of Philosophy at NYU. She is the author of “A Darwinian Dilemma for Realist Theories of Value” (2006), “Constructivism about Reasons” (2008), and other essays.

I ask the philosopher Ryan Preston-Roedder five questions about himself.

Ryan Preston-Roedder is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Occidental College. He is the author of “Faith in Humanity” (2013), “A Better World” (2014), and other essays in moral philosophy.