As of Fall 2025, I am an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Idaho State University. I completed my PhD in Philosophy at Rutgers University with the support of the Mellon Foundation Dissertation Fellowship. I was co-advised by Alex Guerrero and Ernie Sosa – my other committee members were Liz Camp and Matt McGrath.
I mainly work in ethics, epistemology, feminist philosophy, and bioethics. I am also interested in social & political philosophy and the ethics of AI.
My dissertation is on the ethics of our cognitive lives. It explores how our cognitive practices can themselves matter morally, independent of downstream action. It aims to …
As of Fall 2025, I am an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Idaho State University. I completed my PhD in Philosophy at Rutgers University with the support of the Mellon Foundation Dissertation Fellowship. I was co-advised by Alex Guerrero and Ernie Sosa – my other committee members were Liz Camp and Matt McGrath.
I mainly work in ethics, epistemology, feminist philosophy, and bioethics. I am also interested in social & political philosophy and the ethics of AI.
My dissertation is on the ethics of our cognitive lives. It explores how our cognitive practices can themselves matter morally, independent of downstream action. It aims to contribute to ethics by developing our understanding of what we owe each other when we owe each other respect, to epistemology by showing how our cognitive practices are subject to moral normativity, and to feminist philosophy, bioethics, and the ethics of AI by illuminating cognitive dimensions of oppression, subjugation, and justice.
Here's a link to my website:
http://www.carolinevonklemperer.com
