Jesse Prinz

American philosopher Jesse PrinzEmployer(s)CUNY Graduate CenterUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillWashington University in St. LouisEducationEducationUniversity of ChicagoPhilosophical workEraContemporary philosophyRegionWestern philosophySchoolAnalytic philosophyMain interestsPhilosophy of mindmoral psychologyethics Jesse J. Prinz is an American philosopher who is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Committee for Interdisciplinary Science Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center. Prinz works primarily in the philosophy of psychology and ethics and has authored several books and over 100 articles, addressing such topics as concepts, emotions, moral psychology, attention, consciousness, and aesthetics. Much of his work in these areas has been a defense of empiricism against psychological nativism, and he situates his work in the naturalistic tradition of philosophy associated with David Hume. Prinz is also an advocate of experimental philosophy. Education and career Prinz took his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago under the direction of Murat Aydede, a philosopher of cognitive science. He taught previously at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill