Michael T Ferejohn, Associate Professor edit
Office Location: 201B West Duke Building
Office Phone: +1 919-660-3053, +1 919-660-3050
Fax: (919) 660-3060
Email Address: 
- Specialties:
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Ancient Philosophy
Metaphysics
Epistemology
Philosophy of Language
- Research Interests:
- Michael T. Ferejohn (Ph.D. 1976, University of
California, Irvine) joined the Duke Faculty in
1983. He has taught at the University of
Pittsburgh, Tufts University, Washington State
University, University of Wisconsin (Parkside)
and the University of Alberta and held a Mellon
Faculty Fellowship at Harvard University in
1981-1982. His publications have appeared in
such journals as Phronesis,
American
Philosophical Quarterly, Journal of the
History
of Philosophy, Philosophy and
Phenomenological Research and The
Review
of Metaphysics, and his book, The
Origins of
Aristotelian Science, was published by
Yale
University Press in 1991. Professor Ferejohn directs the Duke In
Greece summer program.
- Areas of Interest:
- Ancient Philosophy,
Metaphysics,
Epistemology,
Philosophical Logic
Teaching (Fall 2012):
- PHIL 211.01, Appearance and reality
Synopsis
- Carr 240, MW 03:05 PM-04:20 PM
- PHIL 702S.01, Proseminar in m&e
Synopsis
- West Duke 204, M 10:20 AM-12:55 PM
- Recent Publications
(More Publications)
- M.T. Ferejohn. Essential Knowledge: Definition, Explanation, and Primacy in Socratic and Aristotelian Thought. Oxford UP, forthcoming. [author's comments]
- M.T. Ferejohn. "The Diagnostic Function of Socratic Definitions." Socrates, Plato, Aristotle" Essays in Honour of G. Santas. Ed. G. Anagnostopoulos.
2010.
- M.T. Ferejohn. "The Diagnostic Function of Socratic Definitions." Philosophical Inquiry XXXI.1-2
(Winter, 2009): 3-21.
- M.T. Ferejohn. "Empiricism and First Principles in Aristotle." A Companion to Aristotle. Ed. George Anagnostopoulos. Blackwell,
2009.
- M.T. Ferejohn. "Knowledge and the Forms." A Companion to Plato. Ed. Hugh Benson. Blackwell,
2007.