Skip to the guide
Field Guide UT Austin
Saved
Browse

Department of Philosophy: professors and courses

Course codes PHL, PPE

Who teaches here

Department of Philosophy professors and instructors
NameTeaches
Professors · 38
David I BeaverProfessorLinguistic Meaning
No classes listed this year
John Thomas Steele Bengson CVProfessorEpistemology · Metaethics · Philosophy of Mind and Action · Metaphysics
PHL 310
Daniel A Bonevac Evaluations CVProfessorPhilosophical Logic · Metaphysics · Ethics · Non-Western Philosophy
PHL 325K, PPE 301, PPE 320
Lawrence Ray Buchanan EvaluationsCVProfessor
PHL 310, PHL 323M
Mark Budolfson CVAssociate professorEthics · Philosophy · Politics · and Economics (PPE)
No classes listed this year
Reid Comstock CVAssistant professor of instruction
No classes listed this year
John Deigh Evaluations CVProfessorEthics · Political Philosophy
PHL 375M, PHL 610QB
Joshua Dever CVProfessor
PHL 344K
Sinan Dogramaci Evaluations CVAssociate professorEpistemology
PHL 313, PHL 313Q
Julia L Driver CVProfessorMetaethics · Normative Ethics · Value Theory
PHL 315L
Daniel Drucker CVAssistant professorEpistemology · Philosophy of Language · Philosophy of Mind · Ancient Philosophy
PHL 610QA, PHL 610QB
Katherine Laura Dunlop CVAssociate professorKant · Early Modern Philosophy · Philosophy of Mathematics and Science
PHL 301L, PHL 375M
Show all 56 people
Department of Philosophy professors and instructors, continued
NameTeaches
Professors · 38
Matthew L Evans CVAssociate professor
PHL 334M
Patricio A Fernandez Evaluations CVAssociate professorEthics · Ancient Philosophy · Philosophy of Action · Philosophy of Economics
PHL 329E, PHL 329K
Johan E Gustafsson Evaluations CVProfessorDecision Theory · Ethics · Metaphysics
PHL 311K
Robert J Hankinson CVProfessorAncient Philosophy · Early Modern Philosophy · Metaphysics · History and Philosophy of Science
PHL 301K, PHL 312, PHL 329L
Kathleen M Higgins Evaluations CVProfessorNietzsche · Schopenhauer · Aesthetics · Philosophy of Music
PHL 317K, PHL 366K
Jens Jaeger CVAssistant professor
PHL 313, PHL 322
Cory F Juhl Evaluations CVProfessorPhilosophy of Science · Philosophy of Mind and Language
PHL 323S
Robert C Koons CVProfessorApplying an Aristotelian framework to solving contemporary problems
CIV 303J
Robbie Kubala CVAssistant professorAesthetics · Ethics · Philosophy of Literature
PHL 361K
Harvey Lederman CVProfessorPhilosophy of Language · Logic · Epistemology · Decision Theory
PHL 348D
Jon E Litland Evaluations CVAssociate professorMetaphysics · Logic · Philosophy of Logic · Philosophy of Mathematics
PHL 323K, PHL 344M
Michelle Montague CVProfessorPhilosophy of Mind and Metaphysics
PHL 301
Ian N Proops CVProfessorKant · History of Analytic Philosophy · Early Modern Philosophy
PHL 610QA, PHL 610QB
Connie RosatiProfessorMetaethics · Ethics · Philosophy of Law · Constitutional Theory
No classes listed this year
Richard M Sainsbury EvaluationsCVProfessor
PHL 332, PHL 610QA, PHL 610QB
Sahotra Sarkar Evaluations CVProfessorPhilosophy of Biology · Philosophy of Science · Environmental Ethics · Kant
PHL 325D, PHL 342M, PHL 363L
Karl Schafer Evaluations CVProfessorEthics · Epistemology · The History of Modern Philosophy · and Kant
PHL 322K, PHL 328
Anat Schechtman CVAssociate professorEarly Modern Philosophy · Metaphysics · Philosophy of Mathematics · Philosophy of Religion
UGS 303
Miriam Schoenfield Evaluations CVAssociate professorEpistemology
PHL 313Q
Nicole Smith Evaluations CVAssociate professor of instructionEthics · Social Philosophy · Moral Psychology
PHL 303, PHL 304, PHL 318K, PHL 325J, PHL 342R
Tara A Smith Evaluations CVProfessorMoral · Political & Legal Philosophy
PHL 347
Roy Sorensen Evaluations CVProfessorEpistemology · Metaphysics · Philosophy of Language
PHL 321K, PHL 332
David SosaProfessorEpistemology · Ethics · Metaphysics · Philosophy of Mind
No classes listed this year
Galen StrawsonProfessorPhilosophy of Mind · Metaphysics · Moral Psychology · Memory
No classes listed this year
Michael Tye Evaluations CVProfessorConsciousness · Color
PHL 303M, PHL 365N
Thomas M WardAssociate professorMedieval Philosophy · Philosophical Theology
No classes listed this year
Lecturers and instructors · 2
Jeffrey C Leon Evaluations CVLecturerPhilosophy of Science · Applied Ethics · Ethical Theory · Metaphysics
PHL 301, PHL 323K, PHL 325E, PHL 347, PHL 365
Gregory C Salmieri EvaluationsCVLecturer
PHL 301, PHL 365
Graduate and other instructors · 16
Sara Boljevic EvaluationsCV
PHL 301L, PHL 305
Ryan Born CV
PHL 318
Samuel Cantor EvaluationsCV
PHL 315F
Henry Curtis EvaluationsCV
PHL 303M, PHL 318
Kristie Denlinger EvaluationsCV
PHL 365
Mingzhu Guo CV
PHL 304T
Vicky Hu EvaluationsCV
PHL 304
Ryan Lam EvaluationsCV
PHL 304
Mingche Liu EvaluationsCV
PHL 301, PHL 302C
Sean Neagle EvaluationsCV
PHL 302, PHL 304
Nikolai Popow EvaluationsCV
PHL 317K
Tobias Sandoval EvaluationsCV
PHL 305
Daniel Shea EvaluationsCV
PHL 317K, PHL 318K
Justyn Smith EvaluationsCV
PHL 301K, PHL 317K
Zhiruo Wang CV
PHL 318
Jingyi Yang EvaluationsCV
PHL 301, PHL 313

Who teaches each course

Department of Philosophy: who teaches each course
CourseTaught by
CIV 303JRobert C Koons
PHL 301Michelle Montague, Jeffrey C Leon, Gregory C Salmieri, Mingche Liu, Jingyi Yang
PHL 301KRobert J Hankinson, Justyn Smith
PHL 301LKatherine Laura Dunlop, Sara Boljevic
PHL 302Sean Neagle
PHL 302CMingche Liu
PHL 303Nicole Smith
PHL 303MMichael Tye, Henry Curtis
PHL 304Nicole Smith, Vicky Hu, Ryan Lam, Sean Neagle
PHL 304TMingzhu Guo
PHL 305Sara Boljevic, Tobias Sandoval
PHL 310John Thomas Steele Bengson, Lawrence Ray Buchanan
Show all 54 courses
Department of Philosophy: who teaches each course, continued
CourseTaught by
PHL 311KJohan E Gustafsson
PHL 312Robert J Hankinson
PHL 313Sinan Dogramaci, Jens Jaeger, Jingyi Yang
PHL 313QSinan Dogramaci, Miriam Schoenfield
PHL 315FSamuel Cantor
PHL 315LJulia L Driver
PHL 317KKathleen M Higgins, Nikolai Popow, Daniel Shea, Justyn Smith
PHL 318Ryan Born, Henry Curtis, Zhiruo Wang
PHL 318KNicole Smith, Daniel Shea
PHL 321KRoy Sorensen
PHL 322Jens Jaeger
PHL 322KKarl Schafer
PHL 323KJon E Litland, Jeffrey C Leon
PHL 323MLawrence Ray Buchanan
PHL 323SCory F Juhl
PHL 325DSahotra Sarkar
PHL 325EJeffrey C Leon
PHL 325JNicole Smith
PHL 325KDaniel A Bonevac
PHL 328Karl Schafer
PHL 329EPatricio A Fernandez
PHL 329KPatricio A Fernandez
PHL 329LRobert J Hankinson
PHL 332Richard M Sainsbury, Roy Sorensen
PHL 334MMatthew L Evans
PHL 342MSahotra Sarkar
PHL 342RNicole Smith
PHL 344KJoshua Dever
PHL 344MJon E Litland
PHL 347Tara A Smith, Jeffrey C Leon
PHL 348DHarvey Lederman
PHL 361KRobbie Kubala
PHL 363LSahotra Sarkar
PHL 365Jeffrey C Leon, Gregory C Salmieri, Kristie Denlinger
PHL 365NMichael Tye
PHL 366KKathleen M Higgins
PHL 375MJohn Deigh, Katherine Laura Dunlop
PHL 610QADaniel Drucker, Ian N Proops, Richard M Sainsbury
PHL 610QBJohn Deigh, Daniel Drucker, Ian N Proops, Richard M Sainsbury
PPE 301Daniel A Bonevac
PPE 320Daniel A Bonevac
UGS 303Anat Schechtman
Bachelor’s degrees1 program
Master’s degrees1 program
Doctoral degrees1 program
Pay after graduationUp to $71,800
Median pay after graduation by field
Field of study1 year out4 years out
PhilosophyBachelor’s · Philosophy—$71,800

Median earnings of graduates who received federal student aid, from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard: 1 year out is 2020–21 pay (2022 dollars), 4 years out is 2019–20 pay (2021 dollars). Fields group related programs.

About the department

Department of Philosophy is part of College of Liberal Arts, led by Dean David Sosa. Its course codes are PHL and PPE.

SourcesUT catalog, HB 2504

UT’s catalog lists colleges, deans, departments, and degree programs. UT’s public course records list instructors and CVs by section.

College of Liberal ArtsEvery UT collegeEvery UT course

By · Checked