Kieran Setiya
Born
Hull, UK
EducationPrinceton University (PhD), Jesus College, Cambridge (BA)
AwardsCharles A. Ryskamp Fellowship
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Main interests
ethics, epistemology, philosophy of mind
Websitehttp://www.ksetiya.net/

Kieran Setiya is a Professor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was born in Hull, UK.[1] He is known for his work in ethics, epistemology, and the philosophy of mind. Setiya is a co-editor of Philosophers' Imprint. He has also been active in public philosophy and hosts a podcast, Five Questions, in which he asks contemporary philosophers five questions about themselves.[2][3][4][5]

Books

  • Life Is Hard, Riverhead Books (US), Hutchinson Heinemann (UK), 2022
  • Midlife: A Philosophical Guide, Princeton University Press, 2017
  • Practical Knowledge, Oxford University Press, 2016
  • Knowing Right from Wrong, Oxford University Press, 2012
  • Reasons without Rationalism, Princeton University Press, 2007

Other works

References

  1. "Kieran Setiya". www.penguin.co.uk. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
  2. "Midlife by Kieran Setiya review – a philosophical guide to the crisis". The Guardian. 2 November 2018.
  3. "S2, Episode 1: The Bottom of the Curve (Oct. 31st, 2017)". Hi-Phi Nation. 30 October 2017.
  4. "How Schopenhauer's thought can illuminate a midlife crisis | Aeon Ideas". Aeon.
  5. "Five Questions". Anchor.
  6. Setiya, K., Intention, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, accessed 4 June 2023


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