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Kristen M. Brown

Professor of Philosophy

Millsaps College Department of Philosophy

Kristen M. Brown | 601-974-1323 | Box 150085, Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi 39210 | FAX 601-974-1324

Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 10-11am and Wednesday 1-2pm

Recent and Current class lists and their syllabi

Academic Background

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
Ph.D. Philosophy, 1995; M.A. Philosophy 1993.

The Free University of Berlin, Germany.
1991-1992.

Stanford University, Stanford, California.
B.A. History, emphasis in Eastern European History, 1986.

Current Teaching Emphasis

Nineteenth-Century German Philosophy, Phenomenology, Philosophy of Embodiment, Ancient Philosophy, Existentialism, Philosophy of Feminism, and Ancient Philosophy.

Teaching Experience

Phenomenology, Philosophy of Embodiment, Nietsche and Feminist Philosophy, Twentieth-Century Continental Philosophy (Heidegger, Foucault, Levinas), Zen and Phenomenology, Nietzsche and Schopenhauer, Aristotle, Ancient Philosophy, Existentialism in Contemporary Europe, Modern Philosophy, Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Ancient and Medieval Philosophy of the West in Non-Western, Interdisciplinary Perspective (team-taught).

Research Interests

Continental Philosophy (especially Nietzsche, and Philosophy of Embodiment), Anicent Philosophy, Phenomenology, Feminist Philosophy, Asian Philosophy.

Publications

"Christian Lotz's 'Certainty of Oneself. On Fitche's Conception of Faith as Non-Epistemic Self-Consciousness,'" Southwest Philosophical Review. Vol. 20, No. 2, SUmmer, 2004.

"Possibly and Questionable: Opening Nietzsche's Genealogy to Feminine Body." Hypatia, eds. Laurie Shrage and Nancy Tuana. (Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press) 14:3, 1999 pp 39-58.

"Aristotle Saying First Principles and Apparent Contradiction." Addresses of the Mississippi Philosophical Association, Crockett Jr., Bennie R. (Ed.). Value Inquiry Book Series 102. (Amsterdam and Atlanta, GA: Rodopi) 2000, XXVIII.