Nancy Bauer | |
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| Education | Harvard University (Ph.D.) |
| Occupation(s) | Academic philosopher, Dean of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts, Dean of Academic Affairs, School of Arts and Sciences, and Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University |
| Partner | Mark Richard |
| Awards | Radcliffe Institute Fellowship, Joseph A. and Lillian Leibner Award for Distinguished Advising and Teaching |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Postanalytic philosophy, Ordinary language philosophy, Existentialism |
| Institutions | Tufts University |
| Doctoral advisor | Stanley Cavell, Hilary Putnam |
Main interests | Feminism, Ethics, Higher education, Pornography |
Notable ideas | Pornography as Illocutionary act |
For the Canadian writer and editor, see Nancy Bauer.
Nancy Bauer is an American philosopher specializing in feminist philosophy, existentialism and phenomenology, and the work of Simone de Beauvoir. She was recently Chair of the Philosophy Department at Tufts University and is currently Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Philosophy as well as the Dean of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts. Her interests include methodology in philosophy, feminism, metaphysics, social/political/moral philosophy, philosophy of language, phenomenology, and philosophy in film.