Rachana Kamtekar | |
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Born | 2 April 1965 |
Education | University of Chicago (PhD), Stanford University (BA) |
Era | 21st-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
Institutions | Cornell University |
Main interests | ancient philosophy, moral psychology |
Rachana Kamtekar (born 2 April 1965) is an American philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at Cornell University. She is known for her works on ancient philosophy. [1] [2] [3] She is the current editor of the Journal Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy. [4]
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