Stephen Ogden

I like a very wide spectrum of philosophy, but my primary research interests are in classical Islamic philosophy, especially the psychology, metaphysics, and epistemology of Averroes (Ibn Rushd) and Avicenna (Ibn Sīnā). I also work in medieval and ancient philosophy more broadly, as well as philosophy of religion. My new book is Averroes on Intellect: From Aristotelian Origins to Aquinas’s Critique (Oxford University Press, 2022).

I came to Notre Dame in 2021, after teaching for several years at The Catholic University of America. Prior to that I was a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins University.

I earned my Ph.D. in Philosophy and Religious Studies at Yale University in 2015, an M.A.R. in Philosophy of Religion at Yale Divinity School, and a B.A. in Philosophy and Religious Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis. After undergrad, I lived and taught in Egypt.

In addition to philosophy, I like coffee, running, the outdoors, and my family.

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